[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 145 (Friday, October 24, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2084]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO RUDOLPH BOLES WELLNITZ

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                          HON. MICHAEL PAPPAS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 24, 1997

  Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor an outstanding native 
of New Jersey whose years of commitment and service to the agricultural 
industry in my State have helped New Jersey truly fulfill its claim as 
the Garden State.
  Rudolph Wellnitz was born in 1929 and grew up around agriculture. 
After assuming ownership of the family business when his father 
retired, Mr. Willnitz formed Jeffwell Farms in partnership with Walker 
Gordon. Due to hard work and perseverance, Jeffwell Farms has been a 
New Jersey State winner of the National Corn Growers Irrigated Corn 
Yield Contest as well as the New Jersey Soybean Growers Yield Contest. 
In 1995, Mr. Wellnitz retired as a successful farmer and a great 
example of what diligence and commitment can accomplish.
  Recently, the Middlesex County Fair Association honored Mr. Willnitz 
as the ``Middlesex County Farmer of the Year'' an honor well deserved.
  Mr. Speaker, our Nation needs to depend on a strong agricultural 
industry in order to support the needs of the people. Moreover, every 
nation needs people like Mr. Wellnitz, who go above and beyond the call 
of duty to serve his country and support growth into the next 
millennium. Much of the food that each of us sits down to eat every day 
can be traced back to family-owned farms.
  I rise today to congratulate Rudy Wellnitz and his years of hard work 
to make New Jersey and our Nation a better place.

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