Evening journal., 1918-02-08
LII { underwriters WRITER'S
At BANQUET Table
Prof. S. s. Huebener En-
phaSizeS Importance of
War Savings
FRANK SHEPPARD
CHOSEN PRESIDENT

About nifty representatives OF the
leading life insurance companies gather
ed at the eighteenth annual banquet Of
the Delaware Association Of Life Under
writers in the Hotel dupont last night.
The affair was one Of the most delight
ful given by the association An ad-
dress by solomon 5. Huebner Of the
Wharton school Of Finance and Com
MERGE Of the University Of Pennsylva-
MIA, IN which be emphasized the thrift
features OF life insurance and pointed
out that the government In its plan for
insuring the lives OF the soldiers had
placed the stamp Of approval upon a
movement which had for years been
striving to win publicity. marked the
occasion. other addresses were made
by men connected with the insurance
business. Prior to the banquet ofn-
GERS were elected as follows
President, Frank Sheppard Provident
Life and Trust Company.
Nice-president, T. Blair Ely. Equit-
able Life Of Washington.
Secretary, Charles B. Palmer. Ma
tional Life OF Vermont
Treasurer. A. A. Wilmont, Union
Central.
Executive committee. the officers ami
James f. Price, New England Mutual;
William w Knox, Penn Mutual. and
A. W. Swartz, Mutual Life OF New
York
Henry p. Scott, State director Of the
War Savings Committee. spoke Of the
need Of thrift Of saving In order TO
provide the government with funds to
carry on the war
Following Mr.. SCOTS address the fol-
lowing resolution. presented by James
7. Price, OF the New England Mutual
Life Insurance Company, was unani-
mously adopted:
Whereas, the subject OF War Savings
Stamps has been presented to this as
sociation by state Director Henry p. /
Scott. and whereas our respective in /
suranoe companies have already an /
nounced their willingness TO cooperate /
in the present campaign Of thrift as
one weapon for winning the war.
Therefore. be It resolved by the Della
ware Association OF Life Underwriters
that we pledse to the Government /
through State Director Scott our active
assistance IN whatever way we can help
IN this most important campaign. and |
that g committee Of three be appointed .
10 direct our activities in this con-
nectOn.
Charles B. Palmer, Of the National |
Life Of Vermont. spoke briefly Of the |
recent national convention OF life under
writer's at New Orleans
II 5. Glerhart. who Just succeeded
W. S Batthelder as agency manager OF
tho Equitable Life Assurance Society
Of New York. and Thomas II Fullerton
superintendent Of The Prudential were
elected 10 membership in the assocla-
ton
Those present at the banquet were
Professor s. Huebner. University Of
Pennsylvania; Henry p. Scott. State
director War SAVINGS Stamps; Ex-Gov-
ernor Charles r. Miller: Fred E Stone.
president Wilmington Savings Fund
Society; Robert p. Robinson, president
Central National Bank; the Rev r A. |
Trapnell, William w Knox. Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Co Harry Pen /
ninston, Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Co Charles B Palmer. George D. /
Kelley. Jr, s A. butcher Jr.. Henry
Irving Bowles. National Life Insurance /
Company Of Vermont; T. Blair Ely, j. /
NJ. Doyle Stanley Reska, w F Conner, /
F. p. Hummer, Equitable Life Insur- /
ance Company Of WASHINGTON: James /
+. Price, New England Mutual Life IN /
suranee Company; A. A. Wilmot /
Union Central Life Insurance Company: /
Louis Rosenblatt. Equitable Life AS /
surance Society. n. Y; L r Hooper T.
Easton, Nd H. j. Felt John J..
Dousherty, Mutual Life Insurance Co..
OF n. Y; Louis Millman, Equitable Of
New York Thomas II. Fullerton.
Prudential Life Insurance Company OF I
Newark; William F Todd, Prudential
Life Insurance Company OF Newark. \. /
J and ]. E Powell Metropolitan Life /
Insurance Company