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BRUCE BRUBAKER
High on the list of the certified public accountants of
the Sacramento Valley is the name of Bruce Brubaker, of Woodland, who has
earned an enviable reputation in his special field of labor. He was born in
Somerset, Wabash county, Indiana, January 27, 1889, and is a son of
Abraham and Ida R. (Ogan) Brubaker, who are
natives of the Hoosier state and since 1911 have resided at Azusa, California.
Bruce Brubaker attended the public schools of Marion, Indiana, graduating from
high school in 1907; he also attended the Marion Normal School and upon
examination was granted a license to teach. At high school he was president of
his class and was a member and president of the Beta Phi Sigma high school
fraternity. Instead of teaching Mr. Brubaker went to work for the Marion
Light and Heating Company, with which organization he remained until August,
1909, when he entered Phillips Academy, at Andover, Massachusetts, from which
he was graduated in June, 1911. For one year he attended Stanford University at
Palo Alto, California, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He
was then connected with the traffic department of the Pacific Telegraph and
Telephone Company in Los Angeles and Santa Ana, following that line of work
until August, 1914, when he resigned and became identified with the Guaranty
Trust and Savings Bank of Los Angeles. He remained there one and a half years
and then entered the general offices of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad, serving as valuation accountant in the review of the cost of the
railroad for the revaluation report to the interstate commerce commission.
During that period he also attended night school of the Young Men’s Christian
Association, studying law and accountancy. On July 1, 1918, Mr. Brubaker
came to Woodland, taking charge of the books in the office of the Conaway ranch
of twenty-three thousand acres, located east of Woodland. He remained there
until February 1, 1920, when, having audited the books and established a
system of accounting, he resigned and engaged in the practice of accountancy in
Woodland. He was successful in this and in November, 1925, he established a
branch office in Sacramento in the California State Life building. In 1927, after
examination by the state board of accountancy, Mr. Brubaker received a
certificate entitling him to practice as a certified public accountant. He has
built up a large practice, both in Woodland and Sacramento, and is regarded as
an exceptionally capable and trustworthy man in this very exacting profession.
Mr. Brubaker was united in marriage, May 21, 1913, to
Miss Grace Edith Brown, who was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her parents were
George William Brown and Mary J. (Coble) Brown. She graduated from the Shortridge high school in that city. At high school she was
a member of the champion basketball team and was one of the champion girl
swimmers at Lake Winona, Indiana. She continued her education in the Western
College for Women, at Oxford, Ohio, Butler University, Indianapolis, and at
Occidental College, Los Angeles, from which institution she was graduated in
1912. At Butler University she became a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. Mr.
and Mrs. Brubaker are the parents of five children, namely: William, born in
1914; Janet, in 1916; Philip, in 1918; Robert, in 1923, and Richard, in 1925.
Mr. Brubaker is a member of the Woodland Rotary Club, is superintendent of the
Methodist Sunday School and has been a member of the board of directors of the
Young Men’s Christian Association for the last eleven years and gives
cheerfully of his time and effort to worthy community enterprises.
Transcribed by Marie Hassard
31 May 2010.
Source: Wooldridge, J.W.Major
History of Sacramento Valley California, Vol. 2, Pages 129-130. Pioneer Historical Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
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