[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 86 (Friday, June 26, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1243-E1244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING MRS. SADIE GLOVER SMITH

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 25, 1998

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to note that Mrs. Sadie Glover Smith 
celebrates her one hundredth birthday. She is a remarkable woman 
celebrating a remarkable achievement.
  She moved to New York in the 1920s with her childhood sweetheart and 
husband, Clifford Smith. She owned a confectionery store and a catering 
service. More importantly, she was the person to whom all in the 
community came.
  As one of eight brothers and sisters she had learned to care for her 
family and her community. She was born in the year the Maine was

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sunk in Havana and has seen all the changes of this century, for better 
or worse. Through it all she has never lost her caring for people.
  In Concourse Village, where she lives, she is called aunt, cousin, 
sister, mother, Godmother, grandmother, neighbor and friend. I 
congratulate her not only for her long life but, most especially, for 
all the joy and goodness she has brought to all those fortunate enough 
to know her.

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