June 27, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E 1337 A SPECIAL TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF St. Mary's Episcopal Church to minister to Today, Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and our THE VERY REVEREND J. EARL area youth, the elderly, the hungry, and the colleagues join me, the congregation of the CAVANAUGH needy. From the beginning, Reverend Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Reverend Cavanaugh became involved publicly and pas- Cavanaugh's family, and the citizens of Kan- HON. KAREN McCARTHY torally in dealing with the very difficult issues sas City, MO, in recognizing Reverend OF MISSOURI of the AIDS epidemic, working to instill Cavanaugh's outstanding achievements and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES throughout our community a sense of true selfless contributions and in extending our compassion and concern for those inflicted congratulations and best wishes on the occa- Tuesday, June 27, 1995 with this terrible disease. He dedicated his sion of his retirement. Ms. MCCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, it is with spirit and his energies to creating a climate of f great pride and respect that I rise today to ecumenical cooperation and to fostering within bring to your attention, and to the attention of our community a heightened awareness of the TRIBUTE TO GEORGE LUTZA AND my colleagues, the fine work and outstanding continuing need for social, racial, gender, and CAROL SILVER LUTZA public service of the Very Reverend J. Earl economic justice. Cavanaugh. Among his many community activities, Rev- HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN On Sunday, May 21, 1995, I was honored to erend Cavanaugh has served with distinction OF CALIFORNIA join with the congregation of the Grace and as a member of the U.S. Interreligious Com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral of Kansas mittee for Peace in the Middle East; as a Tuesday, June 27, 1995 City, MO, as well as the greater Kansas City member of the Downtown Council Board of Di- community, to salute Reverend Cavanaugh on rectors; as chaplain of the Harry S. Truman Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am honored to the occasion of his retirement after 19 years Good Neighbor Award Foundation; as a mem- pay tribute to George Lutza and Carol Silver as dean of the Cathedral. ber of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Interfaith Co- Lutza, corecipients of the Bernardi Senior Reverend Cavanaugh was born in Philadel- alition; on the Kansas City Community Joint Center's ninth Community Service Award. For phia, PA, on May 22, 1930. After graduating Committee on Homelessness; and on the the past 7 years George and Carol's com- from Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA, in mayor's task forces on AIDS and on hunger pany, Dynamic Home Care, has provided 1953 with an A.B. degree in English literature, and poverty. home chore and bathing services to home- he attended Drew Theological School in Madi- Within the Episcopal Church, at the national bound seniors referred by the Bernardi Center. son, NJ, receiving a master of divinity degree level, Reverend Cavanaugh has served on the Their goal is to ensure that seniors have af- in 1956. Upon completing a year of special executive council; was elected nine times as fordable and excellent health care. In that, study at the Church Divinity School of the Pa- deputy to the general convention of the execu- Carol and George have succeeded admirably. cific, he was ordained to the priesthood on tive church; served as a member of the Com- Carol and George serve on the professional June 18, 1958, diocese of Los Angeles, CA. mittee on the State of the Church; and served advisory council and the member advisory During the period 1958±1976, Reverend as a member of the House of Deputies Com- council of the Bernardi Center, which is lo- Cavanaugh served as vicar of St. Peter's mittee on Evangelism at the General Conven- cated in Van Nuys. They bring their own brand Church in Rialto, CA 1958±1961; vicar of St. tions held in 1973 and 1979. of dedication and energy to the center, in ad- Bartholomew's Church in Poway, CA 1961± In 1954, Reverend Gingrich married Nancy dition to providing a valuable service to the el- 64; rector of St. Barnabas Church and chap- Gingrich Cavanaugh of Philadelphia, PA. Mrs. derly of the northeast San Fernando Valley. lain to Episcopal students at Occidental Col- Cavanaugh graduated from the University of Both are busy in other organizations in- lege in Los Angeles, CA 1964±68; and rector Pennsylvania with an A.B. degree in econom- volved with the lives of senior citizens. For ex- of the Church of the Holy Faith in Inglewood, ics. She attended Claremont Graduate School ample, George is a member of the Elderabuse CA 1968±76. in Claremont, CA where she received a mas- Task Force, a member of Elders at Risk, a In March 1976, Reverend Cavanaugh be- ter's degree in education. Prior to the family's supporter of the Alzheimer's Association and came dean and rector of Grace and Holy Trin- relocation to Kansas City, Mrs. Cavanaugh the past chairperson of the Living at Home ity Cathedral in Kansas City, MO, the heart of worked for the Federal Reserve System, the Community Council. Carol has since 1987 the heartland and my hometown. California Department of Public Assistance, been chairperson of the Home Care Consor- As he had in his previous ministries, Rev- and the Rialto, Los Angeles, and Inglewood tium through Senior Care Network, which is erend Cavanaugh not only embraced his pas- California School Districts. Since 1977, she affiliated with Huntington Memorial Hospital. toral duties to his congregation but became an has taught second grade at the now-Pem- She is also cochairperson of the steering com- advocate and a leader in many areas of con- broke Hill School in Kansas City. While ac- mittee of the Greater Los Angeles cern and challenge to the community at large, tively involved in her own career, Mrs. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association. establishing the place of the Cathedral as a Cavanaugh has been an integral partner in the Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me center of worship and service to both the great works and the great successes of Rev- in saluting George Lutza and Carol Silver greater Kansas City community and the dio- erend Cavanaugh. One of the greatest gifts Lutza, public servants who work tirelessly for cese of West Missouri. Reverend Cavanaugh shared with Kansas City the betterment of senior citizens. They are a As dean of Grace and Holy Trinity, he ex- was Nancy Cavanaugh. She became a true shining example to us all. tended participation in the worship ministry to citizen of our city embracing with her heart our f both women and men at all levels; encour- cares and concerns, dedicating her personal aged and facilitated the development of con- time and energy to seeking solutions to our RECOGNITION TO LEWIS ‘‘DEE’’ gregational diversity by age, socio-economic problems and to celebrating our gains. WALKER and cultural background; advocated and im- Reverend and Mrs. Cavanaugh are the plemented the ordination of women to the proud parents of Helen Mary, who I had the HON. PATRICIA SCHROEDER presbyterate; and strengthened the relation- distinct pleasure of having as one of my stu- OF COLORADO ship of the Cathedral with other Christians and dents when I was on the faculty at the Sunset IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES members of other faiths through joint worship, Hill School. Helen is an attorney and is mar- study and community service. ried to Paul Stauts. Helen and Paul live in Tuesday, June 27, 1995 As Dean of Kansas City, Reverend Northern California and have four wonderful Mrs. SCHROEDER. Mr. Speaker, the Fed- Cavanaugh, working with the Grace and Holy children: Sydney, Alexander, Ethan, and eral Government is losing to retirement a dedi- Trinity congregation, provided vision and lead- Jacob. Helen's tribute to her father on Sunday, cated defender of both the U.S. Army and the ership in support of the community's efforts to May 21, brought tears of joy to my eyes. American environment. address the growing human needs and suffer- In 1976, when Reverend Cavanaugh came Lewis ``Dee'' Walker has been under the ing of the Kansas City population, in particular to the heartland of AmericaÐto Kansas CityÐ Secretary of the Army in charge of the envi- the residents of the downtown area and our he opened his heart to the congregation and ronment. It was his duty to recognize years of more troubled neighborhoods. As part of to our community. During his 19 years as environmental neglect at U.S. Army bases. It Downtown Ministries, Reverend Cavanaugh dean at Grace and Holy Trinity, Reverend became his responsibility to turn that neglect and the Grace and Holy Trinity congregation Cavanaugh played an extraordinary and criti- into a commitment to make contaminated land worked hand-in-hand with the Catholic Cathe- cal role in our community. He touched the safe for human health and the environment. dral of the Immaculate Conception, Grand Av- lives of so many people. His contributions will And Dee Walker performed in outstanding enue Temple, United Methodist Church, and long be remembered. fashion. E 1338 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 27, 1995 I am most familiar with his years of work to home to most of the men Union County sent Clark. Representative Clark grew up on his clean up one of the Army's most infamous to the first Congresses. family farm in a section of Elizabeth which is messes, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. For On March 4, 1789, amid much fanfare, the now present-day Roselle. Born in 1726, Rep- over 10 years Walker showed great energy, first session of the First Congress began. Un- resentative Clark had a distinguished career patience, and determination to get where we fortunately for the new government, a quorum and contributed much to the founding of our are todayÐa comprehensive cleanup plan en- to conduct business was not reached in the Nation. He hated aristocratic privilege in any dorsed by all parties involved. His effort here House until April 1, and in the Senate until form and was outspoken in his advocacy for alone casts him a spot next to Hercules and April 4. One of the reasons for this absence of independence from England, culminating in his the Madonna. a quorum was the difficulty Members had in signing the Declaration of Independence. Al- Mr. Speaker, we owe a great debt to Dee reaching New York City, the home of the new though not formally educated in the law, Rep- Walker. And I wish him well in the future. government. Travel was slow during this pe- resentative Clark's zeal for giving free legal f riod, especially for Members from the Western advice earned him the nickname of ``the Poor States or those not near the coast or a river. Man's Counsellor.'' A BRIEF HISTORY OF UNION The trip must have been an easy one for Elias Because of his support for the American COUNTY, NJ, RESIDENTS WHO Boudinot, however, Union County's first resi- Revolution, he was chosen as a Delegate to HAVE SERVED IN CONGRESS, dent to serve in Congress. Representative the Continental Congress from 1776±78, and 1789–1808 Boudinot probably took a short ferry ride again from 1780±83, and finally from 1786 across Newark Bay, up the Kill van Kull, and until the Continental Congress largely dis- HON. BOB FRANKS finally across the Hudson River to reach Fed- banded in 1788. Delegate Clark was also cho- OF NEW JERSEY eral Hall, located on Manhattan's southern tip. sen as a delegate to the Constitutional Con- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It is interesting to note that prior to his trip to vention in Philadelphia, but ill healthÐhe suf- Tuesday, June 27, 1995 be sworn into the First Congress, Representa- fered from poor health his entire lifeÐpre- tive-elect Boudinot entertained President-elect vented him from attending. He would go on to Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, George Washington at Boxwood Hall, his two- oppose adoption of the Federal Constitution as a Member of the House of Representatives story mansion in Elizabeth. President-elect until the Bill of Rights was added in 1791. Re- from Union County, NJ, I recently became in- Washington was also on his way to New York elected to the Third Congress, Representative terested in my predecessors who represented City, to be sworn in as our Nation's first chief Clark's tenure in Congress was cut short by my home county during Congress' early years. executive. his death in 1794 at age 69. In honor of his During the first two decades of our Nation's Although born in Philadelphia, Representa- patriotism and many accomplishments, the fu- history, Union County sent five distinguished tive Boudinot lived and practiced law in Eliza- ture township of Clark, NJ, at the time a part gentlemen to serve in Congress. For many of beth when he was elected to the First Con- of Rahway, was named for him. these men, like Abraham Clark, who signed gress. A tall, dignified, and reportedly hand- the Declaration of Independence, and Jona- Also joining Representative Boudinot and some man, Boudinot was both cautious in his Clark in the Second Congress was Jonathan than Dayton, a signer of the U.S. Constitution, temperament and conservative in his politics. their service in Congress was but one of their Dayton of Elizabeth. Son of Elias Dayton, a His career before his congressional service Delegate to the Continental Congress, Rep- many contributions to our Nation during its was quite distinguished. He served in the Rev- formative years. And although some of these resentative Dayton was elected to the First olutionary Army, and was a Delegate to the Congress, but declined the office, preferring men have been obscured by the passage of Continental Congress in 1778. Delegate time, their accomplishments are remembered instead to become a member of the New Jer- Boudinot would serve again in the Continental sey council and later speaker of the New Jer- by many of my constituents, and still studied Congress from 1781 to 1783. During his ten- by scholars of this period. sey General Assembly. Born in 1760, he grad- ure, Delegate Boudinot gained valuable expe- uated from the College of New Jersey, now Before one can examine the Union County rience by serving on over 30 committees. He natives who served in the first 10 Congresses, Princeton University, became a lawyer, and also served as the Continental Congress' fought during the Revolutionary War, attaining a short primer on how Union County devel- tenth president during 1782±83, making him, oped is appropriate. Although settlers from Eu- the rank of captain. He was captured by the in a de facto sense, New Jersey's first elected British in Elizabeth, but obtained his freedom rope had been living in Union County for near- national leader. As my colleagues may be ly 200 years, Union County was not created in a prisoner exchange. In addition to his mili- aware, under the Articles of Confederation, tary service, he was also a delegate to the by the State legislature until 1857. As New there was no executive branch, and hence, no Jersey's youngest and second smallest coun- Federal Constitutional Convention, and had chief executive. The Continental Congress, a the honor of being the youngest signer, at 27, ty, Union County was originally part of its unicameral legislature, ran the entire govern- neighbor to the north, Essex County. In colo- of the U.S. Constitution. interestingly, he was ment. Furthermore, under the Articles, Dele- chosen to go to the Constitutional Convention nial times, what is now Union County was en- gate Boudinot's term was automatically abbre- compassed by the county's most populous after his father and Abraham Clark declined to viated because the terms of Delegates to the travel to Philadelphia because of poor health. community, ElizabethtownÐnow Elizabeth, Continental Congress were limited to 3 years. and the county seat. Elizabeth, a port town, As a House member during the first three In the Third Congress, Representative Day- was founded in 1665 by Sir George Carteret, Congresses, Representative Boudinot fathered ton became chairman of the House Committee who named the new settlement in honor of his many essential measures and participated in on Elections, one of the first standing commit- wife, Lady Elizabeth. practically all important debates. Boudinot led tees of the House. From that position, and be- No sooner had the little village of Elizabeth the defense of Hamilton's conduct of the Fed- cause he was a loyal Federalist, Representa- been founded than settlers pushed outward eral Treasury. He also was the first chairman tive Dayton attained the Speakership during onto the surrounding lands. As isolated farms of the Rules Committee, then a select commit- the Fourth and Fifth Congresses. were hewn from the forest, tiny hamlets devel- tee that had the important task of formulating As Speaker, Dayton has been described as oped, and new neighborhood names were the first rules of the new body. During his ten- being of ordinary ability, but of being person- born. Although these farms and small villages ure as chairman, Boudinot's leadership and ally popular, which helped temper the growing remained part of Elizabeth, they began to de- experience from serving in the Continental bellicose attitude of the House over the con- velop their own sense of identity and local Congress would prove invaluable to the First troversial Jay Treaty, which Dayton supported. concerns. By the end of the 18th century, divi- Congress. He is also seen as an active Speaker com- sion was inevitable. The first of the outlying After the Third Congress, Representative pared with his predecessors, and as someone areas to separate was Springfield, which was Boudinot declined to run for reelection. In who used his position to influence other Mem- created by the State legislature in 1793. The 1795, he accepted an appointment as director bers. He was also the first Speaker to speak next year Westfield incorporated, garnering its of the U.S. Mint. He moved to Philadelphia, out on issues before Congress when the name because it was the ``west field'' of Eliza- and sold Boxwood Hall to his House colleague House operated in the Committee of the beth. Then in close succession came Rahway Jonathan Dayton. He served as director of the Whole. in 1804, Union in 1808, and my hometown of Mint until 1805. Representative Boudinot died During his time in the House, Representa- New Providence in 1809. The rest of Union in 1821. tive Dayton argued in favor of having the sec- County's 15 communities would grow out of In the Second Congress, Representative retaries of the Treasury and of War appear in these 6 towns. Elizabeth would continue to Boudinot was joined by another Elizabeth na- the House, and for a larger regular army, rath- dominate the county politically, and would be tive, a slight, almost frail man named Abraham er than a militia. With Representative