[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 29142]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING JULIUS GOLDSTEIN & SON INC. OF MOBILE ON ITS RECOGNITION 
                   AS AN ALABAMA CENTENNIAL RETAILER

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 1, 2007

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, today I rise to honor Julius Goldstein & 
Son Inc. located in Mobile, Alabama, for being recognized by the 
Alabama Retail Association as an Alabama Centennial Retailer.
  The Alabama Retail Association, in conjunction with the University of 
Alabama at Birmingham, sponsors the Retailer of the Year program. 
Awarded in three categories based on annual sales volume, the awards 
are presented each year at the association's Retailing Day luncheon.
  The designation of Alabama Centennial Retailer by the Alabama Retail 
Association recognizes century-old retail businesses for their 
contributions to Alabama's past, present, and future. I am proud to 
recognize that two of the honorees are located in Alabama's First 
Congressional District.
  One of this year's honorees, Julius Goldstein & Son Inc., which does 
business as Goldstein's Jewelry, was founded in 1879 by Julius 
Goldstein. One of the South's leading fine jewelry stores, it is now 
owned by Richard Frank Jr., whose family purchased the business in the 
1950s. Originally located on Dauphin Street in downtown Mobile, 
Goldstein's moved to Royal Street in 1905. Relocating to Bel Air Mall 
in 1967, Goldstein's was the first of Mobile's jewelry stores to ``move 
west.'' In 1974, Goldstein's built a second location in the mall, where 
it stayed until moving to its current location on Hillcrest Road in 
2002.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating 
Goldstein's Jewelry for being recognized as an Alabama Centennial 
Retailer by the Alabama Retail Association. I know Richard Frank Jr., 
along with the company employees, their friends, families, and members 
of the community also join with me in praising Goldstein's Jewelry for 
their many accomplishments and for extending thanks for their continued 
service to the Alabama business community and the First Congressional 
District.

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