[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 67 (Thursday, May 25, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E835]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING THE WEST END MEMORIAL SCHOOL IN WOODBURY, NEW JERSEY

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                         HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 24, 2000

  Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, on May 24, at 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., at West 
End Memorial School in Woodbury, NJ, Col. Larry Engel, vice-president 
of the Battleship NJ Foundation, will present a print of the Battleship 
to the Woodbury School District, certificates to the three elementary 
schools and decals to the 178 fifth grade students who raised $1,000 
toward the Battleship's Museum. They stitched over 1,400 needlepoint 
bookmarks and sold them for $.50 each, several Easter baskets which 
sold for $5 each and issued $1 stock certificates to local businesses 
and civic organizations toward their Battleship NJ Peace Project. The 
students will present an assembly to the 4th and 5th grade students 
dedicated to those who have served our nation. Col. Engel will address 
the group about the NJ and Memorial Day. The students will present a 
check to Col. Engel for the Museum.

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