[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1582]
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                    TRIBUTE TO MAE LILLIAN MITCHELL

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 14, 2010

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mae Lillian 
Mitchell of Boone, Iowa, on the recent celebration of her 100th 
birthday on August 26, 2010.
  Mae was born on August 26, 1910 in Keystone, Iowa. In 1944, she 
married Raymond B. Mitchell and they were together until his death, 
when he was ninety-one years old. They have two children, Lois and 
David; and have two grandchildren, Melissa and Andy. Mae is currently 
residing at the Evangelical Free Church Home in Boone, Iowa. She 
maintains an extensive collection of poetry and a collection of antique 
porcelain dolls.
  There have been many changes that have occurred during the past one 
hundred years. Since Mae'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. Mae has lived through 
eighteen United States Presidents and twenty-two Governors of Iowa. In 
her lifetime, the population of the United States has more than 
tripled.
  I know that my colleagues in the United States Congress join me in 
sending warm wishes to Mae on the milestone of her 100th birthday. I am 
extremely honored to represent her in Congress, and I wish her 
happiness and health for many more years to come.

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