The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-12
BANK DIRECTORS
ARE ELECTED At
ANNUAL MEETINGS
Several Newark Financial Insti-
tuti0ns Name Boards for
the Coming Year.
ESSEX COUNTY ADDS
THREE TO DIRECTORATE
Few Changes Noted in Lists.
Insurance Company Also Holds
Its Election--Those Chosen.

Annual meetings of the greater num-
Der of Newark's financial Institutions
were held today and directors chosen
for the ensuing year. Later in the week
these directors will meet for the pur-
pose of effecting organization, when
officers will be elected.
Among the first of the meetings to be
called this morning was hat of the
Fidelity Trust Company, which re-
suited in the election of the following
directors: Aaron Adams, William N.
Coler, jr., Forrest f. Dryden, Freder-
lex w. Egner, John c. Eisele, Charles
A. Feick, A. Barton Hepburn, F. w,
Jackson, Wilbur S. Johnson, Anthony
r. Kuser, Thomas N. McCarter, Uzal
II. McCarter, p. Sanford Ross, William
Scheerer, Jerome Taylor, Jacob e
Ward and Leslie d. Ward.
At the annual election of the ESSEX
County National Bank the number OF
directors was increased from eleven to
fourteen. Those selected were Benja-
min Atha, George r. Reeve, ]. William
Clark, Joseph Ward, jr, Wallace M
Scudder, John r. Hardin, Peter Hauck
W. Campbell CLARK, Felix Fuld, B
Foster Wilkinson, Frank &. Adams,
Henry q. Atha, John J. Wright and A.
T.. r. Martin. The last three named
arc newly elected.
The election held by the stockholders
of the Manufacturers National Bank
resulted in the election of the follow
ing directors: John A. Clifford, Oscar
p. Woodbridge, Edward Spaeth, Joseph
w. Plume, John A. Miller, I. Rolfe
Denman, Benjamin S. Whitehead,
Nathaniel King, James A. TurnbuIl
Anthony r. Kuser, Henry Dickson
Franklin Murphy, jr, Herman c. II,
Herold, Eugene Unger and Herman b
Good.
The board of directors selected by the
stockholders of the Merchants National
Bank are Dewitt Cook, Harry Durand
Theodore j. Gerth, William B. Gwin-
nell, Edward Kanouse, Merritt G. Per-
kips, Adrian Riker, Joseph NJ. Rikeri
julius S. Rippel, Edmund L. Sergeant,
Joseph G. Spur, Jay S. Treat, William
w. Trimpi, Edward T. Ward and j. b.
Woolsey.
A number of additional meetings will
three of the banks will not elect direc-
tors until next May.
Directors of Union National Bank
were reelected as follows: John +.
Dryden, Leslie d. Ward, Uzal H. Nc
Carter, V. p. Snyder. Thomas N. Nc
Carter, Forrest F. Dryden, Gottfried
Kruger, Julius A. Lebkuecher, Frank
lin Conklin, George r.. Gray, Herbert
j. Gleason, e. c. Hay, Theodore M,
Woodland, Mark T. Cox, William
Scheerer, Lesser Lehman. Joseph M.
Byrne, C. w. Feigenspan and Archi-
bald W. Conklin.
One new director was added to the
list of the North Ward Bank in the
person of Albert B. Ayers. The other
directors are Joseph NJ. Smith, J. Waft
Woodruff, John w Lushear, Albert F
Bannister, Henry NJ. Doremus. Ed
mund IT. Hartshorn, John r. Breingan
Peter D. Smith and W. j. Oathout.
The North American Life Insurance
Company will hold it's annual business
meeting at its offices, 70 Park place, be-
ginning today and ending on Friday.
The meeting of the stockholders this
afternoon, for the election of new direc-
tors, will be followed Wednesday by a
meeting of the whole board, who will
at that time organize inc elect officers
for the ensuing year. On Thursday and
Friday all managers and general agents
of the company will hold q business
conference.