PHONE 1600

THE EMPORIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INC.
Not fox self---but for Emporia

EMPORIA, KANSAS
November 12, 1943

Mre Forrest C. Allen, Athletic Director
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Phog:

I knew you when I was secretary of Manhattan Chamber of Commerce,
I came here April 1, from Manhattan. We are trying to rebuild a
Chamber of Commerce here.

One of the things we are doing is to organize monthly Chamber of
Commerce meetings similar to those of Manhattan, with the four service
clubs meeting with the Chamber of Commerce.

The November 30, meeting is the Football Dinner for the members
of the Emporia High School squad. You know we have no college teams
this year.

In looking around for a speaker, our committee unanimously
selected your name and requested President Jim Price to contact you.

" Jim just called me with the good news that you had agreed to
comes The dinner starts at 6:15 at the Broadview Hotel. We will
have around 500 or more people, both men and women. We can broad-
cast at least a part of your remarks, if you so désire over KT sw,
Mutual affiliate.

I cannot tell you how much that I personally appreciate the fact
that you have consented to come and to do this job for us and I hope
that you will get as big a bang out of doing it as we will have
doing it.

I wish you wuld send us a little advanced publicity and single
column mat, if you have one available in order that we can give
proper publicity to the event as this is the first community
recognition of our football team to be held here ina good many years
and we want to make it good.

With best personal regards, I am,

Yours very truly,
EMPORTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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