[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16199]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING THE STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES 
          AERIE 1106 ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 14, 2005

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues to pay tribute to the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 1106 
which is celebrating a century of service this month.
  Founded by six theater owners in Seattle, Washington, in 1898, while 
discussing their mutual interest in a musician's strike, the Eagles 
went on to attract members from the performing arts including actors, 
stagehands, playwrights, etc. That accounted for the rapid growth of 
the organization in the first decade of the 20th century because 
performers often toured the country and, as they did, they recruited 
more and more people who desired to belong to such an organization.
  The stated mission of the Fraternal Order of Eagles is to unite 
fraternally for mutual benefit, protection, improvement, social 
enjoyment and association, all persons of good moral character who 
believe in a Supreme Being to inculcate the principles of liberty, 
truth, justice and equality; to perpetuate itself as a fraternal 
organization and to provide for its government as its constitution, 
laws, rituals, by-laws or other rules and regulations may, from time to 
time, provide and to promote the general welfare and to raise funds for 
duly authorized charities.
  Over the years, the Eagles fought and won many battles. Among them 
are a Workman's Compensation Act, Mothers and Old Age Pensions and 
Social Security. The Eagles also continue to raise funds for the Art 
Ehrmann Cancer Fund, the Max Bear Heart Fund, the Jimmy Durante 
Children's Fund, the ``Doc'' Dunlap Kidney Fund and the Diabetes Fund.
  Many great social and political leaders have belonged to the Eagles. 
President Theodore Roosevelt was a member and he praised the order for 
its humanitarian accomplishments. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt 
echoed those comments and President Harry S. Truman often said that the 
Eagles was his type of organization, one founded by and for the common 
man.
  Locally, the Stroudsburg Fraternal Order of Eagles, which boasts 
1,700 members and 450 auxiliary members, has labored tirelessly on 
behalf of abused women and children, Alzheimer's victims and the heart, 
kidney and cancer funds.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating the Stroudsburg 
Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 1106 on the occasion of its 100th 
anniversary. The greater Stroudsburg community is blessed to have such 
a wonderful organization advocating on its behalf and raising the 
quality of life in that part of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

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