Section 21. Mayor George Bugaile Memorial Highway.
(a) Declaration of policy.--The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) George Bugaile was born in 1911 and raised in the Village of Courtney, Union Township, Washington County, with his parents, who were immigrants from Lithuania, and three brothers, Charles, Joseph and Frank "Browney," and later moved to adjoining New Eagle Borough.
(2) He served in the United States Marine Corps at the end of World War II.
(3) He served as a New Eagle Borough councilman for eight years, elected for the first time in 1952 and again in 1956, and also served as council president for a time.
(4) He was active in numerous civic organizations where he selflessly worked to improve the community for future generations.
(5) He was instrumental in bringing infrastructure improvements, including street lighting, sidewalk and curbing, to the community and worked successfully to convince the postal service to bring home-delivered mail service to New Eagle residents.
(6) He was elected mayor in 1960, took office in 1961 and served with distinction for 20 years, until the end of 1981.
(7) Mayor Bugaile and his wife of 35 years, Nellie, had two daughters, the late Joanne Frances Muia and Diane Lynn Garry.
(8) Mayor Bugaile passed away on November 1, 1996.
(b) Designation.--State Route 837, beginning at the intersection with State Route 1065, Courtney Hill Road in the Village of Courtney, Union Township, to the intersection with State Route 1069, Memorial Avenue in New Eagle Borough, Washington County, is hereby designated as the Mayor George Bugaile Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs to indicate the designation under subsection (b).