A07459
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1002
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, DECEMBER 8, 2017
SENATOR RAFFERTY, TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED, JANUARY 24, 2018
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 1041 over
the Mahoning Creek in Grant Township and Canoe Township,
Indiana County, as the Army SPC Christine L. Mayes Memorial
Bridge.; AND DESIGNATING A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE
ROUTE 286 OVER THE SOUTH BRANCH CUSH CREEK RIVER, MONTGOMERY
TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY, AS THE SGT. EDWARD JOHN PARADA
MEMORIAL BRIDGE.; and designating the portion of State Route
2024 and State Route 1016, also known as Monument Orviston
Road, from the intersection of State Route 2024 and Main
Street in Beech Creek Borough, Clinton County, to the
intersection of State Route 1016 and Kato Orviston Road in
Curtin Township, Centre County, as the CPL Milford H. Wensel
Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Army SPC Christine L. Mayes Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) SPC Christine L. Mayes was a native of Rochester
Mills and a graduate of Marion Center Area High School.
(2) SPC Mayes enlisted in the United States Army
following graduation from high school and served on active
duty for three years in Germany.
(3) After her release from active duty, SPC Mayes
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continued to serve her country in the United States Army
Reserve with the 14th Quartermaster Detachment, 99th Army
Reserve Command in Greensburg. Her unit was activated in
support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert
Storm.
(4) SPC Mayes was killed on February 25, 1991, when an
Iraqi scud missile destroyed a United States military
barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in the final days of the
Persian Gulf War.
(b) Designation.--The bridge located on that portion of
State Route 1041 over the Mahoning Creek in Grant Township and
Canoe Township, Indiana County, is designated the Army SPC
Christine L. Mayes 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. SGT. EDWARD JOHN PARADA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SGT. EDWARD JOHN PARADA WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY, AND GRADUATED FROM
PURCHASE LINE HIGH SCHOOL.
(2) ON AUGUST 27, 1970, SGT. PARADA WAS KILLED IN ACTION
IN VIETNAM WHILE SERVING WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY COMPANY
E, 327TH INFANTRY, 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 286 OVER
THE SOUTH BRANCH CUSH CREEK RIVER, MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, INDIANA
COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED AS THE SGT. EDWARD JOHN PARADA MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.
Section 3. CPL Milford H. Wensel Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) CPL Milford H. Wensel was born on December 2, 1948,
to Walter H. and Beatrice M. Wensel in Howard.
(2) CPL Wensel graduated from Lock Haven High School in
1966.
(3) In March 1969, CPL Wensel was deployed to Vietnam
where he served with the 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 25th
Infantry Division as a half-track operator.
(4) On June 5, 1969, at 20 years of age, CPL Wensel was
killed while going out at night for his half-track.
(5) CPL Wensel was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart
and the Bronze Star.
(b) Designation.--The portion of State Route 2024 and State
Route 1016, also known as Monument Orviston Road, from the
intersection of State Route 2024 and Main Street in Beech Creek
Borough, Clinton County, to the intersection of State Route 1016
and Kato Orviston Road in Curtin Township, Centre County, is
designated as the CPL Milford H. Wensel Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2 3 4. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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