[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 153 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1017]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING BETTY STOUT'S 101ST BIRTHDAY

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                       HON. BRIAN K. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 4, 2024

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a remarkable 
constituent, Betty Stout of Pennswood Village in Newtown. Betty was 
born on September 30, 1923, in Trenton. N.J., and is now turning 101.
  Betty was known during her childhood in Trenton as the ``The Little 
Mother of Rutherford Avenue,'' because of the long hours she spent 
caring for her younger brother, Gary. Her father worked even longer 
hours, leading a band, playing the organ in local movie theaters, and 
delivering newspapers before the crack of dawn.
  After graduating from Trenton High, Betty worked for the Trenton 
Banking Company. She married Ralph Stout, who also worked there, in 
1947. Ralph had a liberating effect on her life, mainly by encouraging 
her do many of the things she had not been able to do as a child. They 
were wonderful dancers and excelled at bridge. Betty learned to swim 
and play golf, a sport that gave her great pleasure until she was 90. 
She was an active member of the Hopewell Valley Golf Club for 50 years. 
One of her grandchildren jokes she even looked down on the 9-holers.
  Betty was a member of Ewing Presbyterian Church for many years before 
joining Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church. She now attends services at 
Pennswood. She volunteered with the Children's Committee of Mercer 
Hospital. Betty is adored by her three children, seven grandchildren 
and seven great-grandchildren. At her 100th birthday party, one of the 
grandchildren described her as the hub of the family's wheel. At the 
age of 94, she served as the celebrant at another grandchild's wedding.
  At Pennswood, Betty is surrounded by loving friends and staff. To be 
her friend or a spoke on her family's wheel is a rare, and always 
rewarding privilege. To be on the Pennswood staff is often to become 
her friend. Her capacity for friendship is matched by her passion for 
setting wrongs right. Happy Birthday, Betty.

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