I dropped into Watkins Memorial Hospital the ether day and talked with
Mrs. Hub Ulrich, the receptionist. She had a picture of Hubert, captain of
eur feotball team in 1941, and two other aces - pals of his, on their PT boat.
These fighting Navy men leoked fit, stripped to the waist, and double-tough
they were, because on the shield ef that PT boat were evidences of thwarted
Jap hate. The indentations were plainly visible aces and eights, a full house.
One of these three boys evidently collected some money on that hand. At times
these beys gamble with their lives - and then at other times, - nuff sedé

One of our fine football and baseball players back in the early '30s,
Jewell Campbell, now a Seabee, wrote me that he had had a fine visit with Bert
Itega, whe played the outfield in '29, '30 and '31. Jewell writes, "Bert has
net changed materially, is agile and youthful as ever, has a nice home, latest,
in conveniences, a levely wife and a two-year old girl. Bert is teaching at
Farrington High and informs me he has had some excellent teams in the past
few; yearse « « I accompanied Bert on a tropical deep sea fishing trip which
will always be remembered, as well as a swim at the well-known beach on the
island of Oahu. I was informed by Bert that a former Jayhawk by the name of
Strong is in charge of naval housing here, also Cecil Smay (CB) (football end
at KeU. '29, '30) was stationed here a while but thought he had meved further
on oute «. ». - I told Bert I planned writing you, so he adds his regards with
minee A note from you would be equal to some of my mother's famous fried
chicken or cookies. I am QT relative te ceoking when the wife is present as
the wife is also a culinary artist of first order. When this fracas is over
Kansas is on our itinerary for a visit."

Our congratulations and best wishes to Eugene "Gene" Billups and his new
bride, the former Muriel Allisen Black. They were married October 14th at
Beverly Hills, California.

Ramie Beims, a fine varsity baseball player in 1940, writes that he is
at present a recruit physical fitmess instructer at the U. S. Naval Training
Center, Farragut, Idaho. Geod luck to you, Ramie. Hepe you make the Special-
ist "A" school in Bainbridge.

Maje E. Be. DeGroot, Physical Training Officer for the Feurth Air Ferce,
180 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, says, “Thanks very much for keeping
me on the mailing list for Rebounds. You really out-did yourself in the last
few issuese You have a wonderful idea in this letter, and I am sure that
the men overseas appreciate it greatly. It has been very interesting to me
to follew all these beys through their military careers since leaving the
University. The Rebounds, too, is the only contact I now have with the Uni-
versitye « « « Very few K.U. men seem to find their way into this Air Force.
You may be interested in two former pliysical ed majors that we obtained for
this Air Force, however, beth of whom have performed wery well. Bill Arnold
was &@ sergeant in physical training at one of our bases near Fresno. He did
such an outstanding jeb that we sent him to OCS and he now is a second
lieutenant somewhere in the Middle West. Ist Lt. George Stapleton we ob-
tained by requesting his transfer from Floride. He is now base physical
training officer at Walla Walla Army Air Field, in the state of Washington.
He is doing a swell job up there keeping our bomber personnel in shape te
bemb Tekyo and Berlin.

"It was a great surprise and pleasure to see Chancellor Malott a few
weeks ago in the Officers' Mess at this headquarters. I didn't knew that he
wes connected with the air ferce in any way and he had forgotten that it was
the Fourth Air Ferce in which I served. We discussed K.U. and Lawrence, of
course, at some length.

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