Volume 8 , Issue 47

KMS: Ross

Calling all Kemper Military School (KMS) "Fellow Old Boys"... "I received this from Jim Ewing, and I know that I have heard stories from some of you about this man. I don't know exactly what years he was there, so I am sending this out on the 'Mass Mailing' list. He is sure that hearing from some of you would be a real boost to his moral." -- Ray Kendeigh, KMS 77-80

"In about 1944, there was a room called Room M at Kemper. This was were the secretaries were assigned to reproduce Mimeograph reports, tests, etc. for all of Kemper. I was a young Cadet at the time and this is where I met Carol Burk, the wife of Ross Burk who was away in the Army during World War II. I guess she felt sorry for me (a little kid a long way from Texas) and invited me to Sunday dinner several times. When Ross returned from the war, we all became good friends and have maintained that friendship even to this day. Carol passed away several years ago. Ross was in the National Guard in Boonville and at some point joined Kemper in the Commandant's Office. Many of the Cadets in later years remember him as "Rubber Soles" Burk or something like that. Well, I talked to Ross earlier this week. He has moved to Sugar Land, Texas near where his daughter lives. He is not in the best of health. I hope that any of you that remember Ross would send him an e-mail. I know he would appreciate it." -- submitted by Ray Kendeigh & Jim Ewing of KMS - Ross Burke's Email: rossburk@windstream.net
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