[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 30, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E213]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING MRS. FISHER'S ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY

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                        HON. DONALD A. MANZULLO

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 30, 2007

  Mr. MANZULLO. Madam Speaker, the congressional district I represent 
is home to two of the finest home style, thick-sliced potato chips 
manufacturers in the country, Mrs. Fisher's and Ole Salty's. I am 
pleased today to honor Mrs. Fisher's on the occasion of its 75th 
anniversary.
  Mrs. Fisher's was founded in Rockford, Illinois in 1932 by Mrs. Ethel 
Fisher. Eugene and Ethel Fisher began cooking potato chips in their 
basement on a two burner wash stove in order to make extra income 
during the Depression. From this humble beginning, Mrs. Fisher's now 
ships its product throughout the entire United States and is one of 
oldest chip manufacturers in the Midwest.
  Mrs. Fisher's is currently owned and operated by the DiVenti family, 
who were employees of Mrs. Fisher's at the time they purchased the 
company. Under the ownership of the DiVenti family, Mrs. Fisher's now 
employs 13 full time workers and has three shipping routes that make 
daily deliveries to Dixon, Rochelle, Freeport, Crystal Lake, and 
Janesville, Wisconsin.
  Generations of individuals in northern Illinois have grown up with 
Mrs. Fisher's, and I commend the DiVenti family for carrying on the 
great Fisher's tradition.

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