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GEORGE M. HOPKINS

MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable memorial commemorating the life and service of George M. Hopkins of Bear Grove, Iowa, begs leave to submit the following report:

George M. Hopkins was born in Bear Grove, Iowa, October 16, 1866, and died at his home in Bear Grove, southwest of Guthrie Center, October 2, 1940. He received his education in the Guthrie county rural schools, Guthrie county high school, Western Normal College in Shenandoah, Iowa, and Varparaiso Normal School in Varparaiso, Indiana.

Mr. Hopkins taught in the rural schools of Iowa and Nebraska for four years and served seven years as principal of the village school at Bassett, Nebraska. He was elected county superintendent of Rock county, Nebraska, where he served for eight years. Later he spent 12 years as township school board member and 11 on the county board of education. As senator, he represented Guthrie, Dallas and Audubon counties.

Senator Hopkins was married in 1894 to Alma Laura Green at Kirkwood, Nebraska, Mrs. Hopkins preceding him in death in April of this year.

Surviving are three sons: Mark Hopkins, Houston, Texas; Donald Hopkins of Yankton, South Dakota, and Masey Hopkins of Guthrie Center. Two daughters, Mrs. Margie Orth of Racine, Wisconsin, and Dorothy Hopkins of Guthrie Center also survive. He leaves a brother, Ed Hopkins of Bassett, Nebraska, and a sister, Mary Hopkins of Guthrie Center.

Senator Hopkins had been in ill health for about a year and was not a candidate for re-election to the state senate, of which he had been a member since 1932. Prior to his terms in the senate he had served as a representative in the house, being elected in 1926, and re-elected in 1928 and 1930. During his terms in both houses he won a reputation as a champion of school reforms, his wide experience in the field of education making him a valuable supporter of this type of legislation; therefore,

Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Forty-ninth General Assembly of Iowa in Regular Session: That in the passing of George M. Hopkins the state mourns the loss of a valuable and honored citizen and a man of strong character, and the Senate of Iowa by this resolution extends its sympathy to his family.

Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this memorial resolution be printed in the Journal of the Senate and that the secretary be directed to send enrolled copies to the members of the family of the deceased.

AI MILLER,

FRANK BYERS,

E. P. CORWIN,

Committee.

The resolution was unanimously adopted.