My afternoon started out with a tour of the Rush Limbaugh federal courthouse. Security was tight and they confiscated my camera but I finally got in and Sandy Moore, the secretary, came down and vouched for me. She then gave me a tour of the court itself and all its intrincacies. I met with Gary Kremer and an advisory committee from the State Historical Society and it was a lively discussion and fight between the University and the State. I was the buffer along with others.
Then Steve took eight of us to the Isle of Capri to have dinner. I had not been there before and it was fun. We toured all of that so and ate in one of the five restaurants. The casino, which we gazed into, was packed on a Thursday night. It was an experience.
Steve, Don Dickerson, Al Spradling, Bob Hamblin, Frank Nickell, Ned Matthews from Sikeston, Gary Kremer from the State Historical Society and me (the only woman) went to eat and we told all kind of stories from past political years. The State took the papers of J. V. Conran, who helped elevate Truman to president. We all shared our memories and Al Spradling talked about meeting Truman at his house when he came down to Sikeston to make a speech.
Don Dickerson took me home and we laughed all the way home. A super evening. Not bad being the only woman either!
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