[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 141 (Friday, November 2, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1733]
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                         HONORING ADRIAN J. CYR

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                        HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD

                                of maine

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, November 2, 2012

  Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Adrian J. Cyr, 
who will be celebrating his 100th birthday on November 9, 2012.
  I am honored to have the opportunity to share in the celebration of a 
centenarian. As a devoted family man, a proud veteran, and an 
entrepreneur, Adrian Cyr can look back on a life well lived.
  A native of Van Buren, Adrian began his lifelong dedication to 
education in a one room school house and went on to study at the 
University of Massachusetts at Amherst. During the Great Depression, he 
enrolled in the Civilian Conservation Corps and built roads in the 
White Mountains of New Hampshire. Adrian served in the U.S. Soil 
Conservation Service to help protect potato fields from wash-outs, and 
was a certified inspector for the Maine Department of Agriculture. This 
is all before he began a 34-year career as a licensed water treatment 
plant operator at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone and as an owner of 
several local businesses.
  Adrian proudly served his country in World War II. On January 26, 
1943, he entered the U.S. Army Air Corps and after completing Basic 
Training was assigned to Battery D, 539th Anti-Aircraft Artillery 
Battalion.
  He is beloved by his wife Aurore, whom he married within a year after 
leaving the Army, as well as the Van Buren and Caribou communities. On 
November 10, Adrian's family and friends will gather together at the 
American Legion Post 49 to celebrate this remarkable milestone.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me again in congratulating Mr. Cyr on his 
100th birthday.

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