[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 127 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S11222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


        GLADYS MANSON HAUG ARNTZEN TURNS 100 YEARS OLD IN AUGUST

 Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, a very valued constituent of mine, 
E.P. ``Pete'' Paup, executive vice president of the Manson Construction 
and Engineering Co. in Seattle, WA, has brought to my attention that 
his mother-in-law will reach the age of 100 years on August 13, 1995. 
Pete has kindly shared with me the life story of this remarkable woman.
  Gladys Angelica Christine Manson was born in the small community of 
Dockton on Maury Island in the young State of Washington, August 13, 
1895. Her parents, Minnie Carlson Manson and Peter Manson, were Swedish 
immigrants who had moved to Dockton from Tacoma in 1893.
  Peter was employed by the local dry-docking company and became 
dockmaster in 1903. The year before, 1902, little Gladys held a lantern 
when her mother dug up a glass jar full of $20 gold pieces from a crawl 
space beneath their house. Because of the bank failures during the 
panic of 1893, the Mansons didn't trust their money to banks, so they 
hid it. The gold from the mason jar was used to purchase a steam donkey 
engine for a floating pile driver. Today, Manson Construction and 
Engineering Co. is a major Pacific coast marine construction and 
dredging contractor.
  In 1910, Gladys was a member of Dockton Grade School's first 
graduating class, whereupon she entered Burton High School. In 1912 she 
moved to Seattle with her family and graduated from Lincoln High School 
in 1914. After graduation, Glady's entered the University of Washington 
and graduated in 1918 with a degree in music.
  Gladys later taught music in Brooklyn, Seattle, and Roslyn, WA and 
spent 3 years as a district music supervisor in Kent, WA.
  In 1924 she married Andrew J. Haug and had three children, Irving, 
Peter, and Andrea. Andrew Haug died in 1965. Later Glady's married 
Edward J. Arntzen, a retired professor from Western Washington 
University in Bellingham, WA. Edward passed away in 1971.
  Gladys is an active member of Grace Lutheran Church in Bellevue, WA 
and is a member of the Lincoln High School Alumni Association. She has 
also been a member of both the Sons of Norway and the Swedish Club.
  Gladys Manson Haug Arntzen will celebrate her 100th birthday at her 
daughter's home, on August 13, 1995. I invite the attention of all my 
colleagues to this tremendous story and great community contribution, 
and in doing so, I wish Gladys Manson Haug Arntzen the happiest of 
birthday celebrations on August 13.


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