[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 13927-13928]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  COMMEMORATING THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEFUNIAK SPRINGS 
                              WOMAN'S CLUB

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                            HON. JEFF MILLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 9, 2015

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate the One 
Hundredth Anniversary of the DeFuniak Springs Woman's Club. Throughout 
the last century, the Club has served the local community, and I am 
privileged to honor and recognize their dedication

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to bettering the lives of the citizens of Northwest Florida.
  As one of the oldest civic organizations in the Florida panhandle, 
the Woman's Club was unofficially formed in 1915 when a group of 5 
resourceful and determined women representing each of the churches in 
DeFuniak Springs gathered at the request of the mayor to take on the 
beautification and sanitation of the town. The group, which would later 
become the DeFuniak Springs Woman's Club, set about establishing 
sanitation standards by improving drinking water and sewer systems, as 
well as working to make the town as aesthetically pleasing as possible. 
They were able to secure extra law enforcement officials to prevent the 
free roaming livestock, and they beautified the parks and train depot 
by planting gardens.
  Once their original purpose was met, the Woman's Club began to 
provide care to women and children, a mission that continues today. In 
addition to promoting good health and home sanitation, the Woman's Club 
has taken on projects to provide food for school children, library 
books, quality woman's clothing at discounted prices, and, as a sponsor 
for the Children's Advocacy of the Emerald Coast, support for child 
abuse victims.
  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the United States Congress, it gives me 
great pleasure to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the 
DeFuniak Woman's Club in DeFuniak Springs, Florida. My wife Vicki joins 
me in congratulating all the members past and present on one hundred 
years of exceptional service to the Northwest Florida community.




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