[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23451]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             IN RECOGNITION OF MONCRE TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 8, 2004

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of 
the 50th anniversary of the MonCre Telephone Cooperative in Ramer, Al.
  MonCre began operations in 1954 to bring phone service to the 
unserved rural areas of Montgomery, Crenshaw and eventually Bulloch and 
Pike counties, and was the vision of the late founder and Montgomery 
Advertiser columnist Mildred Smith of Ramer.
  Today, MonCre employs 24 highly trained technicians and staff, and 
serves approximately 3,500 households. Services offered 50 years later 
are far different from those of 1954 and now include a wide range of 
telephone, internet and DSL services.
  It's not often we have the opportunity to recognize the achievements 
and contributions of a community institution like MonCre, and I 
appreciate the House's attention to the matter at this important 
occasion.

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