Bill Hogben

We were very happy and honored to have iirs, lalfoty”
her two daughters, and son, Bob, down at the station to
— off, We left Lawrence at 1:00 and were accompanied

to Chicago by Dean Lawson of the College, :

In Kansas City, the Journal took pictures of the team,
and the Saturday Evening Post agent passed out the current
ieaue which contained an article about Dr, Allen, They
also wanted a picture of iirs, Allen and Bleanor, but they
went to the other end of the train and hid,

On the train, | some of the boys played bridge, others
‘pead, and the remainder played with Connie and Teeny two
little kids who were going by themselves to Chieago. for
Christmas. The little boy was a cute Little red head who
provided a lot of fun for the boys.

We arrived in Chicago about 9:50 and went iamedlately
to the Allerton Hotel, Arter unpacking we went for a
twenty minute walk, The weather was as warn in Chicago
as it was when we left Lawrence, Most of us were pretty
tired and ates we had an early train to catch, so we went

to bed early.

December 24, 1940
We got up at 8:00 in Chicago to catch a 9815 train
for Ann Arbor, We didn't count on the traffic being so
heavy and we had to vake a mad dash to eateh the train,
The train was the Mevéury N, ¥, Central line, dot Ges the
best train we have ridden, ‘The observation car had glass

roofl and walls so that we could see the marvelous scenery.