[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 21]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 29406]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING CENTENARIAN ELSIE JOHNSON OF HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA

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                         HON. GINNY BROWN-WAITE

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 16, 2005

  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor 
Elsie Johnson of Hernando County, Florida.
  Elsie has done something that all of us strive for, but that very few 
of us will ever accomplish, celebrate her 101st birthday.
  Born April 17, 1904 in Coventry, Connecticut, Elsie Johnson attended 
school in Massachusetts. She worked for seventeen years at Sears where 
she manufactured shears. Married to Hugo Johnson in 1921, she and her 
husband were blessed with four children, nineteen grandchildren and 
fourteen great grandchildren. She has proudly seen all of her children 
married and make lives of their own. Married for forty-two years, the 
happiest events in Elsie's life were her wedding day and the birth of 
her first daughter.
  Elsie moved to Hernando County with her daughter and says that her 
favorite part of the county is the nice and friendly people who live 
there. Today Elsie says that she enjoys her crochet work and doing her 
housework. Passing on the wisdom of her years, Elsie says that her 
advice to young people today is to ``work for what you have and don't 
expect it to be given to you and to develop higher values.''
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me in honoring Elsie Johnson for 
reaching her 101st birthday. I hope we all have the good fortune to 
live as long as she has.

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