May 28, 1945.

Mr. Carl Hird, °
R.F.D. l,
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Mr, Hird:

I told you that I would write Mr. McBride, and I am enclosing —
@ carbon copy of the letter I have written him. I do not remember all the
details of his comment but thought he would like to know that you could
establish the evidence that there are black squirrels. I do not know
whether he will have any comment to make on this or not, but I thought it
was very interesting.

I want you to know how very much Mrs. Allen and I enjoyed our
visit in your home. We also appreciated your letting us have the exseption-
ally splendid produce that we were able to pweehase. I am passing on the
information to you that I did not get to play golf, after all. We got home
too late, so I called off the - mateh, which was an important adjunot in

my young life.

It is a wonder that Mrs. Wird ever got her work done, the way
I bothered her. I'11 bet she thought I valued golf pretty highly in my
- aotivities for the day. Well, that is the truth, but that was one day that
I had to call it off. :
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Bobby and Mit were at our home for dinner last evening and we
enjoyed the strawberries, chicken and everything to an wusual degree. It
made a perfect meal for the large family we had assembled at that time.
Please tell Mrs. Hird that in the excitement of counting those eggs we got
three and a half dozen instead of four, but she said that she was not sure
‘whether she was counting them oconrectly. And I know the reason why she
made the mistake, because we were talking to her while she wes counting
them. On our next trip out we will not be in such a hurry end will have
more time for a visit, and I promise you I will not have a golf game on.
I didn't know that Mrs. Allen was going on a general shopping tour intending
to buy out the Hird household. It was a pleasure to ba in your lovely heme
and visit with you nice people.

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With all good wishes, I am

‘ : Sincerely yours,

®

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