[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8879]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO MABLE VOSHELL

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 20, 2010

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Mable Voshell 
of Osage, Iowa on the celebration of her 100th birthday which was on 
February 24th, 2010.
  Mable has been an inspiration to all active seniors. Since 1991 Mable 
has been dancing almost every Saturday night at the VFW in Mason City, 
Iowa. When she was younger she would go to ballrooms across the Midwest 
and dance the traditional version of dances like the foxtrot. Her 
current dance partner, Clyde Martin, has been with her every step of 
the way since both of their spouses passed away. For Mable's 100th 
birthday celebration, Mable and Clyde provided a moment not soon to be 
forgotten at the VFW in Mason City, by dancing the first dance of the 
night.
  There have been many changes that have occurred during the past one 
hundred years. Since Mable's birth we have revolutionized air travel 
and walked on the moon. We have invented the television and the 
Internet. We have fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall of 
Soviet communism and the birth of new democracies. Mable has lived 
through eighteen United States Presidents and twenty-two Governors of 
Iowa. In her lifetime the population of the United States has more than 
tripled.
  I congratulate Mable Voshell for reaching this milestone of a 
birthday. I am extremely honored to represent Mable in Congress, and I 
wish her happiness, health and many more dances in her future years.

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