BRIG. GENERAL ROBERT STICKNEY DALE
November 23, 1917 - February 22, 1997
2014 inductee, *Carthage Hall of Heroes
Robert S. Dale, Brigadier General, businessman - Born in Carthage in 1917, he took his early education here. He attended the University of Missouri, where he received recognition for his leadership, graduating with a business degree and as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Reserves. He became Editor and Publisher of The Carthage Press, while rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the National Guard. He was extremely involved in community leadership and improvement, active in many organizations and is credited as the founder of the Maple Leaf Parade. He died in 1997, being described as “a strong, true leader”.
CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
February 22, 1997
FORMER PRESS PUBLISHER DIES
______________________
By Marvin VanGilder
For The Carthage Press
______________________
Robert S. Dale, 79, Carthage Route 3, former editor and publisher of The Carthage Press, died at around 8:30 a.m. today at his home southeast of Carthage. He had been in failing health for several months
A longtime Carthage civic leader, he was a brigadier general, retired, of the Missouri Army National Guard, and recently completed lengthy tenure as a trustee of the State Historical Society of Missouri.
A virtual lifelong resident of the Carthage community, Robert Stickney Dale was born November 23, 1917 at Carthage Hospital, the facility from which McCune-Brooks Hospital grew.
Son of Eliel Lanyon Dale and Julia Stickney Dale, he was graduated in 1935 from Carthage High school and enrolled at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Active in Sigma Nu social fraternity, he was a member of QEBH and Blue Key Honor societies and served as business manager of the Savitar, the university yearbook.
Also active in the Reserve Officer Training Corps of the U.S. Army, he was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry in the Army Reserves.
Upon being graduated in 1939 from the university, he accepted employment with the Burger-Baird Photoengraving Co., Kansas City.
The following year, he left the firm to accept a commission as second lieutenant in the 203rd Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) regiment of the Missouri Army National Guard.
The unit was inducted Sept. 16, 1940 into federal service and sent to Camp Hulen, Texas for combat training. Thereafter, the regiment was transferred to the West Coast in anticipated preparation for overseas assignment.
However, in the aftermath of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack by Japanese forces upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii the men were directed to establish defensive positions in Los Angeles to guard the coastal area there against the possibility of sea and/or air attack.
In June, 1942 the "Houn Dawg" regiment was moved to Alaska and occupied positions at Cold Bay and later Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
Relieved of that assignment in 1944, the regiment underwent infantry re-training at Fort Benning, GA., and was stationed at Camp Moxley to train recruits during the remainder of World War II.
With that duty completed, then Maj. Robert Dale returned in 1945 to Carthage and become associated with his father, who was principal owner and publisher of The Carthage Press. The son served as advertising manager, city editor and managing editor before succeeding his father as editor and published, remaining with the newspaper until 1976, when it was sold by the Dale family to Thomson Publishing Company.
Continuing through the years with Army National Guard duties, he formed, in 1946, in 1946, the first post war Guard regiment activated in Missouri. Thereafter serving in various command position, he was elevated in 1962 to the rank of brigadier general, becoming one of only five persons, in the history of Jasper county to achieve general officer status in the armed services.
He was commander of the Missouri troops who were called in 1968 to deal with the crisis resulting from the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and ended rioting and restored order to Kansas City. for that service, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, one of many award and public accolades.
Among many highlights of his military career was command of a special honor guard for President Harry S. Truman, service as reviewing officer for the observance of the 60th anniversary of the founding of Camp Clark, Nevada, and command of state troops called to duty in July, 1966, to assist with resolution of the crisis resulting from the accidental explosive destruction of the Carthage plant of Hercules, Inc.
In 1969, he retired from active National Guard duty, having completed 30 years of distinguished service.
Active throughout his adult life in community leadership and volunteer work in many community improvement efforts, he served as president of Carthage Chamber of Commerce (1959) and of Carthage Rotary Club.
In 1961, under his management and editorship, The Carthage Press published an award winning special edition marking the centennial anniversary of the Civil War and specifically the Battle of Carthage.
He was active as well as in the promotion of programs in support of education, industrial development economic development, cultural growth and charitable causes. He was among the first who called for community support for restoration and preservation of Kendrick House and was among the founding directors of Carthage Historic Preservation, Inc.
Creator of the Maple Leaf Festival, he was chairman in 1967 of the committee that planned and conducted the gala celebration of the 125th anniversary of the fouding of Carthage and the following year, with assistance of several other community leaders including Ed C. Ulmer, Jr. and Richard M. Webster, was the first Maple Leaf Festival chairman.
His public service activities included duties as president of Missouri Associated Press Dailies, the National Guard Association of Missouri, Missouri Advertising Managers Association, Missouri Associated Press Publishers, Ozarka Agriculture and Industrial Development corp. and other agencies.
He served on the boards of Carthage Baseball Association, Carthage YMCA, the National Board of Field Advisors of the Small Business Association and the Mo-Kan Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, as well as being a member of Missouri Press Association and many other professional and charitable organizations.
In 1974, he was appointed by Gov. Christopher Bond as an honorary commission of the Missouri American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. In 1977, Attorney General John Ashcroft named him to the state Professional Liability Review Board.
Although he retired in 1976 from newspaper management, he remained active in public affairs, serving in 1976-96 on the Board of Trustees of State Historical Society of Missouri and in 1994-95 as a member of the Jasper County Courthouse Centennial Committee.
He was a communicant of Grace Episcopal Church and an ardent supporter of Carthage Public Library, Carthage Council on the Arts, local road-building and park improvement projects, the former Carthage Community Betterment effort and other matters having to do with the enhancement of the community environment and the lifestyle of all residents.
He was married December 26, 1940 at Columbia to Alice Maughs. She survives.
Additional survivors include three daughters, Julie Dale, Dallas Texas; Susan Neely, Carthage; and Kathy Atwood, St. Louis and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by the son, Robert S. Dale, Jr., July 25, 1963; and a sister, Carolyn McKee, April 24, 1991; his father, E. L. Dale died December 22, 1969 at age 79 and his mother Julia Stickney Dale died October 11, 1973 at 80.
Arrangements are pending at Knell Mortuary.
Above added by NJBrewer
*[footnote] located in the Carthage Family Y
located on South Grand Ave, Carthage, MO.
November 23, 1917 - February 22, 1997
2014 inductee, *Carthage Hall of Heroes
Robert S. Dale, Brigadier General, businessman - Born in Carthage in 1917, he took his early education here. He attended the University of Missouri, where he received recognition for his leadership, graduating with a business degree and as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Reserves. He became Editor and Publisher of The Carthage Press, while rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the National Guard. He was extremely involved in community leadership and improvement, active in many organizations and is credited as the founder of the Maple Leaf Parade. He died in 1997, being described as “a strong, true leader”.
CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
February 22, 1997
FORMER PRESS PUBLISHER DIES
______________________
By Marvin VanGilder
For The Carthage Press
______________________
Robert S. Dale, 79, Carthage Route 3, former editor and publisher of The Carthage Press, died at around 8:30 a.m. today at his home southeast of Carthage. He had been in failing health for several months
A longtime Carthage civic leader, he was a brigadier general, retired, of the Missouri Army National Guard, and recently completed lengthy tenure as a trustee of the State Historical Society of Missouri.
A virtual lifelong resident of the Carthage community, Robert Stickney Dale was born November 23, 1917 at Carthage Hospital, the facility from which McCune-Brooks Hospital grew.
Son of Eliel Lanyon Dale and Julia Stickney Dale, he was graduated in 1935 from Carthage High school and enrolled at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Active in Sigma Nu social fraternity, he was a member of QEBH and Blue Key Honor societies and served as business manager of the Savitar, the university yearbook.
Also active in the Reserve Officer Training Corps of the U.S. Army, he was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry in the Army Reserves.
Upon being graduated in 1939 from the university, he accepted employment with the Burger-Baird Photoengraving Co., Kansas City.
The following year, he left the firm to accept a commission as second lieutenant in the 203rd Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) regiment of the Missouri Army National Guard.
The unit was inducted Sept. 16, 1940 into federal service and sent to Camp Hulen, Texas for combat training. Thereafter, the regiment was transferred to the West Coast in anticipated preparation for overseas assignment.
However, in the aftermath of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack by Japanese forces upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii the men were directed to establish defensive positions in Los Angeles to guard the coastal area there against the possibility of sea and/or air attack.
In June, 1942 the "Houn Dawg" regiment was moved to Alaska and occupied positions at Cold Bay and later Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
Relieved of that assignment in 1944, the regiment underwent infantry re-training at Fort Benning, GA., and was stationed at Camp Moxley to train recruits during the remainder of World War II.
With that duty completed, then Maj. Robert Dale returned in 1945 to Carthage and become associated with his father, who was principal owner and publisher of The Carthage Press. The son served as advertising manager, city editor and managing editor before succeeding his father as editor and published, remaining with the newspaper until 1976, when it was sold by the Dale family to Thomson Publishing Company.
Continuing through the years with Army National Guard duties, he formed, in 1946, in 1946, the first post war Guard regiment activated in Missouri. Thereafter serving in various command position, he was elevated in 1962 to the rank of brigadier general, becoming one of only five persons, in the history of Jasper county to achieve general officer status in the armed services.
He was commander of the Missouri troops who were called in 1968 to deal with the crisis resulting from the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and ended rioting and restored order to Kansas City. for that service, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, one of many award and public accolades.
Among many highlights of his military career was command of a special honor guard for President Harry S. Truman, service as reviewing officer for the observance of the 60th anniversary of the founding of Camp Clark, Nevada, and command of state troops called to duty in July, 1966, to assist with resolution of the crisis resulting from the accidental explosive destruction of the Carthage plant of Hercules, Inc.
In 1969, he retired from active National Guard duty, having completed 30 years of distinguished service.
Active throughout his adult life in community leadership and volunteer work in many community improvement efforts, he served as president of Carthage Chamber of Commerce (1959) and of Carthage Rotary Club.
In 1961, under his management and editorship, The Carthage Press published an award winning special edition marking the centennial anniversary of the Civil War and specifically the Battle of Carthage.
He was active as well as in the promotion of programs in support of education, industrial development economic development, cultural growth and charitable causes. He was among the first who called for community support for restoration and preservation of Kendrick House and was among the founding directors of Carthage Historic Preservation, Inc.
Creator of the Maple Leaf Festival, he was chairman in 1967 of the committee that planned and conducted the gala celebration of the 125th anniversary of the fouding of Carthage and the following year, with assistance of several other community leaders including Ed C. Ulmer, Jr. and Richard M. Webster, was the first Maple Leaf Festival chairman.
His public service activities included duties as president of Missouri Associated Press Dailies, the National Guard Association of Missouri, Missouri Advertising Managers Association, Missouri Associated Press Publishers, Ozarka Agriculture and Industrial Development corp. and other agencies.
He served on the boards of Carthage Baseball Association, Carthage YMCA, the National Board of Field Advisors of the Small Business Association and the Mo-Kan Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, as well as being a member of Missouri Press Association and many other professional and charitable organizations.
In 1974, he was appointed by Gov. Christopher Bond as an honorary commission of the Missouri American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. In 1977, Attorney General John Ashcroft named him to the state Professional Liability Review Board.
Although he retired in 1976 from newspaper management, he remained active in public affairs, serving in 1976-96 on the Board of Trustees of State Historical Society of Missouri and in 1994-95 as a member of the Jasper County Courthouse Centennial Committee.
He was a communicant of Grace Episcopal Church and an ardent supporter of Carthage Public Library, Carthage Council on the Arts, local road-building and park improvement projects, the former Carthage Community Betterment effort and other matters having to do with the enhancement of the community environment and the lifestyle of all residents.
He was married December 26, 1940 at Columbia to Alice Maughs. She survives.
Additional survivors include three daughters, Julie Dale, Dallas Texas; Susan Neely, Carthage; and Kathy Atwood, St. Louis and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by the son, Robert S. Dale, Jr., July 25, 1963; and a sister, Carolyn McKee, April 24, 1991; his father, E. L. Dale died December 22, 1969 at age 79 and his mother Julia Stickney Dale died October 11, 1973 at 80.
Arrangements are pending at Knell Mortuary.
Above added by NJBrewer
*[footnote] located in the Carthage Family Y
located on South Grand Ave, Carthage, MO.
BRIG. GENERAL ROBERT STICKNEY DALE
November 23, 1917 - February 22, 1997
2014 inductee, *Carthage Hall of Heroes
Robert S. Dale, Brigadier General, businessman - Born in Carthage in 1917, he took his early education here. He attended the University of Missouri, where he received recognition for his leadership, graduating with a business degree and as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Reserves. He became Editor and Publisher of The Carthage Press, while rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the National Guard. He was extremely involved in community leadership and improvement, active in many organizations and is credited as the founder of the Maple Leaf Parade. He died in 1997, being described as “a strong, true leader”.
CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
February 22, 1997
FORMER PRESS PUBLISHER DIES
______________________
By Marvin VanGilder
For The Carthage Press
______________________
Robert S. Dale, 79, Carthage Route 3, former editor and publisher of The Carthage Press, died at around 8:30 a.m. today at his home southeast of Carthage. He had been in failing health for several months
A longtime Carthage civic leader, he was a brigadier general, retired, of the Missouri Army National Guard, and recently completed lengthy tenure as a trustee of the State Historical Society of Missouri.
A virtual lifelong resident of the Carthage community, Robert Stickney Dale was born November 23, 1917 at Carthage Hospital, the facility from which McCune-Brooks Hospital grew.
Son of Eliel Lanyon Dale and Julia Stickney Dale, he was graduated in 1935 from Carthage High school and enrolled at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Active in Sigma Nu social fraternity, he was a member of QEBH and Blue Key Honor societies and served as business manager of the Savitar, the university yearbook.
Also active in the Reserve Officer Training Corps of the U.S. Army, he was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry in the Army Reserves.
Upon being graduated in 1939 from the university, he accepted employment with the Burger-Baird Photoengraving Co., Kansas City.
The following year, he left the firm to accept a commission as second lieutenant in the 203rd Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) regiment of the Missouri Army National Guard.
The unit was inducted Sept. 16, 1940 into federal service and sent to Camp Hulen, Texas for combat training. Thereafter, the regiment was transferred to the West Coast in anticipated preparation for overseas assignment.
However, in the aftermath of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack by Japanese forces upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii the men were directed to establish defensive positions in Los Angeles to guard the coastal area there against the possibility of sea and/or air attack.
In June, 1942 the "Houn Dawg" regiment was moved to Alaska and occupied positions at Cold Bay and later Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
Relieved of that assignment in 1944, the regiment underwent infantry re-training at Fort Benning, GA., and was stationed at Camp Moxley to train recruits during the remainder of World War II.
With that duty completed, then Maj. Robert Dale returned in 1945 to Carthage and become associated with his father, who was principal owner and publisher of The Carthage Press. The son served as advertising manager, city editor and managing editor before succeeding his father as editor and published, remaining with the newspaper until 1976, when it was sold by the Dale family to Thomson Publishing Company.
Continuing through the years with Army National Guard duties, he formed, in 1946, in 1946, the first post war Guard regiment activated in Missouri. Thereafter serving in various command position, he was elevated in 1962 to the rank of brigadier general, becoming one of only five persons, in the history of Jasper county to achieve general officer status in the armed services.
He was commander of the Missouri troops who were called in 1968 to deal with the crisis resulting from the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and ended rioting and restored order to Kansas City. for that service, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, one of many award and public accolades.
Among many highlights of his military career was command of a special honor guard for President Harry S. Truman, service as reviewing officer for the observance of the 60th anniversary of the founding of Camp Clark, Nevada, and command of state troops called to duty in July, 1966, to assist with resolution of the crisis resulting from the accidental explosive destruction of the Carthage plant of Hercules, Inc.
In 1969, he retired from active National Guard duty, having completed 30 years of distinguished service.
Active throughout his adult life in community leadership and volunteer work in many community improvement efforts, he served as president of Carthage Chamber of Commerce (1959) and of Carthage Rotary Club.
In 1961, under his management and editorship, The Carthage Press published an award winning special edition marking the centennial anniversary of the Civil War and specifically the Battle of Carthage.
He was active as well as in the promotion of programs in support of education, industrial development economic development, cultural growth and charitable causes. He was among the first who called for community support for restoration and preservation of Kendrick House and was among the founding directors of Carthage Historic Preservation, Inc.
Creator of the Maple Leaf Festival, he was chairman in 1967 of the committee that planned and conducted the gala celebration of the 125th anniversary of the fouding of Carthage and the following year, with assistance of several other community leaders including Ed C. Ulmer, Jr. and Richard M. Webster, was the first Maple Leaf Festival chairman.
His public service activities included duties as president of Missouri Associated Press Dailies, the National Guard Association of Missouri, Missouri Advertising Managers Association, Missouri Associated Press Publishers, Ozarka Agriculture and Industrial Development corp. and other agencies.
He served on the boards of Carthage Baseball Association, Carthage YMCA, the National Board of Field Advisors of the Small Business Association and the Mo-Kan Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, as well as being a member of Missouri Press Association and many other professional and charitable organizations.
In 1974, he was appointed by Gov. Christopher Bond as an honorary commission of the Missouri American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. In 1977, Attorney General John Ashcroft named him to the state Professional Liability Review Board.
Although he retired in 1976 from newspaper management, he remained active in public affairs, serving in 1976-96 on the Board of Trustees of State Historical Society of Missouri and in 1994-95 as a member of the Jasper County Courthouse Centennial Committee.
He was a communicant of Grace Episcopal Church and an ardent supporter of Carthage Public Library, Carthage Council on the Arts, local road-building and park improvement projects, the former Carthage Community Betterment effort and other matters having to do with the enhancement of the community environment and the lifestyle of all residents.
He was married December 26, 1940 at Columbia to Alice Maughs. She survives.
Additional survivors include three daughters, Julie Dale, Dallas Texas; Susan Neely, Carthage; and Kathy Atwood, St. Louis and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by the son, Robert S. Dale, Jr., July 25, 1963; and a sister, Carolyn McKee, April 24, 1991; his father, E. L. Dale died December 22, 1969 at age 79 and his mother Julia Stickney Dale died October 11, 1973 at 80.
Arrangements are pending at Knell Mortuary.
Above added by NJBrewer
*[footnote] located in the Carthage Family Y
located on South Grand Ave, Carthage, MO.
November 23, 1917 - February 22, 1997
2014 inductee, *Carthage Hall of Heroes
Robert S. Dale, Brigadier General, businessman - Born in Carthage in 1917, he took his early education here. He attended the University of Missouri, where he received recognition for his leadership, graduating with a business degree and as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Reserves. He became Editor and Publisher of The Carthage Press, while rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the National Guard. He was extremely involved in community leadership and improvement, active in many organizations and is credited as the founder of the Maple Leaf Parade. He died in 1997, being described as “a strong, true leader”.
CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
February 22, 1997
FORMER PRESS PUBLISHER DIES
______________________
By Marvin VanGilder
For The Carthage Press
______________________
Robert S. Dale, 79, Carthage Route 3, former editor and publisher of The Carthage Press, died at around 8:30 a.m. today at his home southeast of Carthage. He had been in failing health for several months
A longtime Carthage civic leader, he was a brigadier general, retired, of the Missouri Army National Guard, and recently completed lengthy tenure as a trustee of the State Historical Society of Missouri.
A virtual lifelong resident of the Carthage community, Robert Stickney Dale was born November 23, 1917 at Carthage Hospital, the facility from which McCune-Brooks Hospital grew.
Son of Eliel Lanyon Dale and Julia Stickney Dale, he was graduated in 1935 from Carthage High school and enrolled at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Active in Sigma Nu social fraternity, he was a member of QEBH and Blue Key Honor societies and served as business manager of the Savitar, the university yearbook.
Also active in the Reserve Officer Training Corps of the U.S. Army, he was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry in the Army Reserves.
Upon being graduated in 1939 from the university, he accepted employment with the Burger-Baird Photoengraving Co., Kansas City.
The following year, he left the firm to accept a commission as second lieutenant in the 203rd Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) regiment of the Missouri Army National Guard.
The unit was inducted Sept. 16, 1940 into federal service and sent to Camp Hulen, Texas for combat training. Thereafter, the regiment was transferred to the West Coast in anticipated preparation for overseas assignment.
However, in the aftermath of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack by Japanese forces upon Pearl Harbor, Hawaii the men were directed to establish defensive positions in Los Angeles to guard the coastal area there against the possibility of sea and/or air attack.
In June, 1942 the "Houn Dawg" regiment was moved to Alaska and occupied positions at Cold Bay and later Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
Relieved of that assignment in 1944, the regiment underwent infantry re-training at Fort Benning, GA., and was stationed at Camp Moxley to train recruits during the remainder of World War II.
With that duty completed, then Maj. Robert Dale returned in 1945 to Carthage and become associated with his father, who was principal owner and publisher of The Carthage Press. The son served as advertising manager, city editor and managing editor before succeeding his father as editor and published, remaining with the newspaper until 1976, when it was sold by the Dale family to Thomson Publishing Company.
Continuing through the years with Army National Guard duties, he formed, in 1946, in 1946, the first post war Guard regiment activated in Missouri. Thereafter serving in various command position, he was elevated in 1962 to the rank of brigadier general, becoming one of only five persons, in the history of Jasper county to achieve general officer status in the armed services.
He was commander of the Missouri troops who were called in 1968 to deal with the crisis resulting from the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and ended rioting and restored order to Kansas City. for that service, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, one of many award and public accolades.
Among many highlights of his military career was command of a special honor guard for President Harry S. Truman, service as reviewing officer for the observance of the 60th anniversary of the founding of Camp Clark, Nevada, and command of state troops called to duty in July, 1966, to assist with resolution of the crisis resulting from the accidental explosive destruction of the Carthage plant of Hercules, Inc.
In 1969, he retired from active National Guard duty, having completed 30 years of distinguished service.
Active throughout his adult life in community leadership and volunteer work in many community improvement efforts, he served as president of Carthage Chamber of Commerce (1959) and of Carthage Rotary Club.
In 1961, under his management and editorship, The Carthage Press published an award winning special edition marking the centennial anniversary of the Civil War and specifically the Battle of Carthage.
He was active as well as in the promotion of programs in support of education, industrial development economic development, cultural growth and charitable causes. He was among the first who called for community support for restoration and preservation of Kendrick House and was among the founding directors of Carthage Historic Preservation, Inc.
Creator of the Maple Leaf Festival, he was chairman in 1967 of the committee that planned and conducted the gala celebration of the 125th anniversary of the fouding of Carthage and the following year, with assistance of several other community leaders including Ed C. Ulmer, Jr. and Richard M. Webster, was the first Maple Leaf Festival chairman.
His public service activities included duties as president of Missouri Associated Press Dailies, the National Guard Association of Missouri, Missouri Advertising Managers Association, Missouri Associated Press Publishers, Ozarka Agriculture and Industrial Development corp. and other agencies.
He served on the boards of Carthage Baseball Association, Carthage YMCA, the National Board of Field Advisors of the Small Business Association and the Mo-Kan Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, as well as being a member of Missouri Press Association and many other professional and charitable organizations.
In 1974, he was appointed by Gov. Christopher Bond as an honorary commission of the Missouri American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. In 1977, Attorney General John Ashcroft named him to the state Professional Liability Review Board.
Although he retired in 1976 from newspaper management, he remained active in public affairs, serving in 1976-96 on the Board of Trustees of State Historical Society of Missouri and in 1994-95 as a member of the Jasper County Courthouse Centennial Committee.
He was a communicant of Grace Episcopal Church and an ardent supporter of Carthage Public Library, Carthage Council on the Arts, local road-building and park improvement projects, the former Carthage Community Betterment effort and other matters having to do with the enhancement of the community environment and the lifestyle of all residents.
He was married December 26, 1940 at Columbia to Alice Maughs. She survives.
Additional survivors include three daughters, Julie Dale, Dallas Texas; Susan Neely, Carthage; and Kathy Atwood, St. Louis and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by the son, Robert S. Dale, Jr., July 25, 1963; and a sister, Carolyn McKee, April 24, 1991; his father, E. L. Dale died December 22, 1969 at age 79 and his mother Julia Stickney Dale died October 11, 1973 at 80.
Arrangements are pending at Knell Mortuary.
Above added by NJBrewer
*[footnote] located in the Carthage Family Y
located on South Grand Ave, Carthage, MO.
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