UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Mitchem, Steven G.
309 E. Miller Road
Republic, MO 65738
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. GSBC
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
January 1998
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
N/A
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below)
(X) Other (specify below)
First Vice President of Subsidiary
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security | 2.Transaction | 3.Transaction | 4.Securities Acquired (A) | 5.Amount of | 6.Qwner- | 7.Nature of
| Date | Code | or Disposed (D) | Securities | ship | Indirect
| (Month/ | | | Beneficially | Form: | Beneficial
| Day/ | | | (A) or | | Owned at End | Direct (D) or| Owner-
| Year) | Code | V | Amount | (D) | Price | of Month | Indirect (I) | ship
<S> | <C> | <C> | <C> | <C> | <C> |<C> | <C> | <C> | <C>
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Common Stock, | | | | | | | | |
$.01 par value | 01-20-98 | R | V | 60 | A | 25.125| | |
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Common Stock, | | | | | | | | |
$.01 par value | 01-20-98 | R | V | 80 | A | 25.00 | 31,927 | D |
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of | 2.Conversion| 3.Trans-|4.Trans-|5.Number of| 6.Date Exer- |7.Title and Amount | 8.Price| 9.Number|10.Owner-|11.
Derivative | or Exercise | action | action | Derivative| cisable and | of Underlying | of |of deriv-| ship | Nature
Security | Price of | Date | Code | Securities| Expiration | Securities | Deriv- | ative | Form of | of
| Deriv- | | |Acquired(A)| Date | | ative | Secur- | Deriv- | In-
| Ative |(Month/ | |Disposed(D)| (Month/ | | Secur- | ities | ative | direct
| Security | Day/ | | of (D) | Day/ | | ity | Bene- | Secur- | Owner-
| | Year) | | | Year) | | | Ficially| ity: | ship
| | | | | | | | Owned at| Direct |
| | | | | Date |Expira-| Title |Amount or| | End of | (D) or |
| | | | | | | Exer- |tion | |Number of| | Month |Indirect |
| | |Code| V | (A) | (D) |cisable| Date | | Shares | | | (I) |
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
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Option (to | | | | | | | | |Common | | | | |
Purchase) | | | | | | | | | Stock | 1,000 | | 1,000 | D |
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Richard L. Wilson 2-10-98
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Signature of Reporting Person Date
(Richard L. Wilson, attorney-in-fact
For Steven G. Mitchem)
