I believe Ruth has seen Mary once, before they took a house at Carmel.
Ruth introduced Mary to our very good friend, ‘Dell Budd, an evacuee
from Honolulu, by remote control,

We're still expecting Mrs. Allen to come out here to see Mary and
er during this year. Winter would be a wonderful time. I know that you
won't be able to make it, Doc, once that school and basketball get under
way, but we wish you could,

Dud has again been appointed one of the coaches for the EasternAll-
Star team that is scheduled to play the New Year's Day Shrine game here
in San Francisco. He has recently left for Rochester after spending the sum-
mer at Tahoe. I expect he will enter the service after New Years. Tunney
has offered him a Lt. Commander's commission in the navy physical education
program. I really believe that by next spring all men who ever held con
missions in the Army (lapsed or not as Dud's is) will be called in. Dud
would have gone in before if it weren't for the problem of supporting his
large familye-now all in high school at the same time!

I have often wondered how many men you will have back from you last
year's championship basketball team~-and I guess you have wondered the same
thing during this hectic war summer! Best of luck for this year, Dec. I
hope I have the opportunity of seeing at least one game,

It is possible that we may have a conference of Air Force physical
training directors sometime this fall or winter. If we do I'll certainly
stop off in Lawrence.

Please give my best regards to Mrs. Allen, all your family and to the
remaining members of the physiéal education department.

Yours sincerely,

EB. B, DeGROOT, JR.
Captain, Air Corps

Director of Physical Training
Fourth Air Force

EBD: wim

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