[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 26556]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          MARY DEXTER SCANLON

  (Mr. SHAW asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor Mrs. Mary Dexter Scanlon 
on the occasion of her 100th birthday. On November 21, 2005, she is 
celebrating this milestone in this life with over 50 relatives and 
friends of the family who will come across the country to her home in 
Boca Raton, Florida.
  Mary Louise Dexter, daughter of Ralph and Carrie Dexter of English 
and Swedish descent, grew up in Galva, Illinois. She assisted her 
father in bringing the first telephone service to their small rural 
town. She continued to educate herself and left home to go to New York 
City to attend Columbia University and later went on to become a 
teacher.
  In her lifetime, Mary has been part of much of this Nation's history, 
living through the Industrial Revolution, the Roaring Twenties, World 
War I, the Great Depression, World War II, and her brother was born on 
the Fourth of July. Mary is the proud mother of six sons, six 
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Mary's spirit is high, and 
her will to live every moment in life is great as she makes new friends 
each and every day.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of three generations, I ask my colleagues in 
the House to join me in wishing Mary Dexter Scanlon a very happy 100th 
birthday.

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