Executive Vice-President in Charge of Grievances, Claude D. "Butch" Wyatt, aka C.D. Wyatt
President, Z.L. McGowan Photo Link to Photo 2 Link to Photo 3
Vice-President, Dan M. Harmon² Photo Link to Photo 2
Secretary of State, Lee Aaron Bachler
Photo
Secretary of Labor, Bob Nichols
Secretary of Treasury, Roslyn Gorske *
Photo
Attorney General, Robert (Bob) E. Yocum Photo
Secretary of the Interior in Charge of Indian Affairs, J. Olin Armstrong
Secretary of Health, Dr. J.S. Adams °
Press Secretary, Ralph "Windy" Pogue¹
Postmaster General,
Walter R. Arndt
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Arndt's Writings on the Web
Executive Vice-President in Charge of Grievances, Claude D. "Butch" Wyatt,
aka C.D. Wyatt
* Gorske's name is also reported as
Gorski in the 1962 edition of the McDonald County Courthouse
Directory and Buyer's
Guide;
24 pages, found at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, University of
Missouri-Rolla, Shelf R785, compiled by R.C. Mosbaugh of Noel, Mo.
To view a redacted size scan of the inside cover of this manuscript, where the information
appeared, go here.
¹ A Tulsa World story of April 12, 1961 identifies Raymond Mosbaugh (R.C.)
as press secretary to the President, as does the McDonald County Press,
with Mosbaugh noted as being the Personal Press Secretary to the
President.
Thus, Pogue appears to have been the Press Secretary for McDonald
Territory itself, while Mosbaugh served as secretary for McGowan
himself.
² Harmon later served as Mayor of Noel and as President of "the territorial
provisional government of McDonald" in 1962, as reported in the Lawrence
Journal-World, 16 April 1962.
° The position Adams served in was also referred to as "public health director"
by the Tulsa World article. It was also referred to as Director of Health
and Welfare by the McDonald County Press..
The above listing of McDonald Territory officials was originally published in The McDonald County Press, April 13, 1961, Special Secession Issue, "Territorial News" Page.
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