[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 87 (Thursday, June 29, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S6781]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO RUSSELL AND BETTY BECK

 Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today I wish to recognize Russell 
and Betty Beck of Pierre, SD. Russell and Betty Beck will celebrate 
their 50th wedding anniversary this year on December 22.
  Russell and Betty met in June of 1956 at the Central States Fair in 
Rapid City, SD. Russell, a fly boy in the Air Force, was stationed at 
Ellsworth AFB, and Betty, who was just a few years out of high school, 
was working in Rapid City at the time. The couple was later married in 
their pastor's home with Nancy Gibson and William Clarkson as their 
witnesses. Russell and Betty eventually made their home in Murdo, SD. 
where they raised four children: Bernard, Bernardine, Darsey, and 
Robin.
  I offer my congratulations to Russell and Betty on their 50th wedding 
anniversary and wish them many years of continued happiness.

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