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The Rural Service Award has been presented
since 1954. The purpose of the award is to recognize the
efforts of individuals, adults or youth, from Bartholomew
County, who have donated their time and effort for the
betterment of the rural community. These contributions
may have been made through church, 4-H, farm organizations
or any other organized group.
Many deserving people have won this award.
They include, Louise Dalton, Ruth Thompson, Ben Sproat,
Harry Embry, Kenneth Jackson, Mrs. Karl Tellman,
J.P.Thompson, Martha Doup, John Perry Simmons, Clara Mae
Finkel, Perry Doup, A.V. and Jane Keesling, Woodrow
Fleming, Wayne Coy, J. Herbert Boeschen, Kathleen
Hendricks, Dorothy Arnholt, William Carr Lentz, Hadley
Thomas, Woodrow Beauregard, Haroild Loyd, Carl Heflen,
Bill Davis, Fay Hill, Marie Johnson, Clarence McKinney,
Paul Finkel, Harold Capper, Don Strietelmeier, Ken & Julia
Bense, Wendel Shireman, Mary Francis Urbahns, Frank
Forster, Marvin Finke, Larry & Carol Bonnell, Warren
Scheidt, James Reed, Eugene Eckrote, George Doup, Gladys
Simmons, Frank Anderson, Imogene McNealy, Owen Downey,
Margaret Volland, Bill Lentz, Patty Unrue, David Doup,
Dr.John Harker, Dan Arnholt, Donna Thomas & Glenn Keller,
Frank & Betty Lou McGuire, Gordon Elsbury
and Bob & Juanita Harden.
If you know someone who is deserving of the
Rural Service Award, please write a letter of
recommendation and mail to Kami Latham at the Chamber -
500 Franklin Street – Columbus IN 47201, or fax to
812-378-7308. Nominations must be received by August 3rd. |
