[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 70 (Tuesday, June 6, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1010]
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CONGRATULATING JAMES A. MAGEE WHO WAS CHOSEN TO BE GUEST OF HONOR AT A 
                           TESTIMONIAL DINNER

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 6, 2006

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my 
distinguished colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute 
to James A. Magee, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, who was honored 
recently by the Bloomsburg Chapter of the American Red Cross at a 
testimonial dinner.
  Born in Bloomsburg on August 20, 1928, to Harry L. and Alice Hartman 
Magee, he attended Bloomsburg public schools and went on to higher 
education at Gettysburg College and the Philadelphia College of 
Textiles and Science.
  Mr. Magee served our Nation on active duty in the United States Army 
from 1952 to 1954 and in the Army Reserves from 1954 to 1956.
  He married Audrey Rehm and had three children, Drue A. Magee and 
James R. Magee, both of Bloomsburg and Elizabeth Hausske, of Phoenix, 
Arizona. Mr. Magee also has a sister, Joanne Katerman, of Bloomsburg.
  Mr. Magee started working in the family carpet business in 1950. He 
was elected president of the Magee Carpet Company in 1969. In 1967, 
Magee Industrial Enterprises, Inc. was created and, in 1976, was merged 
with and became the parent company of Magee Carpet Company. Mr. Magee 
continued as president of the parent corporation until his retirement 
in 1993.
  Mr. Magee was involved in numerous service and community 
organizations. He was a director of the First Columbia Bank and Trust 
Company; Bloomsburg Area Industrial Development Association; Bloomsburg 
Water Company; Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, Ben 
Franklin Partnership and the Carpet and Rug Institute.
  He served as a member of the executive committee of the Columbia-
Montour Council of the Boy Scouts of America; was a trustee of Wesley 
United Methodist Church and was vice president of the Bloomsburg 
Chamber of Commerce.
  Mr. Magee also served as president of the Magee Christian Education 
Foundation, Bloomsburg Rotary Club and the Bloomsburg Hospital.
  One of Bloomsburg's first ``Men of the Year,'' Mr. Magee was awarded 
the Boy Scouts of America Silver Beaver Award in 1987 and the 
Bloomsburg University Medallion Award in 1989.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating James A. Magee on this 
auspicious occasion. His business acumen and devotion to community 
service has provided the greater Bloomsburg region with exceptional 
leadership for more than 40 years. Without a doubt, Mr. Magee has 
greatly improved the quality of life for thousands of people during his 
very fruitful career.

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