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iiicrofilm ServiceSales CoP.O.Box 8066,,Dallas, TexasSoil ConservationSpecial EditionHamilton County's Oldest Business Institution Serving the Diversified Center Since 1876EIGHTY-SEVENTH YEAR • NUMBER TWENTY-THREEHAMILTON, TEXAS ☆ THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1962SIXTEEN PAGESTWO★ ★ ★★ ★ ★Lions SummerSix of EicYouth ProgramStarts Monday,V.V*VVhV.• * lt;. * * * » « * ► ' x I . » • I - * ’ Jfc,*. **«•..* * .»,--lt;■» • » « fc-J* • « « * ». , ... » * * • I.*'*.* *,' * ' .The Lions Club sponsored Summer Playground Program for children will ,et underway Monday, June 11, at 8 a.m.,with all Hamilton boys andWgirls, ages 9 through 15, invit-med to participate.Supervisor A1 Wilson h a sannounced that both indoor and outdoor games for b o t h bovs and girls will include,*. ft ■*ping pong, darts, volley ball, croquet, chess, checkers, baseball, badminton, shuffleboard, horseshoes, dominoes, music records, and others.GAMES TOURNAMENTToward the end of the recreation program period, a tournai lent with age group cli-visions will be held forTeamsHamilton’s Jgot underway lit few of the “kinksFriday night's Juopening night vThe.VJET CRASH CRATER — Shown at top center is the tank on the W. N. Boyd Ranch. This crash was tocrater made by the Navy jet that crashed near Fairy cated only a few hundred yards from the area in theprogram will be adultsupervised, at no cost to individual children, and will last for eight weeks (until Saturday. August 4). The programwill be from 8 a.m. until 12noon, Monday through Friday, throughout the 8-week period.be tlue a e ngame, with city champions toresult. These champions will get an award or ribbon for their efforts and skill.Any parent or child desiring additional informaton, shouldattend the first meeting at 8 a.in. Monday, June 11, or contact Albert Wilson.rained out. The oimlt; nies were com]introductions of tsponsors by Kiw, members, and AmDr. C.ion na iresJack Willeford anc mancler Leo Her flt; rming the flag 1mony.But as the first its infield warm-ibegan to come, ancFriday night, killing Naval Reserve pilot, Lt. Cmdr. same pasture where a civilian plane crashed in May Albert Wilson of Hamilton.Warren Hoagland of Jacksonville, Florida. The peo_ im .*» kpie are standing on both the back and front sides of after the plane crashed.1958, killing three men. This photo was taken shortly will be the full-time adult su-I A A kk A k A♦the crater, which was made on the edge of a stockStaff PhotoSAME PASTURE AS 1958 CRACK-UPpervisor, and all participating hoys and girls must abide bythe rules of the program.IN RUNOFF ELECTIONUpon a ThoughtInkBy SAM LOGANJe t Crash Kills Na vy■m iPilot At Fairy FridayThe crash oftheaW.Navy jet N. Boydfrom Hamilton, Bosque and Two pairs of navy officer'sWITH THE START of summer baseball in Hamilton this week, young and old folks alike have added another activity to fill the void of some other interest that faded with the winter months.For the young players, sum-s n d theplane onRanch near Fairy Friday night that took the life of a Navy pilot, coincidentally occurred within a few hundred yards ofErath counties.trousers, a pair of brown civil-The crash crater was made ian trousers, a n d a brightin soft mud at the edge of a stock tank, and the kerosenethe area in the same pasturewhere a civilian plane crasheda little more than three years ago on May 1, 1958, which killed all three men aboard.jet fuel, mixed with mud. continued to burn for several hours after the crash, bits ofteimetal and clods of mud, dirtmer means swimming ; baseball, just as much as fall and winter months designate a time for school, football,basketball and the like.While we in this corner like all sports, baseball is one of our favorites, for severalOne of them is thatMilitary officials arrived on the scene early Saturday morning and have since been work-♦ in the area in their m-and grass were found for abouta hundred yards in every direction from the crash point ofimpact.orange flight suit were found, full of acid holes, near the cra-Apparently none were being worn by the pilot at the time of the crash.Also searchers found the pilot's .38 caliber service pistol,which was melted, apparentlyby the heat of an explosion, near the crater.Each young person participating is to he asked to sign a register each morning he at tends, so sponsors may keep a record of who participates. Also parents of each boy or girl must sign for his child a form releasing the Lions Club sponsoring agent from liability for any accident or injury.Rules set up for the pro.,ram stress safety, and set forth thatno obscene language wilt betolerated; an 1 that participantsmust take care of and keepequipment and facilities i n proper order.Also any parent that mighthave a complaint, should submit it to the Lions Club Youth Program Committee, composedof: Jeff Perry, Raymond Beck, Mac Wofford, C. M Hatch and Keith Winter.McClinlon, Tinkle Win; CoiSmith, Carr, Pool Carry CPoliticing and electioneering is now over, at least until timefor the November G e n e r a 1 Election, with the w i n n e r s smiling, and the losers explaining why the vote turnedout as it did.Bv the time The Herald-• 'News’ next edition (after lt;lie-state wideup a large margirHamiltonbvCounty receiving 1035 more than WoikBean’s total of 52:In the 53rd Distimg,vestigation of the crash, but no official announcement as to what caused the crash hadtion) came out, state wmlt; results were pretty well known, but for the bi nefit of rea lerswho are interested in howhereprewntative’s raci Clinton won byovt r his opponenin Hamiltona r e interesteu inHamilton County voted,are the results.John Connally led Don Yar-slim margin ofborough by a slim margin 34 votes in Hamilton County for the governor’s nomination in the Democratic Second Pri-non,ing. McClinton ivotes, to Sham Erath County vd t. n received 1013 Shannon earnedclt; unty with 2079 1 vlt; i! Countv, McCcounty, he receive Shannon's 209.tlt;been released by the Navy, asof press time Wednesday.reasons.it gives every team player an individual and equal opportunity to star at offense, something that neither football, nor many other sports do,clThe crash, which left a crater estimated at 20 to 30 feetacross at the top and nearlyas deep, and a few’ scraps ofmetal and other apparatus ofthe jet were all that was foundAND THEN THERE IS justof the plane Friday night.something about that is hard to explain . . . it is kind of like chess in that it is a complicated game. Those who know nothing about baseball may not understand this, but next time you sit in theA few bits of bone and flesh.enough to determine that atleast one person died in thecrash, were found Friday nighta a wallet foundand papers frcidentified the pilot.He was Lt. Cmdr. Warren Lstands, watch some one hit athena couple of split seconds howmany combinations of possibleHoagland, USNR, and his address (apparently his home) was 6217 Harlow Blvd., Jaekson-Florida. Navy officials(See. HOW COUNTY VOTED,Totals for tinthePage 5-A)district, gave Clinton by an lt;\The total825mat v. Connally polled*v' ft-votes; Yarborough, 791.For the Lt Governor’s nomination. Preston Smith, with 959 votes in the county, led James Turman, with 647, by a margin of 312 votes.Waegoner Carr, with 1022 votes, over powered his opponent, Tom Rea v ley by 443votes. Reavley cot 579.For t h e Congressman AtLarge position, Je Pool piledmargin.district was: MelShannon,2690; withe victor by a margin of 1660 vaIn Hamilton Clocal runoff electcumbcnt C. M.defi a ted hisopplt;Massmgill, by a 1 gin, to gam re-el Commissioner ofTinkle2 post. v» ti s, to Massing!Fathers' Day Bargains FeaturiDuring 'Stretch - S - Days' JuneNEWPictured are the new officers, directors and holdoverplays that the situation develops.It is about as traditionally American as a game can get; baseball is kind of like freezermost everyoneville,said the plane was a one-man jet in the interceptor class.icecream likes it, it is pretty easy to make, and the doing is half the fun of it.It takes as little equipment as a vacant lot, a ball anda nan ana a bat and the will to have fun. or it can be done with as much fancy equipment and facilities as desired—again unlike manySeveral persons heard and saw the plane just before it crashed, but no witnesses were found to have actually seen it plunge into the ground. It apparently crashed shortly after 8 p.m., during a rain and lighting storm, but the alarm w a snot sounded in Hamilton untildirectors who were installed during the Lions annual family night chicken barbecue supper held at Perry Country Club Tuesday night. May 29th. Left to right, are: Keith Winter, tail twister; W. B. Tate, and Dr. Ben Selman; holdover directors; Clarence Schneider, second vice-president; Dean Doggett, president; J. L. (Les) Hamilton, first vice-president; Ed Craig, new director; John E. Pierson, third vice-president; Otis Grant, Lion Tamer; L. W. Little, new director. Not shown areLouis Woodall, new seeretary-treasurer; and S. E. Clomnger, new director.—Staff Photo*»“Stretch-Your-Dollar-Davs,” the once-again days weekend sponsored by Chamber omember merchants in Hamilton will be helThursday, (today) Friday and Saturday, Ju 9th.Everyone in the entire Hamilton tradevited to shop in Hamilton stores during thperiod for special Fathers' Day bargains, be bv local stores and businesses this month.- iVftVProctor ReservoirClearing lob LowFIRST BAPTIST VAC. BIBLE SCHOOL TOREGISTER JUNE 9other sports.Of course, what has b e e n said, can be said about otherwell, but baseball,assportswe believe, will always holdshortly after 9 p.m.Hamilton volunteer firemen,law enforcement officers a n d others rushed to the scene to search for possible survivors.Ambulances from the Hamilton Riley Funeral Home and from Hico, were on the scene, as well as Highway patrolmenBidder AnnouncedFORT WORTH, Juni The U. S.aArmy Corps of Engineers opened bids today for reservoir clearing at the Proctor Reservoir, Comanche Countv, Texas, in which I). H, Williams of Coleman. Texas, wasThe Hamiltonscheduletion Bibb Dav willFirst Baptist Church ofhas announced itsfor the 1962 Yaca-Sehool. Preparationat 9 a.m. onbeginSaturday, June 9, an 1 all children between the ages of 3through 12 years ofa n dage areinvited to attendenroll
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