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October 13, 2021
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Vol. 44, No. 31
Dick and Jane Leming and their family walk through a line of former students Leming coached in his career. Photos by Lori Overmyer
Dick Leming shows off the Circle of the Corydon award he received (top photo). The sign on the back of the press box (top photo, below), and Leming with the former athletes attending the event.
Dick Leming Field Dedicated to honor coach’s 50-year legacy of excellence By Lori Overmyer news@thepaperofwabash.com “You are,” roared the Northfield announcer as Dick Leming took the track amid a tunnel former athletes. “The most awesome,” screamed the crowd of friends, family, alumni, and more than a hundred Coach Leming supporters from around the state. On Friday night, the Northfield High School track was dedicated as Dick Leming Track to honor long-time track, field, and distance coach Dick Leming. Coach Leming’s career at Northfield spans 53 years and five generations of runners. The key organizer for this event was Bob Flott. He ran for Coach Leming from 1975 to 1981, ran for Indiana State, and is now an Indiana NCAA official for Track and Field. “I’ve been working on this night for more than two years, and it’s so fitting that’s it raining. Coach Leming always said of rain, ‘It’s a great day for a cross country meet,’” Flott said. Tammy Shafer, former runner, added, “He loved to run in the rain. It’s so right there’s a rainbow over the family of Leming’s athletes.” Continued on Page 3
Dale family war patriot to be honored Revolutionary War patriot, George Dale, will be honored in a ceremony at Riverside Cemetery, Noblesville, on Saturday, Oct. 16 at 1:30 p.m. Dale is the fifth great-grandfather of Wabash County residents; Ken, Jim, Tom, Dave, Larry, and Dan Dale; Carol (Dale) Haupert, Nancy (Dale) Niccum, Luann (Dale) Sparks, and Lisa (Dale). Relatives and the public are invited to attend the ceremony. George Dale signed the Oath of Allegiance in his home state of Virginia in 1777. It is said he was also present at the surrender of Cornwallis in Yorktown in 1781. He and his wife, Hannah, first moved to Kentucky where Dale exchanged feathers for land at the rate of one pound of feathers for an acre of land. In 1821, the family settled in Hamilton County. Several of the Dale’s 14 children remained in Hamilton County after his death in 1833, and son, Alexander, moved to the Lagro area. The Horseshoe Prairie Chapter in Noblesville began locating the Revolutionary War patriots buried in Hamilton County as a part of the
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Chapter’s 50th Anniversary in 2020. To date, Levi Holloway, John Hair, and Davis Whelchel have been honored by the Chapter. The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a women’s service organization whose members can trace their lineage to an individual who contributed to securing American independence during the Revolutionary War. Today’s DAR is dynamic and diverse, with over 185,000 members in 3,000 chapters in the United States and abroad. DAR members annually provide millions of hours of volunteer service to their local communities across the country and world. DAR chapters participate in projects to promote historic preservation, education, and patriotism. Over one million members have joined the organization since its founding in 1890.
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