Office of Secretary

DEIRIRY. CHAMBEIS OF COMMERCE

PERRY SALES DAY ASSOCIATION < - NOBLE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION

MASONIC BUILDING TELEPHONE 684

 

PERRY, OKLAHOMA
May 1st,1942.

Dr.F.C.Allen
Kansas University
Lawrence 9 Kansas e

Dear Doctor:

Our brief stop in Lawrence was made most
effective and enlightening by your courteous attentions,
for which we all are certainly appreciative.Some of us
in Perry are attempting to interest governmental offic-
ials in this spot as a location for a defense industry.
We have visited a number of the fortunate places in an
attempt to find out how they did the job.Now we are
in the midst of briefs, Washington contacts and the like
with nothing definit¢yknown.What at one time was an asset
to us is now a liability in a big way;namely lands with
oil leases and oily pipe lines.It is hard to find any
acreage in all our trade area without leases or lines
and such tracts are not acceptable for defense plant
locations.

Everyone here that come in contact with
the boys on your basketball team are still commenting
on what a fine,genteel bunch of fellows they were and
we all are pleased with their successes thevlater part
of the season.Bill Reckert will jump to physical violence
if anyone even insinuates that they are not the finest
bunch that has ever hit Perry.

My office has been decidedly improved with
a new,fine autographed photograph for which I am most

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