"Directors of the Lafayette County Soil Conservation District in Missouri, which won the sweepstakes award in the Globe-Democrat's Soil Conservation Districts Awards Program, are shown here with their wives, who will accompany them on the trip to San Diego, Cal., as guests of the Glove-Democrat. Back row from the left: W. L. Gruber, Lexington, vice chairman; Spears Stewart, Lexington, treasurer; James A. Schooling, Concordia, chairman, and Raymond Kline, Higginsville. Front row from the left: Mrs. Gruber, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Schooling and Mrs. Kline."