[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 35 (Thursday, March 15, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  W. JOE TROGDON POST OFFICE BUILDING

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                               speech of

                           HON. BOB ETHERIDGE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 14, 2001

  Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 821, a bill to 
designate a facility of the United States Postal Service as the W. Joe 
Trogdon Post Office Building. This legislation, which was cosponsored 
by every Member of the North Carolina Delegation, is a worthy and 
appropriate tribute to one of North Carolina's finest mayors.
  Joe Trogdon was born on November 19, 1932 in Asheboro, North Carolina 
and is a graduate of North Carolina State University in my 
Congressional District. We honor Mayor Trogdon today because of his 
unique bond with the city of Asheboro. He grew up in Asheboro, was 
educated in its city schools, and with the exception of his college 
years in Raleigh and a brief stint in United States Army, he chose to 
live his life in the town where he was born.
  Mayor Trogdon began his career in public service as a member of the 
Asheboro Planning Board in 1964 and then was elected to the city 
council in 1973. After ten years on the council he was elected mayor, a 
position he would hold for the next 18 years. During his tenure as 
mayor, he served on the North Carolina League of Municipalities Board 
of Directors and as chairman of the Piedmont Triad Council of 
Governments.
  Trogdon is more than a mayor or member of the city council. He is an 
exemplary small businessman and father. As President of S.E. Trogdon & 
Sons, Inc., Joe continues to run the business his family started in 
1928. He married the late Anne Peoples in 1955. Together they raised 
four children in Asheboro, and their family has now expanded to include 
six grandchildren. He is also a member of the Asheboro Jaycees, 
Kiwanis, and Rotary Clubs.
  Mr. Speaker, in this age of mobility and change it is refreshing to 
recognize those who give their entire lives to their community. Joe 
Trogdon was a fixture in his community and a citizen in the truest 
sense of the word. He cared deeply for Asheboro. It is his hometown, 
the place where he was raised and where he chose to raise his own 
family and he served it well.
  It gives me great pleasure to pay this fitting tribute to a great 
North Carolinian by naming the Post Office in Asheboro after that 
town's favorite son, W. Joe Trogdon. I ask my colleagues to support 
H.R. 821.

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