[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5387]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   CONGRATULATIONS TO YOKUM CHAPEL AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, April 3, 2001

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, let me take this opportunity to 
congratulate the Yokum Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, of 
Malta Bend, Missouri, which will be celebrating its 120th anniversary 
on May 20, 2001.
  Yokum Chapel Church may not have the largest membership but it has 
continued to serve the people of Malta Bend for the last twelve 
decades. Malta Bend is a small town with an African-American population 
of less than five percent. This church and its dedicated congregation 
have become an integral part of the community that it calls home.
  Mr. Speaker, I wish to extend my congratulations to the congregation 
of Yokum Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church for their 
outstanding accomplishment. It is with great pride that I honor their 
achievement on their one hundred and twentieth anniversary.

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