Bill Text: WV HCR6 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: U. S. Army Colonel Larkin Bilton Vance Memorial Highway
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-16 - To House Roads and Transportation [HCR6 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2018-HCR6-Introduced.html
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 6
(By Delegates Phillips, Maynard, Miller, R., Eldridge and Marcum)
[Introduced January
16, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Roads and Transportation then to Rules]
Requesting the Division of Highways to name a portion of Old Route 10, now called 3-Mile Curve from the bridge to the railroad tracks in Logan, Logan County, the “U. S. Army Colonel Larkin Bilton Vance Memorial Highway."
Whereas, Larkin Bilton Vance was born in 1928 and was educated in a one room school room in Logan County until the 8th grade. He attended Man High School until 1943, and enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943, at age 15, after altering his birth certificate. He reported to the Great Lakes Training Center. After his training, he was assigned to a ship leaving for the Pacific and at the end of WWII, he held the position of head quartermaster on the ship stationed in Okinawa. He continued his military pursuits and served in the Korean War, Vietnam, and the Cuban and Belgian Congo Crises. He graduated from Army Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1952 and retired after 30 years of service as a Colonel in the US Army. He then served with NATO for an additional 10 years. During this time, he had the opportunity to meet with many distinguished world leaders. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Fort Benning and awarded the Civilian Award, a coveted national award for outstanding citizenship; and
Whereas, Naming this road is an appropriate recognition of Colonel Larkin Bilton Vance’s contributions to his country and to the state and community of his birth; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to name a portion of Old Route 10, now called 3-Mile Curve, from the bridge to the railroad tracks in Logan, Logan County, the “U. S. Army Colonel Larkin Bilton Vance Memorial Highway"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to have made and be placed signs identifying the road as the “U. S. Army Colonel Larkin Bilton Vance Memorial Highway"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates, forward a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department of Transportation.
