Bill Text: WV SCR53 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: US Army SGT Harold Scott White Memorial Bridge
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-08 - To Transportation and Infrastructure [SCR53 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2018-SCR53-Introduced.html
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 53
(By Senators Stollings, Beach, Plymale, and Boso)
[Introduced March 7, 2018]
Requesting the Division of Highways name bridge number 22-22-13.73 (22A053), locally known as Scary Creek Box Beam Bridge, carrying County Route 22 over Middle Fork in Lincoln County, the “U. S. Army SGT Harold Scott White Memorial Bridge”.
Whereas, Harold Scott White was born on May 31, 1918, in Griffithsville, West Virginia. When he was young, his family moved to Smith’s Ferry, Pennsylvania; and
Whereas, While in Pennsylvania, Harold Scott White worked as a carpenter, but soon moved back to Sweetland, West Virginia, because he missed his home state. There he met, fell in love with, and married Marry Odessa Ann Chambers of Sweetland. They ran a mom and pop store in Sweetland and had one son, John Elbert White, who was born in 1943; and
Whereas, SGT Harold Scott White served in the U. S. Army in Germany during World War II as Commander of the 290th Engineer Combat Battalion; and
Whereas, After returning from the war, SGT Harold Scott White worked full-time at Houdaille Industries in Huntington for 33 years while he continued to run the mom and pop store with his wife in Sweetland. He and his son, John, started White’s Supermarket/Grocery in 1962, which was also the beginning of White’s Plaza; and
Whereas, Also, after returning from the war, SGT Harold Scott White became a Colonel with the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1064 in Huntington, and the Griffithsville Lodge 71, AF&AM. He organized many activities in Huntington, Hamlin, and Sweetland, most notably a reunion of the 290th Combat Engineers of World War II. He showed off our wonderful state to many during this time and many returned time and time again from all over the country; and
Whereas, SGT Harold Scott White became a 32nd degree Mason in the Scottish Rite, and a Beni Kedem Temple Shriner. He loved being a Shriner and helping others. His volunteer work did not end there, he also served as the vice president of the Lincoln County Opportunity Company and helped the county grow with various, programs especially those helping the senior population; and
Whereas, SGT Harold Scott White also started the U&I Farm in Sweetland. The farm was a place for public gatherings for pure fellowship or to fellowship and learn. He was a member of the Hamlin Baptist Church in Hamlin for more than 30 years and served as a deacon. As SGT Harold Scott White was also a talented wood worker and artist, he helped in the construction of this church; and
Whereas, SGT Harold Scott White was a great ambassador for his community. He worked with other community members to form a community clinic in Hamlin. He provided the original White’s Supermarket/Grocery building free of charge to help the community clinic get started. That clinic, founded about the time Marshall University opened its medical school, later became the Lincoln Primary Care Center and has now extended to many counties in southern West Virginia. The clinic was run by several of the physicians at Marshall University and served as a place for medical students, residents, and fellow physicians to practice. Many of the prominent doctors at Marshall University today remember serving the Hamlin and Lincoln County community; and
Whereas, SGT Harold Scott White passed away on January 13, 1981; and
Whereas, It is fitting that an enduring memorial be established to commemorate SGT Harold Scott White and his contributions to our state and country; therefore, be it
Resolved by the West Virginia Legislature:
That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways bridge number 22-22-13.73 (22A053), locally known as Scary Creek Box Beam Bridge, carrying County Route 22 over Middle Fork in Lincoln County, the “U. S. Army SGT Harold Scott White 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 SGT Harold Scott White Memorial Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways.
