[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 33 (Friday, February 23, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E209]
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             CONGRATULATING AND HONORING THE CITY OF CERES

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                            HON. JEFF DENHAM

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 23, 2018

  Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate and honor the 
City of Ceres, located in the California Central Valley, on a 
tremendous milestone--the completion of its first centennial.
  As the City of Ceres enters into its 100th year, they wish to honor 
and mark its history of a community working together to bring a 
cityhood of achievement into existence. The name ``Ceres'' was selected 
by Elma J. Carter in 1871 to honor the warehouses and granary of her 
grandfather; the name meaning health, beauty, fruitfulness, and 
wholesomeness.
  Daniel Whitmore is accredited with building the City's first house in 
1870 and served as the first cartographer of the land on February 20, 
1875. Ceres emerged as a township in January of 1910, consequent to the 
formation of the Ceres Judicial District. Simultaneously, the citizens 
of Ceres worked to assimilate as a city in California. It was not until 
February 25, 1918 that the inhabitants decided to incorporate as a 
general law city of the State of California.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in commemorating and congratulating the 
City of Ceres on the completion of its first centennial, and wish them 
a myriad to come.

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