BALDWIN, KANSAS
May 6, 1944

DISTRICT NO. 123,
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
HOMER KINGSLEY EBRIGHT

Dre Forrest Allen
President, Rotary Club
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear President Phog:

I wish to thank you for all that you did in making
our District Conference at Topeka so great a success.

You handled the Monday evening program in a fine way.
I confess I was a little dubious whether - could rise higher
after hearing Jeff Williams at the four o'clock hour, but
you were wise in having the Kansas City Troubadours. Their
singing broke the ice and Tom Collins made a fine speech.
Corlett Cotton captured everybody with the way he led the
singing. And you proved an expert toastmaster for the
occasion.

So I feel pretty good about the entire conference.
The atmosphere of friendliness was apparant from the first
to the last. In these hard days people need to be cheered
up and therefore, I think it was a good thing to have both
Jeff Williams and Tom Collins. On the whole I think the
plan turned out pretty well of having seven different clubs
take some responsibility as host clubs, Those! seven host
clubs brought 221 Rotarians and Anns, hence I thank you and
the Lawrence men for getting behind and pushing the conference
to such a successful conclusion.

Sincerely,

Nomen ks OBrcgl~

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