[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 25 (Friday, February 9, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             CENTENNIAL OF THE FOUNDING OF EAST MILLINOCKET

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                        HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD

                                of maine

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, February 8, 2007

  Mr. MICHAUD. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the families who 
100 years ago, drawn by the promise of employment at Great Northern 
Paper Company's new 4-machine mill on the banks of the Penobscot River, 
founded the town of East Millinocket in northern Maine.
  Working together for the benefit of their new community, the people 
of East Millinocket quickly established a school, water and sewer 
system, and volunteer fire department. They also established a proud 
way of life. Today, equipped with the same community spirit and sense 
of common purpose, the people of East Millinocket continue to embrace 
the challenges and opportunities of living and working at the gateway 
to Maine's North Woods.
  Like my father and my grandfather before me, I joined these 
hardworking individuals as we all worked together to provide for 
ourselves and our families at the Great Northern Paper Company mill in 
East Millinocket. I am happy to have grown up and worked alongside 
these proud people, and it is these individuals and families along with 
the many other hardworking people of Maine that I remember every time I 
cast a vote here on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  It is an honor and a privilege to represent the people of East 
Millinocket and I am happy to have this opportunity to help this 
community, the ``town that paper made,'' celebrate its 100th 
anniversary.

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