[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 192 (Tuesday, December 5, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2289]
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                      A TRADITION COMES TO A CLOSE

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                           HON. HOWARD COBLE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 5, 1995

  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Speaker, as the year comes to a close, a tradition 
also comes to a close in Denton, NC. I am, of course, referring to the 
sad departure of the Denton Record. I join with many other readers in 
saying we will miss our weekly copy of the Denton Record.
  For years, Ed and Venus Wallace have kept the people of Denton and 
the surrounding area informed with news of community interest. The 
daily comings and goings of the hard-working men and women of Denton 
and their families were chronicled in the weekly publication of the 
Denton Record. News both big and small found a place in its pages. If 
it happened in Denton, you could read about it in the Denton Record.
  In many ways, the Denton Record was a throwback to a bygone era. The 
newspaper has been published since 1940, the Wallaces have operated the 
Denton Record since 1962, and they have owned it since 1984. What made 
the weekly paper unique was that it cared about the community in which 
it was published. The citizens of Denton responded in kind and 
supported the Record for more than half a century. In this era of 
corporate-owned media giants, it was quite refreshing to have your 
hometown newspaper published by homegrown people. All of that will come 
to end with the end of 1995.
  We will miss reading Venus' ``Squibbles'' column. We will miss Suzy's 
photos of sporting events and Miss Denton pageants. We will miss Ed's 
steady hand which has guided the paper through its weekly scramble to 
write headlines and meet deadlines. Most of all we will miss knowing 
that if something happened in Denton we could read about in the Denton 
Record.
  On behalf of the citizens of the sixth district of North Carolina, we 
offer our congratulations to the Wallaces for decades of newspaper 
excellence and best wishes for life after the Denton Record.

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