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"RAINBOW REUNION DRAWS MANY MEN FROM OUR SECTION.
'Last
Man Club' Members Go To
Kansas City For 18th Annual Event. 100 Vets Present."
--"Buck privates have as much to say about things as Brass
Collars," and that is why you can't keep the World War
Veterans away from the Rainbow Division's Reunion. All
officers are from the ranks of enlisted men except one. There
were over a thousand men present, and every state in the Union
was represented. "Some record!" say the boys. The eighteenth
annual affair was held at Kansas City Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week with the Muelback Hotel for
headquarters--and Old Company E had the biggest representation
of any single unit present, with Council Bluffs ranking
second.
PROGRAM FEATURES
A Wild West Show with phony francs for money featuring gaming
tables, dancing, floor show, etc., was the Monday night
feature. Local men left following the banquet Tuesday evening
at which Col. Rubey D. Garrett presided as toastmaster and the
chaplain, the Rev. James A. Murray of New York, was the main
speaker.
CHAMPAGNE HOUR
Due to the intense heat and lack of sleep, several Shenandoah
boys did not stay for the Champagne Hour, the most famous
program held at Memorial Tower at 11:15 p.m. (that is the hour
in 1918 when the Germans made their last desperate try to
reach Paris.) Memorial Tower is a beautiful memorial erected
at the a cost of
$2,000,000, and recognized as one of the most beautiful war
memorials of the world.
Those attending from this vicinity were:
| Bid Beck |
of Westboro |
| Stewart Blank |
of Shenandoah |
| Warren Booth |
of Shenandoah |
| Everett Briggs |
of Shenandoah |
| "Chuck" Burdick |
of Shenandoah |
| Orville Butler |
of Council Bluffs |
| Gerald Dalrymple |
of Council Bluffs |
| H. A. Davis |
of Shenandoah |
| Cecil Dodd |
of Pona City, Oklahoma |
| Captain C. H. Doolittle |
of Des Moines |
| Bill Harper |
of New Market |
| Lawrence Livingston |
of Riverton |
| Arthur Martin |
of Shenandoah |
| Bill McKean |
of Shenandoah |
| Vernon Scott |
of Illinois |
| Leslie Spaht |
of Shenandoah |
| Bob Speakman |
of Northboro |
| Harry Staples |
of Shenandoah |
| Raymond Young |
of Shenandoah |
RAINBOW DIVISION
A permanent organization and Last Man's Club was organized
when 26 members of old Company "E" met at the Armory Sunday
afternoon. An annual meeting each year was arranged for, the
first to be held September 27 of this year.
Officers elected are:
| Everett (Dutch) Briggs |
was chosen chairman |
| Chas. Burdick |
sec'y treas. |
| Leslie Spaht |
of Shenandoah, member of executive
committee |
| Warren Booth |
of Shenandoah, member of executive
committee |
| W. I. "Bid" Beck |
of Westboro, member of executive
committee |
THOSE PRESENT
| Arthur Anderson |
of Coin |
| E. R. Baggs |
of Blanchard |
| W. L. "Bid" Beck |
of Westboro |
| Warren Booth |
of Shenandoah |
| Everett I. Briggs |
of Shenandoah |
| Charles Burdick |
of Shenandoah |
| Orville Butler |
of Council Bluffs |
| Ralph Chase |
of Glenwood |
| Lewis G. Dalrymple |
of Council Bluffs |
| J. J. Davis |
of Farragut |
| Calvin Ferrell |
of Shenandoah |
| Milo Griffin |
of Shenandoah |
| Bill Harper |
of New Market |
| George M. Lillie |
of Essex |
| Lawrence E. Livingston |
of Riverton |
| Arthur Martin |
of Shenandoah |
| Vernie McCunn |
of Shenandoah |
| Bill McKean |
of Shenandoah |
| William Patience |
of Imogene |
| Ray Proctor |
of St. Joseph |
| Vernon Scott |
of Alexis, Illinois |
| Leslie Spaht |
of Shenandoah |
| Bob Speakman |
of Northboro |
| Harry Staples |
of Shenandoah |
| Warren Van Duzor |
of Coin |
| Clarence Williby |
of Chariton |
| Raymond Young |
of Shenandoah |
[transcribed by WF for Fremont County IAGenWeb
http://iagenweb.org/fremont/ ]
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