[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 80 (Thursday, May 19, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E750]
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                      TRIBUTE TO MARGUERITE GOWIN

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 19, 2016

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Marguerite 
Gowin of Adel, Iowa, on the celebration of her 100th birthday. She has 
had an illustrious career, serving as the Dallas County Recorder from 
1957-78. She and her husband, Kenneth owned a hardware store in Adel 
throughout their married life. In her later years, she is known for 
being a woman of high fashion--always seen wearing artistic jewelry, 
stylish clothing and topping it off with an infectious laugh and wide 
smile.
  Our world has changed immensely during the course of Marguerite's 
life. Since her birth, we have revolutionized air travel and walked on 
the moon. We have invented the television, cellular phones, and the 
intemet. We have fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall of 
Soviet communism, and witnessed the birth of new democracies. Ms. Gowin 
has lived through seventeen United States Presidents and twenty-one 
Governors of Iowa. In her lifetime, the population of the United States 
has more than tripled.
  Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent Ms. Gowin in the United 
States Congress and it is my pleasure to wish her a very happy 100th 
birthday. I ask that my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives join me in congratulating Marguerite Gowin for reaching 
this incredible milestone and in wishing her nothing but the best.

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