[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20834]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    RECOGNITION OF CARLEY ZELL AS GEORGIA'S OLDER WORKER OF THE YEAR

                                 ______
                                 

                           HON. JACK KINGSTON

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 4, 2000

  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, today I recognize Carley Zell as the 
recipient of this year's Georgia's Older Worker of the Year award. Mr. 
Zell was given the award during the Georgia Older Worker Conference and 
12th Annual Awards Luncheon. The award was presented to Mr. Zell by the 
Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond. Mr. Zell has lived in 
three centuries and has yet to retire. He has continued to work and 
contribute to his family and community. Let me take a moment to applaud 
Mr. Zell's dedication and contributions.
  Mr. Zell owns Zell Enterprises which he founded in 1958. His company 
includes rental properties that are located in Brunswick and the 
Jacksonville Warehouse Co. Mr. Zell started his first job at age 12 
delivering newspapers for the Brunswick News. The year after he 
graduated from Glynn Academy, he served as an apprentice seaman in the 
U.S. Navy. During his time in the Navy, he managed a shipyard cafeteria 
that served 30,000 workers daily, as they built ships at the Brunswick 
shipyards during World War II.
  Please join me again in applauding Mr. Zell. He represents what is 
best in America--he is a self-learner, and through hard work and 
persistence has reached the true meaning of success. Let us all take 
direction from him and strive to obtain his love for work. He has 
continually given to his community and never asked for anything back in 
return. Our society today needs more people like him to inspire and 
continually give relentlessly.

                          ____________________