Biography of Clarence Blaine Hamilton, pages 680/681.  History of 
DeKalb County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 
1914.



Clarence Blaine Hamilton



	There is no positive rule for achieving success, and yet in the 
life of the successful man there are always lessons, which might well 
be followed. The man who gains prosperity is he who can see and utilize 
the opportunities that come in his path.  The essential conditions of 
human life are ever the same, the surroundings of individuals differing 
but slightly, and when one man passes another on the highway of life to 
reach the goal of prosperity before others who perhaps started out 
before him, it is because he has the power to use advantages which 
probably encompass the whole human race.  Today among the prominent 
citizens and successful business men of Garrett stands Clarence Blaine 
Hamilton.  The qualities of keen discrimination, sound judgment an 
executive ability enter very largely into this make-up and have been 
contributing elements to the material success which has come to him.

	Clarence Blaine Hamilton, publisher of the Garrett Weekly Clipper 
and one of the most public-spirited citizens of this community, was 
born in Wood county, Ohio, on February 7, 1887, and is the son of S. E. 
Hamilton.  He accompanied his parents on their removal to Fostoria, 
Ohio, in 1899, and there secured his education in the public schools.  
At the early age of sixteen years the subject, ambitious to make a 
start in life, became a reporter for the Fostoria Daily Times, in which 
he made good to such a degree that he was soon given the title of city 
editor and retained the position five years or until December 16, 1907.  
He then came to Garrett and entered the employ of the late Tracy C. 
Little, publisher of the Garrett Clipper, and on June 1, 1908, Mr. 
Hamilton became editor and manager of this paper, which he now 
publishes and which has now become, under this management and 
direction, one of the influential and prosperous newspapers of DeKalb 
county.  Mr. Hamilton is a graceful and forceful writer, having the 
genuine journalistic instinct for news, and he has made his paper 
indispensable in hundreds of homes in his locality.  Through the 
columns of the Clipper earnest support is given to every worthy 
movement for the upbuilding of the best interests of the community, and 
Mr. Hamilton’s personal influence is given to the highest standard of 
living, so that he has earned the respect and confidence of the people 
with whom he mingles. The Clipper office is well equipped, not only for 
successful newspaper printing, but also for commercial job printing, in 
which Mr. Hamilton has enjoyed a large and profitable patronage.

	On December 25, 1910, Mr. Hamilton was united in marriage to 
Margaret May Hatchet, of Fostoria, and to them have been born two 
daughters, Thais Hatchet and Gretchen.

	Fraternally, Mr. Hamilton is a member of the Free and Accepted 
Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the fraternal Order of Eagles, the 
Tribe of Ben-Hur, the Knights of the Maccabees and the Greek-letter 
high school fraternity, Phi Delta Kappa.  He enjoys a large 
acquaintance, among who are many warm and loyal friends, and throughout 
the community with which he has identified himself he enjoys that 
standing which can be gained only by those who possess qualities and 
attributes of a high order.



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Arlene Goodwin

Auburn, Indiana

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