[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 117 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1497]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    THE JOHNSTOWN ASSOCIATION OF LIFE UNDERWRITERS 75TH ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. JOHN P. MURTHA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 2, 1996

  Mr. MURTHA. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity before 
the House to congratulate the men and women of the Johnstown 
Association of Life Underwriters on its 75th anniversary.
  JALU was founded in 1921. Since that time it has been a dedicated 
community service-oriented organization, coordinating numerous public 
service efforts over the years with the Salvation Army, the St. Vincent 
DePaul food banks, and New Day.
  The organization, whose members are from Cambria, Somerset, and 
Bedford Counties in my home State of Pennsylvania, has won numerous 
national and state awards for public service throughout its existence. 
For the past 3 years, the JALU has been working to raise funds to 
establish the first scholarship fund for Cambria County Area Community 
College.
  One of the most notable activities in which they engage annually is 
hosting a summer picnic for underprivileged children. It means so much 
to those kids to know that these adults care about them--it makes such 
an impact on those young lives that I can't emphasize enough its 
importance. It's that kind of involvement in the community that we need 
more of and I want to applaud and thank this organization for its 
service in that regard.
  I also want to applaud their tenacity in the face of economic 
hardship and corporate downsizing within the insurance industry because 
they've been able to keep their agencies open and continue to provide 
the kind of professional service the area needs and has come to rely 
on.

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