[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 82 (Thursday, May 27, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H3875-H3876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                    A TRIBUTE TO RAYMOND H. RATHMELL

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, this spring, in a small 
town in my district called Renovo, the Bucktail Area Junior/Senior High 
School dedicated its campus to another educational institution: Raymond 
H. Rathmell.
  Mr. Rathmell was involved with the school for 42 years, first as a 
teacher, as assistant principal and then as principal. There are 
countless students and

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parents whose lives he touched during his career.
  The former principal is 87 years old, and he retired in 1986. He 
started out his education at Lock Haven State Teachers College in 1938, 
but served from 1942 through 1945 with the Army in World War II. 
Rathmell served in Europe for 9 months and became active in his 
American Legion post on his return. He returned to college and finished 
his bachelor's degree in 1947. It was that year that he began teaching 
at Renovo High School.
  Over the years, he taught physical education, English, civics, 
history, arithmetic, biology and related sciences. As principal, he was 
the person who was involved in nearly all aspects of the design and 
construction of both Bucktail Area High School and of Renovo 
Elementary.
  Naming the campus after Rathmell is a fitting tribute to his life 
dedicated to educating children.

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