[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 118 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2169]
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                       TRIBUTE TO LUCILE GOODHUE

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 31, 2009

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Lucile 
Goodhue on the celebration of her 100th birthday on August 26, 2009.
  Lucile was born on what is now a 150-year old farm near Hartford, 
Iowa in 1909. She became a farm wife when she married her husband 
Wilbur. Lucile enjoyed traveling with Wilbur and collecting antiques. 
She has been blessed with numerous children, grandchildren and great 
grandchildren. Lucile's secrets to a long life are to keep active, take 
power naps and remain positive. She always followed these directives 
with a great sense of humor. Lucile currently lives at the Good Same 
Care Center in Indianola, Iowa.
  There have been many changes that have occurred during the past one 
hundred years. Since Lucile's birth we have revolutionized air travel 
and walked on the moon. We have invented the television and the 
Internet. We have fought in wars overseas, seen the rise and fall of 
Soviet communism and the birth of new democracies. Lucile has lived 
through eighteen United States Presidents and twenty-two Governors of 
Iowa. In her lifetime the population of the United States has more than 
tripled.
  I congratulate Lucile Goodhue for reaching this milestone of a 
birthday. I am extremely honored to represent Lucile in the United 
States Congress and I wish her happiness and health in her future 
years.

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