New Britain herald., 1924-03-01
HARPER PRESIDENT
 OF BRISTOL BRASS
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FiIsT tHe allnOunceinent Dy JuuS
 William J. Malone for the proxy tell
 CTS committee, that the Hartfor'
 committee had won out, a motion wa
 introduced by Attorney John T. Rob
 inson of Robinson, Robinson X Col
 Of Hartford, that the If men Of th'
 Hartford proxy list be named as di
 rectors, and this was voted, after be
 ing seconded by Judge Roger S. New
 ell of the local proxy committee. Th'
 meeting was then adjourned and tn,
 directors went immediately to tht
 company offices, an eight Of mil,
 east Of the resiaurant, and went int,
 executive session.
 Samuel B. Harper was choser
 chairman of the meeting, and tht
 gathering proved unanimous in favol
 cf his son, Alexander Harper. as pres
 ident of the Bristol Brass corpora
 ton to succeed Mir. Rockwell. Tn,
 board will meet next week at the cal
 of the president and other officers will
 be chosen. Until that time, inc old officers will retain their posts. These include Vice President Albert D. Will son. Secretary and Treasurer Julian
 i;. Holley and General Manager X. w
 Gray. This meeting began at l0:50 and ended at i1:o5 ?. m.
 Victory for Barnes Forces.
 The fourteen directors elected were the men proposed by the Hartford proxy committee prior to the meeting yesterday and comprised the follow iLg: Frederick C. Chamberlain and Herman O. Schmarr of New Britain: Shiras Morris. $. Ferguson, Roy T, II. rarnes, all of Hartford; Harold K. English and Pierce N. Welch of New Haven; Dean Wclch of Nutley, N. J.; Charles T. Treadway. Alexander Har- per, Albert D. Wilson. Samuel R. Har- per. Julian +. Holley and William S. lngraham, all of this city, William $, lngraham. Albert D. Wilson. Samuel E. Harper, r. N. Welch, Roy T. II. Barnes. Dean Welch. J. R. Hollcy, II. K. English and Herman o. schmarr were all former members of ihe board.
 The directors who Were replaced on the board by new men, are: Albert r. Rockwell, Judge Roger & Newell apd George l.. sanford, all or this city, and r. Fl, Johnston Of New Britain. These men with w. s. Ingraham. Charles Sage Of Berlin and Walter Robbins of rlainvlllo comprised the list of seven directors as proposed by the Bristol proxy committee, which was allied with the Rockwell regime. Mayor John r. Wade, one Of the members Of the directorate for the last few years, vas not mentioned by either the Hartford or Bristol proxy committees for a place on the board. William $. lngraham was endorsed by both sides.
 Proxies Cause TiitS
 The disposition and admission of proxies caused many verbal tilts be- tween the members Of the judging committee. which consisted Of Judge William ]. Maon. and Albert D. Will son for the Hartford proxy committee and George l.. Sanford and Judge Roger <. Newell for the Bristol proxy committee. Judge Malone and Judge Newell took the burden of the work upon their shoulders and had an ardnous time in getting the proxies straightcned out so that q vote Of inc isi ock could h" compiled. Proxy alter proxy was sent ont 10 tine stockhtld- CTS by the two com nitteos in tho last few weeks and as a result several proxies were received ia many in- stances for one block Of stock. The question of time and tho manner in ! which the proxy was filled out had l then to bc discussed to see which was the latest and therefore the only vot- 1 ing proxy.
 Fight Over Nobic's Proxy
 Among those bitteriy contested was that of Fire Chief William ]. Noble Of New Britain. The chief had seni , his proxy in favor Of the Hartford ! proxy interests but at the meeting i George Brady presented a ballot. i printed w. ]. Noble by George F. l Brady in favor oT tn. Rockwell in- tcrests As the vote and the proxy differed a discussion came up that lasted for several hours. until finally | Attorney Noble r.. Pierce was called in. Brady was shown to b. q mem- ber of the Noble family but the mat ter was at a deadlock and finally this block was disaliowcd. Jessie Atwell had n similar situation in connection with her proxy. which was filled out and signed by Arthur P. Day for the Connecticut River Bank ing Co. This stock also went out later.
 The worst situation Of the day, that looked darkly threatening for q time, arose over the proSics uf the family pf Frederick Dckcrman of Hartford Hr. Rockwell told the tellcrs' com nitfee that Mir. Dlckcrman had in- formed him iI Judge Newell's office hat the Dickorman family favored his interests and that the childrcns proxies would be presented in R0ck- scll's favor. and were usually signed py the father. This block of stock, rep -csenting 700 shares, came in tied to he Hartford proxy interests. Mr. was calcd by Mir. Rock we'll and after careful consideration of he handwriting and the declarations III both sides that a misunderstanding ' n the part of the other existed the ] tock was voted against Mir. Rockwell |,
 Woman Changes Her Mind While the Dickerman controversy '. ras Ut it's height. Judge Malone i; howed proxy of 22S shares of stock, I f a woman who had presented bal { Ot in person at the meeting yestcr- 1, ay, fayoring the Rockwell interests nj who, later. while the ballots were cling counted, appeared at the tcllers' [ lbie and asked that it be changed to i, he Hartford proxy committee. as she |, ad voted the wrong way through | rror. Judge Malone as teller of the [ hartford proxy committee repeated c is statement Of earlier in that day q