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A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Robert Ritchie Memorial Highway in 1
Magoffin County. 2
WHEREAS, Robert Ritchie was born on January 25, 1915, in Magoffin County, 3
Kentucky; and 4
WHEREAS, Robert Ritchie served in the United States Army during World War II, 5
where he was awarded an Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon, an American Defense Service 6
Ribbon, a Combat Infantryman Badge, a Battle Star for the Invasion of New Guinea, and 7
a Good Conduct Medal; and 8
WHEREAS, Robert Ritchie returned from serving in World War II to his beloved 9
hometown of Salyersville, Kentucky, where he spent the remainder of his life raising his 10
family and working as a farmer on land that had been in his family for generations; and 11
WHEREAS, Robert Ritchie was a member of the Faith Freewill Baptist Church in 12
Magoffin County and the Salyersville DAV Chapter 15; and 13
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the life of Robert Ritchie be memorialized 14
in some tangible way; 15
NOW, THEREFORE, 16
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: 17
ď˘Section 1. The Transportation Cabinet shall designate Kentucky Route 378 in 18
Magoffin County, at mile point 5.5, to the intersection of Paddle Branch Road, as the 19
"Robert Ritchie Memorial Highway" and shall, within 30 days of the effective date of 20
this Resolution, erect appropriate signage denoting this designation. 21