[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 2 (Thursday, January 4, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E14-E15]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF TIGERTON

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                             HON. TOBY ROTH

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 4, 1996

  Mr. ROTH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to wish a happy 100th birthday to the 
village of Tigerton, WI.
  We are not only celebrating a great town--we are also celebrating the 
people who built a great town.
  The people of Tigerton are the kind of Americans about whom Abraham 
Lincoln said: ``We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of 
Heaven.''
  Tigerton lies in the heart of Shawano County, a scenic region in 
northeast Wisconsin known far and wide for its fishing, snowmobiling, 
golf, swimming, boating, camping, hiking, and biking.
  Tigerton's abundant forests are home to abundant deer and small game, 
which attract legions of hunters.
  In fact, Tigerton was settled more than 100 years ago by hard-working 
people in the timber industry.
  The Tigerton Lumber Co., was formed in 1887, and the town of Tigerton 
was incorporated shortly afterward in 1896.
  From that time, the village of Tigerton has grown to its current 
population of more than 800 citizens.
  The village's lumber heritage is preserved by the Tigerton Lumber 
Co., which is still going strong. Each year, in the last weekend of 
August, Tigerton Lumberjack Days are held to celebrate the town's main 
industry.
  On Lumberjack Days, the people of Tigerton can get together and enjoy 
log cutting, sawing, and piling shows, as well as enjoy a corn roast, 
bingo, rides, music, and bow shooting.
  The centennial celebration will culminate during this year's 
Lumberjack Days, with a parade on August 26.
  The opening ceremony will be held at the Tigerton High School 
gymnasium on January 14. On that day, the Tigerton High School band, 
and civic figures from the village and the State, with the people of 
Tigerton to look back on the past 100 years and look forward to the 
next century.

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  Indeed, everyone in Tigerton should be very proud of their village's 
first 100 years.
  All of us can look backward on a century of achievements large and 
small, of four generations of hard-working and God-fearing families.
  But this centennial also marks a time to look forward to the future.
  The pioneering spirit that inspired the people of Tigerton in its 
first century lives on today, stronger than ever.
  I am confident that the people of Tigerton will make their second 
century a time of unbounded opportunity and success.
  Tigerton and each city and town of our great country and our great 
State of Wisconsin is unique, but all are bound together in the love of 
these United States.
  As the people of Tigerton commemorate this anniversary, we have a 
splendid opportunity to renew our commitment to preserve the spirit 
which has forged America into a land of wonder. I am proud to join you, 
the people of Tigerton, in making such a commitment on this historic 
occasion.
  Mr. Speaker, with hearty congratulations and best wishes for 
continued milestones, I salute the village of Tigerton.

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