[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 71 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E959]
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                        HONORING SEYMOUR NAIDICH

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, June 9, 2000

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, today I warmly congratulate Seymour Naidich 
who is celebrating his eighty-first birthday. This is a double 
commemoration for a wonderful man who recently celebrated his Golden 
Wedding anniversary of a half century of love, warmth and affection 
with his wife, Blanche. Seymour and Blanche have two daughters, Donna 
and Michelle who are joining with the extended family, of which I am 
happily a member, to wish Seymour the happiest of birthdays as he 
enters his ninth decade.
  Seymour and Blanche met in 1947 after he returned from serving in 
World War II in the African and Asian theaters. It is emblematic of the 
closeness of Seymour and his friends that he met Blanche through a 
friend who had dated her. They spent the day at the friend's house and 
on the way home he impulsively asked if they could meet again the 
following day. The rest is a story for everyone who believes in love.
  Seymour's celebration of his eightieth birthday was deferred for a 
year because of illness. But now he is well and we all look forward to 
celebrating this wondrous event with the promise of more golden years 
to come.




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