[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 111 (Friday, August 7, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO WILBUR WALLACE

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                           HON. MARION BERRY

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 6, 1998

  Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Mr. Wilbur 
Wallace, a great friend and an even better hunter and fisherman on his 
90th birthday. His friendship with my family dates to before my time.
  Mr. Wallace has devoted his life to the outdoors. He has always 
claimed to be a farmer but most of us see that as little more than an 
excuse to be outdoors and spend more time pursing his twin passions of 
hunting and fishing.
  He has been instrumental in teaching generations of young people 
about hunting and fishing. His skills with a gun are as legendary as 
they are with a rod and reel. In addition to his technique, his ability 
to locate highly productive areas to succeed in these pursuits is 
almost instinctive.
  I may be the only public official that he receives with good humor, 
for he has a low tolerance for too much government interference, an 
attitude shared with most of the residents of the First Congressional 
District.
  He has been a regular at the Rice Paddy Motel Coffee Shop for 
breakfast for all the years I have spent in my hometown of Gillett, 
from where he will happily chastise me to the breakfast crowd if he 
believes that I am not performing up to the appropriate standards.
  Wilbur is a man's man, a great friend, a better hunter and fisherman, 
and the kind of individual that makes the heritage and culture of the 
First Congressional District so special.
  Happy Birthday Wilbur.

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