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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— Extensions of Remarks E528 HON E528 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 5, 2005 He later held an internship at the State- The museum’s tribute includes a recreated are wise words. As I learned about the life of house while attending Boston University, watch tower and barracks, a detailed diorama service that Mr. Somervell has led, I am in- then worked on successful reelection cam- of a German ‘‘stalag,’’ the names of those spired by his beliefs and his values. paigns, first for Gov. Michael Dukakis and Service to America is one value Slim holds then U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Newton. He New Yorkers who were POWs during World worked on a Senate campaign in Oregon, as War II and a tribute to American POWs in dear. He entered the United States Navy in well. other conflicts. This will mark the first perma- 1941. In 1944, Slim was commissioned as a Solmonese succeeds former Sen. Cheryl nent museum tribute to American POWs in the gunnery and navigation officer for the USS Jacques, who stepped down from her Attle- New York region. Landing Ship Medium 142. boro-area district to lead the Human Rights It is vital that we continue to remember the In addition to having command of the Land- Campaign in January 2004. She resigned Nov. horrors of the Holocaust and pay tribute to ing Ship Medium, he also commanded Patrol 30. both the victims and the brave soldiers who Craft 1262, which conducted air and sea res- Solmonese, whose mother and sister live in cues in the Caribbean. He was also Executive Attleboro, took the helm just days before a contributed to the liberation of Europe from trial court judge in California ruled on Nazi rule. I strongly commend the leadership Officer of the Patrol Craft Escort 877. March 14 against that state’s same-sex mar- that the American Airpower Museum of Farm- Slim worked in the Fleet Weather Center in riage ban, calling it unconstitutional and ingdale has taken on this issue and urge other Washington, DC and conducted Navy weather comparing it to archaic segregation laws. museums to follow suit. research in Norfolk, Virginia. He served on the It’s a ruling that resonates in Massachu- f Forrestal, CVA–59. He was also the staff me- setts, which has been in the vanguard of the teorologist for the commander of the U.S. Sec- struggle for equality. RECOGNIZING FLOWER MOUND ond Fleet, later for the Western Pacific 7th It was the first in the nation, in November HIGH SCHOOL’S NAMING TO THE 2003, to give gay men and lesbians the same Fleet and ultimately commanded the Navy Re- access to marriage licenses as heterosexual GRAMMY SIGNATURE SCHOOL search Facility in Norfolk, Virginia. couples. GOLD LIST Devotion to family is another value that is Solmonese’ predecessor, Jacques, married important to Slim. While on assignment in her longtime partner in August in Boston, HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS Monterey, California, he met his wife Mary. days after she addressed the Democratic Na- OF TEXAS They married in 1949 in Kerrville, Texas. They tional Convention calling for ‘‘marriage had five children, four girls and one boy. Slim IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES equality.’’ The couple were wed under Massa- and Mary are now grandparents of thirteen. chusetts’ high court historic decision, a deci- Tuesday, April 5, 2005 Slim will often tell you, ‘‘What more can a sion that was long overdue here and con- tinues to be elsewhere. Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to person ask for than children and grandchildren Appeals are certain in California. But each commend Flower Mound High School, located who turn out to be good citizens.’’ As you can step forward brings closer what surely will in the 26th Congressional District of Texas, for tell, Slim is quite proud of his family. be the eventual right of gays and lesbians its recognition on the Gold List of Grammy After 30 years of faithful service to our across the country to attain equal footing in Signature Schools. country, Slim retired. But this did not slow him the eyes of the law. I congratulate Flower Mound High School’s down. Slim took a job with the Bureau of Rec- We congratulate Joe Solmonese, whose fa- performing arts department, under the leader- lamation in their cloud seeding program. Later, ther, Joseph, was principal of Norton High Slim worked for the Department of Atmos- School for several years until his death, as ship of Danna Rothlisberger, Lewisville ISD di- he sets out across the country to carry his rector of performing arts, and Mark Rohwer, pheric Science at Colorado State University. message. chair of the performing arts department, for Slim spent 15 years in that department as a ‘‘We seek the same rights and responsibil- their outstanding achievement. Flower Mound manager, researcher and also a teacher. ities as all other Americans,’’ Solmonese High School was only one of seven schools in In addition to service to family and service said, upon his appointment. ‘‘Our job is to the nation promoted to the Gold List from their to our country, Slim also strongly believes in educate the American people as to what service to God. Slim and Mary attend Saint equality means.’’ original recognition as a Grammy Signature School. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Fort Collins, Colo- f Flower Mound High School received $7,000 rado. There, Slim serves as a lector and a HONORING THE AMERICAN AIR cash reward for its performing arts department communion minister. POWER MUSEUM IN FARMING- as part of their promotion. Mr. Rohwer has Slim has been truly blessed with a great ca- DALE, NEW YORK promised to spend a portion of the money to reer and a great family. I invite my colleagues hiring composers to write specific pieces for to join me in honoring Mr. Somervell. May the band, orchestra and choir, and to buy new God continue to bless the Somervells for HON. STEVE ISRAEL years to come. OF NEW YORK equipment. f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Flower Mound High School’s performing arts department is a stellar example from which Tuesday, April 5, 2005 A TRIBUTE TO MAE CATHERINE Texas schools should model their performing GREENE Mr. ISRAEL. Mr Speaker, I rise today to rec- arts departments. Their commitment to edu- ognize the contributions of the American Air- cating students through the arts is to be ad- HON. EDOLPHUS TOWNS power Museum in Farmingdale, New York to mired and replicated. OF NEW YORK the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of I am proud of the education system in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the liberation of American POWs at the end of Texas; especially our involved parents and World War II. teachers at Flower Mound High School who Tuesday, April 5, 2005 Sixty years ago this spring, over 100,000 commit their lives and time to fostering growth Mr. TOWNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of American and Allied POWs were liberated by in their students. Mae Catherine Greene in recognition for her Soviet troops as they swept aside enemy f dedication to her community. forces in Eastern Europe. This liberation Mae Catherine Greene fondly known as marked the end of forced marches, stinging HONORING THE LIFE OF WILLIAM ‘‘Cat’’ by family and close friends is almost a cold, constant hunger and the everpresent ‘‘SLIM’’ SOMERVELL life long resident of the east New York com- threat of summary execution by a collapsing munity of which she has been an integral and Nazi regime. Simultaneously, advancing Allied HON. MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE staunchly loyal advocate. She was born in forces also discovered Hitler’s death camps OF COLORADO Chadbourn, NC in March of 1957, the ninth of and their wretched legacy of inhumanity. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ten children of a proud and independent work- As we observe this anniversary, I am truly ing mother. proud to have the American Airpower Museum Tuesday, April 5, 2005 Mae obtained her education in the neighbor- at the Republic Airport in Farmingdale in my Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today hood she so greatly loves and admires. She congressional district. The museum has estab- to honor the life and service of Willis ‘‘Slim’’ attended P.S. 149, I.S. 292 and William H. lished a new permanent tribute to honor those Somervell, who has dedicated his life to God, Maxwell High School in east New York. Mae, who endured the POW ‘‘stalags’’ and to sol- his family, and the United States of America. who has been married for almost 27 years to emnly mark the liberation of the death camps Slim has said, ‘‘You need to be true to your- her childhood sweetheart, Richard Greene, is built by the Third Reich for the purpose of self and you need to have beliefs and a value the proud mother of six children who still live murdering millions of European Jews. system. Without those, what are we?’’ These in east New York as well. VerDate Aug 04 2004 14:03 Apr 08, 2005 Jkt 039102 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\TEMP\E05AP5.REC E05AP5 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E529 Having six children in the public school sys- A mother to two children, Robert and Ste- questions and I therefore ask that Mr. tem and being a concerned, loving and dedi- ven, and wife to Bergen Hall, Mrs. Hall was Jacoby’s very significant contribution be print- cated parent, Mae took a strong interest in the also very active in her community. She was an ed here. neighborhood’s public school system.
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