Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

of the church who would otherwise have come inhad no one been around to see. He made a threat to the effect that if this Saturday night the meetings continued he would make it so unpleasant for the aforementioned “soulsaver and money-gatherer Rev. Williamson that the latter would discontinue the flinging of congealed Bible phrases.”So we were expecting to see something exciting happen.

We hadn’t been standing long when Bill came out of Reich and Ruggy’s and joined us and then of course explanations had to follow. While we were patiently waiting for Reverend Williamson and his helpers to arrive we amused ourselves making fun of Irvin Heaton who flew around from one to another of his cronies trying to get someone who would either go to a Grange with him or go and get a beer. He was having a sad time of it and we didn’t make it any the more pleasant for him. Fred assured him once that