[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 143 (Monday, October 21, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1945]
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                 TRIBUTE TO DAUGHTERS OF MIRIAM CENTER

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                        HON. WILLIAM J. MARTINI

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 21, 1996

  Mr. MARTINI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to The 
Daughters of Miriam Center, a nonprofit geriatric and rehabilitation 
center, which will be celebrating 75 years of excellence, with the 
opening of the Gallen Institute for Subacute Care on October 27, 1996.
  Mr. Speaker; as you know, one of America's greatest assets is the 
wisdom of our seniors. As Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter once 
said, ``Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it 
merely because it comes late.'' The Daughters of Miriam Center realizes 
the same sentiments that Justice Frankfurter once espoused. The 13 acre 
Daughters of Miriam Center campus consists of 340 beds with various 
services available to over 700 elderly persons.
  Mr. Speaker, the Daughters of Miriam Center was founded in 1921 by 
Nathan Bennet, a former Paterson mayor. It served as a shelter for 
elderly persons and orphaned children. Today, the Daughters of Miriam 
Center is acknowledged as one of the leading facilities in the Nation 
for the care of the elderly. It offers a nursing facility, subacute 
unit, the Gallen Institute for Subacute Care, sheltered workshop, 
medical day care, program for the elderly with outpatient alzheimer 
disease unit, two apartment buildings which offer congregate services, 
and the B.I. Cohen Family Building.
  Mr. Speaker; on behalf of my colleagues in Congress, I wish the 
Daughters of Miriam Center success in the opening of the new Gallen 
Institute and another 75 years of continued success.

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