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lhonday's mail brought me a letter from Pfe. Vaughn W. Be "Chick"
Pontius, 4P0 4, New York, our former golf pro at the Lawrence Country Club.
we are thrilled to kmow that Chic: has proved to be one of wmerica's first
class fighting mon, jijounded a couple of times, Chicl rolates his innermost
thoughts as follows:

"I thought I would drop you a line while I am in the hospital. I
received two wour.ds while I was on the front line. They aren-+ wery bad, tho.
I got hit in the right leg and onee in the right arm. I received the Purple
Heart July 13. they tell mo that I will bo roady to go bacl: te she front in
about another week. , . . I sure would like to have a goif ciub in my hand:
instead of a gun,"

We can appreciate what the boys over there «= and over there - are
doing for us. Sure, every one of those boys would rather have a goif club in
their hands, or some othor fine recreational facility, than to be exchanging
pot shots with tho enemy who may have their number on one of those shells.
Chick, we are proud of you, | :

Our good friend and Marine, Bill Winey, has been spending a couple
of woeks here in Lowwruns:. and playin colf with his many old friends at the
Lawrence Country Cluh. Pt!1 4s the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Green
on the old Valivormia Road. ‘cs ba epoeric, idarry Green lives in Major Art
Anderson's former homo, and bevory tant it was Jim Barrows! domicile. Jin was
one of the carly Konzas Betas und an insurance man, When I saw B11. last week
he was having a fiare-up of maleria, but ho acknowledged it was his own fault
because he could have controilod it had he taken his stipend of quinine, Bill
is looking fine and has had a great oxporience with the Japs, a la Australia
and New Guinva way, .

In our last lettor wo told you of the arrival of Lt. (jg) Howard
Engleman's sone "Rope" expressed a splendid paternal and patriotic sentiment
when he wrote regarding his young son =- "I didn't hear about it util about
20 days later, but anyway you havo a young Jayhawk for vour 1962 teame . ee
Hate to be so far away but if so being will make a better world for him I won't
complain."

This woek I received cnother letter from Howard, in which he says,
"Since I last weota I ran inte Knute Eresie who is exe2, of a PT boar, We had
& long chat, -ilso saw a voun? ifaines fellow who 1s Bob Haines younger Lrother
who lives slosn te you. I didn't remember: hin Sus I know Bob and we nashed
over o1lé Lawrenco stemios. Ths svre fit1 co meot an ol? Juyhowkor out here in
the: Pacilic .. Was atin te") Poke wash weod st] met bask, ani it won't be to
talk of sinding 25 torus. or invadin; Aormendy, but it -i1i be that overtime
game Witn io & i, ond the cathe arainst ReStete ut Uanhnattan when we were 12
points behind and Ned & ringtos to os, and we licked tha: 4 points -- those
events. w2..1 havnt our momesies,

"Nes, T53 not in gomh §00d shape heing on a smeil ship with little
Shore time uvailee, ih is very easy To ovoreat ond under-exervise,e However,
I play wall whenever: T ven and I still havo that old love of the game that
time and wranklos can't erase, It will be goud to get back, so soo if you all
at home can't hurry the day. If you ever 50 throug Salina look up my son and

teach him to rebound whiie he's young."

Howard Dodge Enzleman will certainly have a soft touch and lay-up
if he is like his daddy. :