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Continue beyond 1 50 p. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina, mr. Butterfield, for five minutes. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to recognize the achievements of a great public servant, a mother, a wife, a friend to many, and the longest serving employee of the Washington County, North Carolina, school system, ms. Eleanor patterson barber. Some refer to her as mother barber. She was born in indianapolis, indiana, on november 13, 1933. A graduate of the historic christmas attics high school, she trained as a concert pianist and graduated in indianapolis. She met her husband, the reverend william jay barber i, a educator, activist with deep roots in eastern North Carolina. With a strong passion and conviction for justice and quality, the barber couple relocated to eastern North Carolina to play an essential role in the integration of the county schools. Though it ha

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