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Champ Perry

An elderly pioneer and former storekeeper, respected by the community.

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Also known as the Perrys, old Champ Perry

First appearance: IV

Champ Perry shows up with force in IV. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Champ Perry stops Carol in the post-office and compliments her freshness.

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IV
Champ Perry stops Carol in the post-office and compliments her freshness.
III
Pioneer and grain-elevator buyer; Carol visits him and his wife to learn about the old days.
Chapter IV
Fades into the background as Carol's interest wanes.
VII
Leads the Decoration Day procession in his rusty forage-cap.
III
Mentioned alongside Kennicott as an example of someone content with the small-town existence.
VI
Mentioned as a kindly provincial who would make the town's lack of great traditions acceptable if all were like him.
I
Champ Perry rebukes Miles at the station for blasphemy and lack of patriotism.
I
Grief-stricken and physically broken after his wife's death; loses his job at the elevator and is reduced to a night watchman, subject to the town's neglect and cruelty.
III
Champ Perry is one of the few townspeople Carol feels she can nurse and warm to, representing the modest, unpretentious side of the town.
I
The night watchman at the mill, greets Carol with affection, saying they missed her terribly.

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