Class of 1926
"It never rains but it pours." Along with the letter which appears below stating that Richie Smith has been laid up and could not send us a message from California this month, Yours Truly has been presented with a job by the State which has kept him busy from morning to night. Consequently the notes this month will be short in hopes that they will reach Hanover in time for the inserting.
1890 Yosemite RoadBerkeley, CaliforniaDecember 27, 1933.
Dear Brant:Hate to do it, boy, but it looks as thoughI were going to have to fall down on youon the alumni letter proposition. It seemsthe grand pop of the Flu bugs came my wayand gave a helluva kick with the result thatI ant-now going on my third week in bed.Have been flat on my back most of the timebut am now picking up in good shape, andif this temperature will only settle down,I'll be up and around before long.
Jeest boy—l've been doing it righttrained nurse n'everything—sponge baths,etc., etc.
I mention these details merely becauseI hate like hell to welch on you in thisletter matter, and I do want you to knowthat it's just nigh unto impossible.
I still hope to leave for the Islands thelast of January.
Happy New Year,
RICHIE.
Concord, New HampshireDecember 20,1933.
Dear Brant:You have your troubles getting any newsout of me—buried in snow up here in thewoods. I see very few of the boys and beinga poor correspondent myself I hear fromeven fewer. That just about brings myletter down to an epistle of my own activities. If you can bear that, here goes.
Looking through my new hockey rulebook the other day, I came upon a pictureof those social outcasts, hockey referees, andstanding there in the back row was noneother than the mighty atom, Johnny Manser. I recently heard that he was to be transferred to Indiana shortly, but I haven't yetfound out whether or not he is being runout of town as the result of a bad decision.
While on the subject of hockey, up tolast Monday night I thought I could stillplay the game. But after taking my -worldrenowned Concord Hockey Club up toplay with the Dartmouth boys, they playedwith us instead, and I lost ten pounds, alot of breath, and what reputation I hadin the bargain.
On the other hand they trimmed us3-1, which isn't bad considering that thismornings paper shows that they trimmedSt. Michael's College 22-1 last night. So itmight have been worse. They'll never knowhow close the Concord boys came to takingthem, however. On the morning of thegame I received a telegram from DonaldSands, amateur hockey commissioner, asking me to referee. Only my outstandinghonesty kept me from accepting and whatchance would the Dartmouths have hadplaying three men against six, what withmy taking a shot at the goalie and thenthumbing him off the ice for two minutesif he stopped the puck.
The new coach looks like a fine fellow,and his team shows good coaching. I thinkthey should do well this year with anybreak at all on ice. They are playing againstMcGill, Boston Olympics, Baltimore Orioles and the Atlantic City Sea Gulls during Christmas vacation, and with the experience of having played against thosestrong teams they should make a goodshowing in the hockey league.
I had a nice letter from Clyde C. Halla few days ago, and Hally seems to be doingwell for himself. He is still in Washingtonand has been doing quite a bit of writingon the side. He has attempted a novel butwas not at all satisfied and is going to makeanother try shortly.
Let me hear from you when you havetime.
Best regards,
DOUG.
The following letter was received from the Alumni Records Office and if anyone has seen or heard of John Ouzounian, we hope you will let us know immediately.
December 15, 1933.
Dear Mr. Wallace:For some time we have been trying tolocate a "lost" 1926 graduate—John Ouzounian, but with no success. Even his family does not seem to know his whereabouts.However, we happened on a clue whichhas not brought any results by correspondence, but I am sending it to you believing you might make some use of it. A1929 man in New York wrote me that hehad seen Ouzounian selling candies andmagazines on a New York Central trainout of Weehawken, N. J. The agent atWeehawken could give us no information.With this in mind, I thought you might atsome time run across him, so am sendingyou the information for what it is worth.
Sincerely yours,
CHARLOTTE E. FORD.
As in past years Mr. and Mrs. Waggener, Leslie's father and mother, sent me a large box of Texas pecans. I feel that this is a sign of their devotion to the entire class and only wish that all of our members might enjoy them.
New addresses have been received as follows:
Christopher T. Bailey—business—M.l.T., Cambridge, Mass.; residence—7o4 Summer St., So. Weymouth, Mass.
Raymond A. Sterling—business—Columbia High School, So. Orange, N. J.; residence—288 Park Ave., East Orange, N. J.
Joseph W. Eaton—residence—Apt. 1 A, 257 E. 20th St., N. Y. C.
Reginald W. Hanson—business—59 Park St., Bangor, Me.; residence—52 West St., Bangor, Me.
Frederic K. Johnston—business—Montgomery Ward & Cos., Manchester, Conn.; residence—14 Jackson St., Manchester, Conn.
James D. Ripley—39 Lincoln Park, Newark, N. J.
Secretary, 3 No. Arlington Ave. East Orange, N. J.
