[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 60 (Thursday, April 6, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E469]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





 TRIBUTE TO MARLENE HITT--28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOMAN OF THE YEAR

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 6, 2017

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District. I would like to recognize a remarkable woman, Marlene Hitt of 
Sunland, California.
   A lifelong Sunland resident and consummate volunteer, Marlene has 
been active in many organizations in the Sunland-Tujunga community. She 
has been a member of the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council for many 
years, serving in various leadership roles and on many committees.
   Marlene has been a dedicated and devoted member of the Little 
Landers Historical Society (LLHS), a non-profit organization founded in 
1959 to preserve Bolton Hall, a 1913 historic stone building in Tujunga 
that was the Tujunga City Hall and the hub for many community 
activities up until the late 1950's when it was saved from destruction. 
The LLHS subsequently collects, preserves and displays records, 
artifacts and landmarks of the history of the Sunland-Tujunga area and 
people active in that history in the Bolton Hall Museum. For nearly 
three decades, Ms. Hitt has capably and enthusiastically served the 
LLHS and Bolton Hall Museum as Museum Director, Docent Director, 
Boardmember, Archivist and Docent. In addition, Marlene and her husband 
Lloyd, were very involved in the successful effort to obtain historic 
designation for a portion of the Verdugo Hills Golf Course, where a 
World War II detention center for Japanese-Americans was located.
   A well-regarded writer, Ms. Hitt is a longtime member of the Chupa 
Rosa Writers of Sunland-Tujunga and the Foothills, and has authored 
anthologies, readings, poetry chapbooks, a non-fiction book: ``Sunland-
Tujunga, from Village to City,'' and has written articles for many 
newspapers. Along with other community members, Marlene co-founded the 
Sunland-Tujunga Poet Laureate program, where she was honored to serve 
as its first Poet Laureate.
   Married for sixty-one years, Marlene and Lloyd have two children, 
two grandchildren and one great grandchild.
   I ask all Members to join me in honoring an exceptional, well-
respected woman of California's 28th Congressional District, Marlene 
Hitt.

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