[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 179 (Tuesday, November 13, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF OXFORD LUMBER

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 13, 2018

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I ask for the House's attention 
to recognize the 60th Anniversary of Oxford Lumber.
  In February of 1958, Charles W. and Mildred L. Newman founded Oxford 
Lumber as a business supply company at 4th and Barry Streets in Oxford, 
Alabama.
  Mr. Newman moved to Piedmont from Kentucky and then to Oxford in 
1958. He took his savings and started the company and had his wife, who 
was a Registered Nurse, join the business soon after. To this day, Mrs. 
Newman is still an active part of the business and serves as Secretary/
Treasurer of the company.
  In 1988, Oxford Lumber moved into its present facility at 1400 Barry 
Street on the corner of Highway 78 West.
  In 1963, they joined Ace Hardware Corporation and put in a full line 
of hardware, paint, plumbing, electrical and tools. Since then, they 
founded three other home centers: Roanoke Home Center in 1973, 
Talladega Home Center in 1998 and Jacksonville Home Center in 2007.
  This year, as we celebrate Mildred's 95th birthday, we also celebrate 
Oxford Lumber's 60th Anniversary.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing the 60th Anniversary of 
Oxford Lumber and congratulating them on years of success.

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