Hall of Fame Honorees Announced

WELLS & SOBEL TO BE INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME; BORING RECEIVES SPIRIT OF SCOUTING

          Residents who have contributed much of their time and effort to their community and fellow humans will be honored this year as the New Cumberland Hall of Fame returns.     The COVID pandemic caused the annual celebration to take a hiatus in 2020.  This year’s event will be held on February 7 at 1 p.m.  in the New Cumberland Christian Church. A reception will be held following the program so that those attending may offer their congratulations to the honorees.

          This year’s Hall of Fame honorees are Diane Wells (living) and Cathy Sobel (deceased).   Roy Boring will receive the Spirit of Scouting Award.   Bios and photos of the honorees will run in next week’s HOMETOWN NEWS.

          The program was started by Robert Stanley as his Eagle Scout program in 1991.  A member of Boy Scout Troop #38, Stanley organized the first event on Boy Scout Sunday, which is the first Sunday in February.    Nominations are solicited from the public and the honorees selected by a committee which consists of a representative from each church and organization in town and past honorees.  The criteria for selection is the contributions the individual has made through religious, business, educational or civic service; the length of that service and the moral integrity exhibited by the candidate.    

  Past Hall of Fame inductees are:

1991, Virginia Marshall and Howard Stillwell; 1992, Pearl Cullen, Charles “Bud” Atkinson and Dr. Charles Swaney;   1993, Jane Herron, the Rev. Allen Fields, Mary Jones and C.D. Henderson  1994, Mary E. Porter, Joseph Manypenny, Preston Evans Sr. and Albert “Jackie” Fuccy;  1995, Margaret “Sis” Campbell, Ralph Powell, Matthew Phillips and Benny Phillips;  1996, Jean Milton, Robert Swearingen, Leslie Cuppy and Earl Bennett 1997, Ted Turley, John D. Herron and Jack Harris  1998, Iris Cuppy and Kurt Swan; 1999, Joyce L. Frain, Mary Lou Plattenburg Newburn and John Ramsey Plattenburg; 2000, Arthur L. “Jack” Watson and Robert Carlton Shuman; 2001, Robert Wayne Manypenny and Paul Wigner;   2002, William B. Murray and William Donald Jones;   2003, John Joseph Kuzio and Amy James Boyles;     2004, Charles Richard “Rick” Greenwood and John A. Zumer;   2005, Dorothy Jean Swearingen and Elmer Willis Swearingen;     2006, Richard Blackwell and Gwen Jones; 2007, Clarence V. Buck and Charles 2008, George B. Hines III and Dr. Alice Swaney;  2009, Patricia Ann Binkoski and Eleanor Burskey  2010, Mary Alice Mitchell and Nicholas “Nick” Nardo       2011, Donald J. Bowen and Charles “Bud” Mitchelll;   2012, William “Bill” Webster and Charles Miller;     2013, William Fields and Hugh Tate Sr.;  2014, Laura Greathouse and Joe Graham  2015, Raymond C. Ewing and Billie Jackson “Bill” Staley;  2016, Dave Beatty Sr. and Brian Webster;  2017, Harold Eugene “Fib” Murray and Ed Fields;    2018, Wilma Jean Thayer Boring and Elizabeth Susan “Betsy” Wells;  2019, Kenneth R. “Ken” Bartley Sr. and Michael Clair Swartzmiller;   2020, Marsha Webster and Thomas P. Kessel.

Past Spirit of Scouting recipients are:    

1997 Rick Greenwood; 1998 Orien Fields ;1999 George Hines; 2000 William “Bill” Littell 2001 Lester N. Ross; 2002 John Everly; 2003 Edsel F. Emery   2004 Joyce L. Frain; 2005 William T. “Bill” Ross; 2006 Rodney Lee Burdine; 2007 Jody Lynn Goddard; 2008 Michael David Lawson; 2009 Franklin Elliot Lewis   2010 David Midcap; 2011  Robert “Bob” Manypenny; 2012 John Ashcraft, Sr.; 2013 Charles Mitchell 2014 Timothy T.J. Greenwood; 2015 Robert Rob Stanley  2016 John Givens    2017 Rick Tinsky 2018 Pamela Jo “Pam” Briscoe; 2019  Ed Fields  2020 Joby Franczek                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              .;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ;