[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1633-E1634]
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                TRIBUTE TO PASQUALE AND THERESA ARGENTO

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                          HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 3, 1997

  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, on September 1, 1997, my good friends, 
Pasquale and Theresa Argento, celebrated their 50th wedding 
anniversary. It gives me great pleasure to wish them my very warmest 
congratulations on this truly special occasion.
  I have known both Theresa and Pat for years and I am so pleased to 
have this opportunity to talk about how much this couple has given to 
their family and to the New Haven community. Theresa and Pat are 
lifelong residents of New Haven and met when both their families lived 
on Chapel Street near Wooster Square. As almost no one else I've ever 
known, the Argentos have carried on the Wooster Square traditions.
  Theresa is president of the St. Andrew's Ladies Society and cochairs 
the annual St. Andrew's Feast. The feast is one of my wonderful 
memories of friends and family. St. Andrew's keeps the strong feeling 
of community alive and Theresa has to be given credit for the hard work 
she does every year to organize it. She devotes an extraordinary amount 
of time and her efforts assure its success every year.
  Although the New Haven community is their home, Theresa and Pat have 
not forgotten their Italian heritage. Theresa has done amazing work 
with the sister cities project which sponsors exchanges with New 
Haven's sister city of Amalfi, Italy. Promoting the exchange of 
students, knowledge, and culture, Theresa has ensured that the New 
Haven descendants of Amalfi will not forget their roots. Because of her 
work, my step-son, Jonathon, will always remember his time in Amalfi.
  Pat and Theresa have spent a lifetime working hard for their family. 
Their devotion to their two wonderful children, Frances and Antoinette, 
and their four grandchildren, Evelyn, Robert, Alison, and Jessica, is a 
testament to their love for each other.
  It gives me great pleasure to rise today on behalf of the Argentos. I 
am grateful to them

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for all they have done for me and my family and I am proud of all their 
hard work on behalf of so many. I join their family and their many 
friends in wishing them a very happy anniversary and many more years of 
good health and happiness. They truly deserve it.

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