H*4291 Session 112 (1997-1998)
H*4291 Concurrent Resolution, By Rice and Robinson
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO NAME
THE PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 124 IN GREENVILLE COUNTY FROM ITS
INTERSECTION WITH UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 123 TO THE GREENVILLE COUNTY LINE IN
HONOR OF JOE ANDERS.
06/04/97 House Introduced HJ-150
06/04/97 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial
Resolutions HJ-150
06/05/97 House Committee report: Favorable Invitations and
Memorial Resolutions HJ-129
06/05/97 House Adopted, sent to Senate HJ-129
01/14/98 Senate Introduced SJ-40
01/14/98 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-40
02/05/98 Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation SJ-17
02/10/98 Senate Adopted, returned to House with concurrence SJ-17
COMMITTEE REPORT
February 5, 1998
H. 4291
Introduced by Reps. Rice and Robinson
S. Printed 2/5/98--S.
Read the first time January 14, 1998.
THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H. 4291), to
request the Department of Transportation to name the portion of
South Carolina Highway 124 in Greenville County, etc., respectfully
REPORT:
That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and
recommend that the same do pass:
JOHN C. LAND, III, for Committee.
A CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO
NAME THE PORTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY 124
IN GREENVILLE COUNTY FROM ITS INTERSECTION WITH
UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 123 TO THE GREENVILLE
COUNTY LINE IN HONOR OF JOE ANDERS.
Whereas, Joe Anders was a great textile league baseball player who
has lived most of his life in Greenville and Pickens counties; and
Whereas, according to Pepper Martin and others, Joe was "one of the
all time great textile league players to come out of Greenville"; and
Whereas, he played and coached textile league baseball from 1938
through 1955; and
Whereas, in 1942, Joe was offered a contract to play for the New
York Yankees but chose to serve his country during World War II;
and
Whereas, in 1948, the Dodgers offered him a contract to play
baseball with their farm team in Texas, but Joe decided to remain in
South Carolina and play textile league baseball; and
Whereas, in 1942, 1946, and 1947, Joe played professional baseball
with the Greenville Spinners and in his rookie season batted .338, and
in 1955, the last year he played textile league baseball, he led the
Cottonwood League in hitting with a batting average of .505 and was
named Most Valuable Player; and
Whereas, he is a member of the Sports Hall of Fame in both Easley
and Greenville; and
Whereas, Joe was a close friend of Joseph Jefferson Wofford
"Shoeless Joe" Jackson, who taught him how to play baseball; and
Whereas, he served as a pall bearer at both "Shoeless Joe" Jackson's
and his wife, Katie's, funerals; and
Whereas, it is fitting and proper that a portion of South Carolina
Highway 124 in Greenville County from its intersection with United
States Highway 123 to the Greenville County line be named the "Joe
Anders Highway" as a lasting tribute to this distinguished South
Carolinian. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina request that the Department of Transportation designate and
name a portion of South Carolina Highway 124 in Greenville County
described in this resolution as "Joe Anders Highway" and to install
appropriate markers or signs at places along the highway as the
department considers advisable containing the words "Joe Anders
Highway".
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to
the Department of Transportation and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Anders.
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