[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 30, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E770]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  TRIBUTE TO CHARLES ``CHARLIE'' NILES

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                          HON. JOHN M. McHUGH

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 30, 2008

  Mr. McHUGH. Madam Speaker, I rise today with sadness to note the 
recent passing of a constituent, Mr. Charles ``Charlie'' Niles, a 
resident of Plattsburgh, New York, who died at the age of 85 on April 
2, 2008.
  I greatly appreciate the service Charlie provided to our Nation as a 
member of the U.S. Army during World War II and for his 33 years of 
service as a part-time immigration inspector at the Port of Champlain 
in Champlain, New York. In addition to that service, Charlie also 
served the community of Champlain, New York. Specifically, he taught 
English at Northeastern Clinton Central School. Charlie retired in 1988 
and was a member of the New York State Retired Teacher's Association. I 
am advised that he made Shakespeare, Steinbeck, and other classics come 
alive for his students while teaching them to speak and write the 
``King's English.''
  Accordingly, I now wish to extend my deepest sympathies to his wife 
of 62 years Elizabeth L. Niles, sons Charles A. Niles, Jr. and John 
Niles, daughter Marilyn Donohue and grandchildren Adam C. Niles, 
Jennifer L. Niles, Ryan J. Donohue, and Timothy B. Donohue.

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