[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 35 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E275]
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               COMMEMORATING THE CENTENNIAL OF ELLA HAVER

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                           HON. LEONARD LANCE

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 12, 2013

  Mr. LANCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the centennial of 
Miss Ella Haver, a lifelong resident of Franklin Township in Hunterdon 
County.
  Ella Haver, whose 100th birthday was on February 21, has been 
rightfully recognized many times for her contributions to the local 
community as educator and civic leader.
  Miss Haver's public service includes a long tenure as a schoolteacher 
and as a community volunteer. Ella Haver began her teaching career in 
1935 in a one-room schoolhouse in Hamden, Clinton Township. She then 
taught in North Branch, Green Brook and North Plainfield. She was a 
science teacher at Cranford High School from 1945 to 1965, and finished 
her career with five years at Warren Hills Regional High School.
  Ella Haver has also served for many decades as a Sunday school 
teacher at Clinton United Methodist Church and as a volunteer income-
tax preparer.
  She also volunteered as Franklin Township's senior citizen 
coordinator and today remains the active president of the Jennie M. 
Haver Scholarship Fund. The fund, named in memory of Ella's aunt, has 
given more than $1.4 million in scholarships to nearly 500 Hunterdon 
students since 1956.
  To commemorate the 100th birthday of Miss Ella Haver, her family's 
historical artifacts spanning more than 200 years were recently on 
display at the North County Branch Library in a rare exhibit of the 
Haver family's rich and distinguished history in Hunterdon County.
  A 100th Birthday Gala is planned for Friday evening, March 15, at the 
Hunterdon Hills Playhouse. I am proud to be among those joining Miss 
Ella Haver in celebration of her many years of public service and 
accomplishments. I ask all of my colleagues to join me in wishing Ella 
Haver a happy birthday.

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