[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 29, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E748]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING JANE CURTIS

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                            HON. PETER WELCH

                               of vermont

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 29, 2018

  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Speaker, Jane Curtis will be 100 years of age on June 
7, 2018. She continues to enjoy a vigorous and productive life. She is 
revered by generations of Vermonters for all the work and community 
contributions she and her renowned, departed husband, Will Curtis, 
provided to the people of Vermont. She and Will had dairy farms in West 
Harford and Hartland, Vermont. They were great readers and owned the 
magnificent Yankee Bookshop in Woodstock, Vermont for many years. And 
Jane has worked for decades for the improvement of the Connecticut 
River watershed.
  Jane's husband Will was a renowned commentator on Vermont Public 
Radio, and Jane collaborated with him on that effort, as well as many 
others. Jane and Will published books together, many with their dear 
friend Frank Lieberman, ranging from antique wood stoves to histories 
of the Billings family, Woodstock, the Long Trail, the Farm and 
Wilderness Camps, Calvin Coolidge--who was born nearby in Plymouth, 
Vermont--and the art of Monhegan Island, Maine.
  Jane served on the board of the Connecticut River Watershed Council 
for years. She also served social service agencies in the Upper Valley 
of Vermont and New Hampshire. At 100, Jane Curtis is still actively 
writing. Recently, she wrote an essay on the fall of the Roman 
Republic, with analogies to the present day.
  Mr. Speaker, we celebrate in Vermont a century of contributions by 
Jane Curtis.

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