William Hanchett

[Rob Wick]

I had one experience with Bill Hanchett when I was working on my Conger series for the Carmi paper. I wanted to get some information from him, and so I finally was able to track down his phone number. I called him, told him who I was and what I was looking for, and he asked if he could call me back. He called my office in an attempt to make sure I was who I said I was, and then asked me to call him. We talked for about 10 minutes. He didn't have the information I was looking for, but he did warn me to not pay any attention to Ray Neff or Vaughn Shelton. I had the feeling that he thought as a reporter I had no sense of history, which I imagine he had his fill of in his active years. I have always admired him.

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Rob