1921
First off, news from (and about) men in the service. On June 10, Connie Keyes (Ist Lt., TC) took a resolute step and was married to Irene Noblette Lowe (2nd Lt., WAC), of Detroit and Washington, D. C., at the Presidio of San Francisco. Mrs. Lieut. Keyes is at present Asst. PX Officer at the Presidio, which Connie describes as a post not far from his own, the Port of Embarkation, Fort Mason. The happy couple was temporarily residing at 2775 Vallejo St. (S. F.) when the groom composed an airmail masterpiece to this department on June 28 reading, in part: "I don't remember whether I told you I was promoted to Ist Lt. on March 22. I am still at Fort Mason doing a different job now in the Vessel Procurement and Control Section of the Water Division. As to how long I shall be here, I have no way of knowing, as this is, as you know, an uncertain way of life and there is no way of telling what may come next. At the recent alumni dinner in San Francisco, I saw only one of the '21ers—Al Dunn, who was still smoking his Sherlock Holmes pipe. He is to be transferred to Chicago, or already has been."
It is reported by way of Hanover that Wade Werden is now a 2nd Lieut.: no details, but we assume he is over in London and has been transferred from civilian to military status. .... Bob Kendall (Lt., jg) is said to be holding forth at Room 256 Federal Office Bldg., 12th Naval Dist., San Francisco.
Ed Luedke (Major, AUS) wrote May 17 by V-Mail that he was sending "just a note to tell you that I have changed my APO—the above address (available from Hanover orfrom your reporter, upon individual application) represents Peninsula Base Section, and as I am able to tell you that lam in Italy, you can draw your own conclusions. Left AFHQ about two months ago—first on temporary duty and now assigned here. Very glad to get a little closer to what is going on—ten months in Africa was enough. Have an interesting and not too useless job hereat any rate, it keeps me busy. Close enough so that our elegant air raid shelter—cut into the rock of the hillside—is more than a superfluity. Very useful at times, but I must say it seemed a little incongruous to be sharing it with Marlene Dietrich the other night. I hasten to add, somewhat regretfully, that I was also sharing it with a great many others. Also we are far enough back to be quite comfortable—in fact, more so than in Africa. And I am not one to seek unnecessary hardships. Our spring push just started the other day, and so far looks good—l'd like to get home for '21's 25th at any rate." .... This issue carries the picture of the Great Mallary intended for unveiling in the May number; for the next issue, slated for October, we have on ice a photo of one of our w.k. Army majors. Please consider this a personal invitation to you, and you, to send this column at once your photographic (or other) likeness, civilian or military makes no difference. We plan to run one '21 mug each month, come hell or high water.
Following through on meetings coming up at the time copy was filed for the June column, the '21 cocktail party (and ensuing Washington alumni dinner) May 12 were all that were predicted. Our hosts, Major Bill Marcy and Nels Smith, left no stone unturned. The following additional Indians strayed off the reservation and into Washington's new Hotel Statler for the preliminary bout: El (Ambassador) Briggs, Warren (Colonel) Ege, R.ock (CAB Attorney) Grundman, Howie {War Dept.) Heath, Mac (WPB) Johnson, Ed .(Bank Examining) Kelly, Frank (WPB) Livermore, Ray (Navy Lieutenant) Murray, Art (War Dept.) Ross, Charley (WPB) Stickney, and John (Asst. Secy, of Treasury) Sullivan, with Ed (Major) Stocker '23 as special participant. Johnny Sullivan confided to those present that he and Priscilla would shortly have some news for the you-know-what department, and on June 20 made good on this forecast by announcing the arrival of a baby girl, Deborah, in their household. John and Priscilla now have two girls and a boy
The class dinner in Manhattan, originally scheduled for May 23, came off June 1 so as to avoid conflict with a C & G dinner at the Dartmouth Club. Bill Codding having amply covered the event in his spirited newsletter, The'21 Smoker, reference is made to that sheet, space limitations for this column being what .they are.
Bill has also done a bang-up job covering tlie June 9-10 meetings in Hanover. The informal '21 Exec. Comm. meetings in Bill Embree's room at the Inn were enlivened, it might be added, by occasional snatches of ■Gilbert & Sullivan operettas rendered by Geo. Frost in a vein reminiscent of undergraduate days. Bill Embree was winding up a notable career on the Alumni Council culminating in his presidency of that body, and was in fine fettle. Bill Embree 111 (Pvt., Inf.) is back at Fort Benning, Ga., whence he started. For a while young Bill was in ASTP at Stanford University studying engineering, but upon liquidation of that whole program was detailed to Camp Roberts, Calif., and thence back to Benning Vance Clark postcards from Cincinnati that he's there as Trust Officer of the Central Trust Co. and will move his family from Vermont in due season.... Lewis (Red) Kerlin writes from 16704 Clifton Blvd., Lakewood 7, Ohio, "You have no idea how swell it is to get off the Merry-Go-Round and get into a job-you can sink your teeth into. Right now I'm mainly concerned with scheduling production of military dry batteries." Red recently bumped into Joe Schultz and Homer Cleary simultaneously on Euclid Ave., Cleveland ADVANCE WARNING: The '21 Indians in Boston are staging a dinner October 13, the night before the Notre Dame game. This will be the only Dartmouth game for Boston this year. Long-range planners willsave the date and stand by for further announcements.
SPRINGFIELD ATTORNEY R. DeWitt Mallary, '21 recently elected a director of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
THE CLASS OF 1920 MEETS AT A CLASS DINNER held at the Dartmouth Club in New York on June 20. Left to right, front row: Ledyard H. Birch, Thomas J. Glines, Paul M. Canada, Francis P. Gross, and Theodore S. Cart. Second row: Lloyd E. Smith, Paul G. Richter, Richard M. Pearson, Frederick W. Stern, and George A. Haas. Top row: Norman B. Richardson, Donald Mac Donald, Thomas B. Davidson, Richard W. Charlock, and Roy L. Rubel.
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