[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 15 (Monday, February 5, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E172-E173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          A GREAT MAN RETIRES

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 1, 1996

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call your attention to a 
constituent of mine, Robert Groh, who has devoted over two and a half 
decades of service to the State of Ohio and the Town of Amelia. He 
retired on Sunday January 1, 1995 and Mayor of Amelia, ending his 18 
years of public life.
  Mayor Groh first served in the early 1950's when the town of Amelia 
was a rural community with roughly 500 residents and only one two-lane 
road. Today, thanks to Robert Groh's dedication, Amelia has bloomed 
into a community of over 2,200. Mr. Groh is credited with being able to 
ease the ``growing pains'' of this developing community with his 
ability to understand the concerns of the parties involved and to 
create solutions meeting the needs of all concerned.
  As a father of three, and a grandfather of six, Robert Groh balanced 
a career at Proctor & Gamble with his family-run monument business, and 
his 26 years of service to Amelia as 

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Mayor and Councilman. He was responsible for developing the Amanda 
Acres senior-citizen facility and the village municipal building. He 
also assisted in developing the town's infrastructure from his position 
on the Public Works District Integrating Committee.
  Robert W. Groh is the heart and soul of Amelia and has made this town 
a wonderful place in which to live and work. He has unselfishly given 
his time and energy to the community and to our country. Robert Groh is 
a special man to Amelia and its citizens and he will always be a valued 
member of the community. I am proud to know Mayor Groh, have him as a 
constituent, and call him a friend.
  Mr. Speaker, Members of the House of Representatives, please join me 
in saluting Robert W. Groh for his many years of service and wishing 
him the best for many years to come.

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