[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 29, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E935]
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                        THE POST WITH THE HEART

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                           HON. MARCY KAPTUR

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 29, 1996

  Ms. KAPTUR Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to pay tribute to the 
Goldstein-Goodman Post No. 6909 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars as it 
celebrates its 50th anniversary this month. For the Goldstein-Goodman 
Post, it has been 50 years of dedication to community service that has 
brought honor to the memories of the two servicemen after whom the post 
is named.
  Morris Goldstein and Barney Goodman were the first Jewish men from 
the Toledo community to be killed in action in their respective 
theaters of war in World War II.
  From its earliest days, Post 6909 lived up to its more recently 
adopted motto: ``Dedicated to Community Service.'' Even with its modest 
treasury, the post was able to donate time and money to schools, 
hospitals, and other community institutions such as the National Home 
in Eaton Rapids, Criel Hospital in Cleveland, St. Anthony's Orphanage, 
Cherry and Lagrange schools, the Jewish Community Center, the Society 
for Crippled Children, Darlington House, and numerous churches and 
synagogues.
  Today, Post 6909 is known throughout Toledo as ``The Post with the 
Heart.'' It sponsors The Goldstein-Goodman Scholarship Fund at the 
University of Toledo, and over $1 million has passed through the post's 
treasury to beneficiaries such as the Medical College of Ohio, 
Riverside Hospital, and local schools systems. Post members have and 
are still devoting hundreds of hours of time to community projects.
  In May, 1946, Vice Mayor Michael DiSalle and Rabbi N. Katz installed 
Louis Baum as the first commander of Post 6909, and it is still going 
strong today.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend to my colleagues Toledo's Post with the Heart 
on their 50th anniversary and wish them 50 more years of service to our 
community.

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