Paquette said the new scot needs to embody the traits and characteristics that the school and the community endeavor to uphold. We are loyal, proud, connected, decisive, strong, compassionate, protective, skilled, brave, resilient, and impressive, to name a few, he said. These mascot choices embody these traits and characteristics.
The final mascot must also be able to appeal, and support, all the students in the Hanover school system, from kindergarteners to high school seniors. Our mascot must possess a clear and identifiable beauty, one that’s easily communicated and displayed, he said. There’s beauty in the grace of a Hawk, for example, beauty in the strength of a Husky, and beauty in the loyalty of being United.
Adams County was home to at least two historians of national eminence. One was Allan Nevins of Columbia University. Nevins was a Camp Point, Ill., native who twice won the Pulitzer Prize and wrote a multi-volume history of the Civil War and its prologue.
The other was Marshall Smelser, a graduate of Quincy High School and Quincy College. He earned his Ph.D. at Harvard under the direction of Samuel Eliot Morison, a Pulitzer Prize historian of maritime and American history. Smelser taught at the University of Notre Dame for almost three decades.
Smelser belonged to the Quincy family known for its photography studio. His parents, Albert and Gladys Alma Smelser, established their business in 1923 in the 600 block of Hampshire Street where, The Herald-Whig reported on April 4, 1954, it was still operated by his brother, Howard. Marshall married Anna Padberg of Quincy and was an assistant field director for the Red Cross during World War II. By 1947, The Herald-Whig reported on Sept. 21
William Maurice âPastor Billâ Wilson
William Maurice âPastor Billâ Wilson, 84, of Marshall, formerly of Coldwater, passed away, Thursday, December 17, 2020 at Grand Vista Assisted Living in Marshall.
He was born on March 2, 1936 in Butler Township to Sidney Bert and Veda (Hollsinger) Wilson. Bill graduated from Quincy High School in 1954 and also graduated from Fort Wayne Bible College in 1959. On February 17, 1960, he married Elaine (Onstott) and she preceded him in death in 2003.
Pastor Bill was a part of the CAMA group in Coldwater. He was the senior pastor at the Gospel Lighthouse in Coldwater, Peoples Church-Church of Living Waters, Branch County Jail Assistant Chaplain and a large supporter of Gideonâs International.
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Cloudy in the evening with scattered thunderstorms developing after midnight. Low 61F. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60%. Updated: April 6, 2021 @ 2:27 am
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