[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 37 (Tuesday, April 9, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E445-E446]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO THE FIFTY-YEAR MEMBERS OF THE ALABAMA GRAND CHAPTER, ORDER 
                          OF THE EASTERN STAR

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                      HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 9, 2002

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a group of ten 
members of the Alabama Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star 
who are celebrating their membership of over 50 years with Athens 
Chapter #214. I congratulate each of them for their many extraordinary 
years of charity and human outreach and wish them the best for many 
years of service to come.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to commend Geneva Coulter, Juanita Turner, Roy H. 
Turner, Sr.,

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Virginia Lonas Sharp, Cora Black, Sara Rudder, Gladys Rogers, Elree 
Culps, Onye M. Holliman, and Angie A. Nazaretian for fifty years of 
membership. For over half a century, these members have devoted 
themselves to their Limestone County community, their state, and their 
nation providing not only financial assistance but also their personal 
time whenever the community needs them.
  The Alabama Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star was 
established in Alabama in 1901 in Montgomery. Thousands of members in 
the 200 chapters of this fraternal organization support countless 
numbers of charities and humanitarian projects such as cancer research 
and scholarships that enhance and enrich the lives of all of our 
citizens. I commend and thank this distinguished group for their 
service, and especially these fifty-year members of the Athens Chapter 
#214.

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