Ways. We are well aware of all of these things. What we are trying to think through and in the exhibit is, ok, how do we tell the story . Because it was intense. There were intense restrictions that were enforced because of hartseller. A kid, part is the Civil Rights Act in 1964. And hartseller in 1965. Of this moment not in a positive or negative way. We are trying to piece through what are the things that changed and what other things that did not as letting people make up the decisions on their own as space the all of these kinds of things together. U mentioned that. None of us talked about that, that hartseller was sentimental. Illegal that the amigration becomes National Issue after 1968 when the western hemisphere quota is fomented. My relatives came in legally. If you got here, that basically you are legal. Illegality is a new issue, and something we created. I think you are absently on target. I did not mean to take over. We are going to have to wrap up the session for just you
Im matthew wasniewski, a historian of the house of representatives. Im farar elliott, a curator. We are here in the historic space. The ceremonial office, one of the oldest parts of the capitols house wing. There was built in 1857. This spot is an ideal place to talk about Historic Events in the capitol. In the artifacts we have in the collection that matt and i interpret all the time. We want to tell you about the history of the house page program, which is a history going back to the early 1800s. We dont actually know when the first pages served in the house. The tradition of having messengers and a page is simply a messenger, an errand runner. It usually has involved, at least in the u. S. Congress, young boys between age 8 and age 16. Who would run all kinds of errands for members of congress on the floor, rounding up members, things of that nature. And we have a couple of accounts that kind of place it at 1800 when the first young boys served on the house floor as pages. There is
Lifeboat volunteers with a combined 300 years service in west Cornwall have been honoured by the RNLI. Long-service awards have been presented to Penlee Lifeboat Station members Janet Madron, who has served 50 years, Rosalie Whitlock (50 years), Andrew Munsen (50 years), Dr Mike Hersant (50 years), Roy Pascoe (40 years), Margaret Pascoe (30 years) and Margaret Pomeroy (30 years). Janet, who is branch chairman, has received the RNLI s 50 years service award for her voluntary fundraising. She originally became involved at Penlee when her husband Stephen joined the RNLI, and although Janet lost her husband in the Penlee Lifeboat disaster of 1981 her unstinting efforts for the RNLI have continued.
The Helston Packet on Ferbuary 1, 1996
New hospital heralds the start of a new era THE £1.3-million extension at Helston Community Hospital was officially opened on Monday by Dame Rennie Fritchie, chairman of the South and west Regional Health Authority. It was a year ago that work began on the old cottage hospital to transform it into a modern, multi-purpose community hospital. The hospital is now three times the size and provides purpose-built accommodation with 20 beds and a 20-place day hospital for elderly people, together with outpatients and physiotherapy department. The many improvements include single rooms, some with en suite facilities.