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PRINTER'S NO. 2242
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1957
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY IRVIN, BERNSTINE, BURNS, COOK, COX, HENNESSEY,
HILL-EVANS, JAMES, MILLARD, NEILSON, RIGBY, ROTHMAN, ROWE,
RYAN, SCHMITT AND SONNEY, OCTOBER 5, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 5, 2021
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 994 over the
Blacklog Creek, Cromwell Township, Huntingdon County, as the
Lieutenant Joseph O. Stevens Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Lieutenant Joseph O. Stevens Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds that:
(1) Joseph O. Stevens was born July 14, 1922, in
Orbisonia Borough, Huntingdon County.
(2) As a lieutenant, he was a pilot in the 9th U.S. Army
Air Corps, 387th Bomb Group, 559th Squadron, and served in
the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe where he was
awarded the Silver Star and an Air Medal with four Oak Leaf
Clusters.
(3) He was a member of Madden-Winnick Post 518 American
Legion, Orbisonia, and the Blue Juniata VFW Post 5754, Mount
Union.
(4) Lt. Stevens graduated from the University of
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Pennsylvania in 1952 with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree
(DDS) and practiced as a dentist in Orbisonia for 50 years
until retirement.
(5) Lt. Stevens was a former Boy Scout leader, was
active in the Southern Huntingdon County High School Booster
Club and was instrumental in the establishment of the
Huntingdon County Vo-Tech School, now the Huntingdon County
Career and Technology Center.
(6) Lt. Joseph O. Stevens died January 26, 2020, at the
Hollidaysburg Veterans' Home.
(b) Designation.--The bridge on that portion of State Route
994 over the Blacklog Creek, Cromwell Township, Huntingdon
County, is designated the Lieutenant Joseph O. Stevens Memorial
Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
traffic in both directions on the bridge.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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