1911
The sad news that Roger Emerson, Chuck Emerson's youngest son, was reported killed in action August 16 in the North American area has been received. Although only nineteen years old, Roger, who had been one of the junior champion skiers in the White Mountains, was ski instructor for American troops. Roger was admitted to Dartmouth in the fall of 1942 but left shortly thereafter to enter the Service. Chuck and Emma are living in Milwaukee, where Chuck is General Production Superintendent of the Munitions Division of the U. S. Rubber Company.
Further information can now be given about Capt. Larry Odlin. First, his address is Capt. Lawrence Odlin SC USN, Navy No. 116, Hdqtrs. Box K, Fleet Post Office, New York, N. Y. Secondly, he is assistant to the General Inspector of the Tenth Naval District, and his headquarters are in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A Puerto Rican paper makes reference to the fact that he was first there during 1900 and 1901 when his father, Judge Odlin, was Attorney General and that he went to school in San Juan. Larry writes: "Have been travelling a: good deal lately. Will be off on another short trip next week. Then in October have a longer one coming up. No plans yet about getting back to Washington, but am going to try promoting that expedition for November." This last was for the benefit of the Washington classmates, advising that they had better get set. Coincidentally, the August issue of Naval Supply News, which is published by the Seattle Supply Base, contains various pictures of Capt. Larry and reference is made to the $12,000,000 base which he built, and to the award of the memorial plaque by the bank presidents, vice presidents of railroads, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and other acknowledged leaders in Seattle. Also, there is an attractive picture of him with two WAVE officers.
Leo Caproni is still busy designing war plant construction, principally in Connecticut. He writes that Leo Jr. is a first lieutenant at Ft. McClellan, Anniston, Ala.,, in charge of some instruction and training work, particularly with negro troops. He has made application for the Air Corps. Jack is in the Air Corps and has been given a deferment so that he can finish his architectural and engineering course at Yale, where he is now a senior.
I am indebted to Mickie Holmes, via Hap Hinman, for a picture of Lt. John Coggins Jr., who has just got his wings. The picture looks like senior Jack himself in his palmier days.
The following letter is from Charles Forbes, who is doing a different type of service from most of us, which should be of interest:
"You ask what the war has done to me. As a member of a religious community it is not the custom to think and speak over-much in terms of "I" and "Me," but "We" and "Us." We have all registered duly. One of us, because of his qualifications, responded to an urgent call to specialized' work in the Service. Together with the rest of the family, I am awaiting developments after registering. I'm past fifty-five and, though in fairly healthy condition, am not just the physical specimen Uncle Sam needs in the Service. Some of our lay brothers are in different parts of the Service. As opportunity offers, and according to our ability, we are in personal touch with a goodly number of men in the Service. A much larger number have a place in our daily intercessions. As I am not a married man, I have no sons after the flesh in the Service, but I have nephews and other kin, and spiritual sons serving their country in variouscapacities.
"As a priest of the Church, opportunities come my way through correspondence to give spiritual help to men in the Service. Few things in life give greater satisfaction and happiness than these relationships."
The Boston Herald recently carried a picture of a very attractive young debutante titled "Miss Alice Clute, debutantedaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Howard M. Clute of Chestnut Hill, who has been taking a Nurse's Aide course at the Children's Hospital."
The following are probably forwarding addresses but have just been sent in: CoL Patrick J. Hurley, c/o Walter Reed, 50 Hinckley Rd., Milton, Mass., Comdr. Floyd G. Tindall, 142 Lawn Place, Rockford, Ill.
Al Hormel and the secretary finally had" that dinner, and it was learned that Al is assistant to the Regional Engineer for the Michigan District, Defense Plant Corp., which is a part of R.F.C. The Hormel family have just moved to 3375 South Stafford St., Arlington, Va. Al Jr. is about to finish his basic training at Camp Fenner, Texas, where he has just won his sharp shooter medal. He was in the class of '44 at Dartmouth and left to join OSS, which he hopes to do after his basic training is completed. Younger son is in the local high school, and Ruth has just finished a summer as counselor at a camp in Pittsfield, Mass., which position she has held for a number of years.
Mr. and Mrs. George Maurice Morris announce the engagement of their daughter Mirian Patricia Morris to Kenneth Todd Young Jr. Miss Morris was a graduate of Miss Hall's School and of Vassar College, of the class of 1941. She made her debut in Washington and Baltimore during the fall of 1938 and was presented at the Bachelors Cotillion in December of that year. She is a member of the Washington Junior League. Private Young, who is with the Army Air Forces, is a graduate of Middlesex School and of Harvard University of the class of 1939, where he was a member of the D. U. club. He attended Lingnan University in Canton, China, and the Sorbonne in Paris. He received his M.A. degree from Harvard in 1942. Private Young is now stationed at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. No date has been set for the wedding.
Secretary, Harvard Hall, Apt. 705 1650 Harvard St., N.W., Washington, D. C. Treasurer, 631 Wald.en Road, Winnetka, Ill.
