Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 311, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1918 — Charles Morlan is Fifty One. [ARTICLE]

Charles Morlan is Fifty One.

Sunday, January 6, 1918, was the birthday of Charles Morlan. The event was celebrated last Friday evening when Mr. Morlan’s daughters surprised him with a fine dinner and an evening of pleasure which was enjoyed by a large number of, neighbors and friends. Few men have been more faithful and efficient in the discharge of their duties. Mr. Morlan has been custodian of the Jasper county court house since 1899, ahd so well has he done his work that even when the county board of commissioners was of a different political faith he was retained. The splendid condition in which he keeps this building and the yard is a matter of much favorable comment and a thing to which every citizen of the county can point with just' pfide. Mr. Morlan has been clerk of the city of Rensselaer since September, 1902, and tongiht will begin another term of four years to which he was elected without opposition.