[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 148 (Friday, October 16, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  A HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY TO HELEN LOPER OF PORT JEFFERSON, LONG ISLAND

                                 ______
                                 

                         HON. MICHAEL P. FORBES

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 16, 1998

  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in the U.S. House of 
Representatives to ask my colleagues to join me in wishing a very 
happy, healthy, and joyous 100th birthday to Helen Loper of Port 
Jefferson, Long Island.
  Though not many Long Islanders outside of her family and friends know 
Helen Loper, through her generous spirit and charity for acquaintances 
and strangers alike, Helen has done so much in her 100 years to make 
Long Island a better place for all of us to live.
  A native Long Islander and a teacher by training, Helen Loper is a 
dedicated volunteer at Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson, an historic 
and picturesque seaside village on Long Island's North Shore. An 
original member of the John T. Mather Hospital Auxiliary, Helen Loper 
has volunteered there for nearly 50 years, giving selflessly of her 
time and energy to patients and hospital staff. After a half-century of 
volunteer service to her community, Helen's spirit and enthusiasm has 
not waned and today she still works a regular Monday afternoon shift in 
Mather Hospital's thrift shop.
  An avid world traveler, Helen has been to locales as far away as 
Antarctica, but she always comes back home to Port Jefferson. One of 
seven graduating students in Port Jefferson High School's class of 
1915, Helen Dayton attended college at the Savage School in New York 
City and then spent a year teaching school in Iowa.
  After returning home to Long Island, she met her future husband 
Carroll Loper and they were married on January 26, 1924, in Miami, 
Florida, the winter homes for both of their parents. Together the 
couple had two sons and Helen now has five grandchildren.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues and all of our fellow Americans 
gathered here today in the People's House to offer our best wishes and 
heartiest congratulations to Helen Loper of Port Jefferson as she 
celebrates her 100th birthday on November 18, 1998.

                          ____________________