1904

Still stuffed with Boston Dinner this fine letter from Al Terrien in early November: -

"I had hoped to see you at the dinner. You would have gotten a kick out of seeing those youthful faces around the dining table. My son George drove me to Boston, and came for me about 9 o'clock. On the way home he remarked that I had shown good taste in the men I'd picked for classmates. I shall never again miss one of those dinners or the spring gathering of classes in Boston. To see BullTurner with a twinkle in his eye; MyronWitham carrying himself with a youthful professorial dignity, but with that modest smile that characterizes him; and Matt Bullock, who looks and acts 35, it was enough to bring a feeling of happiness that I had been with them, through those four golden years at Dartmouth. I hope all the class can get back to the 50th Reunion. I shall certainly be there. I tried to persuade Art Bolser to attend the dinner, but he could not. My family is well. One son, Paul, is in Germany, but I am hoping to get him out of the Army after his ten years of service, as he has recently married and wants to settle down in civilian life. Our second son, George, is now president of the Great Northern Carbon and Chemical Co., Ltd., of Montreal, Canada, and likes the future possibilities up there. The other son, John, is with an Insurance Co., while our daughter Anne is at home with us, and that keeps us from being lonesome for the boys."

In his column of November 7, in the NewYork World-Telegram and Sun, Charles M. Sievert wrote the following tribute to our newsmaker, C. King Woodbridge.

Diamonds may be a gal's best friend, but the Women's National Institute this week left the impression in the minds of some five million secretaries that their best friend is 72-year-old, affable C. King Woodbridge '04, chairman of Dictaphone Corp.

The institute named Dictaphone Corp. as the winner of its first annual Enterprise Award, inaugurated to give recognition to industries that, "through enlightened self-interest and gain, have simultaneously achieved great benefit to women.”

It was "C. K. W.," as Dictaphone's bossman is labeled in the office, who sat in Washington two years ago with former Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer and the president of National Secretaries Assn., to give recognition to the business gals who sort of "office-mother" brass hats. So National Secretaries Week was born.

For its first observance two years ago, "C. K. W." decided that all secretaries should be allowed to arrive an hour later in the morning; Dictaphone's executives would man the switchboard, open the mail, fill the water coolers— and get their own coffee.

"It was like being without your right arm," said one executive. Phone calls were scrambled and lost, "mere" filing proved a Chinese puzzle to a top officer, and the water cooler went unfilled. Came 10 a.m. and the secretaries arrived, like a rescue squad; by then, Dictaphone's staff knew their worth.

Mr. Woodbridge is cited by the institute for educational and training programs and for aiding thousands of women to improve their positions in the business world and do their jobs more efficiently.

This, in a way, reflects his business philosophy. He believes that all business must have an objective and the products it makes must embrace the objective rather than be merely the means to a fat profits statement.

After Dartmouth handed him his diploma in 1904, he took an advertising job with a farm equip, ment firm, switched to peddling crackers for LooseWiles (now Sunshine Biscuit Co.) in New England, and in 1922 he organized Dictaphone Corp slicing it off Columbia Gramophone Co. He moved on to Kelvinator, Remington-Rand, and became president of Arbuckle Bros, before he returned to Dictaphone in 1948. Since then the company has doubled its sales and now accounts for almost half the industry's output.

Just after New Year's, Beck sent in the result of a sampling of the Class, as to the condition of the '04 family and the interest in our 50th reunion. The result by states shows an impressive interest, with more than fifty per cent participation: New Hampshire, eight; Florida, four; Maine, four; California, six; Michigan, two; Vermont, three; New Jersey, two; Missouri, one; New York, two; Texas, one; Massachusetts, ten; North Carolina, one; Rhode Island, one; Washington, two; Tennessee, one; Wisconson, one; Maryland, one; Illinois, two. Eighteen states, and Italy, District of Columbia, and Canada yet to be heard from. As a premium, there are greetings from eight wives of former classmates, some of whom are already planning to be in Hanover. Pen Mower was in Hanover December 5.

The new Directory with all addresses as of January 1, 1954, is here and you will be in "finger-tip" touch when you read these items. You have an obligation to see that no '04 man is marooned, because of class neglect, in his home town, when the clan gathers in Hanover next June.

Till April 1 these nomadics may be reached as follows:

Ned Bartlett, Siesta Key, Sarasota, Fla., Rosie Hinman, 611 Bay Ave., Clearwater, Fla. Then the new directory takes over.

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Secretary, Canaan, N. H.

Treasurer, Morristown, N. J.

Bequest Chairman,