[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 41 (Monday, March 6, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E526]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     TRIBUTE TO MRS. AVELLAR HANSLEY

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                          HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, March 6, 1995
  Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to acknowledge the contributions 
of Avellar Hansley. She was born in Peachland, NC, and attended high 
school in Polkton, NC. She and her husband are the parents of three 
daughters. Mrs. Avellar considers her husband as her primary source of 
support and encouragement.
  When Mrs. Hansley arrived in New York City in 1953, she sought to 
increase her training and to obtain work in the securities and stocks 
and bonds industry. She secured work with Chemical Bank and retired 
from Chemical Bank in 1991.
  She is the founder and president of the Linden-Bushwick Block 
Association, and is directly responsible for transforming city-owned 
vacant lots into a beautiful Greenthumb Program flower and vegetable 
garden. Mrs. Hansley is also dedicated to community service. Avellar 
Hansley is a 9-year member of Community Board Nine in Brooklyn, in 
addition to the Eastern Star organization, the Local Area Policy Board, 
and the Greater Free Gift Baptist Church of Brooklyn. I commend her 
service to the community of Brooklyn.


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