[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 55 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E628-E629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING THE EAST SIDE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT

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                            HON. BART GORDON

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 24, 1996

  Mr. GORDON. Mr. Speaker, I am taking this opportunity to applaud the 
invaluable services provided by the East Side Volunteer Fire 
Department. These brave, civic-minded people give freely of their time 
so that we may all feel safer at night.
  Few realize the depth of training and hard work that goes into being 
a volunteer firefighter. To quote one of my local volunteers, ``These 
firemen must have an overwhelming desire to do for others while 
expecting nothing in return.''
  Preparation includes twice-monthly training programs in which they 
have live drills, study the latest videos featuring the latest in 
firefighting tactics, as well as attend seminars where they can obtain 
the knowledge they need to save lives. Within a year of becoming a 
volunteer firefighter, most attend the Tennessee Fire Training School 
in Murfreesboro where they undergo further, intensified training.
  When the residents of my district go to bed at night, they know that 
should disaster strike and their home catch fire, well-trained and 
qualified volunteer fire departments are ready and willing to give so 
graciously and generously of themselves. This peace of mind should not 
be taken for granted.
  By selflessly giving of themselves, they ensure a safer future for us 
all. We owe these volunteer fire departments a debt of gratitude for 
their service and sacrifice.

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                      TRIBUTE TO LINDA MARIE JONES

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                        HON. ANDREW JACOBS, JR.

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 24, 1996

  Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Speaker, this is the Indianapolis Star obituary of 
Linda Marie Jones who left this world on the 13th day of April last--at 
least for her. The world should know why she lead the effort for racial 
integration of a swimming club in Indianapolis.
  Linda Jones was Africa-American. Her son and his friends were 
thoroughly racially integrated.
  Years ago her son's friend who was of European descent took her son 
as a guest to the swimming club. Her son was refused admittance because 
he was an American of African descent. So the boys went to the nearby 
river to swim and her son drowned. ``All these things she kept within 
her heart.'' And on that thirteenth day of April 1996, in the words of 
my wife, ``Linda Marie Jones died of and with a broken heart.'' She was 
our loving neighbor. Our hearts go out to her husband, Don, one of the 
most remarkably successful businessmen of our era. May God have mercy 
on those who perpetrated this egregious and un-American wrong.

                       [The Star, Apr. 16, 1996]

  Linda Marie Jones Helped Integrate Riviera Club, Boosted Chess Team

       Services for Linda Marie Young Jones, 56, Indianapolis, 
     event coordinator for the Indiana Regional Minority Supplier 
     Developmental Council [IRMSDC], will be at noon April 17 in 
     Witherspoon Presbyterian Church, of which she was a member, 
     with calling there from 10 a.m.
       She died April 13.
       Most recently, Mrs. Jones worked with her husband, Donald 
     E. Jones, who survives, as event coordinator for IRMSDC. 
     Previously, she founded and co-owned Systems Consultants, and 
     worked for M. W. Jones and Sons Realty Co.
       She headed a successful effort to integrate the Riviera 
     Club in 1980 and was instrumental in organizing a rally on 
     Monument Circle in celebration of apartheid opponent Nelson 
     Mandela's release from a South African prison in 1990.
       In 1984, Mrs. Jones received recognition from then-Mayor 
     William H. Hudnut III for her leadership in securing 
     sponsorship for the Masters of Disaster grade school chess 
     team.
       Memorial contributions may be made to the Dwight Jones 
     Memorial Fund in care of Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, 
     Tabernacle Recreation Fund.
       She was a 1983 graduate of Butler University.
       Other survivors: grandmother Marie Suggs.
       Stuart Mortuary is handling arrangements.

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