PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1592
PRINTER'S NO. 1681
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1153
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY VOGEL, MARCH 9, 2016
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, APRIL 11, 2016
AN ACT
Designating a portion of State Routes 108 and 551 in Lawrence
County as the Battery B Memorial Highway.
DESIGNATING:
A PORTION OF STATE ROUTES 108 AND 551 IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AS THE
BATTERY B MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 403 OVER THE TWO LICK
CREEK, BOROUGH OF CLYMER, INDIANA COUNTY AS THE SERGEANT
JAMES ROBERT PANTALL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 580 OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA
RIVER, CHERRY TREE BOROUGH, INDIANA COUNTY, AS THE AIRMAN
SECOND CLASS GERALD EMMETT JOHNSON MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
A BRIDGE ON STATE ROUTE 2014 OVER THE MUNCY CREEK IN MUNCY CREEK
TOWNSHIP, LYCOMING COUNTY, AS THE PRIVATE WALTER L. SMITH
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2044 IN LYCOMING COUNTY AS THE LANCE
CORPORAL WILLIAM F. MERRILL VIETNAM VETERANS HIGHWAY.
THE BRIDGE ON STATE ROUTE 225 THAT CROSSES THE ARMSTRONG CREEK
IN HALIFAX TOWNSHIP, DAUPHIN COUNTY, AS THE STAFF SERGEANT
BRIAN K. MOWERY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 1026, SECTION 004 OVER
THE COCALICO CREEK, DENVER BOROUGH, AND WEST COCALICO
TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, AS THE SAMUEL L. SNYDER MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
AN OVERPASS ON STATE ROUTE 49 OVER STATE ROUTE 15, LAWRENCE
TOWNSHIP, TIOGA COUNTY, AS THE LANCE CORPORAL MICHAEL G.
PLANK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
A PORTION OF BLAIR MILL ROAD IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS THE PVT
WILLIAM H. WALLS, U.S.M.C. MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
THE OVERPASS ON STATE ROUTE 3145 OVER INTERSTATE 376, BMS 02-
3145-0010-0537, IN THE MARKET DISTRICT AT SETTLERS RIDGE,
ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, AS THE ROY F. JOHNS,
JR., OVERPASS.
A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 51 IN THE BOROUGH OF CORAOPOLIS,
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, AS THE FRED A. TRELLO MEMORIAL BOULEVARD.
A CERTAIN INTERCHANGE IN NEW STANTON BOROUGH, WESTMORELAND
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COUNTY, AS THE EDWIN "LANCE" WENTZEL MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE.
THE BRIDGE CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2005 (BUSINESS ROUTE 222) OVER
THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER, RIVERFRONT DRIVE AND NORFOLK SOUTHERN
RAILROAD IN THE CITY OF READING, BERKS COUNTY, COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS THE BINGAMAN STREET BRIDGE, AS THE 65TH U.S.
INFANTRY REGIMENT, BORINQUENEERS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 36 OVER CHEST CREEK,
PATTON BOROUGH, CAMBRIA COUNTY, AS THE MARTIN JOSEPH DAVIS
MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 1008 IN FAYETTEVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY,
AS THE JAMES W. CUTCHALL MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
A BRIDGE ON THAT PORTION OF U.S. ROUTE 15 OVER STATE ROUTE 114,
MECHANICSBURG BOROUGH, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, AS THE CORPORAL
JONATHAN DEAN FAIRCLOTH MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Battery B Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) On the morning of June 8, 1861, the Mount Jackson
Guards of Mount Jackson, Lawrence County, gathered at the
Mount Jackson Methodist Episcopal Church on present-day State
Route 108 to bid goodbye to loved ones before going off to
fight in the Civil War, which many believed would be a grand
adventure.
(2) These men were farmers, school teachers, clerks and
laborers from North Beaver Township, Little Beaver Township,
Mahoning Township, New Castle and other areas of Lawrence
County.
(3) The gathering point is now the site of the Battery B
Monument placed by veterans in 1923, which sits on the west
side of Battery B Cemetery, also known as Mt. Jackson M.E.
Cemetery, to commemorate this event.
(4) The group of more than 80 young men started off on
foot for the nine-mile journey to the railroad station in
Enon, traveling on present-day State Routes 108 and 551,
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being hailed by local supporters as they began their epic
journey, and sometimes being offered wagon rides from local
farmers to ease their trip to Enon.
(5) The Mount Jackson Guards, later designated Battery
B, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, along with many other
Lawrence County regiments, boarded the train to Camp Wright,
Camp Wilkins and other training camps in the Pittsburgh area
to prepare themselves for Camp Curtin in Harrisburg and to
fight the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
(6) Battery B distinguished itself in major battles,
such as Fredericksburg, Antietam, Gettysburg and Petersburg,
and because they served until Lee's surrender at Appomattox
in April 1865, they hold the record for the highest amount of
casualties of any artillery unit in the Civil War.
(7) Many members of Battery B were present in the Grand
Review of Troops in Washington, DC, and from 1869 to 1930,
Battery B held elaborate reunions in Mount Jackson, including
locals, Lawrence County residents, State dignitaries,
military officers, Battery B members from almost every county
in Pennsylvania and most of the 48 states, as well as
veterans from other Pennsylvania regiments.
(8) As many as 2,000 people gathered in the little
village of Mount Jackson to honor this illustrious group of
men, to hear speeches by the members that reminisced about
their experiences and to join in a picnic prepared by the
proud citizens of the town.
(9) Recently, an article from the New Castle News was
discovered, reporting that on September 26, 1925, a parade
was given to celebrate the completion of the concrete road
from Derringer's Corners, North Beaver Township, continuing
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to the village of Enon Valley, Little Beaver Township.
(10) The article suggested on that historic occasion
that State Routes 108 and 551 from Mount Jackson to Enon
Valley be named the "Battery B Highway."
(11) The members of the Enon Valley Community Historical
Society have proposed that this old suggestion made 90 years
ago become a reality.
(b) Designation.--The section of State Routes 108 and 551 in
Lawrence County from the intersection of State Route 108 and Old
Hickory Road at the Battery B Monument to State Route 551 ending
at the railroad tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Enon
Valley, is hereby designated the Battery B 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. SERGEANT JAMES ROBERT PANTALL MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SERGEANT JAMES ROBERT PANTALL GREW UP IN THE BOROUGH
OF CLYMER, WHERE HE ATTENDED PENNS MANOR HIGH SCHOOL.
(2) SERGEANT PANTALL SERVED HIS COUNTRY HONORABLY IN
VIETNAM AS A MEMBER OF THE 329TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, 5TH
TRANSPORTATION COMMAND.
(3) ON NOVEMBER 3, 1970, SERGEANT PANTALL WAS A
PASSENGER ON LANDING CRAFT UTILITY #63 THAT CAPSIZED FIVE
NAUTICAL MILES SOUTH OF THE PORT AT TAN MY, VIETNAM. HIS
REMAINS WERE NOT RECOVERED.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 403 IN
THE BOROUGH OF CLYMER, INDIANA COUNTY, OVER THE TWO LICK CREEK
IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE SERGEANT JAMES ROBERT PANTALL MEMORIAL
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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. AIRMAN SECOND CLASS GERALD EMMETT JOHNSON MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) AIRMAN SECOND CLASS GERALD EMMETT JOHNSON OF ARCADIA
WAS A CREW MEMBER OF A B-29A SUPERFORTRESS BOMBER WITH THE
371ST BOMBER SQUADRON, 307TH BOMBER WING DURING THE KOREAN
WAR.
(2) ON OCTOBER 23, 1951, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHOT DOWN BY
ENEMY MIGS OVER NAMSI AIRFIELD AND AIRMAN SECOND CLASS
JOHNSON WAS TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR.
(3) AIRMAN SECOND CLASS JOHNSON WAS DECLARED DEAD ON
JANUARY 28, 1954.
(4) AIRMAN SECOND CLASS JOHNSON WAS AWARDED THE AIR
MEDAL, THE PURPLE HEART, THE PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, THE
KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL, THE UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL, THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL UNIT
CITATION AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA WAR SERVICE MEDAL.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 580 OVER
THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IN CHERRY TREE BOROUGH, INDIANA COUNTY, IS
HEREBY DESIGNATED THE AIRMAN SECOND CLASS GERALD EMMETT JOHNSON
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 4. PRIVATE WALTER L. SMITH SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PRIVATE WALTER L. SMITH WAS BORN ON APRIL 27, 1877,
IN MUNCY, LYCOMING COUNTY. HE WAS THE SON OF DAVID S. SMITH,
A CIVIL WAR VETERAN, AND HANNAH (COLLEY) SMITH. PRIVATE SMITH
SERVED IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND THE PHILIPPINE
INSURRECTION.
(2) PRIVATE SMITH FIRST ENTERED THE SERVICE AT
WILLIAMSPORT ON MAY 7, 1898, AND MUSTERED INTO SERVICE MAY
12, 1898, AS A PRIVATE IN COMPANY D, 12TH PENNSYLVANIA
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. HE MUSTERED OUT AND WAS HONORABLY
DISCHARGED ON NOVEMBER 1, 1898.
(3) PRIVATE SMITH REENLISTED ON NOVEMBER 11, 1898, AT
PHILADELPHIA DURING THE TIME OF THE PEACE JUBILEE, WITH THE
RANK OF PRIVATE IN THE U.S. ARMY, COMPANY I, 1ST U.S.
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, AS A MEMBER OF THE FOOT SERVICE, HEAVY
ARTILLERY. FROM DECEMBER 29, 1898, TO SEPTEMBER 6, 1900, HE
WAS ASSIGNED TO GUANAJAY BARRACKS, CUBA. HE ARRIVED IN THE
PHILIPPINES ON APRIL 15, 1901.
(4) ON JULY 28, 1901, WHILE ON A SUPPLY PATROL WITH A
SMALL DETACHMENT, PRIVATE SMITH BRAVELY AND SELFLESSLY
DEFENDED MEMBERS OF HIS COMPANY AGAINST AN OVERWHELMING
AMBUSH ATTACK BY APPROXIMATELY 60 NATIVE INSURGENTS AT DON
CARLON, SAMAR, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. DURING THE ENGAGEMENT, HIS
SERGEANT, THE ONLY OTHER MAN WHO WAS ARMED, WAS SHOT AND
KILLED BY THE INSURGENTS. AS PRIVATE SMITH COURAGEOUSLY AND
FEARLESSLY FOUGHT ALONE, TWO UNARMED SOLDIERS WERE ABLE TO
ESCAPE AND RETURN TO CAMP. PRIVATE SMITH WAS SOON OVERPOWERED
BY THE ENEMY AND SEVERELY WOUNDED, BEING STABBED SEVERAL
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TIMES. HE WAS CAPTURED AND TAKEN PRISONER. THE U.S. ARMY
CONDUCTED MULTIPLE SEARCHES TO LOCATE PRIVATE SMITH.
(5) PRIVATE WALTER L. SMITH WAS LISTED AS MISSING IN
ACTION UNTIL FEBRUARY 10, 1902, WHEN THE FACT WAS
ESTABLISHED, BEYOND A DOUBT, THAT HE HAD MET HIS DEATH AT THE
HANDS OF THE INSURGENTS ON THE DATE OF HIS CAPTURE, JULY 28,
1901. HIS REMAINS WERE NEVER RECOVERED FOR RETURN HOME TO HIS
FAMILY IN MUNCY.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE ON STATE ROUTE 2014 OVER THE
MUNCY CREEK IN MUNCY CREEK TOWNSHIP, LYCOMING COUNTY, IS HEREBY
DESIGNATED THE PRIVATE WALTER L. SMITH SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
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. LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM F. MERRILL VIETNAM VETERANS
HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--
(1) LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM FRANKLIN MERRILL WAS BORN
AUGUST 20, 1948, IN MUNCY, LYCOMING COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, TO
JOSEPH A. AND SHEILA (WOLFE) MERRILL.
(2) LANCE CORPORAL MERRILL WAS A RESIDENT OF MUNCY,
PENNSYLVANIA, BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE
CORPS ON MAY 6, 1968, AT 20 YEARS OF AGE.
(3) LANCE CORPORAL MERRILL WAS ASSIGNED TO INDIA
COMPANY, THIRD BATTALION, FIRST MARINES IN VIETNAM AS A
RADIOMAN.
(4) ON MAY 12, 1969, WHILE ON A SEARCH AND CLEAR
MISSION, LANCE CORPORAL MERRILL'S COMPANY CAME UNDER HEAVY
ENEMY SMALL ARMS AND REPEATING FIRE.
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(5) WITH COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL SAFETY,
LANCE CORPORAL MERRILL RAN ACROSS OPEN AND FIRE-SWEPT TERRAIN
TO RETRIEVE A FALLEN COMRADE.
(6) LANCE CORPORAL MERRILL IMMEDIATELY ADMINISTERED
FIRST AID TO THE WOUNDED MARINE AND CARRIED THE MARINE TO A
SAFER AREA WHERE HE COULD RECEIVE FURTHER TREATMENT, HELPING
TO SAVE HIS LIFE.
(7) ON AUGUST 7, 1969, LANCE CORPORAL MERRILL HIMSELF
WAS WOUNDED BUT RETURNED TO DUTY.
(8) ON NOVEMBER 26, 1969, THE FIRST SQUAD OF THE THIRD
PLATOON, INCLUDING SQUAD LEADERS AND LIEUTENANTS, WAS SENT ON
A SPECIAL NIGHT ACTIVITY TO CONDUCT AN AMBUSH.
(9) AFTER THE AMBUSH, AS NINE MARINES WERE RETURNING TO
THEIR COMPANY'S POSITION, A WIRE ATTACHED TO A BOOBY TRAP WAS
TRIPPED.
(10) LANCE CORPORAL MERRILL GUARDED THE DEVICE AND
CALLED FOR HIS SERGEANT AS THE REST OF THE MARINES MADE THEIR
WAY THROUGH THE DANGER AREA.
(11) AFTER THE OTHER MARINES HAD SAFELY CROSSED THE
RAVINE WHERE THE BOOBY TRAP WAS LOCATED, THE DEVICE
DETONATED, KILLING LANCE CORPORAL MERRILL INSTANTLY AND
FATALLY WOUNDING HIS SERGEANT.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 2044 IN
LYCOMING COUNTY FROM THE BRIDGE OVER GLADE RUN TO THE
INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTES 405 AND 422 IS HEREBY DESIGNATED
THE LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAM F. MERRILL VIETNAM VETERANS 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 6. STAFF SERGEANT BRIAN K. MOWERY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) BRIAN K. MOWERY WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 30, 1961, TO
HARRY E. AND PATRICIA M. MOWERY.
(2) STAFF SERGEANT MOWERY SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES
MARINE CORPS FROM 1979 THROUGH 1985.
(3) IN 2000, STAFF SERGEANT MOWERY ENLISTED IN THE
PENNSYLVANIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD - KUTZTOWN AS AN INFANTRY
TEAM LEADER AND A MOTOR TRANSPORT OPERATOR. DURING THIS TIME,
HE SERVED IN THE KOSOVO PEACEKEEPING MISSION FROM 2003
THROUGH 2004 AND IN DISASTER RELIEF AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA
IN 2005.
(4) STAFF SERGEANT MOWERY PROUDLY SERVED IN THE 131ST
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ARMY NATIONAL
GUARD - WILLIAMSTOWN STARTING IN 2010 AND WAS STATIONED IN
AFGHANISTAN FROM JANUARY 2011 UNTIL HIS DEATH.
(5) WHILE TRANSPORTING NECESSARY SUPPLIES NEAR BAGRAM,
AFGHANISTAN, HIS CONVOY WAS ATTACKED, AND STAFF SERGEANT
MOWERY WAS KILLED ON JULY 18, 2011.
(6) IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICE, STAFF SERGEANT MOWERY
WAS AWARDED TWO ARMY COMMENDATION MEDALS, AN ARMY RESERVE
COMPONENT ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, A NATO MEDAL, THE KOSOVO
CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND THE GOVERNOR'S UNIT CITATION. HE
POSTHUMOUSLY RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART AND THE BRONZE STAR,
AND HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE ON STATE ROUTE 225 THAT CROSSES
THE ARMSTRONG CREEK IN HALIFAX TOWNSHIP, DAUPHIN COUNTY, IS
HEREBY DESIGNATED AS THE STAFF SERGEANT BRIAN K. MOWERY 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 7. SAMUEL L. SNYDER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SAMUEL L. SNYDER WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 12, 1882, IN
EAST COCALICO TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY. MR. SNYDER WAS A
BUILDING CONTRACTOR, DEVELOPER AND REALTOR IN DENVER,
PENNSYLVANIA, FOR NEARLY SIX DECADES. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT HE
BUILT APPROXIMATELY 200 HOMES IN THE DENVER AREA ALONE.
(2) MR. SNYDER SERVED AS THE FIRE CHIEF FOR THE DENVER
FIRE COMPANY FOR 33 YEARS AND HELD THE TITLE OF HONORARY
CHIEF AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH IN 1965.
(3) MR. SNYDER DONATED THE LAND ON WHICH THE NEW FIRE
HOUSE WAS BUILT AND SERVED AS A TRUSTEE OF THE LANCASTER
COUNTY FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE
FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE KEYSTONE STATE
FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
FIRE CHIEFS.
(4) HE WAS A LEADER IN MASONIC ORGANIZATIONS, A CHARTER
MEMBER OF THE DENVER LIONS CLUB SINCE 1926, AS WELL AS A PAST
PRESIDENT AND A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE LANCASTER AUTOMOBILE
CLUB. HE SERVED ON THE COUNCIL OF THE ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN
CHURCH IN DENVER BOROUGH AND CONTRIBUTED FUNDING TO ASSIST
THE ST. JOHN'S EVANGELICAL AND REFORMED CHURCH AND THE
TRINITY EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH IN DENVER.
(5) FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II, THERE WAS A MOVEMENT IN
DENVER BOROUGH FOR A COMMUNITY PARK. MR. SNYDER DONATED 15
ACRES OF LAND FOR WHAT IS NOW THE DENVER MEMORIAL PARK AND
PLAYGROUND, AS WELL AS LEADING EFFORTS TO DEVELOP THE PARK.
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(6) MR. SNYDER DIED ON FEBRUARY 19, 1965, AT THE AGE OF
83.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF
STATE ROUTE 1026, SECTION 004 OVER THE COCALICO CREEK, DENVER
BOROUGH, AND WEST COCALICO TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, IS HEREBY
DESIGNATED AS THE SAMUEL L. SNYDER 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 8. LANCE CORPORAL MICHAEL G. PLANK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--
(1) LANCE CORPORAL MICHAEL G. PLANK WAS A 2004 GRADUATE
OF ELKLAND HIGH SCHOOL, TIOGA COUNTY.
(2) LANCE CORPORAL PLANK SERVED IN THE MARINE CORPS
ASSIGNED TO THE 7TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 1ST MARINE LOGISTICS
GROUP, CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA.
(3) ON JUNE 9, 2010, LANCE CORPORAL PLANK DIED WHILE
SUPPORTING COMBAT OPERATIONS IN HELMAND PROVINCE,
AFGHANISTAN.
(4) LANCE CORPORAL PLANK RECEIVED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
MEDAL, THE AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE WAR ON TERRORISM
SERVICE MEDAL, THE NON-ARTICLE 5 ISAF MEDAL AND THE RIFLE
EXPERT, 2ND AWARD.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE OVERPASS ON STATE ROUTE 49 OVER STATE
ROUTE 15, LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, TIOGA COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED
THE LANCE CORPORAL MICHAEL G. PLANK 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 9. PVT WILLIAM H. WALLS, U.S.M.C. MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
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(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) PVT WILLIAM H. WALLS, A NATIVE OF HORSHAM TOWNSHIP,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VALIANTLY SERVED IN THE MARINE CORPS
DURING THE VIETNAM CONFLICT.
(2) ON JANUARY 24, 1966, PVT WALLS, AT 19 YEARS OF AGE,
GAVE HIS LIFE IN SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY WHEN HE WAS MORTALLY
WOUNDED BY SNIPER FIRE IN QUANG NAM PROVINCE, VIETNAM.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF BLAIR MILL ROAD FROM
MORELAND ROAD TO HORSHAM ROAD IN UPPER MORELAND TOWNSHIP AND
HORSHAM TOWNSHIP, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE
PVT WILLIAM H. WALLS, U.S.M.C. 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 10. ROY F. JOHNS, JR., OVERPASS.
(A) FINDINGS.--
(1) ROY F. JOHNS, JR., UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN AND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE MOON TOWNSHIP-BASED
ENGINEERING CONSULTING FIRM, ROY F. JOHNS, JR., ASSOCIATES,
DIED IN MOON TOWNSHIP, OCTOBER 28, 2014, AT 80 YEARS OF AGE.
(2) MR. JOHNS GRADUATED WITH HONORS FROM CARNEGIE MELLON
UNIVERSITY, HAVING EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CIVIL
ENGINEERING AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
(3) MR. JOHNS ATTAINED DISTINCTION AS A MASTER PLANNER
AND DEVELOPER OF NOTABLE SITES IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA,
INCLUDING OFFICE AND LAND ACQUISITIONS ALONG THE PARKWAY WEST
IN THE 1970S.
(4) A LEADER OF THE REGION'S COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, MR. JOHNS WAS AFFILIATED WITH
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AIRPORT OFFICE CENTER ASSOCIATES, ALLEGES INSTITUTE, TECH ONE
ASSOCIATES AND OTHER CORPORATIONS IN AND AROUND THE AIRPORT
CORRIDOR AS WELL AS RETAIL SITES IN WEST MIFFLIN.
(5) MR. JOHNS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN FORMING THE MOON
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND THORN RUN INTERCHANGE GROUP.
(6) MR. JOHNS WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF
CIVIL ENGINEERS, NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS,
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS, ENGINEERING
SOCIETY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MILITARY
ENGINEERS AND UNITED STATES SENATORIAL BUSINESS ADVISORY
BOARD.
(7) WITH HIS WIFE, BARBARA JOHNS, MR. JOHNS FURTHER
ENRICHED GREATER PITTSBURGH THROUGH THE ROY F. JOHNS, JR.,
FAMILY FOUNDATION.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE OVERPASS ON STATE ROUTE 3145 OVER
INTERSTATE 376, BMS 02-3145-0010-0537, IN THE MARKET DISTRICT AT
SETTLERS RIDGE, ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IS HEREBY
DESIGNATED AS THE ROY F. JOHNS, JR., OVERPASS.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO
TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
SECTION 11. FRED A. TRELLO MEMORIAL BOULEVARD.
(A) DECLARATION OF POLICY.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND
DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
(1) REPRESENTATIVE FRED TRELLO WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 14,
1929, IN THE BOROUGH OF CORAOPOLIS IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
(2) REPRESENTATIVE TRELLO GRADUATED FROM CORAOPOLIS HIGH
SCHOOL IN 1949 AND EARNED DEGREES FROM THE AIR FORCE
ELECTRONICS SCHOOL AND ROBERT MORRIS COLLEGE.
(3) REPRESENTATIVE TRELLO SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR AS A
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MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.
(4) REPRESENTATIVE TRELLO BEGAN HIS POLITICAL CAREER AS
A DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEEMAN AND COUNCILMAN FOR THE BOROUGH OF
CORAOPOLIS.
(5) IN 1974, REPRESENTATIVE TRELLO WAS ELECTED TO THE
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHERE HE SERVED THE
45TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT UNTIL 2002.
(6) REPRESENTATIVE TRELLO WAS A LONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, THE CORAOPOLIS LIONS CLUB, THE ISDA CLUB
AND SAINT JOSEPH'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
(7) ON MARCH 28, 2006, REPRESENTATIVE FRED TRELLO PASSED
AWAY AT THE AGE OF 76.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 51 NORTH, KNOWN
AS FOURTH AVENUE, THAT RUNS FROM FERREE STREET (SEGMENT 0690,
OFFSET 0730) TO THORN RUN ROAD (SEGMENT 0720, OFFSET 0720) AND
THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 51 SOUTH, KNOWN AS FIFTH AVENUE, THAT
RUNS FROM THORN RUN (SEGMENT 0721, OFFSET 0790) TO FERREE STREET
(SEGMENT 0691, OFFSET 0545), IN THE BOROUGH OF CORAOPOLIS,
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED AS THE FRED A. TRELLO
MEMORIAL BOULEVARD.
(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 12. EDWIN "LANCE" WENTZEL MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) EDWIN "LANCE" WENTZEL WAS A NATIVE OF YOUNGWOOD AND
A 35-YEAR VETERAN OF THE YOUNGWOOD VOLUNTEER HOSE COMPANY NO.
1.
(2) ON MARCH 22, 2014, MR. WENTZEL WAS PART OF A GROUP
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FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT USING ITS K-9 SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM
TO AID IN A SEARCH FOR A MISSING WOMAN IN NORTH VERSAILLES.
AS HE WAS SEARCHING ALONG RAILROAD TRACKS, MR. WENTZEL
ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED IN FRONT OF AN ONCOMING TRAIN AND WAS
HIT FROM BEHIND BY ITS ENGINE. HE DIED AT THE SCENE.
(3) MR. WENTZEL WAS A WELL-RESPECTED AND COMMITTED
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER. HE HELD NUMEROUS LINE OFFICER AND
BOARD POSITIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT DURING HIS LENGTHY
SERVICE AND WAS NAMED THE 2012 YOUNGWOOD FIREFIGHTER OF THE
YEAR. MR. WENTZEL TOOK PART IN THE RESCUE EFFORT AT GROUND
ZERO AFTER 9/11.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE INTERCHANGE OF INTERSTATE 70 AND
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 119 IN NEW STANTON BOROUGH, WESTMORELAND
COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE EDWIN "LANCE" WENTZEL MEMORIAL
INTERCHANGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS AT THE INTERCHANGE DISPLAYING THE
NAME OF THE INTERCHANGE.
SECTION 13. 65TH U.S. INFANTRY REGIMENT, BORINQUENEERS MEMORIAL
BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AS FOLLOWS:
(1) "THE BORINQUENEERS" WERE THE ONLY ALL-HISPANIC UNIT
IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
(2) "THE BORINQUENEERS" IS A NICKNAME FOR THE 65TH
INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE 3RD DIVISION IN THE UNITED STATES
ARMY, AN ALL-VOLUNTEER PUERTO RICAN UNIT. THE NAME WAS
DERIVED FROM THE NAME BORINQUEN MEANING "LAND OF THE BRAVE
LORD."
(3) THE UNIT WAS FOUNDED IN 1899 AND REMAINED A VITAL
PART OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES UNTIL 1956.
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(4) "THE BORINQUENEERS" DISPLAYED VALIANT AND
MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II AND THE
KOREAN WAR.
(5) MORE THAN 62,000 PUERTO RICANS JOINED THE MILITARY
DURING WORLD WAR II AND MORE THAN 43,000 PUERTO RICANS SERVED
IN THE KOREAN WAR.
(6) WHILE IN KOREA, "THE BORINQUENEERS" SERVED IN NINE
SEPARATE MILITARY CAMPAIGNS, WHERE HUNDREDS OF MEN GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY.
(7) IN 1959, THE REGIMENT WAS ALLOTTED TO THE PUERTO
RICO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, WHERE THE 1ST BATTALION, 65TH
INFANTRY STILL SERVES.
(8) SINCE INCEPTION OF THE UNIT, MORE THAN 20,000 PUERTO
RICANS HAVE SERVED AS "BORINQUENEERS," BUT THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS AND SACRIFICES HAVE GONE LARGELY UNNOTICED BY
THE COUNTRY AT LARGE.
(9) WHILE DEFENDING THE UNITED STATES, THESE BRAVE
SOLDIERS HAVE EARNED 628 BRONZE STARS, 258 SILVER STARS, 10
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSSES AND MORE THAN 2,700 PURPLE
HEARTS.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE CARRYING STATE ROUTE 2005
(BUSINESS ROUTE 222) OVER THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER, RIVERFRONT DRIVE
AND NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD IN THE CITY OF READING, BERKS
COUNTY, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE BINGAMAN STREET BRIDGE, IS
HEREBY DESIGNATED THE 65TH U.S. INFANTRY REGIMENT, BORINQUENEERS
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 14. MARTIN JOSEPH DAVIS MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
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(A) FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS
AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
(1) BORN AUGUST 25, 1947, MARTIN JOSEPH DAVIS WAS A
RESIDENT OF PATTON AND GRADUATED FROM CAMBRIA HEIGHTS HIGH
SCHOOL IN 1966.
(2) MR. DAVIS ENTERED THE ARMY NOVEMBER 14, 1967, AND
SERVED AS A SPECIALIST 4TH CLASS WITH B COMPANY, 3RD
BATTALION, 21ST INFANTRY, 196TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, DURING THE
VIETNAM WAR.
(3) ON AUGUST 2, 1968, IN THE QUANG TIN PROVINCE OF
VIETNAM, SPECIALIST DAVIS WAS KILLED IN ACTION BY AN
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE. HE WAS 21 YEARS OF AGE.
(4) SPECIALIST DAVIS SERVED THIS COMMONWEALTH AND OUR
NATION WITH HONOR AND RESPECT AND GAVE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
WHILE CARRYING OUT HIS DUTIES.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 36 IN
PATTON BOROUGH, CAMBRIA COUNTY, OVER CHEST CREEK, IS HEREBY
DESIGNATED THE MARTIN JOSEPH DAVIS 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 15. JAMES W. CUTCHALL MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) FAYETTEVILLE FIRE CHIEF JAMES W. CUTCHALL WAS
TRAGICALLY SHOT AND KILLED ON JULY 2, 1977, WHEN HE ARRIVED
AT THE SCENE OF A BLAZE SET BY HIS KILLER WHO THEN AMBUSHED
THE RESPONDING FIREFIGHTERS.
(2) CHIEF CUTCHALL, ONLY 33 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF
HIS DEATH, WAS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING
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(3) CHIEF CUTCHALL WAS KNOWN FOR USING ONE SAYING IN HIS
SPEECHES, "TO BE A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND MAKE AN ERROR IS
HUMAN. TO BE A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND WORRY ABOUT THOSE
ERRORS IS COMPASSION. TO BE A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE ERRORS IS PROFESSIONALISM."
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 1008 IN
FAYETTEVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, IS HEREBY DESIGNATED THE JAMES W.
CUTCHALL 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 16. CORPORAL JONATHAN DEAN FAIRCLOTH MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS CORPORAL JONATHAN DEAN
FAIRCLOTH, 22 YEARS OF AGE, DIED ON MARCH 29, 2011, WHILE
TAKING PART IN TRAINING MANEUVERS AT MARINE CORPS BASE
KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII; AND
(2) CORPORAL FAIRCLOTH WAS BORN IN YORK ON MAY 7, 1988,
AND GRADUATED FROM MECHANICSBURG AREA HIGH SCHOOL IN 2006;
AND
(3) CORPORAL FAIRCLOTH JOINED THE MARINE CORPS IN 2006
AND WAS DEPLOYED TO IRAQ IN 2008 AND TO AFGHANISTAN IN 2010;
AND
(4) CORPORAL FAIRCLOTH SERVED AS AN AERIAL OBSERVER AND
AIRCRAFT MECHANIC THROUGHOUT HIS FIVE-YEAR MILITARY CAREER;
AND
(5) FOR HIS EXEMPLARY SERVICE, CORPORAL FAIRCLOTH WAS
AWARDED FOUR AIR MEDALS, TWO NAVY-MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT
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MEDALS, THE IRAQ CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE AFGHANISTAN CAMPAIGN
MEDAL, THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE MEDAL AND THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE LOCATED ON U.S. ROUTE 15 IN
MECHANICSBURG BOROUGH, CUMBERLAND COUNTY OVER STATE ROUTE 114 IS
HEREBY DESIGNATED THE CORPORAL JONATHAN DEAN FAIRCLOTH 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 17. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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