[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 180 (Wednesday, November 14, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1521]
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                       TRIBUTE TO ELLA MAE RECORD

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                            HON. KEN CALVERT

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 14, 2018

  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to 
Ella Mae Record, who passed away last month in California. Ella Mae was 
the matriarch of the Record family in San Jacinto Valley. She will be 
deeply missed.
  Ella Mae was born at home in Torrance, California, on January 18, 
1929. Her family moved to the San Jacinto Valley on New Year's Day, 
1937, where she enrolled in school. It was in school that she developed 
a love for music and sports. She was named the sports writer for the 
school paper, editor of the yearbook, and was elected student body 
president her senior year. Ella Mae's summers were spent working on the 
family ranch learning to drive cars, trucks, tractors and mules. She 
married Clayton Record, Jr. on August 21, 1948. They lived in San Luis 
Obispo while Clayton was enrolled at Cal Poly and began their family 
while living in a small trailer in ``Vetville.''
  In 1952, they returned to the San Jacinto Valley where Clayton worked 
the family dairy and Ella Mae concentrated on raising the family. Her 
passion was golf which she began pursuing in 1960 at Gilman Hot Springs 
before becoming an active member of Soboba Springs. She was club 
champion at both and president of the Woman's Golf Association. She 
realized her dream of living on a golf course when she joined the 
Sunrise Country Club in Rancho Mirage where she finally got her hole-
in-one. Ella Mae's other interests included photography, obtaining her 
pilot license, owning a quarter horse, jeeping in the riverbed and 
serving on several boards of important valley organizations. She was 
preceded in death by her husband, Clayton Record and her son Clayton 
``Claytie'' Record. She is survived by her sons, Mike, Randy, and 
Keith; daughter, Nanci, 10 grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren.
  I extend my heartfelt condolences to the entire Record family, 
friends, and everyone fortunate enough to know Ella Mae. Although Ella 
Mae is gone, the many contributions she made to our community and 
family will have a lasting impact.

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