HAMILTON COMMUNITY YOUTH CHOIR

 

Across the Fence

By Arvord Abernethy

 

(Before May, 1988)

 

We greatly enjoyed the program of the Hamilton Community Youth Choir as they presented “A Great Praise Meeting” at the Methodist Church . Not only were there some beautiful songs in the arrangement, but the presentation of them through solos, duets and the entire group made it an enjoyable evening. Several instrumentalists accompanied the singers to add flavor to the program.

 

You could tell that the group had put in a lot of time and work in getting it to perfection. Hamilton has a lot of young talent in the music field that we should be proud of and also encourage.

 

I think everyone feels that this is a very worthy project for your young people to do during their summer vacation. It not only gives them something to do, but they are developing a talent they will enjoy and use all their lives. This is the tenth year the program has been put on. We owe Mr. and Mrs. Henry Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Truett Townsend and Mr. and Mrs. Garland Anglin, Jr. a pat on the back for the time and effort they have put in over the years to sponsor this program.

 

Since our son Nathan, directed the choir, I feel like the village blacksmith in the poem felt as he listened to the village choir and heard his child’s voice, “It made his heart rejoice.”

 

 

There is still a lot of home building being done up our way. Up our way happens to be the southeast part of Hamilton . Bob Jarvis has two homes under construction and has just sold one that he recently completed on Sherry Lee Drive in the Jarvis addition. The street is named after the Jarvis’ daughter. These new homes are going to be an asset to our town. Due to the location of a natural shade tree, one of the homes has a nice breezeway between the house and the carport; and it has nice large rooms.

 

The house Bob has just sold was bought by Mrs. Eleanor Morris, Director of Nurses at Leisure Lodge Nursing Home. Her new home will make it much handier to her work. Mrs. Morris has one son still at home, Loren, who will be a freshman in high school this fall.

 

When we located in this part of town, I would pass the calices pit down the street and wonder what it could ever be used for. Bob came along and bought it along with some adjoining property and has made a nice development out of it. He has built about eleven new homes on it and has room for a few more. But this didn’t come easy. The caliche was sold out there for 25 Cents a wagon load back there when this part of town was out in the country; but the price came much higher to have it filled back up.