[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    TRIBUTE TO HOPE MONTGOMERY SCOTT

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                            HON. CURT WELDON

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 18, 1995
  Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute 
to a preeminent symbol of Philadelphia's main line society. The recent 
passing of Hope Montgomery Scott at age 90, earlier this week marks the 
end of an era. As the darling of high society, Mrs. Scott was both an 
honored dairy farmer and for the last 30 years the principal organizer 
for the nationally known Devon Horse Show and Country Fair.
  Scott, best known as the high society girl was the inspiration for 
the making of ``The Philadelphia Story,'' written in 1939 by playwright 
Philip Barry, a college classmate of Mrs. Scott's husband, Edgar, at 
Harvard Drama School. The play, was then made into a 1940 movie 
starring local Bryn Mawr College graduate actress Katherine Hepburn. In 
1956, after great demand, ``The Philadelphia Story'' was remade into a 
musical called ``High Society,'' starring Philadelphia native Grace 
Kelley.
  Mrs. Scott had a dairy farm, a trade she learned from her father 
while growing up. Her dairy farm was the top producing Ayrshire herd in 
the Nation. In 1990 the farm received an award for an average annual 
output of 20,000 pounds of milk per cow.
  Mrs. Scott married an heir to the Pennsylvania Railroad fortune, 
threw the best parties, and became the finest American horsewoman of 
her day. Mrs. Scott began riding at the age of 4 and won many awards at 
the Devon Horse Show.
  Today, Mrs. Scott's contributions to the community can be best 
attributed to her role as chairwoman and executive director of the 
Devon Horse Show and Country Fair, Inc., where last year alone proceeds 
of over $400,000 benefited Bryn Mawr Hospital.
  But Mrs. Scott's charity work was not limited to the Devon Horse 
Show. Earlier this year, Mrs. Scott coordinated a 90th birthday bash 
for herself which alone raised another $100,000 for Bryn Mawr Hospital, 
her favorite charity.
  Mr. Speaker, at this time, I ask my colleagues to pay tribute to the 
late Hope Montgomery Scott. She will be greatly missed by her family, 
friends, and admirers.


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