THE LEAD BELT NEWS, Flat River, Mo. Friday, February 6, 1920. FORMER FLAT RIVER MAN APPOINTED BANK EXAMINER. Jesse M. Strong, who has been connected with the Southeast Missouri Trust Company for the past year, has been appointed deputy state bank examiner for the Southeast Missouri District. He was called to Jefferson City last Thursday by the state bank examiner and received his appointment Saturday. He will have his headquarters in Cape Girardeau. Strong began his work in banking in 1911 at Flat River under C. R. Bramblet, now president of the First National Bank of Cape Girardeau. In 1912 he organized the Bank of Dudley and was cashier there until 1917 when he went into army service. He was sent to the second officers training camp at Fort Sheridan, Ill. He then spent nearly two years overseas, being in France from December 1917 to August 1919. When he returned he took the position with the Southeast Missouri Trust Company where he handled the loans and discounts and in which he has officiated all this time. Claude E. Eatson, who was formerly state bank examiner for the Southeast Missouri District has been made bank examiner for the St. Louis district.