[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 45 (Monday, March 16, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E667]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO MS. LUCILLE HART

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                       HON. DEBORAH L. HALVORSON

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 16, 2009

  Mrs. HALVORSON. Madam Speaker, today I rise to recognize the one-
hundredth birthday of Ms. Lucille Hart of Le Roy, Illinois. Ms. Hart 
joins the rank of centenarians after a fulfilling career in education 
and with the postal service. For fifteen years, she taught in Delavan, 
Illinois. She then became the school treasurer, a position she held for 
thirty more years. After brief positions held at Caterpillar and the 
local post office, she retired and became an avid gardener. She 
continues to tend to her flowers and plants indoors during Illinois' 
harsh winters. Today, she is joined by her closest friends and family 
to celebrate.
  In the last one hundred years, Ms. Hart has seen women granted the 
right to vote. She witnessed the United States in World War II. She 
watched a man walk on the moon. She can recall the civil rights 
movement and Dr. Martin Luther King's speeches. She was born during the 
presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and has seen the White House change 
hands eighteen times. Ms. Hart knows what life was like before 
Blackberries, cell phones, the internet, computers, color television, 
microwaves, traffic lights, and bubble gum. In one hundred years, 
American life has changed drastically right before Ms. Hart's eyes.
  Ms. Lucille Hart is an inspiration to us all. It is my honor to 
congratulate Ms. Hart's long life of achievement. May her health remain 
good and may she continue to inspire.

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