[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 6, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E834]
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                       TRIBUTE TO FLORENCE McCOWN

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 6, 2008

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Florence 
McCown on the celebration of her 100th birthday on April 27, 2008.
  Florence was born on April 27, 1908 on a farm near Aplington, Iowa. 
In 1933, she married Burton McCown, and the couple resided in Eldora, 
Iowa. Florence and her husband owned a hardware store in New Providence 
and a plumbing and heating store in Eldora. She also taught for several 
years in the New Providence schools. Florence was a member of a state 
tournament qualifying basketball team and remained active in athletic 
events for the majority of her life. Florence currently resides at 
Grandview Heights in Marshalltown, Iowa.
  There have been many changes that have occurred during the past 
ninety years. Since Florence's birth we have revolutionized air travel 
and walked on the moon. We have invented the television and the 
Internet. We have fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall of 
Soviet communism and the birth of new democracies. Florence has lived 
through eighteen United States Presidents and twenty-four Governors of 
Iowa. And, in her lifetime the population of the United States has more 
than tripled.
  I congratulate Florence McCown for reaching this milestone of a 
birthday. I am extremely honored to represent Florence in the United 
States Congress, and I wish her happiness and health for many years to 
come.