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and placed fourth all round, third on horizontal bar in the National AAU gym
meet in Jersey City. John married Dorothy Gehret, a graduate in the School
of Fine Arts, ond thoy have one daughter, Betty. ) bee el

| Wo are “indebted ‘to Capt. Forrest I. Chapman for a communication from
Colorado Springs. Forrest says, "Any one of us would be something other ‘thon
a Jayhawk if we didnt read Rebounds’ from cover to covers" «He also tells us
that Marge Rader asked for oversoas duty and was’ shipped out to a POE, but when
the war ended in Eirope she was still in the U, S¢ and has now been put in a
replacement pool at Fts Dix, Ned. Forrest, if you will send me Miss Rader's
address we will be glad to send her a copy of the Rebounds»:

Capt. Chapman says, "Kansas still looks the best to.me after Africa,
Italy. and half the States of the forty-eight." He is waiting for orders out
of Washington, so we are hoping, Forrest, that you getvanvassigument in the
R.0.T.C, duty here at the University.” Capt. Chapman married ilice Hosford,
who was Chancellor lfalott's secretary before the nuptials,

Lt. Jd. tie "Bill" Greene, at Goodfellow Field, Texas, writes that he
had a letter from Frank Pattee, and Frank wished to receive the Rebounds. Frank
_.was. on the freshman football team in''43 and was to have started. at. quarterback

against washburn in the first game, but was transferred by the Navy just before
‘the game. He is now Seaman i/o, 3rd Div., c/o Fleet Postorfice,, San Francisco.
Bill Greene says, further, "Frank is out in California now and weighs right at
200 pounds, all of which is mounted on’a 611" frames Right now he's. on.the
track squad and has been placing 1-2 in the discus. He plans to return to.
college after the war, and at the present time he is expecting to come back to
K.U. He played basketball for mé in high school and’ I can tell you that he
‘won't hurt the team there a bit, although I think. he']1 go better in. foothall
thon in basxoetballe » « « « It is cortainly hard to realize that so.many of the
good boys are having to give their lives. in this desperate struggle, fen like
T, Pe, Freddie Eberhart, Gus Noes, and others from both KeU. and K-State that
we knew are going to be sorely misséd in the postwar world. Those are the men
that we need to lead the peace’and keep it.’ They are the ones that we shall
have to try to replace.”, tet in

gg. ae  /. oe a nice visit with your’dad, Rev. Greene, who led the s ing-
ing at the Stockton High School banquet, I also spoke at the Stockton Rotary
Club the next day. He told me all about your fino family. who wore living with
your parents while you are away. (ios in teh on |

-T also spoke at Russell, Kansas, ‘to “the Rotary Club at which 30. Junior

~ Rotarians wore entertained by the’ Rotary members, I visited with "Bub" Shaffer's

dad, who is president of the Home State Bank in Russell. I got Bub's address
from his dad and we are now sending him a Rebounds, I am giving 4t herewith
for any of you who remember his play with the varsity back in 1934-'25-'36 - =
M/Set. We R, Shaffer, H& S$ Co, 1655th ung. Cone Bre’, Ft. Lewis, Washe .. Mi.
Shaffer says that Bub is practically on his waye ‘Bubs we are wishing you lots
of luck and’ we are hoping you have an early returns |

Lt. (jz) MeL. Breidenthal, Jrs, USS °SC»1305, New York, writes asking
that a Rebounds be sent to his brother, Jack, S2/c at Storekeeper's School,
Sampson, New York. We are indeed glad to comply with your request, Maurice.
and lots of good luck to you, Mister Storekeeper Breidenthalt |

From Maj. Frank J, immeberg, Special Servico Officer at Camp Butner,
Ne Cy, we received a ciipping which shows.a photograph of a morale-boosting
program staged at Camp Butner. Shown in the picture is a special services
swing group entertaining overseas patients in award of the Us 8. arny General
Hospital oat Camp Butner, He cxplains that Special Service has a duai function