Lenore Pipkin Hall Death Takes Noted Dallas Civic Figure - 1953 Mrs. Kirk Hall, who more than anyone else could be called Dallas’ senior woman statesman, died of cancer Saturday in a Dallas hospital after a four-week confinement. Mrs. Hall, 76, had devoted most of her life to the betterment of Dallas and the welfare of women and children. A native of Joplin, Mo., she came to Dallas in 1901. Her husband, Kirk Hall, was prominent in Dallas business, political and social life for nearly half a century. He served two terms as Dallas alderman and died in 1931. Mrs. Hall was largely instrumental in the passage of two child support bills comprising the Uniform Support Act, House Bill 192 and companion bill 297. She became an expert on child support law and was an untiring worker in behalf of deserted mothers and children. One of Mrs. Hall’s chief interests was the Southwestern Medical Foundation and its cancer research, particularly the relation of virus infections to cancer. She once traveled 7,000 miles during one autumn in the interests of hospital auxiliaries. In this field, her aim was to translate sentiment into actual support of such research as the Foundation’s. A familiar sight to Dallas clubs and PTA groups was Mrs. Hall, standing with newspaper clippings and other records as she reported on legislation and called attention to important issues facing her fellow citizens. Biography Lenore Pipkin Hall was born in Jasper County, Missouri, and is of English ancestry. She is a graduate of public schools and business college, and has traveled extensively in the United States. She has four daughters: Helen, Dorothy, and Nancy Kirk Hall, and Mrs. B.E. Simons, Bay City, Texas. Her husband is deceased and she manages her own real estate. Mrs. Hall is an active member of the Dallas Athletic Club, chairman of the Resolutions Committee, Dallas Council of Parent Teachers Association; chairman of Legislation, Cause and Cure of War Commission; and trustee, Mayme Folsom Wynne Education Loan Fund of the Dallas Federation of Women’s Clubs. She has been a member of the Board of Public Welfare, City Plan Commission, and Board of Education, and is interested in public affairs, both local and national. Mrs. Hall worked for suffrage, promoted community markets during the World War, and pioneered in the election of women to the Board of Education when the Dallas school rating was low. As president of the Dallas Council of Parent Teacher Association and member of the Board of Education, she sponsored the Dallas Public School lunch system, health department, manual training, domestic science and technical training. She was an early advocate of prohibition and actively sponsored the movement for a nine-month school term for every child of school age in Dallas County. Contributed by PFA member, Janis Raspberry