before the Draft Board and enlisted. They did not want te wait te be drafted.

Mrs. Margaret Masoner, Paul's better half, writes from Garden City,
Kansas, te give us Paul's new address, which is: Lt. (jg) Paul O. Masoner,
USNR, 7th Fleet, Fleet Tr. Command (Sonar), San Franciscee Mrs. Masener says;
"We had three weeks in San Francisco before Paul left. Saw Helen and Jack
Richardsone We tried te call Bill Replegle and Ed Hall in Oakland but they
were out when we called. We alse ran inte Ed Lindquist. He went out abeut
the same time Paul did."

From F/O Vance L. Hall, APO 433, New York: "Fer some time I have been
traveling but am new about ready te settle down & while at a permanent base.
I have been in South America, Africa, and am now in India... . I am always
on the leokeut fer a Jayhawker and I may see somebody yet as the boys are
certainly scattered all ever the face ef the glebe."

Vance, I passed through Downs the other day on my way te speak at Stockton.
The tie red went out on my Buick and I limped on in to Osberne at ten miles an
hour and had them wire the thing up so that I could make myappointment on time.
But the thing that really saved me was the mountain time that Stockton gees
by, else I would have been late.

I received a letter from my nephew, Ens. Frank S. Allen, Comd't Navy 128,
San Francisce, who used to officiate a let ef intramural games here. "I am at
present attached te the Hawaiian Sea Frentier. . . I get into Honolulu often
but have not succeeded yet in reaching Bert Itoga. I saw Bill Lenhart and
alse Fred Harris, from Ottawa. They would like to receive your Rebounds if
you have any extra copies. I come acress many fellows I knew out here.
Athletic events are good places te see them. I am beginning to officiate ball
games here next week so I should be able te see others. The basketball here
is tepse The Navy have the best ef the island. Some of them you will remem-
ber - Jim Pellerd and Dana from Stanford, Bill Cless from Rice, and others.
Pollard is truly great. Give my congratulations to Mit on him commission. He
will thoreughly like Harvard, and if he is in Cemmunicatiens he will like that
too. « « « Independence is really in the news with Truman's rise to the presi-
dencye It only seems like yesterday when we used te tease his daughter, Mary
Margaret."

An interesting letter has come from Lt. (jg) Den Phelps, USS Copahee,
San Francisee, who says: "I have been en this same ship for 24 years now dur-
ing which time I've been just about everything there is te see in the Pacific.
Frankly, I'm just a bit tired of so much water and so little land, and believe
I'll never be dissatisfied with Kansas again. My ship is an escort carrier
(baby flat top) and when we have the space available the hangar deck is turned
inte a fleating gymnasium. Its not at all unusual te find a boxing match,
2 velley ball games, 2 badminton games, a basketball game and men working on
the trampoline and punching bags all going at once. Its a wonderful boon for
beth the mental and physical welfare ef the men and helps immeasurably te
combat the overwhelming boredom caused by weeks and weeks at sea."

A short letter from Sgt. Curtice Jenkins (50 Se. 5th Bast, Salt Lake City,
Utah), who played foetball fer Gwinn Henry, says: "Had the pleasure of talking
with Lt. Jack Richardsen, who is now stationed at the Station Hospital here at
Kearnse Gave me a cepy of Jayhawk Rebeunds which I read very thoroughly.

Would appreciate it very much if I could get on your mailing list. Its geed
to learn where the gang is and what they are dbing. Had seen in the Yank about
Dean Nesmith being in Italy. Don't think they could have picked a better man."

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