Bill Text: WV HCR15 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: U. S. Army PVT Winten L. Wayts Memorial Bridge
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-16 - To House Roads and Transportation [HCR15 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2018-HCR15-Introduced.html
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Number
(By Delegates Hamilton, Evans, A., Wagner, Iaquinta and Lynch)
[Introduced January
16, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Roads and Transportation then to Rules ]
Requesting the Division of Highways to name bridge number 49-32-12.86 (49A061), locally known as Alton Deck Girder, carrying County Route 32 over the Buckhannon River in Upshur County, the “U. S. Army PVT Winten L. Wayts Memorial Bridge”.
Whereas, Winton L. Wayts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard H. Wayts, of Alton, Upsur County, West Virginia, was born February 13, 1933, at Alton; and
Whereas, PVT Winton L Wayts served in the U.S. Army as a member of the 712th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion; and
Whereas, On August 22, 1951, PVT Winten L. Wayts died as a result of injuries he sustained from falling from a train while on duty as a brakeman near Seoul, South Korea; and
Whereas, PVT Winten L. Wayts’ remains are buried at Indian Camp Cemetery at French Creek, West Virginia; and
Whereas, Surviving siblings of PVT Winten L. Wayts are sisters Marcella Kelley of Tallmansville, West Virginia and Louise Lough of Buckhannon, West Virginia, and half-brother Billy Jo Casto of Alexandria, Louisiana; and
Whereas, It is proper to dedicate a fitting memorial to this young soldier who lost his life in service to his country; therefore be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name bridge number 49-32-12.86 (49A061), locally known as Alton Deck Girder, carrying County Route 32 over the Buckhannon River in Upshur County, the “U. S. Army PVT Winten L. Wayts Memorial Bridge”; and be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the bridge as the “U. S. Army PVT Winten L. Waytes Memorial Bridge”; and be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.
