[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 139 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2104-E2105]
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                         TRIBUTE TO MYREL FRANK

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                          HON. FRANK D. LUCAS

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 14, 1999

  Mr. LUCAS of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
celebrate the 100th birthday of Mrs. Myrel Frank. Mrs. Frank was born 
in Oklahoma City today, October 14 in 1899, the same year William 
McKinley was United States President and Oklahoma was still a 
territory. She graduated from high school in 1918, while the ``Great 
War'' raged on in Europe. And she married in 1920, the year Oklahoma 
Republicans elected their only majority in the Oklahoma State House of 
Representatives.

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  Mrs. Frank and her family moved to Yukon, OK, in 1935 where they 
weathered the Great Depression and watched as many fellow Oklahomans 
left the state, making the journey to the picking fields of California. 
Mrs. Frank, her husband and four children, however, stayed on in Yukon 
where she resides today.
  Mrs. Frank has witnessed a century of our nation's history. Classroom 
and library textbooks can only provide so much historical detail for 
present and future generations. It is the oral history--the personal 
stories experienced and told by those who come before us--that truly 
makes our nation's history come to life. I thank Mrs. Frank for 
continuing to share her stories with us, and I extend my sincerest 
birthday wishes to her today on her 100th birthday. I hope that the 
years to come only add to an already impressive treasure chest of 
experiences and stories. Happy Birthday.

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