OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives page 69 BENJAMIN E. CARUTHERS (Republican), Representative from St. Francois County; born October 10, 1887, at Yount, Mo.; educated at Southeast Missouri Teachers College at Cape Girardeau, where he played football and was a member of the glee club and band. He was married October 24, 1912, at Perryville, Mo., to Miss AURORA BEATRICE CASHION, who died April 22, 1934. He has two children, LESTER and VERA. He is a farmer and resides at Farmington, where he has been farm manager and assistant to the Superintendent of the Presbyterian Orphanage the last nine years. He has been a life-long Republican, having served four years as a member of the Perry County Republican Central Committee, which is the county of his birth. Elected to the House of Representives in 1938, he served in the 60th General Assembly on the following committees: Children's Code; Employees and Clerical Force; Bills Agreed To and Finally Passed. ROY J. CHAFFIN (Republican), Representative from Greene County, First District; born June 27, 1905, at Springfield, Mo.; educated in the public schools of that city. He has had special training in architectural engineering in the Chicago Technical College of Chicago, Ill., also a general business course at the Springfield Draughons Business University. He married Miss RUTH L. FERGUSON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Ferguson at Eureka Springs, Ark., August 27, 1930. He is engaged in the commercial collection business at Springfield; was formerly an employee of the Frisco Railway Co., and later worked as a salesman until he organized his own business in 1933. He is a member of the Methodist Church and the following fraternal organizations: Solomon Lodge No. 271. A. F. & A. M.; Khorah Khan Grotto; Atlas Lodge No. 213, Knights of Pythias, of which he holds office of Keeper of Records and Seal; Mizpah Temple No, 190, and Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan, of which he is secretary. He has been active in Republican politics for a number of years. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1938, he served in the 60th General Assembly on the following committees: Building and Loan; Elections; Eleemosyary Institutions; Penal Institutions; Permanent Seat of Government; State Teachers Colleges. Norma