[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 24, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H7253-H7254]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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               RECOGNIZING APOLLO ENGINEER MARION JOHNSON

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Carter) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Ms. 
Marion Johnson for her contribution to landing a man on the Moon 50 
years ago this month.
  A product of the First Congressional District of Georgia, Ms. Johnson 
used her love of math to break barriers throughout her life not only in 
math and science but also for women and people of color.
  With a math degree from Talladega College, Ms. Johnson took a risk 
and applied to become one of the first female and/or minority engineers 
at Boeing. She was accepted. By chance, it happened to be around the 
same time that President Kennedy announced the national mission of 
sending a man to the Moon.
  At Boeing, she worked on a team of engineers with the specific 
mission of putting a man on the Moon.

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  In her own words, she said, ``We worked hard. We worked Saturdays. We 
worked afternoons and evenings until we got it right.''
  The rest is history. Now, Ms. Johnson's name is enshrined in the 
Apollo Saturn V Roll of Honor at the Smithsonian and Library of 
Congress.
  I could not have been prouder to have someone like Ms. Johnson from 
the First Congressional District of Georgia contributing to this 
engineering marvel that changed world history.


        Recognizing Blackshear Times' Robert and Cheryl Williams

  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. and 
Mrs. Robert and Cheryl Williams, who are retiring after nearly 50 years 
of running the Blackshear Times in the First Congressional District of 
Georgia.
  The oldest business in the area, the newspaper is 150 years old this 
year. Under Mr. and Mrs. Williams' leadership, the Blackshear Times has 
become one of the top papers in Georgia, receiving over 400 awards. 
Nearly everyone in Pierce County gets their news from the newspaper, 
exemplified in the Blackshear Times tag line, ``Liked by Many, Cussed 
by Some, Read by Them All.''
  Mr. Williams edited and published, his dream job since he was a young 
child. Mrs. Williams continually kept the paper's financials in check.
  ``To be a good paper, first, you have to be a good business,'' Mr. 
Williams said in praise of his wife's work.
  I am proud to have the Blackshear Times in my district, and I am 
thankful that Mr. and Mrs. Williams dedicated 50 years to the paper and 
keeping the Blackshear community informed.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Williams on their 
retirement. They both will be missed.


              Recognizing Holocaust Survivor Sam Weinreich

  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Sam 
Weinreich, who is celebrating not only his 100th birthday in August but 
also his 73rd wedding anniversary with his wife, Frieda.
  Referred to as Zadie, from Yiddish, Mr. Weinreich is a Holocaust 
survivor who spent time in both the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration 
camps. He was the only survivor from his family, which included nine of 
his siblings. His hometown, Lodz, Poland, once contained over 200,000 
Jews and the second largest Jewish community in Europe.
  After the Nazi occupation ended, Mr. Weinreich was one of only 6,000 
to survive. Mr. Weinreich survived in part because he was a Jewish 
doctor and received more privileges than other prisoners, but he also 
had a beautiful voice and would sing songs in front of the guards for 
food.
  Now living in Memphis, Tennessee, Mr. Weinreich has dedicated his 
life to sharing his story and ensuring that a tragedy of this magnitude 
will never happen again.
  Mr. Speaker, happy birthday and anniversary, Zadie.

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