[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 35 (Monday, March 5, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S1383]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO MELVA E. RADCLIFFE

 Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, today I wish to congratulate 
Melva E. Radcliffe on her 111th birthday this past Saturday, March 3. A 
lifelong native of New Jersey, Mrs. Radcliffe is the oldest recorded 
resident of my State. Her father, the late Wilmer A. Cadmus, served as 
mayor of my hometown of Paterson. Mrs. Radcliffe attended the Paterson 
Normal School, now William Paterson University, and taught art and 
music to elementary school students in Paterson until 1968. Her family 
tells us she has proudly voted in every election since 1921, and 
greatly enjoyed traveling after she retired. I wish Mrs. Radcliffe all 
the best, and congratulate her on this amazing milestone in her 
life.

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