Father Bakle from Sacred Hearts Church, Cardington, brought the message when the Baccalaureate service was held Saturday, May 30, in the Patrick Drouhard Auditorium at the Cardington-Lincoln High School. The service was part of the weekend graduation activities honoring the C-LHS Class of 2015.
During this program a total of $52,425.00 was given by individuals and organizations in scholarship awards to members of the C-LHS Class of 2015
An additional $101,125.00 was awarded from the colleges and universities to those graduates who will be attending there.
Receiving the awards from local individuals and organizations were:
Clayton Fisher: Burr Farms, $1500; Kenneth and Louise Strine: $6,000; Alumni Association $1000; Lillian E James: $1200; Margaret Miller, $10,000; Cardington-Lincoln Athletic Boosters $500.00
Samantha Bennett: McGinnis, $1000; Lillian E. James, $1200; Faculty Association $500.
Dustin Blanton: FC Bank Hidden Assets Award $100; Beatrice Ann Winchell Kloss, $1000; Kay Kelly Wilhelm, $4,000
Liam Chandler: Board of Education, $1,500
Aubrey Clark: Faculty Association, $500
Taylor Diamond: Hidden Assets Award $100; Lillian E James, $1,200
Cardington FFA Alumni, $500 Evva Kinney Heath, $250
Esther Elliott: Lillian E. James, $1200; Mock Scholarship, $500
Jared Gandelot, Lillian E. James, $1200.
Lindsey Gilmore: Cardington Farm Association Vo Ag $500; Career Passport Award $100; Morrow County Dairy Association, $500
Katherine Haught: Cardington-Lincoln Music Boosters: $500
Brooke Jackson: McGinnis Memorial Scholarship: $1,000
Khyla Jones: Karlotta Kay Joan Memorial Scholarship, $1000; John M and Bertha Stone Scholarship, $1500; Cardington-Lincoln Athletic Boosters: $500; Kenneth and Louise Strine Scholarship, $3000; Evva Kinney Heath, $250
Jane Perry: Cardington-Lincoln Alumni Association, $1000; Lillian E James Scholarship, $1200
Austin Rigglio-Carte, Mt Gilead Masonic Lodge, $200
Morgan Robinson: Cardington Farm Association Vo AG $500; Cardington-Lincoln Music Boosters,$500 and Faculty Association, $500
Mackenzie Thompson: Lillian E. James, $1200; Patricia Kay Wilhelm scholarship, $1000
Courtney Tucker: Lillian E James, $1200
Lexia Wilson: Fisher Family Scholarship, $1200 Drive to Serve Red Cross Scholarship, $125
The Lillian E. James scholarship was first given in 1956. This is the first year a total of eight has been given, each in the amount of $1200.
The scholarship was established in memory of Lillian E James who was a teacher in the Cardington School in the early 1900s. It was established by her brother, Wilder James.
Giving the Invocation and Benediction at the Baccalaureate service was Pastor Jerry Stephens, Vineyard Church of Morrow County.
Evelyn Long is a correspondent with the Morrow County Sentinel and can be reached at [email protected].
