"Sweepstakes Award Winners in the Globe-Democrat's Soil Conservation District Awards program for 1954, these members of the Lafayette County, Mo., District were presented plaques at the annual dinner of the Missouri Soil District Supervisors Summer Conference at Hannibal Monday night. From left: W. L. Gruber, Lexington; J. S. Stewart, Lexington; Charles Clayton of the Globe-Democrat, who presented the awards; James A. Schooling, Concordia, and Raymond Klein, Higginsville."
