December 18, 1941.

Mr. Howard Engleman,.
Phillips Petrolew: Co.,
Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Dear Howards ; '

Mrs. Clifton Blair Dodge to be present at the marriage of their
daughter, Mary Elisabeth, to my good old partner, Mr. Howard
George Engleman, on Sunday, December 21, at three o'clock at
‘the First Christian Chureh in Salina. |

 

lothing would delight me more, but Eleanor is coming
home on the 2th and Bob on the 25rd, and Mrs. Allen is in much
of a dither; and I have my basketball team here, so I am afraid
that I will have to stay on the job. However, I do want to wish
you and Mary Beth all the joys and happiness of married life.

I think it is a wonderful thing when two people can get
well enough acquainted with each other as you and Mary Beth have,
and want to wake a lifetime contract out of it. I know that you -
both will be very happy. We are wishing for you and yours every
happiness that you can get out of this old wicked world. But
after all, life is what you make it, and there is a heaven on
earth if a fellew can find it. Se here's one hundred per cent
- best wishes for you and Mary Beth.

I enjoyed your very good letter written after your re-
turn from New York. It was a fine letter, Howard. I took it
home and let Mrs. Allen read it, and she was greatly pleased.

IT am glad that you had a fine trip east and I am also happy that

you like the boys that you played with.

We had quite a headache last night with Uenver, and we
are leaving this morning for Newton to dedicate Bothel's new
gymnasium. We didn't do very woll last night, but I have not
worked the boys in any single group long enough to determine
just who are the sure-fire boys and who are the hit end miss boys.
I em sure, however, that we will have a fine team but'I am not at
all sure that we will get enough experience in time to correct
some of our very definite faults. With ome or two exceptions,
we have a great squad, and I am hoping that the exceptions will