Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-08-12
ANNUAL MEETING
vi 'ce usI Northern Life Insurance
Cc.-A Large, Enthusiastic and
Social Gathering.

The flrst annual meeting of the
underwriters of the Great Northern
Life Insurance company was held in
this city on the 9Th and 7th of August.
1913. About forty of the field work
ers of the company were in attendance
ana also a number of the officers and
stockholders from outside of the city.
1he meeting proved to be a very
profitable as well as an enjoyable oc-
casion.
On Wednesday, a formal organiza-
ton OF the held workers was made
and officers and an executive commit
tee were elected, as follows:
Presldent-Gustav Schrage OF She
beygan.
Vice Pres.-OryilIe Brockett of Mil
waukee.
Secretary George H. Hathaway of
Milwaukee.
Treasurer-F. 3. Feifrick of Mari
nette
Executive committee, to serve one
year.. \. Basche of Green Bay and
George &. Ebersole of Lacrosse: to
serve two years-C. H. Babcock of
Appleton, Thomas +. Guthrie of
Amigo and Clyde Weik of Wausau.
The time was spent by the under
writer's In getting acquainted with
local stockholders and those more i'm
medlately in charge of the Offices OF
the Great Northern Life Insurance
company.
The meeting closed with a banquet
given by the company to its visitors
and guests at the Wausau Club house
on the evening of August 7th, COM
mencing at 1870. A very fine dinner
was served. At the close John A.
Sullivan, superintendent of agencies,
acted as POSTMASTER, in which capac-
lty he was an unqualified success. He
first called upon DR.. VIM. A. Fricke,
president and general manager of the
company, who spoke briefly taking
for his topic, 'The Growth of the
Great Northern Life and What it
Means TO Wausau." He said that
since the great investigation in the
State of New York, one hundred and
hfty-hVe new insurance companies
have been started, while prior to
that time there were but one hun
dred and ten in existence. He gave
hgureS as to the enormous sums of
money which were sent to New York
city each year to pay life insurance
premiums and showed that the adj
mitted policies of this company were
in excess of two billion dollars, all of
which must be invested and reinvested
through New York City. The re-
ceiptS of the Great Northern I life
during the last year were SlS7, 708,
while those of the Northwestern
NJ utual at the same age were $40, ,858.
AT the present age of the Great North
ern, the Northwestern had in force
81 $4,000 insurance, while the Great
Nor thern has already passed the five
millions mark.
DIR. Fricke emphasized the import
ance TO the city of this section of the
state, of the growth of the Great
Northern and what it would mean
in financial way to this section of
the city to have an institution of this
kind prosperous.
M. b. Rosenberg then spoke briefly
upon the value of life insurance and the
economic benefits to be derived there
from and of the fact that the solicit
or for life insurance at the present
time can feel himself engaged in a
work which equally benefits himself,
his company and the person who takes
out the insurance.
Orville Brockett, of Milwaukee,
emphasized the Importance ofimmed-
late action in the matter of life in
Surance, as it was like decaying
tooth, the longer you wait the more
it costs, the more trouble you have
and the less like you are to save it.
Gustav Schrage, president of the
underwriters organization, empha-
sized briefly that at the end of six
months the business of the COM
pany will have been doubled.
w. &. Landon, Junior director of
the company, advised the agents TO
boost their own company and not to
endeavor to get business by running
down others.
DR.. Wallace of Milwaukee, paid
high tribute to DR.. A. B. Rosenberg,
the medical director and predicted a
great future for the company.
Hon. A. y. kreutZer, spoke briefly
in praise of the company, its agents
and the work that is being done by
them.
Mr.. Sullivan on behalf of the COM
pany and the field workers then eX-
pressed their appreciation to the
WauSau club for the many courteSies
that they had received, response to
which was made by G. K. Turner,
president of the club.
Hon. Neal Brown, president of the
company, made the closing address:
He called attention to the fact that
the worship of the doctrine of bigness
was false conception; that true val
ne lies in merit and not in size; that
the greatest force in any community
or any state is its citizenship and
that honest methods and a serious
purpose would always bring about
success.
Geo. II. Hathaway of Milwaukee,
secretary of the field agents associa-
tion, read formal resolutions of thanks
to the company and the meeting then
adjourned.