[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26104]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



    HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY TO MITZIE WILSON, A PILLAR OF THE COMMUNITY

  (Mr. MASCARA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MASCARA. Mr. Speaker I rise today to pay tribute to Mitzie 
Wilson, an outstanding American, friend and neighbor from Charleroi, 
Pennsylvania, my hometown. She, her husband, Don, and her son, Glenn, 
are considered pillars of the community. She will celebrate her 70th 
birthday on January 17, 2002. We wish her a happy birthday and many 
more to come.
  While many of us in Congress talk about the importance of family 
values, Mitzie and her family serve as a model that every American 
should emulate. They are the first to offer to take neighbors for 
doctor visits, pick up prescriptions at a drugstore, and shovel walks 
for elderly neighbors. As if that were not enough, her son is a 
volunteer firefighter in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Mascara and I 
have been the recipients of their kind acts.
  Finally, Mitzie served our country as a member of the Air Forces, 
United States Air Force serving in Guam. Happy birthday, Mitzie. We are 
proud to know you and to be considered your friend.

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