[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H885-H886]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 MARJORY WILLIAMS SCRIVENS POST OFFICE

  Mr. PLATTS. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 364) to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 5927 Southwest 70th Street in Miami, Florida, as the 
``Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office''.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                                H.R. 364

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.

       The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
     5927 Southwest 70th Street in Miami, Florida, shall be known 
     and designated as the ``Marjory Williams Scrivens Post 
     Office''.

     SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

       Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, 
     or other record of the United States to the facility referred 
     to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
     Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Platts) and the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Meek) 
each will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Platts).

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                             General Leave

  Mr. PLATTS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks 
on H.R. 364.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. PLATTS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker we have before us H.R. 364, designating the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 5927 Southwest 70th Street 
in Miami, Florida, as the Margery Williams Scrivens Post Office. The 
distinguished gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Meek) introduced this 
legislation on January 31, 2001. It is supported by all House Members 
of the State of Florida pursuant to the policy of the Committee on 
Government Reform.
  Marjory Williams Scrivens started working for the United States 
Postal Service in 1970, and in 1972 she was one of the first women to 
deliver mail in the Miami-Dade County area in Florida.
  Ms. Scrivens succumbed to bone cancer a year ago. Mr. Speaker, I urge 
our colleagues to support H.R. 364 as an appropriate tribute to Marjory 
Williams Scrivens in naming the post office for her many dedicated 
years of service to the postal service.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, H.R. 364 designates the facility of the United States 
Post Office service located at 5927 Southwest 70th Street in Miami, 
Florida, as the Marjory Williams Scrivens Post Office.
  A lot of times when we dedicate post offices, Mr. Speaker, we do not 
really pay much attention to the persons for whom they are named. We 
try to be sure that, since this is a Federal facility, that people who 
are worthy of this commendation be chosen.
  Mrs. Scrivens was an unusual woman. She started working for the post 
office in 1979, and she was the first female letter carrier in Dade 
County. Mrs. Scrivens was only the second woman in this entire country 
to serve as a letter carrier during that time.
  She was very popular. She was a trailblazer. She worked for the post 
office in an exemplary manner for 22 years. Many times she was very 
instrumental in correcting the identification of those who carry the 
mail from postmen to mailmen to letter carrier.
  She brought a respect to this particular job; and it was good for, 
not only the post office, but for the people of the community.
  Her colleagues fondly remember her as one who was very proud of her 
job. ``We would always point to Marjory Scrivens as a good example of a 
job well done,'' said one of her former supervisors.
  Mrs. Scrivens was motivated for public service. She wanted a 
challenge. She kept dropping by the Federal building to check on 
government jobs. This was when there was, perhaps, no woman in that 
county who had ever worked for the post office. So she started dropping 
by.
  Finally, she saw a clerk-carrier listed; and she took the test and 
passed. She was not afraid to work.
  So today, Mr. Speaker, it is fitting that we honor Marjory Williams 
Scrivens, not only because of who she was, but for all that she did. I 
am very pleased that the Florida delegation has cosponsored this bill 
and the leadership has seen fit to put it on the calendar.
  This effort has very wide community support, including endorsements 
from the South Florida Letter Carriers Association, the Mount Olive 
Missionary Baptist Church, Miami Times newspaper, and more than 1,200 
signatures on more than 63 pages.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to support the naming of the United States 
Post Office in South Miami as the Marjory Williams Scrivens Post 
Office.
  Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. PLATTS. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Platts) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 364.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds having voted in favor 
thereof) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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