"Nine outstanding Missouri legislators who received The Globe-Democrat Awards for meritous service during the 1959 legislative session at a dinner in Jefferson City are (seated, left to right) Representative R. J. King Jr., Republican, of St. Louis Country, most effective House member in debate; Senator Jack S. Curtis, Republican, of Springfield, Senate member showing the greatest growth in
"Globe-Democrat Legislative Awards Dinner is Lloyd, Senator Michael McKinney, Mrs. Henry I. Eager, wife called to order by Ted O. Lloyd, president of the Jefferson of the Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court, and City Rotary Club. Among those seated at the head table John A. Morris, president of the Jefferson City Chamber of are (from the rostrum) Hamilton Thornton, editor of the Commerce. "