[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: May 26, 1994]
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                       TRIBUTE TO MRS. ANNE MACK

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                       HON. GEORGE (BUDDY) DARDEN

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 25, 1994

  Mr. DARDEN. Mr. Speaker, one of the most important issues facing our 
Nation today is the education of our young people. Today I rise to 
honor a good friend of the young people, and all the people, of 
Marietta, GA, who has dedicated her adult life to teaching children. 
Mr. Speaker, her name is Anne Mack, and today she is retiring from a 
30-year teaching career. During those entire 30 years, she taught 
first-graders in Marietta, first at Lemon Street Elementary School and 
then at Hickory Hills School. It is a fitting time to pause and reflect 
on the immeasurable contributions she has made to our community.
  The success of Mrs. Mack's 30 years as a first-grade teacher is 
evidenced by the hundreds of children whose lives she influenced and 
enriched. Two of those hundreds of children, Mr. Speaker, are my 
children. They still remember Mrs. Mack vividly and fondly.
  Also, her success as a teacher and community leader can be seen 
through her selection as one of the Outstanding Young Women of America, 
an honor she received in 1971. And on two occasions, she was selected 
as Hickory Hills School's Teacher of the Year.
  From what I have learned, Mrs. Mack will now have more time to spend 
in her garden, which she greatly enjoys. Her retirement will also free 
her to expand her role as paster to her flock. Mrs. Mack and her 
husband Edgar (Johnny) Mack are copastors of the Sword of the Word 
Evangelistic Ministry in East Point, GA. And just as importantly, Mrs. 
Mack will have more time for her grandson, Austin Christopher 
McClendon.
  We in Marietta are proud of Mrs. Mack's work over three decades. She 
has helped in a large way to make our community an exceptionally good 
place to live. On behalf of the U.S. House of Representatives, I 
acknowledge her accomplishments by entering these remarks into the 
Congressional Record and Archives of the 103d Congress and declare 
today ``Anne Mack Day'' at Hickory Hills School in Marietta.

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