1921*
Major Edward A. Luedke, Infantry, reports as of January 26 that he is leaving Headquarters Second Service Command, SOS, Governors Island, N. Y., "within the next 10 days to go to Fort Leavenworth to attend the Command and General Staff School. What this will lead to, of course, remains to be seen but I am very delighted at the assignment." The best of luck, Ed! Only recently we learned that it's now Colonel Warren S. Ege, "Red" having been moved up a notch from the rank of lt.col. on special duty in Under Secretary of War Patterson's office At the Dartmouth Smoker in Washington on January 23 this observer chatted with Jack Hubbell, who disclosed he'd been commissioned major in the Special Service Div., AUS, and expected to be in uniform within a few days. This unfortunately means farewell to WPB for Jack A postal from the Grinnell College campus locates Connie Keyes as now titled Candidate C. S. Keyes, B Cos., OCS No. 2, AAS, Grinnell, lowa. The message says: "My address is as shown. I'm so busy there's no time to write details. Nothing but drill and study all day long and no place to go anyway. Am getting along very well." The card is a sequel to an extemporaneous '21 reunion held in these parts January 17, as forecast in this column two months ago. Those in attendance were Mac Johnson, Connie Keyes, and this reporter. It being Sunday, the gang met at the scribe's home in Rockville, Md., where dinner, followed by an old-fashioned bull session, was the principal business. Connie was in rare form and highly elated over his impending departure for Officer Candidate School.
Howie Heath is the newest recruit to the full-time war workers in Washington. February i he joined OPA as placement officer in the Placement Standards Unit of Personnel Operating Branch. Temporarily residing in Chevy Chase, Md., Howie contemplates getting his family down here from Trenton pronto. Has resigned his position with New Jersey Selective Service Headquarters Bob Wilson, through Washington in mid-January, dropped by Service Equipment Div., WPB, quarters to report on El Fisher's good health out in Chicago. Bob had recently been in the Windy City and transacted some business with Major Fisher. Among other things, we learned from Bob that his company, Block Drug Co., has been awarded the Army-Navy "E" for pioneering in foundation work on the toilet kit ration for overseas At the January 23 smoker at the Hotel Willard, Washington, previously alluded to, we spotted, in addition to Jack Hubbell, the following: Rock Grundman, Mac Johnson, Ed (Sodus) Kelly, Frank Livermore, Nels Smith, Capt. Rog Wilde.
• ...Seen also in Washington recently: Dud Robinson—who is now stationed at the factory in Bantam, Conn., of Warren McArthur Corp., as director of purchases. On October 1, Dud moved his family to Bantam; reports stopping off in Cleveland on his way back from Dayton, in December, and seeing Joe Schultz, who has a new daughter. Dud reports Joe looking fine.
Tex Kouns is now listed as a "financial director" at 38 East 61st St., Manhattan. To our N. Y. scouts: Please report to G.H.Q. at once Warren Homer checks in with an address in Euclid, Ohio (Cleveland) but declines to reveal what he's up to Rock Grundman has moved his family to the Nation's Capital and is living at 710 Wolfe St., Alexandria, Va The Loivell Sun & Citizen-header for January 18 reveals that "The Rev. Dr. Hugh Penney, pastor of the Eliot Union Congregational Church for the past 15 years, announced his resignation yesterday to accept the pastorate of the Federated Church in Ayer At Ayer he will combine his new post with his ministerial duties at Fort Devens." .... Hugh Cruikshank writes from Englewood, N. J., with data as to job, addresses, etc., and the news that his hobby is Boy Scouting, he being District Scout Commissioner for Englewood. Hugh lives at 88 Church St., that city, and by day is Asst. to the Pres. of J. S. Coffin, Jr. Cos., 326 South Dean St., Englewood J. Gordon Ives now describes himself as service manager of Edison Storage Battery Div., West Orange, N. J.; resides at 33 Seneca PI., Upper Montclair. How about more details, Gord?
Jim Dodge crashes through with a grand letter from "somewhere in the Pacific" just as this blast goes to press. Dated January 3 and postmarked "U. S. Navy, Jan. 6," the letter reached its destination February g, which is quite a haul in anyone's language. Jim is definitely on the specific side relative to his whereabouts, describing his haunts as "a beautiful island, as they all are in this part of the world." Apparently his first letter [which "was returned to me by the censor so this is my second attempt"] had been somewhat more detailed. Jimmy is in excellent health and enjoying his experiences—except for the monotony, a description of which consumes a fair portion of the letter. In this connection, he opines that "the greatest relief from the monotony is receiving mail, so any time you have a spare minute drop me a line and let me know all the news of the gang." This is the tip-off to you; his address will be sent upon request. Need we say more?
Secretary, 201 W. Montgomery Ave., Rockville, Md.
