1927
There's nothing that gladdens a class secretary's heart like receiving a letter from a classmate who has remained silent for many long years, so you can imagine how delighted I was to hear from Brugy Bruguiere, who lives at 1110 Oakland Ave., Piedmont, Calif. Brugy has spent most of his time since leaving Hanover in the advertising business in San Francisco, first with Shell Oil Co., then with various agencies, including two years as a partner in his own business. For the past year he has been editor of Western Advertising, the West's one and only advertising business magazine, a position in which he hopes to continue for many years to come. Brugy's 19-year-old daughter is a sophomore at the University of California, and his 14-year-old son is a ski enthusiast who hopes to attend Dartmouth when the time comes.
Bob Bliss doesn't quite fit into the category of those we never hear from, but his communications are few and far between, so it was a real pleasure to receive a letter from him a short time ago. Bob, as you know, is editor and publisher of the Janesville (Wis.) Gazette, a paper which has been in existence for 110 years. We'll let him give the news about himself in his own words:
"I've been busy as publisher and editor of a daily that keeps its nose in the other guy's business, with the usual civic activities on the side, along with raising money for Milton College, nearby, of which I'm an imported trustee. The most exciting part of this game is writing editorials on hot stuff, getting the news and pictures that keep the American reader informed, and one of the alert outfits I scratch with is the Conference of Editorial Writers. Just now we're trying to beat a socialistic stateowned and tax-supported TV network in Wisconsin.
"Carolyn and I applauded our daughter Cynthia at her graduation from Smith in June, and visited Hanover. It was Carolyn's day — she celebrated her 25th reunion, also Barbara's entrance to Smith this fall. She leaves this week, having graduated at Milwaukee-Downer Seminary. Our son Crandell, now married, is working and attending Milton College here - a sophomore. Cynthia started work with Chas. A. Stevens store, Chicago, so I'm relaxing — no hands."
When Len Dunn moved from Baltimore to Portland, Maine, about a year ago, perhaps he didn't realize it, but he was gradually sneaking up on a visit to Hanover. Last spring he, his wife, Jane, and children, Leonard Jr. and Susan made their first visit to Hanover since Len left in 1925. At the annual lobster and clam feast of the Portland Alumni Club, Len and Ken Russell represented 1927, along with Tiny Marsans '26, whom we all remember fondly, even though he was only on temporary loan to our Class. Len is now in his 28th year in the flour business, and currently endeavoring to get the State of Maine bakers to use nothing but Gold Medal Flour. "EVENTUALLY - WHY NOT NOW" says Len.
Bed Williams writes from Camp Pendleton, Calif., where he is Staff Legal Officer for Force Troops, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. A lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve, Bed was recalled to active duty on June 24, 1052, for a term of three years. After hurriedly liquidating his farm chemical business, leasing his farm, and winding up his pending law cases, he reported for duty at Pendleton on July 17. In order to brush up on the new Uniform Code of Military Justice, he attended the Naval School of Justice at Newport, R. I., in September and October of the same year. On his return to Pendleton, Bed was made Legal Assistance Officer of his Division. When the Division left for Japan, he became Staff Legal Officer for Force Troops. Feeling that perhaps on his release from active duty next year he and Grace may want to remain in California rather than return to the Midwest, Bed is now boning up for an attempt at the California bar exams. He has seen Bob Herrmann occasionally, and reports that he has a charming wife, and a lovely home in Lajolla.
John Shaw, who is chairman of the Health Education Department of the W. C. Bryant High School in Garden City, N. Y., spent the summer as director of Camp Wa-Klo at Jeffrey, N. H. John's daughter was married on June 12th, and his son, Bob, has been signed by the Detroit Tigers, and played during the summer with the Durham, N. C. team. John says that he sees Rudy Preuss, Joe Creamer,Art Keleher, Guy Bostwick, and Ted Girault occasionally at meetings of the Long Island Dartmouth Alumni Assn.
Bill King, executive vice president of The Felters Company, is president of the Felt Association, national group of the felt trades, and was elected in May as a director of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers. A transplanted upper New York Stater, Bill now lives in Marshfield, Mass., and is chairman of the School Committee there, thus disproving the theory that all the good men are moving out of New England. Some of them move in. Those of you who are Rotarians probably saw in the June issue of The Rotarian, the article by Cliff Randall entitled Your Golden Opportunity, in which he suggests many projects for individual Rotary Clubs to celebrate Rotary's Golden Anniversary. Cliff, a past director of Rotary International, is chairman of the program planning committee for the Golden Anniversary celebration which will take place next year.
The July issue of the New England Purchaser contains a reprint of the address on The Role of the Steel Warehouse Distributor delivered by Sykes Hardy before the Chicago convention of the National Association of Purchasing Agents in May.
The New York newspapers of August 27 all carried the news of the election of Roy Dreher to the office of vice president of Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn. Curt Wright was recently awarded the degree of S.J.D. by the University of Michigan Law School. For those of you who are not'familiar with this degree, it translates to Doctor of Jurisprudence.
Some of the most interesting letters that I receive come from Bunny Barde, who, at least when he last wrote, was stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. I believe that you will all be interested in a brief quotation from his letter.
"Right now all my attention and energy is occupied with a new addition to the family. Okusan, my wife, and I have adopted a three-and-a-half- year-old Japanese American girl. We got her from the Elizabeth Saunders Home at Oioso, Japan, from Mrs. Nikki Sawada. Her name is Ediko and she is tiny - was retarded due to premature birth and a bad case of rickets. Weighed 24 pounds when we got her but is coming along nicely. She didn't know any English and hardly any Japanese. We have a little Japanese maid who doesn't speak much English. Things get a little confused at times, but it is always interesting. We'd like to find another little girl about 6 years old. I figure that I'll live long enough to raise these little girls. I do have one grown daughter who is a lieutenant in the Army at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. When we get around to it we'll send some snaps of our new baby. There are several thousand children born of these casual relationships. It is only a Christian duty to help as many of these poor children as possible. They do not have very much to look forward to in Japan. If I had the money or ability to organize a project I'd take care of three or four thousand of them left here. Many are being adopted by servicemen but many will be neglected.
"Last winter I was able to take in several Dartmouth dinners in Tokyo. Played a little bridge in Yokohama. Did a. little sightseeing, gift sloping, and just having a good time. Had to build a house to get my wife over here. It was not finished when she arrived so I had to take a room at a hotel for a month. Now in Japan every hotel has many friendly women, and lonesome men come to visit them. It was a revelation to my school-teacher wife."
Visitors to the Hanover Inn include LenDunn and family, Dick Bradley Fox and family, Stan Manson and family, Vic Reynolds,Len Stern, Kern Folkers with wife and son, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Wessellman, and Mr. andMrs. Jim. Van Loon and son.
ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT: Roy Dreher'27, formerly account supervisor, was recentlymade a Vice President of the New York advertising firm of Batten, Barton, Durstine if Osborn.
Secretary, Pine Hill Farm, West River Rd., Perrysburg, Ohio
Treasurer, Box 1927, Pittsburgh 30, Pa.
Bequest Chairman,
