HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 81
(By Delegates Armstead, Walters and Webb (By Request))
[Introduced March 10, 2004; referred to the
Committee on Rules.]
Requesting the Commissioner of the Division of Highways to name the
recently constructed bridge over Little Sandy Creek on Frame
Road near Elkview, Kanawha County, the "Shaffer Bridge".
Whereas, For approximately 70 years, members of the Shaffer
family lived in the house which was taken by construction of the
new bridge; and
Whereas, For approximately 100 years, three generations of the
Shaffer family have owned the property adjoining the new bridge;
and
Whereas, The late James and Ella Shafer first settled on this
property in the early 1900's, farming the land and raising five
siblings; and
Whereas, James and Ella's son, the late Starling Shaffer (who
changed the spelling of his last name,) and his wife Irene, assumed
ownership of the property in 1959 after James' death and continued
to live on the land and farm it until Starling's death; and
Whereas, Starling's sons, Bob and Larry Shaffer, assumed
ownership of the property after their father's passing in 1996 and
both brothers have continued to
maintain the land, and Larry and his wife, Betty, have continued to reside on the land; and
Whereas, The Shaffer family's century of dedicated and loving
stewardship of this land should not go unnoticed and, indeed,
should be commended; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests the West Virginia
Division of Highways to name the recently constructed bridge over
Little Sandy Creek on Frame Road near Elkview, Kanawha County, the
"Shaffer Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Division of Highways cause an
appropriate sign to be placed at both ends of this bridge which
designates the bridge as the "Shaffer Bridge"; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner
of the Division of Highways and to Bob and Larry Shaffer.
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