{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2012-12-31-pt1-PgE2020-2", "2012-12-31", 112, 2, null, null, "IN TRIBUTE TO PUSHMATAHA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2020", "E2020", "[{\"name\": \"Elton Gallegly\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "158 Cong. Rec. E2020", "Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 171 (Monday, December 31, 2012)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 171 (Monday, December 31, 2012)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2020]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n           IN TRIBUTE TO PUSHMATAHA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY\n\n                                 ______\n\n                          HON. ELTON GALLEGLY\n\n                             of california\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Monday, December 31, 2012\n\n  Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in tribute to the Pushmataha County\nHistorical Society in Antlers, Oklahoma, and in particular Myrtle\nEdmond and Madge Jentry.\n  As historical societies go, the Pushmataha County Historical Society\nis relatively new, having been founded in 1984. But the Society's staff\nand volunteers know their town, its history, its people, and their\nplace firmly rooted in the heart of America.\n  My family hails from the Antlers, Oklahoma, area. When I was a young\nboy, I would travel by train, arriving and departing from the Frisco\nDepot, which now houses the Pushmataha County Historical Society.\nMyrtle Edmond and Madge Jentry were at the Society headquarters when my\nwife, Janice, and I stopped by on a recent trip and asked a few\nquestions about my ancestors. Myrtle and Madge responded by\nenthusiastically researching everything they could find on the Gallegly\nand Williams family branches. Myrtle even wrote down, by hand, all\ntheir research in great detail and gave it to me.\n  In addition, Myrtle had previously served on the society's cemetery\nidentification project and helped identify and inventory almost 12,000\nburials and grave sites at approximately 119 locations. With that\ninformation, she was able to locate the gravesites of my grandparents\nand many other relatives.\n  The wealth of information Myrtle and Madge were able to provide on my\nfamily is even more impressive when one considers that the county\ncourthouse burned during the Great Depression. Society volunteers have\npainstakingly rebuilt ancestral records from U.S. Census, newspapers,\nand other items in the historical record.\n  Mr. Speaker, Antlers, Oklahoma, is America. It has seen its share of\nhardship yet continues to bounce back. One of the most devastating\ntornadoes in the history of the state struck Antlers on April 12, 1945.\nOut of a population of 3,000, 55 were killed, including my uncle,\nDennis Dixon Gallegly. One third of the city was demolished. The city\nhas suffered devastating fires. Floods have washed away homes, but they\ncan't wash away Antlers, or the spirit of its people.\n  Mr. Speaker, the pride Myrtle Edmond and Madge Jentry have in their\ncommunity and in America was evidenced in their enthusiastic research\nof my family's roots. I know my colleagues join Janice and me in\nthanking them and all the Pushmataha County Historical Society\nvolunteers for preserving and celebrating their part of our nation's\nhistory through dedication, passion, and professionalism. They are\npreserving the heart of America.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2012-12-31-pt1-PgE2020-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 33.802452962845564, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}