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RECOGNIZING APOLLO ENGINEER MARION JOHNSON
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from
Georgia (Mr. Carter) for 5 minutes.
Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Ms.
Marion Johnson for her contribution to landing a man on the Moon 50
years ago this month.
A product of the First Congressional District of Georgia, Ms. Johnson
used her love of math to break barriers throughout her life not only in
math and science but also for women and people of color.
With a math degree from Talladega College, Ms. Johnson took a risk
and applied to become one of the first female and/or minority engineers
at Boeing. She was accepted. By chance, it happened to be around the
same time that President Kennedy announced the national mission of
sending a man to the Moon.
At Boeing, she worked on a team of engineers with the specific
mission of putting a man on the Moon.
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In her own words, she said, ``We worked hard. We worked Saturdays. We
worked afternoons and evenings until we got it right.''
The rest is history. Now, Ms. Johnson's name is enshrined in the
Apollo Saturn V Roll of Honor at the Smithsonian and Library of
Congress.
I could not have been prouder to have someone like Ms. Johnson from
the First Congressional District of Georgia contributing to this
engineering marvel that changed world history.
Recognizing Blackshear Times' Robert and Cheryl Williams
Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. and
Mrs. Robert and Cheryl Williams, who are retiring after nearly 50 years
of running the Blackshear Times in the First Congressional District of
Georgia.
The oldest business in the area, the newspaper is 150 years old this
year. Under Mr. and Mrs. Williams' leadership, the Blackshear Times has
become one of the top papers in Georgia, receiving over 400 awards.
Nearly everyone in Pierce County gets their news from the newspaper,
exemplified in the Blackshear Times tag line, ``Liked by Many, Cussed
by Some, Read by Them All.''
Mr. Williams edited and published, his dream job since he was a young
child. Mrs. Williams continually kept the paper's financials in check.
``To be a good paper, first, you have to be a good business,'' Mr.
Williams said in praise of his wife's work.
I am proud to have the Blackshear Times in my district, and I am
thankful that Mr. and Mrs. Williams dedicated 50 years to the paper and
keeping the Blackshear community informed.
Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Williams on their
retirement. They both will be missed.
Recognizing Holocaust Survivor Sam Weinreich
Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Sam
Weinreich, who is celebrating not only his 100th birthday in August but
also his 73rd wedding anniversary with his wife, Frieda.
Referred to as Zadie, from Yiddish, Mr. Weinreich is a Holocaust
survivor who spent time in both the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration
camps. He was the only survivor from his family, which included nine of
his siblings. His hometown, Lodz, Poland, once contained over 200,000
Jews and the second largest Jewish community in Europe.
After the Nazi occupation ended, Mr. Weinreich was one of only 6,000
to survive. Mr. Weinreich survived in part because he was a Jewish
doctor and received more privileges than other prisoners, but he also
had a beautiful voice and would sing songs in front of the guards for
food.
Now living in Memphis, Tennessee, Mr. Weinreich has dedicated his
life to sharing his story and ensuring that a tragedy of this magnitude
will never happen again.
Mr. Speaker, happy birthday and anniversary, Zadie.
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