[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 68 (Friday, May 14, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING OAKLAND ARD

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                            HON. JEFF MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 13, 2004

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. 
Oakland Ard, who is being awarded the ``Here's looking at you award.''
  Mr. Ard was born in Sampson, Alabama on September 17, 1925. Mr. Ard 
left Alabama for Florida on his twenty-fifth birthday.
  He was employed by the Port St. Joe Paper Company from 1950 to 1952 
and went on to work for Saint Regis Paper Company in Jacksonville, 
Florida between 1953 and 1957.
  In 1957, Mr. Ard moved to Jay, Florida and began working at the 
Container Corporation in Brewton, Alabama.
  Mr. Ard has been a great provider for his community by serving on the 
Jay Hospital Board of Trustees for four years, the ARC Board of 
Directors in Santa Rosa County for six years, SRC Chamber of Commerce 
for nine years. He is currently serving on the Committee's of 
Government and Military Affairs and the Board of Directors for SHIP.
  Mr. Ard has generously volunteered his time with the Jay First 
Baptist Church in any needed capacity that involves helping his church 
or people in need. He has been a member of the Jay First Baptist Church 
for forty years.
  Mr. Ard's unselfish deeds of giving his time to help others have made 
him a well-known and well-loved man throughout his community.
  Mr. Ard and his lovely wife Marian have two sons, Freddy and Ronnie, 
four grandsons and one great grand daughter.
  On behalf of the United States Congress, I would like to recognize 
this special person for the example he has set in his community. I 
offer my sincere thanks for all that he has done for Northwest Florida 
and this great nation.

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