[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 5, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E748]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    PAYING TRIBUTE TO ALTA CASSIETTO

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                           HON. SCOTT McINNIS

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 5, 2004

  Mr. McINNIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
pay tribute to Alta Cassietto of Montrose, Colorado. Throughout her 
fulfilling life, Alta has fulfilled many roles with great success, 
including being appointed Telluride's first woman Postmaster. Her 
service, both in her career with the Postal Service and her community 
involvement, is certainly commendable and deserving of recognition by 
this body of Congress and nation.
  Alta Cassietto was born in Cedaredge, Colorado in 1907. After 
traveling with her parents to their native Italy in 1908, the family 
returned to Telluride at the outbreak of the First World War. In 1927, 
as only a junior in high school, Alta began to work as a reporter for 
the Telluride Daily Journal. When economic conditions forced the paper 
to become a weekly in 1929, Alta became the editor, a position she held 
until 1934, when she became Telluride's first woman Postmaster, a 
position she held for thirty-six years until her retirement in 1970.
  In 1975 Alta moved to Montrose to better care for her mother. She has 
remained very active in the community, volunteering at the Montrose 
Memorial Hospital and with the Retired Seniors Volunteer Program. She 
has also pursued her love of traveling, having crossed both the 
Atlantic and Pacific ten times.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to pay tribute to Alta Cassietto 
before this body of Congress and this nation. She is a truly great 
treasure for her Montrose community and the State of Colorado. I 
sincerely thank her for her service.

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