Imperial Valley press., 1920-03-08
CAR WINNERS
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ments, so close was the race.
In addition to the automibile win
ners Miss Hazel Brumbly, Fred Cole
Miss Dorothy Sahn1, Mrs. Jean Davis
Miss Virginia H. Cronk, Miss Aertha
Brown, j. +. Mcdonald, Mrs. Liona1
/ Brackenburg, Mrs. II. A. Peters, Mrs
Daniels, Mrs. Lillian Knight Mrs. C. A
Jones and Mrs Louise Kennedy all
| put up spirited campaigns throughout
the entire race and the fevor they put
into their respective campaign activity
is evidenced by the dandy credit totals
/ opposite their respective names in the
foregoing table.
Closed OF Time
The campaign closed promptly on
the stroke of eleven and as the judges
watches pointed to this hour, Mrs. Roy
/ Thompson, wife of the foreman of The
Press mechanical department threw
the previously prepared seal in place
j thereby precluding any further ballot
ing and the Judges announced the big
race over.
Immediately afterwards Mr.. Paul
Allan took the big sealed ballot box
under his good right arm and the pro
cession OF judges, CLUB members and
interested spectators started to the fur
niture department of the Imperial
Valley Hardware Co where the final
tabulation was Scheduled to take place,
and where everything was in readiness
for the count that was to decide the
winners. The gentlemen in charge
of the count proved themselves adopts
at the work and went TO it like old
hands.
AS the count started excitement was
at tension, both on the part of the
club members in the store, and OF the
part of hundreds of interested friends
and supporters who filed the entire
street in front of the store. Mr.. Gianola
opened and took the contents of the
envelopes in charge, in turn passing
them to Mr.. Allen and Mr., Hyberg for
verification, while Mr.. Cox issued the
subscription credits under the super
vision of the other three judges. After
the first tabulation of credits by the
judges everything was run up on the
big Burroughs adding machine. which |
had been kindly loaned for the occasion
by the local manager of the Burroughs
people. H. c. Bartels Mrs. G. House \
man of the Burroughs organization |
was in charge of the machine and /
and proved herself adept in running /
up the totals and in the rechecking {
work. The judges checked and re-
checked until there could be no ques-
ton of the final result
Several of the club members found
their totals did not correspond with the
totals arrived at by the judges and I
through and exhaustive recheck in all
cases was made until there was no
possibility of error. The recheckinG
held up the final announcement some
little time longer than was anticipated .
but this nevertheless was in keeping
with the determination on the part of
this paper that everything had to be
right and correct in all that the terms
signify.
When the totals had finally been
arrived at and all question of errors
eliminated. NJ. d. Davis, publisher OF
The Imperial Valley Press announced
the results TO the assembled crowd !
who had waited under mantel of strain
ed expectancy. On the announcement
of the winners all restraint was
thrown to the winds and a wild scram-
BILE ensued to congratulate those OF
the winners who had remained for the
final count