[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 58 (Wednesday, May 1, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E672]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO MARY MANLEY HOWARD

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                          HON. DONALD M. PAYNE

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 30, 1996

  Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, May 2, a 
retirement dinner is being held in honor of Mary Manley Howard. Mrs. 
Howard is ``a woman for all seasons.'' She has spent all of her life 
achieving. And through those achievements she has been better prepared 
to help others.
  Mary Manley was born to Susie Manley in Louisburg, NC. Her family had 
very limited resources yet she was instilled with a sense of pride and 
accomplishment and was taught that she could be anything she wanted to 
be if she worked for it.
  She knew the value of education and diligently worked to complete 
hers. During the summer months she would come to Jersey City, NJ, a 
city in my district, to work in different factories in order to save 
for a college education. During those summer trips she met and later 
married Donald Howard. Still committed to obtaining her degree, she 
returned to North Carolina with her husband and continued her 
education. She graduated from North Carolina Central University with a 
bachelor of arts in social studies and library science. Her studies 
didn't end there. She earned certificates in seven different education 
areas. She attended graduate school and graduated from Jersey City 
State College with a master of arts in reading.
  Upon her return to Jersey City, she was employed by the Jersey City 
Board of Education. Her career in the Jersey City school system has 
spanned more than 36 years. She has worked as a librarian, a classroom 
teacher, a reading specialist, and as a title I reading coordinator.
  The saying goes, ``to get something done ask a busy person.'' That is 
certainly true in Mary's case. Not only has she taken care of a family 
but she has also lent herself to her community. She has been active, 
very often in leadership roles, with the College Women of Jersey City, 
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Phi Delta Kappa, the International Reading 
Association, the New Jersey Reading Association, the National Council 
of Negro Women, the New Jersey Education Association, the Jersey City 
Education Association, the Hudson County Education Association, the 
Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Pavonia Girl 
Scouts of American, Monumental Baptist Church, and she served as a head 
teacher at summer school and as a volunteer probation officer.
  Mr. Speaker, I am sure my colleagues will join me as I offer 
congratulations to Mary Manley Howard. I would also like to extend my 
best wishes to her and her family--her husband, Donald; and her three 
children, Deborah, Deirdre, and Donald, Junior.

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