The next Empire Area Community Emergency Fund Concert will be held on Sunday, July 28 from 4-6 p.m. at the Empire Township Hall. This event will pay tribute to the “Wanderer” the late hobo poet Clive W. Haswell, and will feature a performance by the Beach Bards with musical guests Norm Wheeler, Chris Skellenger, Patrick Niemisto and friends.
Nine years ago the Sun ran a story entitled, “Heart of a hobo beats inside 90-year-old Honor man” about Clive Haswell, a wordsmith and train hopper during the Great Depression. Last winter, we heard from Dalena Nichols in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, who knew Haswell from a visit to the Platte River and read about him on GlenArborSun.com. She sent us these unpublished words by the hobo poet: