Hamilton High School - Agi H Eco Yearbook (Hamilton, AL)

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A lone man walks amid destroyed buildings in the village of Balvano in late November after souther Italy was struck by a devastating earthquake that killed 3,076 persons and left 200,000 homeless as winter approached. Ash, smoke Gnd millions of tons of Mount St. Helens are hurled skyward as the volcano erupted with atomic-bomb force on May 18, The blast in southwest Washington state, took 34 lives. Clouds of dense smoke billow from an Iranian refinery at Abadan after an attack by iraq forces shortly after the outbreak of war be- tween the Middle East countries in Septem- ber. Kansas City Royals batting star George Brett, watches his home run head for the right field fence in the World Series' fourth game. played in Kansas City. At one time during the season Brett was hitting over .AOO and threat- ening Joe DiMaggio's 39-year-old mark as the last player to finish the regular season hitting over AOO, James Craig of North Adams, Mass., holds his gooIie's stick and the United States flag mo- ments after the U.S. team defeated Finland A-2 to claim the hockey gold medal in the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, N.Y., in Febru- ary.

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Q ? ? Q lvldrion CounTy, which is one of The Jrigindl counTies of Aldbdmo, hdving been formed in Terriforidl ddys, hos Tod only Two seoTs. The firsT wos Dikeville, which ended in 4882, ond ldmilTon which hos been The counTy seoT since 4882. ln 4880 on elecTion wos held in Vldrion CounTy To selecT o new oounTy sedT, ond The Two locofions oroposed were CenTer which wos n on unseTTled woods dbouT six miles K eosT of Toll GdTe ond Toll GGTGH which wds d posT office on dn old seTTled poinT on The old MiliTory Rood ond where Copfoin A. J. HomilTon hdd moved To from Pikeville ond opened up on old obondoned pre Civil Wor pldnfofion. Toll GoTe won The elecTion ond d new CourT House wos erecTed following which The courT, courT officiols ond records were moved. The ndme of The locofion wos chdnged To HomilTon in honor of Copfoin A.J. Hcmilfon, who dondfed forTy dcres of his pldnTdTion To be sold in lofs To help cover The cosT of building The courT house. AT This Time There wds one business pldce. buf soon ofhers come ond The Town begdn To grow. Toll GoTe PosT Office wos chdnged To Hdmilfon PosT Office on November 47, 4882, wiTh WR. WhiTe conTinuing ,os posT mdsfer. There wds one mdil delivery o week