HARRY LLOYD, Director e CLYDE SUCHSLAND, Clerk JOHN DANNENBERG, Treasurer

GA ITLOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

J. E. COLE, Superintendent
WM. BROWN, Grade Principal

GAYLORD, - KANSAS
Dr, F,C.Allen, March 23, 1941
Dept. of Physical Education, ————
University of Kansas, s 2. ge -F
Lawrence, Kansas. Orr | foe
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Dear Dr, All en, & AA et = (zeae 4 /

We are planning our annual Little Six Basketball
League Banquet to be held here at Gaylord on or about April 15,
It is the custom for the league winners to act as the host school
and since Gaylord won the league championship it falls our lot to
arrange for all particulars incidental to the event,

Last year we had no out-of county speakers but this year it
has been suggested to me by several school men and basketball fans
that we endeavor to get a speaker who has had a wide experience
as a coach of the sport,and all of them have suggested you as the
first choice,

I might explain that our league is made up of the following
schools; Athol, Kirwin, Kensington, Cedar, Harlan, and Gaylord,
These schools are all in Smith county except Kirwin which is in
Phitlips county, Gaylord is at the south edge of Smith county
twelve miles south-west of Smith Center,

Now, Dr, Allen, if you find it possible to be with us at this
time will you please advise me of the fact and also please state
just what financial remuneration you would have to have for the
trip? It will be necessary for us to meet such financial obligation
by popular subscription and I would have to do a bit of "feeling
out" of our commercial club and other supporters in order to know
exactly what we could do from that angle,

Gaylord is located on the Central Branch division of the
Missouri Pacifie and rail facilities are poor as far as service
direct from Lawrence is concerned, If wou can come and choose to
travel by rail your best route would be via the Rock Island to
Smith Center, Some of us would meet you there, If you should choose
to drive I might say that it is about 200 miles from here to Topeka
which would be too about 240 miles from Lawrence, The route would
be U.S.24 until you get seven mibes west of Downs then K.9 on over