Committee Substitute
House Concurrent Resolution 5 History
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 5
(By Delegates R. Phillips and Tomblin)
Requesting the Division of Highways to rename the Middleburg Bridge
over the Guyandotte River, near the Middleburg settlement,
Logan County, bridge number 23-10/73-0.01, the "USMC First
Class Lieutenant Edward I. Eiland Bridge".
Whereas, Edward I. Eiland was born on February 3, 1920; and
Whereas, Edward I. Eiland graduated from Logan High School in
1937 and from West Virginia University, where he was elected to the
Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society, in 1940; and
Whereas, Edward I. Eiland matriculated at the West Virginia
University College of Law, but chose to interrupt his legal
education to enter the Marine Corps after the Second World War
began; and
Whereas, Edward I. Eiland served in the Pacific with the Fourth
Marine Division, and took part in landings on Kwajalein Atoll,
Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima; and
Whereas, Edward I. Eiland was awarded both the Purple Heart for
wounds incurred in action during the invasion of Saipan and the
Silver Star for bravery in the same campaign; and
Whereas, Edward I. Eiland returned to the West Virginia College
of Law, where he served as a member of the Board of Editors of the
West Virginia Law Quarterly, and graduated in 1946; and
Whereas, Edward I. Eiland returned to Logan County, where he
served as Assistant Prosecutor, attorney for the City of Logan,
Mental Hygiene Commissioner, and where he continues to work in
private practice; and
Whereas, Edward I. Eiland is a longtime member of the Logan
County, West Virginia and American Bar Associations, and received
the West Virginia Bar Association's inaugural Award of Merit in
1997 for his outstanding lifetime of distinguished service to the
profession; and
Whereas, Edward I. Eiland has served the public as a Boy Scouts
leader, a member of the Kiwanis Club, a 58-year member and two-time
Post Commander of the Gunther-McNeely-Nowlin Post of the American
Legion, and President of the B'Nai El of Logan; and
Whereas, It is fitting and proper, that Edward I. Eiland be
honored for his courageous Marine Corps service, his many
contributions to the legal profession and his countless hours of
public service to the community of Logan and the state of West
Virginia; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Division of Highways is hereby requested to rename
the Middleburg Bridge over the Guyandotte River, near the Middleburg settlement, Logan County, bridge number 23-10/73-0.01,
the "USMC First Class Lieutenant Edward I. Eiland 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 "USMC First Class Lieutenant Edward I. Eiland Bridge"; and,
be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates
forward a certified copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the
Department of Transportation and to Mr. Edward I. Eiland.