Residence 1033 Mulvane Church Phone 6780

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Garner Dealey Noland, Minister
6th and Lindenfood Avenues %

Gopeka, Kansas
May 8, 1941.

Dr. Forrest C. Allen,
Lawrence, Kansas.

Dear Dr. Allen:

This letter of apology is sent to you with the explanation
as why you did not receive an earlier answer. When I
received your first letter I turned it over to the Secretary
of our organization to write you. He, being a very busy man,
forgot to do so. Which, of course, I should not have done.
The President of our organization was making arrangements to
have Tom Collins, of Kansas City, make this speech while I
was making arrangements to have you.

We debated for some time as to which one of us should have
our way and finally I gave in for him to have Mr. Collins.

I should have written you or checked with our Secretary, but
at this time my father-in-law was at-the point of death in
Iowa and I rushed away and in the confusion the matter was
overlooked and it was not called to my attention again until
I received your letter right in the midst of our ticket sales
to put over the Collins' lecture.

This isn't a very businesslike way for me to do, but if you
remember my makeup and know me, I am not very businesslike

anyway.

I have talked with the President of our organization and he
suggested that I try to secure your services and express to
you our sincere desire of having you to open our season of
Laymen's League dinners the last week of September or the
first in October and we will notify you definitely of this
date.

I assure you that our fellows are real anxious to have you
and though you may not think it I shall be more than glad to
present you to them.

Yours very sincerely,

HD wah

GDN:T. G. D. NOLAN MINISTER.