Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-18
NATIONAL LIES
ANNUAL MEETING
j. &. Estey New DirectOr--Trib-
ute Paid To Late Clarke
&. Fits.

Mon PETER. Jar. 16 Tile 9th annual
meeting of the National Isfe INSURANCE,
company was held at it's Office in Mont
PETER at ten O'Clock to-day. The roper
OF the directors and officers to the mem
bcrs or the company was presented ~
President Rowland.
William w. Stickney OF Ludlow, Cbnrln-
- Smith o! Burlington and Osmar l..
Clark of Montpelier were elected DIRECTOR
Tor term Of four years to succeed then,
selves. Jacob Gray Estey nr Era,tlehorn
was elected director for two years to -!
out the uncxprcd term OF Clarke &
Fits, deceased.
Immediately following tho meeting 81,
the policy holders the board oi directors
met with the following members present
william: y. Dillingham;. Was hington. u. g..
Harry vi. Cutler Montpelier, Wiliiaiu
v. Stickney. Ludlow, George T.. DIN
sted. Cleveland. Ohio Charles r. Smith.
burlington, Fred A. Rowland, Montpelier.
Charles W Gacnmons Boston, Mass.
cs'nan d. Clark. Montpelier, Frank
Partridge Proctor. Arthur r. Disn.e
Montpelier The board considered ara
adopted reports from the sevc "a, depart
menls Of the company, analy-ing the re
suits SCI forth in its s7th annual state
ment The following officers were elected
PRESIDENT Fred y. Rowland; vice-presi-
dent, Harry II. Cutler; secretary, Osmsp
d. Ciark. medical director. Arthur r. Bis
Dee, NJ D.. actuary, Clarence T. Noulton:
superintendent of agencies. Edward u
rcd; superintendent of loans Frank N
bryan; counsel, George B. Young; treas
ur"T, William w. Russell. assistant
medical director. Edwin A. Cotton. NJ. ID .
Inspector Of mortgage loans Georve
in ng
| Frank \. Dwinell.
The only change in the above list was
| tn" advancement of William W. Russell
from the office of assistant treasurer 10
that of treasurer
I'm" following resolution on the dca Ia
/ OF Director Fits was adopted upon It's,
presentation by the Hon. Frank {
Partridge:
"For tho second time within one wear
TINS board mourns the loss Of one Of its
memhcrs. Tn" Hon. Clarke G. Fits or
hrattI"born, w. ATTENDED our last QUAR-
t"rlN meeting in October apparantlv ia
usual health. ON November 5 he under
vent an operation at Brool;line Mass
for an internal trouble, from which he
eventually died at the home Of his sister
az Watertown. Mass on December 20
last
Mr. Fits was born at West Wards
boro, Vt. October Il. 1870 IIo graduated
from the high school at Brattleboro be
fore he was l6 and was admitted to the
bar az this State four DAYS after be-
reached his aiority. From tn, begin
nlng he was a successful practitioner and
at very early age became "A leader Of
IN" Vermont bar. When only "a years
old he was elected Acknowledgement of
the State and held that office for four
no
number. variety and Importance Of tho
interests which he represented he had
probably the largest practice Of any at
tornoy in our State
"Alth~ugh Mr.. Fits was consficuot1s as
an alert. energetic and successful lawyer.
! ms service rs a public leader was even
greater He had deep interest in public
affairs and gave himself generously to tho
!advancoment Of public interests A local
i'rattlcbpro paper characterizes him as
! tn" most conspicuous bcnefactor Brattle-
boro ever had His public interests
however, were moro than local-they en-
hrac"d the whole state. For the develop
inont OF cur water powers he did much
+ ana ne was conspicuous champion OF
! the conservation Of our national re.
sources. His death at the early age of
&c gears. at a time when he gave suc;,
promise of much larger and greater pub
/ nc usefulness, is great blow to Yer
mont
| Mr.. Fits became a member Of this
board in January, 1916. His actual
service upon the board was of shor,
duration, but in that time he manifested
such interest in its affairs and brough,
to the board such capacity for broad
( and comprehensive Judgment that his
| election to the board seemed ideal His
/ loss to this company is not measured
/ by the short term of his service but BY
/ the natural expectation of the great
service which he could and would have
brought to us if his life had beer
spared
AS an expression of the persona
sorrow which we, his colleagues. feel
and Of our keen regret for the great
loss which this company has met in his
deccase, be II resolved that this memor
lal be entered upon our records anc
that copy thereof be sent to his wild
cW.
JScob Gray F,stey. the new director
was corn in Brattlebo.c AUGUST 2, 1877
the son Of julius j. and Florence (Gray'
! Estey. lie was educated at the Brat
| tleboro public schools, Vermont Acad
| envy. SaXtons River. and the Massachu
sets Institute OF Technology. In 1879:
he married Matte y. Poor of Peabody
Mass. They nae two sons, Jacob Poo
! and Joseph Gray. Mr. Estey is presi
dent of the F,stry Organ company. vice
president 81 the Estey Piano c"mpan:
and president of the Peoples Nationa
/ bank. He served as rialo- o, the Is
infantry OF Vermont III the war witt
Spain in 1895. When the Vermont M
tional Guard was recrsa nizcd in 1899
following the Spanish war, Major FsteN
WAS elected colonel OF the LIST Vernon
regiment He retired from the service