S1236B1858A07547 AJB:JMT 10/05/20 #90 A07547
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1236
Sponsor: SENATOR K. WARD
Printer's No. 1858
Amend Bill, page 1, line 4, by striking out the period after
"Bridge" and inserting
; designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 25810, carrying
Interstate 80 Westbound over Pennsylvania Route 173 in Wolf
Creek Township, Mercer County, and a bridge, identified as
Bridge Key 25808, carrying Interstate 80 Eastbound over
Pennsylvania Route 173 in Wolf Creek Township, Mercer County,
as the Senator Roy W. Wilt Bridge; designating the bridge,
identified as Bridge Key 21481, carrying State Route 1051,
also known as Main Street, over Little Cocalico Creek in the
Borough of Denver, Lancaster County, as the Fichthorn and
Marburger Memorial Bridge; designating the bridge, identified
as Bridge Key 56645, carrying State Route 1045, also known as
South 4th Street, over Cocalico Creek in the Borough of
Denver, Lancaster County, as the John K. Weaver Memorial
Bridge; designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key
13861, carrying State Route 1025 over State Route 1014 in
East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, as the Senator
Hal Mowery Memorial Bridge; designating East Montgomery
Avenue between North York Road and Jacksonville Road in the
Borough of Hatboro, Montgomery County, as the Sergeant James
C. Petrik Memorial Road; designating the bridge, identified
as Bridge Key 8365, carrying Pennsylvania Route 53 over
Little Conemaugh River in Croyle Township, Cambria County, as
the Private Fredrick Kinley Memorial Bridge; designating a
bridge, identified as Bridge Key 32773, on that portion of
U.S. Route 6 over the Tioga River, Mansfield Borough, Tioga
County, as the Mansfield Veterans Memorial Bridge;
designating the bridges, identified as Bridge Key 31419 and
Bridge Key 31420, on that portion of US Route 219 over
Pennsylvania Route 601 in Conemaugh Township, Somerset
County, as the Corporal Anthony G. Orlandi Memorial Bridge;
designating a bridge, identified as Bridge Key 35000,
carrying State Route 2040 in Bentleyville Borough, Washington
County, as the Mrs. Madeline Finney Memorial Bridge;
designating the bridge on Locust Road over Dixon Run in Green
Township, Indiana County, as the Technician Fourth Grade;
designating the bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8659,
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carrying State Route 3037, also known as William Penn Avenue,
over the Norfolk Southern and Lehigh Valley Rail Management
rail lines in the City of Johnstown, Cambria County, as the
Reverend Andrew William Tilly, Jr., Bridge; and making a
related repeal.
Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 5 and 6
Section 2. Senator Roy W. Wilt Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Senator Roy William Wilt was born on July 4, 1935.
(2) Senator Wilt dedicated 21 years to serving his
community and this Commonwealth in the General Assembly.
(3) Senator Wilt is a former Republican member of the
Senate and the House of Representatives.
(4) Senator Wilt was a member of the House of
Representatives from 1968 to 1981, serving Mercer County.
(5) Senator Wilt was then elected to the Senate in a
special election and held that position until 1990,
representing the 50
th
Senatorial District, serving Mercer,
Crawford and parts of Erie and Venango Counties.
(6) Senator Wilt served as Senate Majority Caucus
Secretary and was appointed a member of the Joint Legislative
Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee,
and as a member of the Pennsylvania Higher Education
Assistance Agency.
(7) Senator Wilt, in his personal capacity, was
appointed to the State Ethics Commission, and was appointed
as a member and Chair of the Pennsylvania Harness Racing
Commission.
(8) Senator Wilt's leadership and efforts on behalf of
his constituents and all Pennsylvanians deserve to be
commended.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
25810, carrying Interstate 80 Westbound over Pennsylvania Route
173 in Wolf Creek Township, Mercer County, and the bridge,
identified as Bridge Key 25808, carrying Interstate 80 Eastbound
over Pennsylvania Route 173 in Wolf Creek Township, Mercer
County, shall be known as the Senator Roy W. Wilt 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 3. Fichthorn and Marburger Memorial Bridge.
(a) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
21481, carrying State Route 1051, also known as Main Street,
over Little Cocalico Creek in the Borough of Denver, Lancaster
County, is designated as the Fichthorn and Marburger Memorial
Bridge in recognition of Ambrose W. Marburger, Daniel E.
Fichthorn and Samuel E. Fichthorn for their dedicated service to
the community and the Borough of Denver.
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(b) 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 4. John K Weaver Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) John K. Weaver was born June 24, 1951, in Denver,
Pennsylvania.
(2) Mr. Weaver was the husband of Yvonne Weaver for 45
years and the couple shared three sons and four
grandchildren.
(3) Mr. Weaver was the owner and operator of Weaver
Industries and served as president for over 30 years.
(4) Weaver Industries was started by John's father,
Harold S. Weaver, in 1954 and provides jobs for 76
individuals within the local community.
(5) Mr. Weaver was a lifetime member of the Denver Fire
Department where he served for over 50 years.
(6) Mr. Weaver died on January 25, 2019.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
56645, carrying State Route 1045, also known as South 4th
Street, over Cocalico Creek in the Borough of Denver, Lancaster
County, is designated as the John K. Weaver 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 5. Senator Hal Mowery Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Harold F. Mowery, Jr., was born January 4, 1930, in
Chambersburg and was raised in Mechanicsburg.
(2) As a graduate of Mechanicsburg High School and
Dickinson College, Mr. Mowery was a product of the
Pennsylvania education system.
(3) Mr. Mowery entered the insurance business in 1954
and earned a chartered life underwriter degree. Over several
decades, Mr. Mowery founded multiple highly successful
insurance businesses that employed hundreds of
Pennsylvanians.
(4) Mr. Mowery was elected to the House of
Representatives in 1976 and went on to serve seven terms. In
the House of Representatives, Mr. Mowery achieved a
reputation for expertise on fiscal and pension issues and
advocated for the application of private-sector business
principles to the operation of public programs and State
spending. He was also instrumental in establishing the Public
Employee Retirement Commission.
(5) In 1992, Mr. Mowery was elected to represent the
31st District in the Senate of Pennsylvania. He served with
distinction until his retirement in 2004.
(6) During his time in the Senate, Senator Mowery
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enriched the lives of thousands as chairperson of the former
Public Health and Welfare Committee and vice chairperson of
the Education Committee. He also served as vice chairperson
of the Legislative Data Processing Committee and as a rank-
and-file member of numerous standing committees, including
Banking and Insurance, Law and Justice and Labor and
Industry.
(7) During and after his public service career, Senator
Mowery was a prominent community leader. He supported the
establishment of the Camp Hill Lion Foundation to enhance
academic, athletic and cultural resources. He was also a
supporter of the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts,
the construction of the Grace Milliman Pollock Performing
Arts Center and the performing arts, including the Harrisburg
Symphony Orchestra. Senator Mowery aided many charities by
sponsoring and supporting benefits, galas and community
fundraisers.
(8) Senator Mowery's professional achievements,
extensive community involvement and the myriad of awards and
accolades he received stand as strong testimony to his
genuine concern for the well-being of this Commonwealth and
the people of the 31st Senatorial District.
(9) By all accounts, Senator Mowery was a loving family
man, a respected businessperson and a dedicated and
accomplished public servant worthy of emulation for
generations to come.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
13861, carrying State Route 1025 over State Route 1014 in East
Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, is designated as the
Senator Hal Mowery 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 and both directions on
State Route 1014.
Section 6. Sergeant James C. Petrik Memorial Road.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Sergeant James. C. Petrik was born in New Brunswick,
New Jersey, on March 16, 1974, and was a 1992 graduate of
South Brunswick High School.
(2) After high school graduation, Sergeant Petrik served
in the United States Marine Corps from December 28, 1992,
until December 27, 1996, raising to the rank of Corporal (E-
4).
(3) After returning home from active duty, in 1999
Sergeant Petrik continued a life of service by serving in the
Hatboro Police Department for 21 years.
(4) Sergeant Petrik was a member of the Fraternal Order
of Police.
(5) In March 2020, Sergeant Petrik passed away suddenly
at 46 years of age.
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(b) Designation.--The stretch of East Montgomery Avenue
between North York Road and Jacksonville Road in the Borough of
Hatboro, Montgomery County, is designated as the Sergeant James
C. Petrik Memorial Road.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the road to
traffic in both directions on the road.
Section 7. Private Fredrick Kinley Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Fredrick Kinley was born January 2, 1907, in
Portage.
(2) Mr. Kinley was drafted in February of 1944 and
served during World War II in the United States Army 313th
Infantry, 79th Division, Company K, which was an anti-tank
company.
(3) Private Kinley was killed in action on December 14,
1944, in France and is buried in St. Avold, France at the
Lorraine American Cemetery.
(4) Private Kinley was awarded the Bronze Star and the
Purple Heart.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8365,
carrying Pennsylvania Route 53 over Little Conemaugh River in
Croyle Township, Cambria County, is designated as the Private
Fredrick Kinley 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 and both directions on
the crossing route.
Section 8. Mansfield Veterans Memorial Bridge.
(a) Designation.--The bridge located on U.S. Route 6 over
the Tioga River in Mansfield Borough, Tioga County, is
designated the Mansfield Veterans Memorial Bridge.
(b) 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 9. Corporal Anthony G. Orlandi Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Born October 1, 1981, Corporal Anthony G. Orlandi
served in the Korean War.
(2) Corporal Orlandi was a member of Company L, 3rd
Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.
(3) On September 2, 1951, Corporal Orlandi was awarded
for gallantry in action near Kachilbong, North Korea.
(4) On September 3, 1951, Corporal Orlandi was seriously
wounded by the enemy in Korea, later returning to duty on
October 11, 1951.
(5) On January 12, 1952, while conducting a combined
infantry and tank patrol just east of Hill 472, Corporal
Orlandi's L Company was engaged by an unknown number of enemy
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troops, resulting in a firefight ensuring approximately four
hours.
(6) Corporal Orlandi sustained a gunshot wound to the
head and was reported Killed in Action on January 12, 1952.
His remains were not recovered.
(b) Designation.--The bridges, identified as Bridge Key
31419 and Bridge Key 31420, on that portion of US Route 219 over
Pennsylvania 601 in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, are
designated the Corporal Anthony G. Orlandi Memorial Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridges to
traffic northbound and southbound on the bridges.
Section 10. Mrs. Madeline Finney Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) In 1966, Mrs. Madeline (Madge) Finney decided
something must be done about a small bridge, built in 1908 to
span Pigeon Creek, in her town of Bentleyville, Pennsylvania,
that was simply too small for what was then "modern traffic."
(2) Mrs. Finney recognized how unsafe it was for the
more than 60 children that crossed the bridge twice daily to
go to and from school, including six of her own children.
(3) Mrs. Finney spearheaded the four-year campaign to
expand the bridge.
(4) In a letter to then State Senator William J. Lane,
she wrote, "I do not intend to let this Highway Department
have any peace until something is done about this bridge."
(5) Mrs. Finney also oversaw the letter writing campaign
of 95 children and numerous adults to Governor William
Scranton.
(6) The bridge was completed in 1970.
(7) Mrs. Finney died on July 12, 2020.
(8) Mrs. Finney's tireless work saved the lives of
countless people by fighting for the expansion of this
bridge.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key
35000, carrying State Route 2040 in Bentleyville Borough,
Washington County, is designated the Mrs. Madeline Finney
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 11. The Technician Fourth Grade William Balogh Memorial
Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Technician Fourth Grade William Balogh honorably
served his country during World War II.
(2) Balogh served with the United States Army,
Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 112th Infantry from
April 25, 1941, to July 24, 1945.
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(3) Balogh was detained as a prisoner of war by the
Germans at Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-IX.
(4) For his service, Balogh received a Good Conduct
Medal, American Defense Service Medal and European African
Middle Eastern Service Ribbon.
(5) Balogh was honorably discharged from the United
States Army in 1945.
(b) Designation.--The bridge on Locust Road over Dixon Run
in Green Township, Indiana County, is designated as the
Technician Fourth Grade William Balogh 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 12. The Reverend Andrew William Tilly, Jr., Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) The Reverend Andrew William Tilly, Jr., was born on
July 30, 1926, in Plaquemine Parish, Louisiana, where he
attended elementary school and high school.
(2) After completing the pre-medicine program at Xavier
University, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Reverend Tilly studied
science in the graduate program at the University of New
Mexico.
(3) Before completing his studies at the University of
New Mexico, Reverend Tilly entered the United States Army,
attending the Brooke Army School of Medical Technology at
Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
(4) An Army Sergeant, Reverend Tilly served proudly in
World War II with the F Company, 85th Infantry, at Fort
Riley, Kansas.
(5) Upon receiving his doctor of divinity degree from
Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, Reverend Tilly
was ordained a Baptist minister.
(6) Prior to moving to Johnstown, Reverend Tilly was an
associate pastor of Vine Memorial Baptist Church in
Philadelphia.
(7) Beginning in 1965, Reverend Tilly pastored the
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Johnstown for 47 years.
(8) Reverend Tilly profoundly changed the greater
Johnstown area in the most positive way.
(9) Reverend Tilly established the Pleasant Hill Baptist
Youth Fellowship, which mentored children on Christian
education, values, self-esteem, American citizenship, self-
responsibility, love and respect for others.
(10) In 1968, Reverend Tilly established the Pleasant
Hill Baptist Church Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Memorial Day, one of the longest-running celebrations of Dr.
King's legacy in Pennsylvania.
(11) Reverend Tilly, a faculty member at the University
of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, recruited hundreds of
disadvantaged students across Pennsylvania, giving them an
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opportunity for a college education.
(12) Reverend Tilly ordained dozens of reverends and
deacons and was honored by the Pennsylvania and National
Baptist Conventions for outstanding service.
(13) Reverend Tilly is respected in greater Johnstown
for his beautiful deeds and his greeting every Sunday for
over 40 years to the congregation, "The wages of sin is death
but the gift of God is eternal life."
(14) Reverend Tilly died on July 13, 2020, in
Philadelphia.
(b) Designation.--The bridge, identified as Bridge Key 8659,
carrying State Route 3037, also known as William Penn Avenue,
over the Norfolk Southern and Lehigh Valley Rail Management rail
lines in the City of Johnstown, Cambria County, is designated
the Reverend Andrew William Tilly, Jr., Bridge.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the
interchange bridge to traffic in both directions on the
interchange bridge.
Section 13. Repeals are as follows:
(1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the designation
under section 5 of this act.
(2) The act of June 5, 2020 (P.L.244, No.31), entitled
"An act designating the bridge carrying State Route 1025 over
U.S. Route 11/15 in East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland
County, as the Senator Hal Mowery Memorial Bridge," is
repealed.
Amend Bill, page 2, line 6, by striking out "2" and inserting
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Amend Bill, page 2, line 7, by striking out "in 60 days." and
inserting
as follows:
(1) The following shall take effect immediately:
(i) This section.
(ii) Section 5 of this act.
(2) The remainder of this act shall take effect in 60
days.
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See A07547 in
the context
of SB1236