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Annual Anvil ShootfSchedtiled for Nov. 11BY SAM LOGAN4 * r*Herald News Editorforty-two years ago todav, at about 4:30 a.m.. bedlam broke out all over the UnitedStates, including Hamilton.The din came from t h e pounding of pots and pans and everything else that would make a noise. The reason? An Armistice was signed by the Allied and Central European powers which brought to an end the first World War.The pan-beaters were t h o families of soldiers who would soon be returning, and t h eloved ones of those who would never return.Hamiltonians also celebratedthe first Armistice Day andevery November 11 since then with noise makers and by other patriotic activities One of the activities, which is unique and has become a tradition here is the annual'•hooting of the two 150-pound anvilss the paper fuse by touching it with the red-hot tip of a long iron rod. and then runs.The next step, he pointed out. was for spectators to brace their ears for the deafening,cannon-like explosion of theanvil-shoot. It is fired several times during the morning.Also, in a memorial service Friday, members of the Am-criean Legion post here will place a wreath on the graveof Bernard I). Cunningham,1396-1918, the first soldierfrom Hamilton killed in theWorld War I, and the man for whom, the Hamilton Legion Post is named.buildingsi will lie presentedone for the High School andone for Elementary School,LEGION PRESENTS SCHOOL WITH FLAGS TODAYLev. Howard Welch, pastorof St. Paul's Lutheran Churchat Aleman will make a patriotic talk during the exercises. Helping to pay foi the flagsand sponsor other programs of Americanism, Hamilton's Legion post has innitiated another unique projectThis is the renting of flags and the services of Legionnaires (who take turns) inputting out the flags in frontof 49 different establishments in downtown Hamilton. This flag displaying is done on each appropriate occasion duringthe year for the establishments by the local post for the urn of $10 per year.sI he event which is carriedon annually by the Cunningham Post 222 of the American Legion here, and this year the anvil shoot v. ill take place at the Old Oil Mill, at 4:30 am Friday morning.All persons and especiallywar veterans are invited to attend the event, Mr. Rendes-sy said. “Last year over 50 plt; rsonx took part in the Veterans' Day commemoration andthe post received state-wideIn connection with the local Legion Post’s Veterans Day programs. Legionnaire I)i C. B. Cathey will present 42 new 50-star flags to each of t h e cla- rooms in the Hamilton schools during chapel exercises Thursday morning. Also two new flags (for use outside thef11This money inturn goes into the Americanism programs of the Legion.project, also, is one that has attracted state publicity, and it has set a trlt; nd for other veterans' and civic organization, over the state, who are following suit and initiating similar projects.IIfrMr. Rendessy explained that the anvil, which sounds like and is shot like a cannon isdone like this:One of the 150-pound anvils a hole bored in it, into the gun powder is poured, A damp piece of paper is then placed over the flat top of the bottom anvii and two men then set the secondanvil on top of the first, sothat a portion of the paperfuse sticks out... A
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Hamilton Herald News
Hamilton, Texas, US
Thu, Nov 10, 1960
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