[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 84 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5791-S5792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. COCHRAN:
  S. 916. A bill to designate the U.S. Post Office building located at 
750 Highway 28 East in Taylorsville, MS, as the ``Blaine H. Eaton Post 
Office Building''; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.


    THE BLAINE H. EATON POST OFFICE BUILDING DESIGNATION ACT OF 1997

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce legislation 
designating the U.S. Post Office facility located in Taylorsville, MS, 
as the ``Blaine H. Eaton Post Office Building.''

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  A native of Smith County, Mississippi, Mr. Eaton attended Jones 
Junior College from 1932-34 and was named Alumni of the Year in 1984. 
He also attended the University of Mississippi and George Washington 
Law School.
  He began his professional career as a farmer and cotton buyer for 
Anderson-Clayton Co. and in 1942, he became the first executive 
secretary to my predecessor in the Senate, U.S. Senator James O. 
Eastland. Blaine Eaton served our Nation in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 
1946. Upon returning home from the war, he was elected to serve in the 
Mississippi State House of Representatives, and he effectively served 
the people of Smith County for 12 years. His leadership as chairman of 
the Highway and Highway Finance Committee resulted in the successful 
passage of the Farm-to-Market legislation that is still benefiting 
Mississippians today as the State Aid Road Program. After leaving 
public office in 1958, Blaine became the manager of the Southern Pine 
Electric Power Association. His outstanding service and accomplishments 
were recognized by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association 
with the Clyde T. Ellis Award for distinguished service and outstanding 
leadership.
  Although retiring from his professional career in 1982, Blaine 
remained active in community service and enriched the lives of many by 
volunteering his time and leadership abilities to such organizations as 
the Lions International, the Hiram Masonic Lodge, the Southeast 
Mississippi Livestock Association and the Economic Development 
Foundation. He was also a loyal member of the First Baptist Church of 
Taylorsville where he taught Sunday School classes for 25 years.
  With the death of Blaine Eaton in 1995, our State lost one of its 
finest citizens. Designating the Taylorsville Post Office as the 
``Blaine H. Eaton Post Office Building'' will commemorate the public 
service of this extraordinary Mississippian who dedicated his life to 
the betterment of the community and State he loved so much.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the text of the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                 S. 916

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF BLAINE H. EATON POST OFFICE 
                   BUILDING.

       The United States Post Office building located at 750 
     Highway 28 East in Taylorsville, Mississippi, shall be known 
     and designated as the ``Blaine H. Eaton Post Office 
     Building''.

     SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

       Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
     or other record of the United States to the United States 
     Post Office building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed 
     to be a reference to the ``Blaine H. Eaton Post Office 
     Building''.
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