Oscar Scott Woody Post Office Building
OSCAR SCOTT WOODY POST OFFICE BUILDING
Mr. MURPHY. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3740) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 223 South Main Street in Roxboro, North Carolina, as the "Oscar Scott Woody Post Office Building".
The Clerk read as follows:
H.R. 3740
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. OSCAR SCOTT WOODY POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) Designation.-The facility of the United States Postal Service located at 223 South Main Street in Roxboro, North Carolina, shall be known and designated as the "Oscar Scott Woody Post Office Building".
(b) References.-Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Oscar Scott Woody Post Office Building.
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Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I might consume.
Mr. Speaker, as a member of the House Committee on Government Reform, I am pleased to join my colleague in consideration of H.R. 3740, legislation naming a postal facility in Roxboro, North Carolina, after Oscar Scott Woody. This measure, which was introduced by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Miller) on January 28, 2004, and unanimously reported by our committee on May 6, 2004, enjoys the support and cosponsorship of the North Carolina delegation.
Oscar Scott Woody was born on April 18, 1868, and lived in Fairfax County, Virginia. For 15 years, Mr. Woody worked as a railroad mail postal clerk, working the train route between Washington, D.C., and Greensboro, North Carolina.
In 1910, he was selected to serve with the Postal Sea Service. Two years later, Oscar was on the Titanic, serving with four other postal clerks.
According to news reports, Oscar Scott Woody was celebrating his 44th birthday aboard the great ship, the Titanic, when it began to sink. Survivors reported seeing Oscar and the other postal sea clerks trying to save the mail in the ship's post office.
Mr. Woody's body was later recovered, along with keys to the ship's mailboxes and "facing slips" which indicated the destination of the mail sack.
Mr. Speaker, once again we are witness to the hard work and dedication of postal employees, even in the face of death and disaster.
I commend my colleague for honoring postal sea clerk Oscar Scott Woody, and although the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Miller) was unable to be here today, I know that he would be proud to see the passage of this bill, which names a postal facility after Mr. Woody.
Mr. Speaker, I do not believe that I have any other requests for time and urge its passage.