[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 152 (Friday, November 30, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1853]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      GUY REYNOLDS' 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                       HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 30, 2012

  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
recognize Mr. Guy Reynolds in celebration of his one hundredth 
birthday. Thomas Guy Reynolds Jr. was born on November, 30, 1912 in 
Martinsburg, West Virginia and is the son of the late Thomas Guy 
Reynolds Sr. and Lora Lenora Stotler.
  Mr. Reynolds graduated from Shepherd College in 1933 with a degree in 
education. He served in the Berkley County school system for a total of 
18 years in addition to running his own television and radio repair 
business; serving as an electro-mechanical designer for Thieblot 
Aircraft; and working for 17 years at Corning Glass Works where he was 
appointed to the position of Senior Associate. He was the first person 
from the Martinsburg plant to receive this honorable position.
  Mr. Reynolds has received numerous awards for his outstanding 
volunteer efforts and community involvement, including Berkeley 
County's Citizen of the Year, Outstanding Alumni by Shepherd 
University, and was inducted into the West Virginia Voter Hall of Fame, 
for having voted in every general election since at least 1942, when 
records were first kept.
  Believed to be the oldest aviator in West Virginia, Mr. Reynolds 
flies his light-sport airplane as often as he can and frequently 
attends airport functions. He took his first flight out of Shepherd 
Field in 1929 in a Ford Trimoter and has been actively involved with 
the Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport and served as chairman of 
the West Virginia State Aeronautics Commission for two terms.
  Guy Reynolds' wonderful legacy lives on through his children, 
stepson, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

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