PRINTER'S NO. 3904
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2592
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY MILLARD, CONKLIN, COX, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DAY,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DUSH, HENNESSEY, HILL-EVANS, KINSEY,
NEILSON, PICKETT, READSHAW, SONNEY, WARD AND BRADFORD,
AUGUST 9, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, AUGUST 9, 2018
AN ACT
Designating a portion of Pennsylvania Route 339 in Columbia
County as the Turner Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Turner Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) The Turner family of Nescopeck has made great
sacrifices on behalf of the United States with family members
having served in the armed services throughout World War II
and the conflicts in Korea and Vietnam.
(2) During World War II, five members of the Turner
family served simultaneously overseas, including brothers,
Day, Ernest and Robert Turner, and brothers-in-law, Richard
Stout and John Slusser.
(3) Sergeant Day G. Turner was killed in action during
World War II on February 8, 1945, in Germany.
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(4) Sergeant Ernest Turner was killed in action during
the Korean Conflict after being injured in battle three times
during World War II.
(5) Robert Turner, Richard Stout and John Slusser were
wounded in battle during World War II.
(6) Grandson, Richard Stout, was wounded in action in
Vietnam.
(b) Designation.--The section of Pennsylvania Route 339 in
Columbia County from the Columbia/Luzerne County line to John
Street in Mifflinville is designated the Turner 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. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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