Lawrenceburg, In. — Members of the local chapter of 40 & 8 La Société des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux (the Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses) awarded nursing scholarships to 17 area students.
The recipients of the 40 & 8 Voiture 612 Nurses Scholarship recipients are:
Jody Breeck (Switzerland Co. HS)
Ashley Wegford (Rising Sun HS)
Kasey Baker (Rising Sun HS)
Chelsea Brown (Rising Sun HS)
Trevor Levi (Rising Sun HS)
Kennedy Miller (South Dearborn HS)
Stephanie Edwards (Lawrenceburg HS)
Sara Schuman (East Central HS)
Anita Alig (East Central HS)
Lauren McComas (East Central HS)
Kendall McCool (Franklin Co. HS)
Christopher Hammond (Franklin Co. HS)
Recipient of the 40 & 8 Voiture 612 JoAnn Niemeyer Scholarship:
Amber Wiedeman (Lawrenceburg HS)
Recipient of the 40 & 8 Voiture 612 Earnest and Vera Glaub Scholarship:
Madison Leffingwell (currently in third year of Nursing Training at Ball State University)
Those not pictured are:
Chelsea Brown (Rising Sun HS)
Trevor Levi (Rising Sun HS)
Kennedy Miller (South Dearborn HS)
All high school students in Franklin, Dearborn, Ripley, Ohio and Switzerland counties are eligible.
The Forty & Eight was founded in 1920 by American veterans returning from France. Originally an arm of The American Legion, the Forty & Eight became an independent and separately incorporated veteran’s organization in 1960. Membership is by invitation of honorably discharged veterans and honorably serving members of the United States Armed Forces.
