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[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0287]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "John Steel Batson, Oklahoma legislator, acting as official representative of Gov. Robert S. Kerr, presents to Staff Sgt. Elmer Morriss, Ringling, a commission as an honorary colonel of the governor's staff. This award was made during the Southern Oklahoma Boxing Tournament in Ardmore. Proceeds from the tourney benefitted the Sgt. Elmer Morriss fund."
Date: October 3, 1945
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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