[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23052]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR A LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO MABEL 
          GRIFFITH LEGG ON THE OCCASION OF HER 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                           HON. CHET EDWARDS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 17, 2000

  Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Mabel Griffith Legg 
on her 100th birthday and to thank her for becoming a teacher and 
sharing her life with countless numbers of students during her career. 
She was born October 6, 1900 on a farm near Athens, Texas and graduated 
from Palestine High School.
  Mabel Legg moved to Waco, Texas, in my Central Texas congressional 
district, in the 1920s. She passed the teacher certification test 
during her junior year of high school and later earned her bachelor and 
master of arts degrees from Baylor University. She taught high school 
English and directed plays for 26 years at the Waco State Home and for 
another 14 years at La Vega High School. Through her inspiration many 
hundreds of her students have made significant contributions to our 
nation and humanity. She has been a longtime member of Highland Baptist 
Church where she taught Sunday school for 25 years and where she is 
still active in Sunday school and Bible study.
  I ask members to join me in honoring Mabel Griffith Legg for devoting 
her lifetime to teaching others and to congratulate her on her 100th 
birthday. Congratulations and happy birthday, Ms. Legg.

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