Bowdoin College - Bugle Yearbook (Brunswick, ME)

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PAUL C. BUNKER Place and date of birth: Montclair, N. J. Feb. 19, 1906. Other colleges: Harvard Business School, M.B.A. 1930. Business or profession: Advertising, 1930-33, Batten, Bar- ton, Durstine Sz Osborn, Inc., New York. 1933-37 Thos. Devlin Mfg. Co., Bur- lington, N. J. 1937-44 Armstrong Cork Co., Lan- caster, Pa. -1- 1944- Advertising Manager, The Foxboro Co., Foxboro, Mass. Residence: 1916 Washington St., South Walpole, Mass. Community interests: erstwhile Pres., etc. P.T.A., ditto Technical Advtg. Assoc., N. E. Chapter, National Industrial Advertisers Assoc., for past 5 years Chairman Walpole March of Dimes. Wife's Name: Elizabeth Weston. Children: Prudence Alden, born June 18, 1940. Paul Baldwin, born Sept. 14, 1942 . Anyone chin deep in restoring a well-worn and well-rotted 200-year old house, excavating and replacing sills, joists, studs, plates, shoes, sheathing, siding, floors, et al-let alone similarly immersed in Massachu- setts taxes-is too pooped and calloused to remember biographical trivia more than a few weeks back. This place, on the un-numbered, original road from Boston to New York, is nevertheless well worth the grunts and groans of reconstruction- the scene of small but ardent organized gardening, high fidelity phonograph paraphenalia, and a family wholly transcending word painting. On the west, we park a ranch wagon and three bicycles, while on the east wall ap- pears a bronze plate, dated November 11, 1952, commemorating the res- toration of this house and of the United States. 23

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acquiesce fsay yesj. We were married a few months later-September of 1931. e And then came the dawn! My embryo millionaire turned out to be pulling down S25 a week, which was reduced to 522.50 in the Spring of '32. By dint of much patience, a couple of raises .and some encouragement from yours truly, I finally get him up to where he figured it would be smart for him to report his income to Uncle Sam. But long before this happened he embarked on a program that has turned out to be the very best thing he ever did-that of fathering our three children: Cynthia, who is following in my footsteps and is now a Freshman at Wellesley-Judy, who has just entered Thayer Academy and is the star athlete of the family-and Butch, nine years old and son and heir to his estates. Gogo found after a while that family life got to be pretty drab sometimes so he launched himself into a career of public service via the Taxpayer's Association. Folks in Braintree discovered he didn't like No for an answer so they started saddling him with all kinds of thank- less jobs from Red Cross and Community Fund to Town Meeting Member, Trustee of thisqand that and Chairman of the School Committee. He got all the glory for these noble deeds but guess who did the dirty-work! Right in the middle of all this public service crusade he decided it was pretty humdrum working for somebody else, especially after his boss found it desirable to bring his robust sons into the business and adorn them with fancy titles. So he started looking around to see what he could see. And guess what he saw! Know anything about the book business? Ever hear of any-one making any money in the book business? Course you didn't-and you never will! Least, not as long as there are vultures callfed publishers who sell you books, then turn around and sell your customers for less! So now we own a bookstore. Yup, a nice big one-one of the biggest and one of the best-by gum. If you don't believe it, just come to Boston and l-ook around. Well, we're still hitched--and always will be. We're enjoying life in spite of publishers and everything. Now I see I've run over my 300 words so I'll have to sign off. Happy landings to you. By Marjorie S. Bryant dutiful wife of Gogo Bryant Cwritten by her husbandl 22

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BENJAMIN BUTLER Maine. August 7, 1905. Other colleges: Boston University Law School, 1932, L.L.B. Business or Profession: eral Manager Forster Mfg. Co., 1934-433 Director Livermore Falls Trust Co. 1934Q County At- torney 1941-463 Senator, Maine State Senate from Franklin County 19533 President Medical- Legal Society, Maine 1946. Partner Newman Motor Co., 1950-, Dist. of Oldsmobile and Buicks. Residence: Farmington, Maine. Community interests: Assessor Farmington Village Corp. 1943-3 Trustee Franklin County Memorial Hospital, 1942-523 Trustee Farmington Public Library 1944-3 Vice-President 1951-3 Selectman, Farmington, 1948, 1949, 19513 School Board, 1949-3 Chairman 1951-3 Governor Mayfiower Society, State of Maine 1946-19493 Deacon Congregational Church 1951-3 Mason fYork, Scottishb Shrine Korag Past Officers Association fYork Degreesj 19493 Pres. Association 1951j Grand Master, Grand Council, Maine 19493 D.D.G.M. 15th Masonic District 1950-51. D.D.G.H.P. 1952, W. Grand Marshall, Grand Lodge, Maine A. F. KL A. M., 1952. Wife's nanie: Natalie Clare Sturges. Children: Diane Clare, born April 3, 1935-Farmington High School. Benjamin Sturges, born Feb. 27, 1938-Farmington High School. Upon matriculating at B. U. Law, keeping in mind the advice of Psycho Burnett and Prof. Hormell that I would never amount to any- thing in law unless I changed my ways, I decided to settle down to business. By catering to the Professors, having already learned my lesson at Bow- doin, I was chosen by them as a member of the Student Council of that 24 Place and date of birth: Farmington, Attorney 1932Q President and Gen-