[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 162 (Tuesday, November 16, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         HUGH AND LOUISE DENTON

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                             HON. BOB BARR

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 16, 1999

  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, in today's fast moving economy, 
many people think it is entirely normal to hold 10 different jobs over 
the course of their working life. Obviously, the people who think this 
way have not met Hugh and Louise Denton. Hugh and Louise met at 
Archer's Drug Store in LaFayette, where Hugh was working behind the 
soda fountain. They were married 2 years later, in 1951.
  In December of this year, Hugh and Louise will reach a combined total 
of 100 years of hard work at Mount Vernon Mills in Trion, GA. Hugh 
began his career as a helper in the laboratory, and has since worked 
his way to the position of lab floor manager. Louise started as a 
turner in the glove mill, and has now become a typist. Hugh has worked 
for the mill for 48 years, and Louise has been there for 52.
  Even the plant where Hugh and Louise work is a symbol of steady and 
important economic contributions. With a history dating back to 1845, 
Mount Vernon Mills is the oldest continuing textile operation in one 
site in the entire State of Georgia. In a time when jobs and families 
change more often than winter weather, Hugh and Louise Denton are a 
model of steadfast devotion to family, job and community, for all of 
us.

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