March 20, .1946

Mr. George Le Williams
The Thornton & Minor Clinic
Kansas City 6, Missouri

Dear George:

Thanks very much for your fine wishes expressed regarding
our game against the Aggies. Coming from you I appreciate your good wishes
more than you know,

I will try to be with you at twleve o'clock Saturday noon, |
if I possibly can make it. I am leaving tonight for Garden City, Kansas, and
have a great number of speaking engagements, The game with the Oklahoma Aggies
threw all of these things out of gear. I speak at Fostoria, Ohio, Monday, and
with my work so far in arrears, I am having difficulty in getting the most
essential things done first. I was to leave for Ulysses, Kansas, last night,
but a double suicide in that town wes the cause of canceling that engagement.

Now to the ‘ite that I did not expect to méntion in the
letter but wanted to write you a personal letter in long hand. George, we
did not know of the passing of your wife at all until we read of the death
of your wife's brother in the paper a week ago, If Mrs, Allen'has not written
the letter that we discussed at home, you will get it in a very short while.
We were so fond of her, having grown so well acquainted with her through your
unique Christmas greeting letter, We often talked of your happy home and
your happy family and /it was a personal shock and loss to uss a decided shock
and loss when we had had the Christmas greeting card and her passing was so
near that date. There is nothing that we can do and words do not assuage the
grief that comes to you who are so dear and so close. Only time is a great
healer and benefactor in such situations. But I did want you to know per-
sonally that we certainly would have had some communication definitely to.
you earlier had we known of your great loss.

You give your fine fourteen year old son my thanks for™
his ovspen against the Aggies. ‘

I certainly will be at your luncheon if I possibly can,
Sincerely,

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. Director of Physical Education,
FCA:MF Varsity Basketball Coach.