[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 2865-2866]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO MELVA E. RADCLIFFE

 Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, today I wish to congratulate 
Melva E. Radcliffe on her 111th birthday this past Saturday, March 3. A 
lifelong native of New Jersey, Mrs. Radcliffe is the oldest recorded 
resident of my State. Her father, the late Wilmer A. Cadmus, served as 
mayor of my hometown of Paterson. Mrs. Radcliffe attended the Paterson 
Normal School,

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now William Paterson University, and taught art and music to elementary 
school students in Paterson until 1968. Her family tells us she has 
proudly voted in every election since 1921, and greatly enjoyed 
traveling after she retired. I wish Mrs. Radcliffe all the best, and 
congratulate her on this amazing milestone in her life.

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