H*5165 Concurrent Resolution, By Bales

Similar(H 5397)
 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME
 THE INTERSECTION LOCATED AT THE JUNCTURE OF ATLAS ROAD AND VETERANS ROAD IN
 RICHLAND COUNTY "JULIUS MURRAY INTERSECTION" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR
 SIGNS AT THIS INTERSECTION THAT CONTAIN THE WORDS "JULIUS MURRAY
 INTERSECTION", NAME THE PORTION OF GREENLAWN DRIVE IN RICHLAND COUNTY FROM ITS
 INTERSECTION WITH GARNERS FERRY ROAD TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH LEESBURG ROAD
 "HOWARD R. CAMPBELL ROAD" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS ALONG THIS
 PORTION OF HIGHWAY THAT CONTAIN THE WORDS "HOWARD R. CAMPBELL ROAD", AND NAME
 THE INTERCHANGE LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 77 AND SOUTH
 CAROLINA HIGHWAY 555 IN RICHLAND COUNTY "HARRY 'H. B.' RUTHERFORD, SR.
 INTERCHANGE" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS INTERCHANGE THAT
 CONTAIN THE WORDS "HARRY 'H. B.' RUTHERFORD, SR. INTERCHANGE".

   04/25/12  House  Introduced (House Journal-page 2)
   04/25/12  House  Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial
                     Resolutions (House Journal-page 2)
   04/26/12  House  Committee report: Favorable Invitations and
                     Memorial Resolutions (House Journal-page 5)
   04/27/12         Scrivener's error corrected
   05/01/12  House  Amended (House Journal-page 73)
   05/01/12  House  Adopted, sent to Senate (House Journal-page 73)
   05/02/12  Senate Introduced (Senate Journal-page 13)
   05/02/12  Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
                     (Senate Journal-page 13)
   05/24/12  Senate Polled out of committee Transportation
                     (Senate Journal-page 21)
   05/24/12  Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Transportation (Senate Journal-page 21)
   05/29/12  Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 48)
   05/29/12  Senate Adopted (Senate Journal-page 48)
   05/29/12  Senate Returned to House with amendments
                     (Senate Journal-page 48)
   05/31/12  House  Senate amendment amended (House Journal-page 82)
   05/31/12  House  Returned to Senate with amendments
                     (House Journal-page 82)
   05/31/12  House  Roll call Yeas-91  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 85)
   06/05/12  Senate Concurred in amendment (Senate Journal-page 96)
   06/05/12  Senate Returned to House with concurrence
                     (Senate Journal-page 96)
   06/05/12  Senate Roll call Ayes-37  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 96)

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Amt. No. 1A (Doc. Path council\dka\4147cm12)

May 31, 2012

H. 5165

S. Printed 5/29/12--S.

Read the first time May 2, 2012.

TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME THE INTERSECTION LOCATED AT THE JUNCTURE OF ATLAS ROAD AND VETERANS ROAD IN RICHLAND COUNTY "JULIUS MURRAY INTERSECTION" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS INTERSECTION THAT CONTAIN THE WORDS "JULIUS MURRAY INTERSECTION", NAME THE PORTION OF GREENLAWN DRIVE IN RICHLAND COUNTY FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH GARNERS FERRY ROAD TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH LEESBURG ROAD "HOWARD R. CAMPBELL ROAD" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS ALONG THIS PORTION OF HIGHWAY THAT CONTAIN THE WORDS "HOWARD R. CAMPBELL ROAD", AND NAME THE INTERCHANGE LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 77 AND SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 555 IN RICHLAND COUNTY "HARRY 'H. B.' RUTHERFORD, SR. INTERCHANGE" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS INTERCHANGE THAT CONTAIN THE WORDS "HARRY 'H. B.' RUTHERFORD, SR. INTERCHANGE".

Whereas, the Honorable Julius Murray and Mr. Howard R. Campbell are two well respected and outstanding citizens in the Midlands Region of South Carolina; and

Whereas, the Honorable Julius Murray was born on March 23, 1938, the son of Dozier and Sallie Murray; and

Whereas, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia College of Missouri; and

Whereas, he and his wife Gertrude, are the proud parents of three children; and

Whereas, from 1979 to 1983, he served the citizens of South Carolina House District Number 70 with distinction as a member of the South Carolina General Assembly; and

Whereas, Mr. Howard R. Campbell is a successful businessman who has owned and operated a successful heating, ventilation, and air conditioning company for more than sixty years; and

Whereas, he is a Master Fitter with the Richland County Board of Gas Examiners, a Master in Mechanical Trade with the City of Columbia, a Master Electrician with the Richland County Board of Electrical Examiners, and a Journeyman Gas Fitter with the City of Cayce Board of Gas Examiners; and

Whereas, he is an active member of the Christ the King Lutheran Church and unselfishly devotes his time and talents toward helping the members of his community; and

Whereas, he and his wife, Evelyn, are held in esteem throughout their community; and

Whereas, Dr. Harry Benjamin Rutherford, Sr., was born on July 14, 1911, the son of Harry Benjamin Rutherford and Carrie Jones Rutherford, and died on November 20, 1980; and

Whereas, Dr. Rutherford's father died when he was three years old, leaving his mother Carrie to manage her late husband's limousine, regalia, and cigar factory businesses, all while raising her young son as a single parent in the early 1900's; and

Whereas, he received his high school diploma from Booker T. Washington High School in 1928, graduated cum laude and salutatorian from Johnson C. Smith University in 1932 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics, earned a Masters Degree from New York University in 1940, and his Doctorate Degree from Harvard University; and

Whereas, he and his wife Dr. Everetta Sims Rutherford were the proud parents of two sons; and

Whereas, Dr. Rutherford was a pioneer in the field of education in Richland County and South Carolina. He served as both a teacher and principal at Booker T. Washington High School, principal of Carver Junior High School, and principal of Waverly Elementary School; and

Whereas, Dr. Rutherford was the longest serving principal in Booker T. Washington High School's history, holding this position from 1950 through 1964; and

Whereas, the City of Columbia knew Dr. Rutherford as an innovative, compassionate, sincere, and purposeful man. He was committed to education and educational reform. He spent many summers traveling and learning about educational institutions and systems around the world and integrated the knowledge gained from his travels into the administrative and instructional curriculum at Booker T. Washington High School; and

Whereas, Dr. Rutherford also was a pioneering businessman in Richland County. He was one of the founders of the Richland Teachers Council Federal Credit Union, created in the basement of Booker T. Washington High School with the purpose of providing loans to African American teachers who could not obtain them from other lending institutions; and

Whereas, he took leadership roles in numerous professional, political, and civic organizations including serving as President of the Richland County Teachers Association, President of Ward Two Democratic Precinct in Columbia, Chairman of the Credit Union Committee for the Palmetto Education Association, Leadership Chairman of the Central Boys Scouts Unit of South Carolina, and was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; and

Whereas, it would be fitting and proper to recognize former State Representative Julius Murray's, Mr. Howard Campbell's, and Dr. Harry "H.B." Rutherford's service to the State by naming separate highway facilities in their honor. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly request that the Department of Transportation name the intersection located at the juncture of Atlas Road and Veterans Road in Richland County "Julius Murray Intersection" and erect appropriate markers or signs at this intersection that contain the words "Julius Murray Intersection", name the portion of Greenlawn Drive in Richland County from its intersection with Garners Ferry Road to its intersection with Leesburg Road "Howard R. Campbell Road" and erect appropriate markers or signs along this portion of highway that contain the words "Howard R. Campbell Road", and name the interchange located at the intersection of Interstate Highway 77 and South Carolina Highway 555 in Richland County "Harry 'H. B.' Rutherford, Sr. Interchange" and erect appropriate markers or signs at this interchange that contain the words "Harry 'H. B.' Rutherford, Sr. Interchange".

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.