Word: mccluer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Under a threatening midwest sky, he rode into Fulton, Mo. (pop. 8,300), in Westminster College's packed gymnasium delivered his speech and received his honorary LL.D. degree from President Franc L. McCluer...
...scarlet robe and black plush cap of an Oxford doctor, he stumped into Dr. McCluer's living room, tired but happy. A photographer's bulb exploded. "There must be a Russian in the house," he grinned. His valet slipped him a slug of brandy to reinforce him. Then Winston Churchill stood in the reception line...
...hostess' kitchen, Clem scribbled notes as Mrs. Franc L. McCluer expertly handled a 25-lb. Callaway County ham. Out at the Dick Scruggs farm, where it came from, Kitty Scruggs told her: "Between you and me and the gatepost, this sugar-cured Callaway the folks so cherish originally came from Boone County. The recipe came to Callaway when I came as Dick's bride." Mrs. Roy Anthony, in charge of the angel food cakes, scoffed: "Worried? Why, no. I've never had a failure, so why would I now, when it's for Mr. Churchill?" Grocer...
With the help of Missouri's Harry Truman, Bullet McCluer bagged the academic catch of the year: Winston Churchill, to lecture in the 3,000-seat college gymnasium March 5, introduced by Harry
Truman. Fulton expects 30,000 people to come to hear the former prime minister speak. Just how the county seat town of Fulton (which has only two hotels, and no railroad or airport) will handle its big day, Bullet McCluer left up to the old folks at home...