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LIGONIER — West Noble High School students received more than $160,000 in scholarships and awards from the community May 9 at the 2016 Senior Awards ceremony held at the school.

A total of $694,600 was awarded to graduating seniors, with $161,900 given by local organizations and $525,700 coming from university aid and scholarships.

Local scholarships and awards • Alan Hutsell Scholarship — Paige Shearer.

• Art and Jeanne Howard 4-H Scholarship — Timothy Stohlman.

• Auxiliary Memorial Scholarship — Brenna Shull.

• Brandon Replogle Celebrate the Arts Memorial Scholarship — Zachary Becker.

• Caitlyn Marie Halferty Memorial Scholarship — Sarah Schroeder.

• Cromwell-Kimmell Lions Club Scholarship — Haley Mikel, Samantha Ness, Megan Roy and Sarah Schroeder.

• Doris Gene Alber Ferrari Scholarship — Brenna Shull and Zachary Becker.

• Edgell Vocational Scholarship — Jacob Stringfellow.

• Fred and Rose Cunningham Memorial Scholarship — Megan Roy. • Gerald and Kathleen Hayes Scholarship — Jazmin Herrera.

• Hal Prickett Memorial Scholarship — Samantha Ness.

• Jennie Thompson Scholarship — Jazmin Herrera.

• Joe Huth Memorial Scholarship — Jacob Stringfellow.

• John and Mary Schermerhorn Memorial Scholarship — Timothy Stohlman.

• John E. and Joan E. Robinson Scholarship — Sarah Schroeder, Yvette Rojas, Timothy Stohlman, Kelsey Clark, Kolten Peterson and Ryan Kendall.

• Joyce Hontz Memorial Scholarship —

Sarah Buchanan, Baylee Click, Samantha Ness, Elizabeth Wigent and Sarah Schroeder.

• Ligonier Lions Club Scholarship — Zachary Becker, Sarah Buchanan, Grant Moser, Jacob Musselman, Taylor Saggars, Brenna Shull and Brandi Stuckman.

• Marcia Bowen Hicks Memorial Scholarship — Libbey Tierney.

• Noble County Community Foundation Top Honors — Samantha Ness, Timothy Stohlman and Sarah Buchanan.

• Noble County Pork Producers Scholarship — Timothy Stohlman.

• Olive B. Cole Scholarship — Zachary Becker, Sarah Buchanan, Baylee Click, Kelsi Davidson, Samantha Ness, Kolten Peterson, Megan Roy, Rebecca Schermerhorn, Sarah Schroeder, Brenna Shull, Brooklyn Stanley, Timothy Stohlman, Jacob Stringfellow, Libbey Tierney and Nicholas Weimer.

• Oliver and Eleanor Ellenbecker Bachelor’s Program Scholarship — Madacyne Leatherman.

• Oliver and Eleanor Ellenbecker Medical Professional Scholarship — Megan Roy. • Paul Glass Memorial Scholarship — Timothy Stohlman.

• Pauline (McClish) Leaman Scholarship — Sarah Schroeder.

• Prudence E. Gardner Memorial Scholarship — Samantha Ness.

• P.U.L.S.E. Endowment in Memory of Dave Knopp Scholarship — Timothy Stohlman.

• P.U.L.S.E. Senior Scholarship — Sarah Buchanan.

• P.U.L.S.E. Senior Plaque — Sarah Buchanan.

• Richard and Mary Demotte Scholarship — Brenna Shull.

• Russel Smith Music Scholarship — Nicholas Weimer.

• Sons of the American Legion Scholarship — Megan Roy. • Susan Marie Stone Scholarship — See AWARDS page 16

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West Noble High School graduating seniors sit in the school’s cafetorium May 9 after receiving more than $160,000 in community scholarships and awards for college and vocational training.

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Yvette Rojas accepts the John E. & Joan E. Robinson Scholarship, worth $500, from presenter Joan Robinson May 9 at the West Noble High School Senior Awards.

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AWARDS From page 15

Samantha Ness.

• The Harmon and Helene Harper Family Scholarship — Crystal Herrera.

• Timothy J. Martin Memorial Scholarship — Brenna Shull.

• Wawaka High School Alumni Scholarship — Grant Moser.

• West Noble American Legion Scholarship — Brenna Shull.

University scholarships • Bethel College Academic Scholarship — Rebecca Schermerhorn.

• Bethel College Athletic Scholarship — Rebecca Schermerhorn.

• Grace College Athletic Scholarship — Paige Shearer.

• Indiana Tech Academic Achievement Award — Marleen Montelongo and Diane Barrientos.

• Indiana Tech’s Northeast Indiana Regional Scholarship — Diane Barrientos and Marleen Montelongo.

• Indiana Wesleyan Academic Recognition Award — Yvette Rojas.

• Indiana Wesleyan NAIA Athletic Scholarship — Yvette Rojas.

• Indiana Wesleyan University Triangle Scholarship — Yvette Rojas.

• Malone Academic Scholarship —

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• Malone Athletic Scholarship — David Ratliff.

• Manchester Academic Scholarship — Kendal Baker.

• Purdue University J. Bonner Wampler Alumni Scholarship — Samantha Ness.

• Purdue University Marquardt Alumni Scholarship — Timothy Stohlman.

• Purdue University Marquis Scholarship — Samantha Ness.

• Purdue University Mrs. Morris H. Smith Fund — Kolten Peterson.

• Purdue University Robert & Marcella Phillips Scholarship — Samantha Ness.

• Saint Mary’s College Brother Andre Award — Jazmin Herrera.

• Saint Mary’s College Le Mans Academic Award — Libbey Tierney.

• University of Indianapolis Academic Scholarship — Vanesa Ratliff.

• University of Saint Francis Founders Scholarship — Megan Roy. • Bethel Academic Scholarship — Nicholas Weimer.

• Bethel Music Scholarship — Nicholas Weimer.

Additional scholarships • Burger King Scholars Award — Zachary Becker.

• Parkview Foundation Scholarship — Alexander deLuna.

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Samantha Ness smiles as she walks back to her seat after receiving the Susan Marie Stone Scholarship from Dr. Robert Stone May 9 at the West Noble High School Senior Awards. The scholarship is worth $2,000.

• Fairfield Building Trades Scholarship — Pedro Guerrero.

Other awards and honors • Northeast Corner Conference All Academic Team — Megan Roy. • U.S. Marines Athletic Excellence — Kolten Peterson and Rebecca Schermerhorn.

• U.S. Marines Academic Excellence — Kelsi Davidson.

• U.S. Marines Semper Fidelis Music Award — Lydia Shidler and Nicholas

Weimer.

• U.S. Army Reserve Scholar Athlete — Megan Roy and Timothy Stohlman.

• U.S. Army Enlisting Graduates — Alexandra De La Luz, Jacob Wise and Michael Ramirez.

• West Noble Cosmetology Outstanding Student Award — Michaela Jones.

• National Merit Qualifier — Zachary Becker.

• National History Scholars Society Award — Nicholas Weimer.

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West Noble School Corp. distinguished alumni Dr. Earl Butz, deceased • 1927 — Wawaka High School • 1932 — Purdue University, bachelor of science degree in Agriculture • 1937 — Purdue Butz University, doctor of philosophy degree in agricultural economics Accomplishments • 1937 — joined the Purdue University agricultural economics faculty; served briefly as a research fellow with the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. • 1946 — head of the Purdue Agricultural Economics Department • 1948 — vice president of what is now the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association • 1951 — vice president of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers • 1954-1957 — President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Butz as an assistant secretary of agriculture; member of the board of directors of the Commodity Credit Corp.; chairman of the U.S. delegation to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations • 1957 — returned to Purdue University to become dean of the College of Agriculture • 1968 — named dean of continuing education and vice president of the Purdue Research Foundation • 1971 — President Richard Nixon nominated Butz to the Cabinet as secretary of Agriculture • 1971-1976 — served as secretary of agriculture under the Nixon and Ford administrations Butz was part of Purdue University’s College of Agriculture for nine decades, beginning with his undergraduate days in the late 1920s.

Dwight Herbert Green, deceased • 1915 — Ligonier High School • 1922 — University of Chicago, law degree Accomplishments • Served in U.S. Army

Green

during World War I • 1926 — secured an appointment as a special attorney with the Bureau of Internal Revenue • 1927 — served as a special assistant to the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois • 1932-1935 — U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; federal prosecutor of Al Capone • 1939 — unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor of Chicago • 1941-1949 — Republican governor of Illinois Administration cut numerous taxes.

Sales tax was dropped from 3 percent to 2 percent.

Legislation was instituted that made the teaching of American history and the ideology of republican government a mandatory requirement in public schools.

Approved Illinois’ first cigarette tax and increased the tax on liquor.

During his second term as governor, Green invited Democratic Mayor Edward Kelly to his executive office and together they solved the long-standing problem of who should operate and fund the mass transportation system in Chicago. As a result, they established the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). The Green-Kelly agreement was important because it not only made most forms of Chicago’s mass transportation public, but it also set an example of working with Democratic mayors, a trend continued by subsequent governors.

Spoke regularly to promote war bonds and to praise those who were diligently working and sacrificing for the sake of the nation.

Wasted no time in telegramming President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, to promise that he and Illinois would do everything possible to contribute to the war effort. Illinois was one of the foremost contributors to the war effort because of Green.

Nominated Democrat Thomas E. Dewey for the 1944 presidency.

• 1946 — became the first person to have a chest X-ray in one of two new mobile tuberculosis units • 1948 — keynoted the Republican National Convention • 1949 — returned to private life after his unsuccessful bid for a third term in office

Terry D. Growcock • 1963 — Ligonier High School • Attended Indiana University • University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, B.S. degree in business management Growcock Former president, CEO and chairman of the board of the Manitowoc Co. Inc. Accomplishments • Held sales, marketing, and executive positions with Paragon Electric, United Technologies, Universal Nolin and King-Seeley Corp.

• 1984 — received United Technologies’ Outstanding Sales and Special Performance award • 1987 — received United Technologies’ Outstanding General Manager award • 1990-1994 — served as vice president and general manager of Paragon and Robertshaw Automotive, both subsidiaries of Siebe PLC • 1994 — joined Manitowoc as

executive vice president and general manager of Manitowoc Ice • 1995 — became president of Manitowoc Foodservice Group • 1998-2002 — promoted to president and chief executive officer of the Manitowoc Co. • 2002 — Joseph Schmidt Speak Up Award “Citizen of the Year” • 2002 — rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (June 27, 2002) to celebrate the first 100 years of the Manitowoc Co. • 2002-2007 — served in the dual role of chairman of the board and chief executive office of the Manitowoc Co. • 2005 — appointed by President George W. Bush to be a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations for a two-year term.

Renewed appointment in 2007.

• 2006 — received ‘The Lake Michigan Area Program Ernst & Young Entrepreneur’ Best of Wisconsin award • 2008 — retired as chairman of the Manitowoc Co. During Growcock’s tenure as See ALUMNI page 18

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Manitowoc CEO, company sales grew from $550 million to more than $3 billion. Market capitalization during same time increased from $400 million to $4.5 billion.

In addition to the Manitowoc Co., Growcock was a board member of Bemis Manufacturing Co., Harris Corp., Carlisle Industries and Harsco.

He also served on the board of numerous volunteer organizations, including: Capitol Civic Centre board; National Association of Manufacturers board; Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce board; United Way board; campaign fund drive

chairman Manitowoc County United Way; Bay Lakes Boy Scout Council; Manitowoc/Two Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce board; chairman of the Manitowoc/Two Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce; Wisconsin Maritime Museum Capital Campaign chair; Indiana University Kelley School of Business advisory committee; Silver Lake College board; and Lakeshore Healthcare Coalition William Carroll Latta, deceased • 1869 — Ligonier High School • 1872 — National Normal School, Lebanon, Ohio (an early teacher’s college) Latta

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• 1877 — B.S. degree from Michigan Agricultural College (Now Michigan State University) • 1882 — M.S. degree from Michigan Agricultural College (Now Michigan State University) Accomplishments • One of the first 50 people to earn an advanced degree from Michigan Agricultural College • 1882 — hired by Purdue University as a professor of agriculture • Served 41 years as professor of agriculture, farm superintendent and Farmers’ Institutes specialist • 1923 — retired and continued as consulting specialist in the Department of Agriculture Extension at Purdue • In the early 1900s, encouraged

Purdue to add home economics classes for women • Author of “Outline History of Indiana Agriculture” which was the only complete book of Indiana agriculture dealing with crops, soils, livestock and farm practices.

• 1944 — was honored by 4-H youth of Indiana, who chose to name a Liberty Ship the SS W.C. Latta. This privilege was earned when the boys and girls of 4-H sold more Liberty Bonds than any other group in any other state. The SS W.C. Latta carried cargo and ammunition in both the European and Pacific theathers during World War II. Information for this story is from West Noble School Corp.’s alumni webpage.

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