[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 10, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E688]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING MAX A. BACON, A COMMUNITY LEADER IN THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF 
                                GEORGIA

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                             HON. BOB BARR

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 10, 2000

  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, today I honor a community leader 
from the Seventh District of Georgia. Max Bacon is a true leader in our 
community.
  After devoting 6 years to the city council of Smyrna, GA, Max was 
elected mayor of Smyrna in 1985, following in his father's footsteps. 
Arthur Bacon served as mayor of Smyrna from 1976 to 1977, and again 
from 1982 until his death on October 26, 1985. Max was appointed by the 
city council to complete his father's unexpired term, and was elected 
mayor in his own right in 1985.
  Aside from his duties at city hall, Mayor Bacon serves as the 
postmaster of the Mableton Post Office. In fact, he has been an 
employee of the U.S. Postal Service for more than 30 years. Mableton, a 
community near Smyrna, has experienced tremendous growth and change in 
recent years, as have most communities within the Greater Atlanta Area, 
and Max has witnessed this growth throughout his service at the post 
office and at city hall.
  Recently, Max Bacon was asked by the U.S. Postal Service to step into 
a vacancy in the post of postmaster in Rome, GA, located in the 
northern part of the Seventh Congressional District. Management of the 
U.S. Postal Service called on Max to assist in working through a very 
difficult situation in the Rome Post Office. Max commuted to Rome from 
Smyrna for several months. During this time, he was able to resolve 
many issues, and once again bring much needed harmony to the postal 
employees, management, and indeed, the postal patrons as well. His 
willingness to assume this responsibility was very much appreciated by 
the citizens of Rome and Floyd County, GA.
  Max is a member and past president of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce 
and chairman of the Smyrna Downtown Development Authority. He is a 
member of the Brawner Hospital Board of Directors, the Smyrna Business 
Association, and the Georgia Municipal Association. He was the 
recipient of the 1993 Georgia Municipal Association Community 
Leadership Award, and was selected as the Cobb County 1997 Citizen of 
the Year by the Marietta Daily Journal in January 1998.
  I know I speak for many thousands of citizens of Georgia's Seventh 
District, in honoring Max Bacon today for his many contributions to his 
community, to the U.S. Postal Service, and the people of the Seventh 
District.

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