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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 43

(By Delegate Pethtel)

 

 

 

Requesting the Division of Highways to name the bridge on WV Route 82, crossing South Fork Fishing Creek in Wetzel County, bridge number 52-82-0.03, as the “Ralph Ice Bridge”.

    Whereas, Ralph Ice was born on March 31, 1921 in Smithfield, West Virginia, one of twelve children of Esten and Flossie Bell Ice; and

    Whereas, Ralph Ice enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and was sent to fight in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944; and

    Whereas, Ralph Ice was a member of the 89th Infantry Division that liberated Ohrdruf, the first Nazi concentration camp to be liberated by U.S. Troops in Germany, on April 4, 1945; and

    Whereas, Ralph Ice was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Combat Infantry Medal, and a medal for Service Behind Enemy Lines, all earned for his brave service in Germany, England, Belgium and Austria; and

    Whereas, Ralph Ice married Fairy Louise LaSure Kelley in 1946, and together they moved to Jacksonburg, WV, where they raised six children and two foster children; and

    Whereas, Ralph Ice was the longest serving Postmaster of Jacksonburg, serving 39 years from 1948 until 1986; and

    Whereas, Ralph Ice was the President of the Jacksonburg School PTA and the Sportsman’s Club of Buffalo, and was instrumental getting the Jacksonburg streets paved; and

    Whereas, Ralph Ice and his family moved to New Martinsville in 1972, where they opened Magnolia Carpet Store; and

    Whereas, It is fitting to honor Ralph Ice for his life-long service to our nation and his community; and

    Whereas, The naming of a bridge in honor of Ralph Ice’s exemplary life is but a small gesture of gratitude and appreciation; therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Legislature hereby requests the Division of Highways to name the bridge on WV Route 82, crossing over South Fork Fishing Creek in Wetzel County, bridge number 52-82-0.03, as the “Ralph Ice 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 “Ralph Ice 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, the Commissioner of Highways, and to Ralph Ice.

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