SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2056, 2943, 3909
PRINTER'S NO. 4010
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1597
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY GILLEN, NEILSON, DONATUCCI, SONNEY, COX, BIZZARRO,
KORTZ, DiGIROLAMO, GREINER, HILL-EVANS, BURNS, MILLARD, RYAN,
READSHAW, WILLIAMS, YOUNGBLOOD, OBERLANDER, HAHN,
CALTAGIRONE, MARKOSEK, LONGIETTI, STAATS, MOUL, SCHWEYER,
SAINATO AND T. DAVIS, JUNE 10, 2019
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, JUNE 23, 2020
AN ACT
Designating the highway interchange of U.S. Route 222 with Mohns
Hill Road, Cumru Township, Berks County, as the Corporal
Mahlon L. Fink Iwo Jima Memorial Highway Interchange.;
DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 1015, THE 11000 BLOCK OF
KNIGHTS ROAD, IN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, AS THE SERGEANT JAMES
O'CONNOR MEMORIAL HIGHWAY DESIGNATING THE PORTION OF STATE
ROUTE 1015, ALSO KNOWN AS KNIGHTS ROAD, BETWEEN STATE ROUTE
63 AND U.S. ROUTE 13 IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA AS THE
SERGEANT JAMES O'CONNOR IV MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; DESIGNATING A
BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 57213, CARRYING STATE ROUTE
1036 OVER SIX MILE RUN, BROAD TOP TOWNSHIP, BEDFORD COUNTY,
AS THE SERGEANT DAVID LEON BARBER MEMORIAL BRIDGE;
DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY 52785, ON THAT
PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 4027 OVER BALD EAGLE CREEK, SNYDER
TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, AS THE CPL. DONALD L. WESTLEY
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 48976, ON THAT PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 669 THAT
CROSSES THE CASSELMAN RIVER AT THE WEST END OF ORD STREET,
SALISBURY BOROUGH, SOMERSET COUNTY, AS THE SERGEANT STEPHEN
M. MINICK MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED
AS BRIDGE KEY 31586, ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2004
CARRYING BROADWAY STREET OVER THE CASSELMAN RIVER, IN SUMMIT
TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET COUNTY, AS THE AIRMAN MICHAEL L. MENSER
MEMORIAL BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE
KEY 15279, ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2025, ALSO KNOWN AS
MORTON AVENUE, OVER STONY CREEK IN MORTON BOROUGH, DELAWARE
COUNTY, AS THE CAPTAIN MICHAEL MALINOWSKI, SR., MEMORIAL
BRIDGE; DESIGNATING A PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2012 IN MONROE
COUNTY AS THE REVEREND DR. BISHOP WILLIAM EARL LEE HIGHWAY;
DESIGNATING THE BRIDGE ON I-70 IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY OVER
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THE YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER AS THE MATTHEW SMELSER MEMORIAL
BRIDGE; DESIGNATING THE PORTION OF COUNTY LINE ROAD (SR 2038)
BETWEEN N. WARMINSTER ROAD AND NEWTOWN ROAD IN BUCKS COUNTY
AS THE CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. AHLUM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY; AND
DESIGNATING THE PORTION OF COUNTY LINE ROAD (SR 2038) BETWEEN
N. WARMINSTER ROAD AND JACKSONVILLE ROAD IN BUCKS COUNTY, AS
THE SPECIALIST 4 HAROLD E. CASHMAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Corporal Mahlon L. Fink Iwo Jima Memorial Highway
Interchange.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Mahlon L. Fink lived a life of dedicated and humble
service to his community and to this Commonwealth.
(2) Mr. Fink was born December 1, 1925, in what is now
the Daniel Boone Homestead.
(3) Mr. Fink was a student at Reading High School, when
he was compelled by a sense of duty to join the war effort.
He dropped out of school following his sophomore year and
joined the United States Marine Corps on his 18th birthday.
(4) Mr. Fink was a member of the 5th Marine Division in
the Pacific Theater.
(5) Mr. Fink and his company landed on Iwo Jima on
February 16, 1945, as one of the first units in combat.
(6) On the 12th day of combat, Mr. Fink was injured when
a mortar round fell near him sending shrapnel into his legs.
As a result of his injuries, Mr. Fink was awarded the Purple
Heart.
(7) Mr. Fink was present on Iwo Jima when the United
States flag was raised on Mt. Suribachi and he witnessed the
raising from the beaches below.
(8) After being discharged from service, Mr. Fink owned
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his own painting and paper hanging business, where he painted
and wallpapered many of the finest homes in Berks County for
52 years until his retirement.
(9) Mr. Fink was very active in the Marine Corps League
and was a lifetime member of the Russell M. Butterweck
Detachment where he served as chaplain.
(10) Mr. Fink was also a lifetime member of the
Adamstown V.F.W. and a member of the Wyomissing U.C.C. where
he was a Deacon and Elder of the church, serving as president
in 1979.
(11) Fifty years after joining the Marine Corps, Mr.
Fink was awarded an honorary diploma by Reading High School.
(12) Mr. Fink also participated in many veterans events
speaking to high school children, nursing home residents and
Boy Scout troops telling the story of his service to keep the
memory of World War II alive.
(13) Mr. Fink passed away on February 27, 2019.
(b) Designation.--The highway interchange of U.S. Route 222
with Mohns Hill Road in Cumru Township, Berks County, is
designated the Corporal Mahlon L. Fink Iwo Jima Memorial Highway
Interchange.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the
interchange to traffic in both directions on the interchange.
SECTION 2. SERGEANT JAMES O'CONNOR MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) CORPORAL JAMES R. O'CONNOR, IV, WAS A PHILADELPHIA
POLICE OFFICER FOR 23 YEARS AND WAS WITH THE SWAT UNIT FOR 15
YEARS.
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(2) ON FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020, CORPORAL O'CONNOR WAS
SERVING A HOMICIDE WARRANT AT A HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF
FRANKFORD IN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY.
(3) THE SWAT TEAM WAS SECURING THE HOME ON BRIDGE STREET
WHEN THE SUBJECT OPENED FIRE THROUGH A CLOSED DOOR ON THE
SECOND FLOOR.
(4) CORPORAL O'CONNOR WAS SHOT IN THE SHOULDER ABOVE HIS
BULLETPROOF VEST WHEN HE ENTERED THE HOME.
(5) HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD A SHORT TIME LATER AT TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.
(6) CORPORAL O'CONNOR WAS POSTHUMOUSLY PROMOTED TO THE
RANK OF SERGEANT.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE 11000 BLOCK OF KNIGHTS ROAD, STATE
ROUTE 1015, IN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE SERGEANT
JAMES O'CONNOR 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 O'CONNOR IV MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SERGEANT JAMES O'CONNOR IV, BADGE #8162, WAS A 23-
YEAR VETERAN OF THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A 15-
YEAR VETERAN OF THE CITY'S SWAT UNIT.
(2) ON MARCH 13, 2020, SERGEANT JAMES O'CONNOR IV WAS
SHOT AND KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AT 46 YEARS OF AGE WHILE
SERVING A HOMICIDE WARRANT IN THE FRANKFORD NEIGHBORHOOD OF
PHILADELPHIA.
(3) HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF
SERGEANT.
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(4) THE GOVERNOR ORDERED THE COMMONWEALTH FLAG ON ALL
PUBLIC FACILITIES STATEWIDE TO BE FLOWN AT HALF-STAFF IN
HONOR OF SERGEANT JAMES O'CONNOR IV.
(5) SERGEANT JAMES O'CONNOR IV DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO
PUBLIC SERVICE AND HIS MEMORY SHALL INSPIRE FUTURE
GENERATIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THIS COMMONWEALTH.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 1015, ALSO
KNOWN AS KNIGHTS ROAD, BETWEEN STATE ROUTE 63 AND U.S. ROUTE 13
IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA IS DESIGNATED THE SERGEANT JAMES
O'CONNOR IV MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
MAINTAIN TWO APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE
HIGHWAY TO TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ALSO ERECT AND MAINTAIN TWO
ADDITIONAL SIGNS LOCATED IN THE CENTER TRAFFIC ISLAND ON STATE
ROUTE 1015, ALSO KNOWN AS KNIGHTS ROAD, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO
11024 KNIGHTS ROAD IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA DISPLAYING THE
NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE
HIGHWAY.
SECTION 3. SERGEANT DAVID LEON BARBER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SERGEANT DAVID LEON BARBER, A NATIVE OF DEFIANCE,
BEDFORD COUNTY, GAVE HIS LIFE IN SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY
DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
(2) SERGEANT BARBER GRADUATED FROM TUSSEY MOUNTAIN HIGH
SCHOOL AND WAS WORKING FOR MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
WHEN HE WAS DRAFTED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY ON APRIL 17,
1968.
(3) SERGEANT BARBER SERVED WITH THE 75TH RANGER
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REGIMENT, 1ST BRIGADE, 5TH INFANTRY DIVISION.
(4) ON DECEMBER 21, 1969, SERGEANT BARBER WAS KILLED IN
ACTION WHEN THE HELICOPTER HE WAS RIDING IN WAS SHOT DOWN.
(5) SERGEANT BARBER RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL FOR HEROISM,
PURPLE HEART, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE
MEDAL, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE SERVICE STAR,
VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, PARACHUTIST
BADGE, EXPERT BADGE WITH PISTOL AND RIFLE BARS AND THE
SHARPSHOOTER BADGE WITH AUTOMATIC RIFLE BAR.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
57213, CARRYING STATE ROUTE 1036 OVER SIX MILE RUN, BROAD TOP
TOWNSHIP, BEDFORD COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE SERGEANT DAVID LEON
BARBER 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. CPL. DONALD L. WESTLEY MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) CORPORAL DONALD L. WESTLEY, A NATIVE OF NORTHWOOD,
BLAIR COUNTY, GAVE HIS LIFE IN SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY DURING
WORLD WAR II.
(2) IN 1940, CORPORAL WESTLEY ENLISTED WITH TROOP B,
104TH CAVALRY, PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL GUARD AND TRAINED AT
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP.
(3) CORPORAL WESTLEY'S TROOP WAS CALLED INTO FEDERAL
SERVICE IN FEBRUARY 1941, AND HE SERVED AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH
CAROLINA, FORT PENDLETON, OREGON, AND FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA.
(4) CORPORAL WESTLEY THEN SERVED IN THE ALEUTIANS FOR
SEVEN MONTHS BEFORE RETURNING TO CAMP MAXEY, TEXAS, IN
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DECEMBER 1943.
(5) IN AUGUST 1944, CORPORAL WESTLEY WAS SENT TO THE
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, WHERE HE SERVED IN FRANCE,
LUXEMBOURG AND BELGIUM.
(6) CORPORAL WESTLEY WAS WOUNDED IN COMBAT ON DECEMBER
27, 1944, AND DIED ON DECEMBER 30, 1944.
(7) CORPORAL WESTLEY IS BURIED IN THE HENRI CHAPELLE
AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERY IN HENRI CHAPELLE, BELGIUM.
(8) CORPORAL WESTLEY WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, THE
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL AND THE HONORABLE SERVICE LABEL
BUTTON FOR WORLD WAR II.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
52785, LOCATED ON STATE ROUTE 4027 OVER BALD EAGLE CREEK, SNYDER
TOWNSHIP, BLAIR COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE CPL. DONALD L. WESTLEY
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. SERGEANT STEPHEN M. MINICK MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) SERGEANT MINICK, A NATIVE OF SALISBURY, GAVE HIS
LIFE IN SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
(2) SERGEANT MINICK WAS A LIGHT WEAPONS INFANTRYMAN AND
SERVED WITH A COMPANY, 4TH BATTALION, 503RD INFANTRY, 173RD
AIRBORNE BRIGADE.
(3) SERGEANT MINICK WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON MARCH 26,
1967, FROM MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS IN THE TAY NINH
PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM.
(4) SERGEANT MINICK WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, THE
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COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, THE PARACHUTIST BADGE, THE NATIONAL
DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL, THE
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, THE DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION, THE
VIETNAM GALLANTRY CROSS UNIT CITATION AND THE GOOD CONDUCT
MEDAL.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
48976, ON THAT PORTION OF PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE 669 THAT CROSSES
THE CASSELMAN RIVER AT THE WEST END OF ORD STREET, SALISBURY
BOROUGH, SOMERSET COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE SERGEANT STEPHEN M.
MINICK 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 6. AIRMAN MICHAEL L. MENSER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) AIRMAN MENSER WAS BORN JULY 21, 1944, IN BOYNTON.
(2) AIRMAN MENSER SERVED ON THE USS FORRESTAL AS A
UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVIST.
(3) ON JULY 29, 1967, THE USS FORRESTAL SUFFERED A
CATASTROPHIC FIRE DURING FLIGHT OPERATIONS WHILE ON YANKEE
STATION OFF THE COAST OF VIETNAM AND AIRMAN MENSER, DESPITE
BEING BLASTED FROM HIS BERTHING SPACE WITHOUT HIS SHIRT AND
SHOES, PROCEEDED TO FIGHT THE FIRE AND CONTROL THE DAMAGE.
(4) AIRMAN MENSER WAS THE AWARDED THE NAVY COMMENDATION
MEDAL FOR HIS EXEMPLARY SERVICE AND BRAVERY ABOARD THE USS
FORRESTAL.
(5) AIRMAN MENSER DIED ON JULY 28, 2018.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
31586, ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2004 CARRYING BROADWAY
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STREET OVER THE CASSELMAN RIVER IN SUMMIT TOWNSHIP, SOMERSET
COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE AIRMAN MICHAEL L. MENSER 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 7. CAPTAIN MICHAEL MALINOWSKI, SR., MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) CAPTAIN MICHAEL MALINOWSKI, SR., FIRST SERVED AS A
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER FROM 1996 TO 2015 FOR THE GLOUCESTER
CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, PINE GROVE STATION (52) AND (54), IN
GLOUCESTER CITY, NEW JERSEY, WHERE HE EARNED THE RANK OF
CAPTAIN.
(2) IN 2019, MR. MALINOWSKI BECAME CAPTAIN OF THE
MORTON-RUTLEDGE FIRE COMPANY IN MORTON AND RUTLEDGE BOROUGHS,
DELAWARE COUNTY, WHERE HE SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER
AND MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
(3) CAPTAIN MALINOWSKI ALSO PARTICIPATED IN DEPARTMENT
TRAINING AND FUNDRAISING WHILE HELPING TO REPAIR THE CREW
ROOM AND THE FIREFIGHTER MEMORIAL LOCATED AT THE MORTON-
RUTLEDGE FIRE COMPANY.
(4) ON DECEMBER 2, 2019, CAPTAIN MICHAEL MALINOWSKI,
SR., REPORTED FEELING ILL AFTER RESPONDING TO A CALL ABOUT
DOWNED TREES AND WIRES IN NETHER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP,
DELAWARE COUNTY.
(5) ON DECEMBER 3, 2019, CAPTAIN MICHAEL MALINOWSKI,
SR., PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 40.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE, IDENTIFIED AS BRIDGE KEY
15279, LOCATED ON THAT PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 2025, ALSO KNOWN
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AS MORTON AVENUE, OVER STONY CREEK IN MORTON BOROUGH, DELAWARE
COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE CAPTAIN MICHAEL MALINOWSKI, SR.,
MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ERECT AND MAINTAIN
APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE BRIDGE TO TRAFFIC
IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON THE BRIDGE.
SECTION 8. REVEREND DR. BISHOP WILLIAM EARL LEE HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA FINDS AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
(1) WILLIAM EARL LEE WAS BORN ON JUNE 13, 1947, IN
SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA, THE SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM AND GENEVA
LEE.
(2) WILLIAM LEE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY,
SERVING FROM 1966 TO 1968, AND WAS AWARDED A PURPLE HEART
AFTER BEING WOUNDED IN VIETNAM.
(3) WILLIAM BECAME A PART OF THE MINISTRY OF THE BETHEL
A.M.E. CHURCH IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AND, IN MAY 1991, WAS
ORDAINED AS REVEREND AT THE 171ST SESSION OF THE NEW YORK
ANNUAL CONFERENCE HOSTED AT BABER AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.
(4) IN EARLY 1992, REVEREND LEE FACILITATED BIBLE STUDY
AND WORSHIP SERVICES AT LOCATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY, INCLUDING
THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE, THE WALL STREET ATRIUM,
THE CHASE MANHATTAN PLAZA, MASS TRANSIT SUBWAYS AND THE
SEAMAN'S CHURCH.
(5) REVEREND WILLIAM EARL LEE WAS ORDAINED A BISHOP BY
THE WORLD CHRISTIANSHIP MINISTRIES.
(6) IN EARLY 1996, BISHOP LEE FOUNDED AND PASTORED THE
CHRIST CHURCH OF GREATER STROUDSBURG.
(7) UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BISHOP LEE, THE CHRIST
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CHURCH OF GREATER STROUDSBURG DEVELOPED THE CHRIST CHURCH
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE CHRIST CHURCH CHRISTIAN
BOOK STORE AND THE EVER LASTING DOORS COMMUNITY CENTER.
(8) BISHOP LEE SERVED AS CHAPLAIN AT MONROE COUNTY
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS INSTITUTING NEW
PROGRAMS FROM A GENERAL EDUCATION DIPLOMA (GED) PROGRAM TO
BAPTISMS, A WOMEN'S CHOIR AND HOLIDAY WORSHIP SERVICES.
(9) BISHOP LEE AUTHORED TWO BOOKS, "DIVINE
INSTRUCTIONS" AND "THE POWER OF GOD."
(10) BISHOP LEE FOUNDED THE CHRIST CHURCH OF BIBLICAL
STUDIES, A SATELLITE OF NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE OF THEOLOGY.
(11) IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR MASTERS DEGREES, BISHOP LEE
RECEIVED FOUR DOCTORATES: A DOCTORATE IN THEOLOGY, A
DOCTORATE IN PHILOSOPHY IN BIBLICAL COUNSELING, A DOCTORATE
IN PHILOSOPHY IN THEOLOGY AND THE HIGHEST HONOR IN BIBLICAL
STUDIES, THE SACRED HEART OF THEOLOGY.
(12) BISHOP WILLIAM EARL LEE DIED ON FEBRUARY 22, 2018,
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, VERNA MARIE MCGILL-LEE AND HIS THREE
CHILDREN.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE SECTION OF STATE ROUTE 2012 IN MONROE
COUNTY FROM SHAFERS SCHOOL HOUSE ROAD, SEGMENT 160, OFFSET 1013
HEADING EAST TO TANITE ROAD, SEGMENT 180, OFFSET 1457, IS
DESIGNATED THE REVEREND DR. BISHOP WILLIAM EARL LEE 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 9. MATTHEW SMELSER MEMORIAL BRIDGE.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) MATTHEW SMELSER WAS A 1995 GRADUATE OF FRAZIER HIGH
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SCHOOL IN PERRYOPOLIS IN FAYETTE COUNTY AND A RESIDENT OF
CHARLEROI IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
(2) MATTHEW SELFLESSLY WORKED AS A EMS PARAMEDIC AT THE
ROSTRAVER WEST NEWTON EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR 24 YEARS AND
BECAME A SUPERVISOR.
(3) MATTHEW BRAVELY GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE ANOTHER WHILE
RESPONDING TO AN EMERGENCY SITUATION ON JANUARY 5, 2020, ON
I-70.
(4) GOVERNOR WOLF SAID "MATTHEW SMELSER'S DEATH IS A
TRAGIC REMINDER OF THE RISK TAKEN BY EMERGENCY PERSONAL
ACROSS THE STATE EACH DAY TO RESCUE PENNSYLVANIANS IN
DISTRESS."
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE BRIDGE ON I-70 IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY
OVER THE YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER IS DESIGNATED THE MATTHEW SMELSER
MEMORIAL BRIDGE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
(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. CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. AHLUM MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) ON MARCH 23, 1969, CAPTAIN WILLIAM JOHN AHLUM OF
HATBORO WAS KILLED IN VIETNAM.
(2) CPT. AHLUM SERVED IN THE ARMY AND WAS A COMMISSIONED
OFFICER THROUGH THE PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY COLLEGE, NOW
WIDENER UNIVERSITY, IN CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.
(3) CAPTAIN AHLUM WAS IN VIETNAM FOR ONLY A FEW WEEKS
WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN BINH DINH PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM.
(4) AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, CPT. AHLUM WAS SERVING IN
THE 1ST LOGISTICAL COMMAND, 184TH ORDNANCE BATTALION.
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(5) CPT. AHLUM WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE PURPLE HEART,
NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL, VIETNAM
SERVICE MEDAL, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM GALLANTRY
CROSS UNIT CITATION AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF COUNTY LINE ROAD (SR 2038)
BETWEEN N. WARMINSTER ROAD AND NEWTOWN ROAD IN BUCKS COUNTY IS
DESIGNATED THE CAPTAIN WILLIAM J. AHLUM 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 11. SPECIALIST 4 HAROLD E. CASHMAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(A) FINDINGS.--THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS
FOLLOWS:
(1) HAROLD E. CASHMAN WAS ATTENDING DELAWARE VALLEY
COLLEGE IN DOYLESTOWN FULL-TIME WHEN HE RECEIVED HIS DRAFT
NOTICE IN 1967.
(2) INSTEAD OF REQUESTING A STUDENT DEFERMENT TO WHICH
HE WAS ENTITLED, HE REPORTED FOR HIS CONSCRIPTION INTO THE
UNITED STATES ARMY.
(3) AFTER COMPLETION OF HIS BASIC TRAINING, SPECIALIST 4
HAROLD E. CASHMAN WAS ASSIGNED TO THE ELITE 1ST CAVALRY
DIVISION AND DEPLOYED TO SOUTH VIETNAM IN AUGUST OF 1967.
(4) ON JANUARY 31, 1968, HE WAS KILLED IN QUANG TRI
PROVINCE, SOUTH VIETNAM, ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE INFAMOUS TET
OFFENSIVE.
(B) DESIGNATION.--THE PORTION OF COUNTY LINE ROAD (SR 2038)
BETWEEN N. WARMINSTER ROAD AND JACKSONVILLE ROAD IN BUCKS
COUNTY, IS DESIGNATED THE SPECIALIST 4 HAROLD E. CASHMAN
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
(C) SIGNS.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL ERECT AND
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MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE SIGNS DISPLAYING THE NAME OF THE HIGHWAY TO
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Section 2 12. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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