Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SR 12 - J. L. Turner Bridge - designate

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1. Hooks  14th


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             1/10/95   Read 1st time          2/13/95                           
             2/7/95    Favorably Reported     2/17/95                           
             2/8/95    Read 2nd Time          2/14/95                           
             2/10/95   Read 3rd Time          3/15/95                           
             2/10/95   Passed/Adopted         3/15/95                           
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             3/31/95   Sent To Governor                                         
             4/5/95    Signed by Governor                                       
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SR 12   95                                           SR12/AP

        SENATE RESOLUTION 12


By:  Senator Hooks of the 14th

                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Designating the J. L. Turner Bridge and the William E.
  1- 2  "Bill" Ireland Youth Development Campus; and for other
  1- 3  purposes.

                           PART 1

  1- 4  WHEREAS, Mr. J. L. Turner was very active throughout his
  1- 5  life in community affairs; and

  1- 6  WHEREAS, as Mayor of Ideal, Georgia, for many years, he
  1- 7  provided the vision and leadership for successful efforts to
  1- 8  pave roads and install sewer lines and municipally owned
  1- 9  cable television; and

  1-10  WHEREAS, he retired after years of commendable service to
  1-11  the people of this state in a responsible position in the
  1-12  Georgia Department of Transportation; and

  1-13  WHEREAS, he was held in affectionate regard by the citizens
  1-14  of Ideal and Macon County, Georgia, who have missed his
  1-15  energy and cheerful spirit since his passing from this life;
  1-16  and

  1-17  WHEREAS, several citizens in Ideal and the surrounding area,
  1-18  representatives from Georgia Power and Alltel, the Macon
  1-19  County Shrine Club, and others have expressed the desire to
  1-20  honor the memory of Mr. J. L. Turner; and

  1-21  WHEREAS, the City Council of Ideal, Georgia, voted
  1-22  unanimously to request that the new bridge on Georgia Route
  1-23  90 be named after him.

  1-24  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
  1-25  GEORGIA that the members of this body commend Mr. J. L.
  1-26  Turner for his many contributions to his community and the
  1-27  state and designate the bridge on Georgia Route 90 in Macon
  1-28  County the J. L. Turner Bridge.

  1-29  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Georgia Department of
  1-30  Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and
  1-31  maintain appropriate signs designating the bridge.

  1-32  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is
  1-33  authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of


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  2- 1  this resolution to the Mayor and City Council of Ideal,
  2- 2  Georgia.

                           PART 2

  2- 3  WHEREAS, William E. Ireland was an inmate at the Georgia
  2- 4  Reformatory for Boys in Milledgeville, Georgia; and

  2- 5  WHEREAS, during his confinement, the director of the
  2- 6  institution recognized Mr. Ireland's great leadership
  2- 7  abilities and employed him at the institution in 1921; and

  2- 8  WHEREAS, in 1926, upon Director Carswell's retirement, Mr.
  2- 9  Ireland was appointed the new director of the institution;
  2-10  and

  2-11  WHEREAS, Mr. Ireland was instrumental in having the
  2-12  supervision of the institution transferred from the prison
  2-13  system to the Department of Welfare and in having the name
  2-14  of the facility changed to the Georgia Training School for
  2-15  Boys; and

  2-16  WHEREAS, Mr. Ireland was respected and loved by the
  2-17  employees and the residents of the training school and was
  2-18  known to all as "Mr. Bill"; and

  2-19  WHEREAS, he served as director of the training school during
  2-20  12 gubernatorial administrations before being appointed as
  2-21  State Welfare Director in 1947 by acting Governor, M. E.
  2-22  Thompson; and

  2-23  WHEREAS, in January of 1949, he was reappointed as director
  2-24  of the Georgia Training School for Boys and remained as
  2-25  director until his retirement in 1964; and

  2-26  WHEREAS, Mr. Ireland died in 1985 at the age of 84, but he
  2-27  will always be remembered for his 43 years of dedicated
  2-28  service to the people of this state; and

  2-29  WHEREAS, the former Georgia Training School for Boys is now
  2-30  the Youth Development Campus in Milledgeville, Georgia,
  2-31  under the jurisdiction of the Department of Children and
  2-32  Youth Services.

  2-33  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY that
  2-34  the Youth Development Campus in Milledgeville, Georgia, be
  2-35  named the William E. "Bill" Ireland Youth Development
  2-36  Campus.

  2-37  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Children and
  2-38  Youth Services is authorized and directed to place and


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  3- 1  maintain appropriate markers designating the William E.
  3- 2  "Bill" Ireland Youth Development Campus.

  3- 3  BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is
  3- 4  authorized and directed to transmit appropriate copies of
  3- 5  this resolution to the Commissioner of Children and Youth
  3- 6  Services and to the family of Mr. William E. "Bill" Ireland.









































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