Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-24

True Muzzy was the architect. Hor-
ace Purinton Company the builders,
the lighting and fixtures were fur
nished by the Contra Maine Power
Company the hardware by the Roll
Inns & Durham Company. the heat
ing and plumbing by the Gedeon
Pitcher Company, the painting was
done by James III. Clarkin. the fur
niture for the directors room was
furnished through the Watervil!e
Furniture Company and for the
banking rooms by the Library Bur-
eau of Boston. The safety deposit
boxes and vault came from the
Mosely> Safe Company of Boston and
the sprinkling system from the
Grinnell Company of Providence. r.
I. The building is thoroughly con-
structed and equipped and is one of
which Waterville may justly be
proud.
The personnel of the bank is we'll
known locally but brief sketches Will
serve to call them to mind.
Leon o. Tebbetts. president of the
bank, is n self-made man. He was
born in Mt. Vernon 45 years ago but
moved with his parents to Readfield
when he was seven years old. He
attended the public schools until he
was 16 years old and then entered
|. the employ of Roderick Mcdonald.
who conducted a clothing and gents
furnishings store at Readtield. AT
the age of 20 years. upon the failure
of his employers health, Mr.. Teb-
belts purchased the business and
conducted il until his election as
register OF deeds for Kennebcc coun-
ty in 1906. He served two terms
of four years each as register of
deeds and made many improvements
in the Office.
Under Governor Curtis admins
tration Mr.. Tebbetts was deputy
treasurer of state. resigning this po-
| sition to engage in the general fire
insurance business at Waterville.
Upon the establishment of the
internal revenue district for Maine
in 1910. mir. Tebbetts was appointed
collector by President Wilson. He
superintendent the division of the
Portsmouth district and organized
! the present collections district of
Maine. His administration of that
office was marked by fine executive
ability, and when he relinquished his
| duties as collector. the district of
Maine was rated by the treasury
department at Washington as one of
! the best conducted offices among the
81 districts in the country.
Mr.. Tebbetts was elected mayor OF
Waterville in March 1922 by ma
| jority of 1000. this Being the largest
majority up to that time ever given
| a candidate for mayor of this city,
but in 1923 he was reelected mayor
| by an even greater majority.
Mr.. Tebbetts is director OF the
~ nrfl 10 II
! and he was n director of the Ken
| nebec Trust Co.. which was consol.
| idated short time ago with the
Peoples National Bank He is q
knight Templar. a Shriner, n mem
Der of the Waterville Lodge of Elks
trustee of the Waterville Public
| library. n trustee of the First Uni
| versalist church of Waterville. He
| Is married and lives at 43 Burleigh
street in this city.
Edwin NJ. Foster, first vice presi-
dent. is n native of Winthron. but
| has resided at Oakland and Water
Vile the greater part of his life. AS
| q citizen of Oakland he was prom
| inently identified with the business
and social life of the town, was SUI
| perintendent of schools for 10 wears
! and a representative to the State
Legislature from that section. He
also served as pavmaster OF the
| Cascade Wooden mill and was treas
urer of the Madison Wooden Com
| pany.
In 1917 Mr.. Foster became n
pember of the Emery Brown Com
pany of this CITY and was treasurer
of the corporation until n few
| months ago. when he sold his in
T.. 4. =,
| the Good Will Home Association.
member of the civ government and
president OF the Watervile-W inslow
Chamber of Commerce.
O. j. Giguere, second vice presi-
dent. was horn in Waterville. Sep
TENDER >. 1885. and is one of the
prominent business men of the CITY
Mr.. Giguere started his business life
as q clerk in the II. II. Durham
Company % years ago and later be-
came n member of the firm. Ten
years later he bought the business
of Lessard and Brunette at the cor
ner of Silver and Main streets and
is still located there in business for
! himself. Mr.. Giguere is a member
of several fraternal orders. includ-
ing the knights of Columbus, the
Elks. the Kiwanis Club, the ST. Jean
; Baptiste d'Amerique Societ.. - the
Artisans Canadian Francois. of
| which he is president. and has been
director of the L'Association
d 'Epargne since 1t was founded in
1910. He has been treasurer of the
Retail Merchants Bureau since its
Organization and is a member of the
Chamber OF Commerce. He was ed
ucated at the st. Francis de Sales
parochial school.
A. w. Noone. the third vice pres
idcnt. is a large wooden manufactur-
er Of Peterborough, n. H., and is
closely associated with the business
life of that town. He Is q director
in the First National Bank of Pc
terborough and n trustee OF the Pc
terborough Savings Bank He Is
also connected with the William T..
Noone Sons Company of Boston and
was at one time candidate for gov
ernor for the State of New Hamp-
shire.
William A. ,Knauff. the treasurer.
to whose initiative the new business
may well he credited. Is also n ma
tive Of Waterville and is deeply in
tercsted in oil the activities Of the
city Of his birth. After his gradua-
ton from the Waterville high school
he spent several years in Boston
later returning to Waterville. where
for 20 years he was associated with
the Peoples National BANK and for
5 wears was cpshier of that institu-
ton. During that time he won the
high esteem Of the public for his in
tegritv in business and his srriDu-
1ous dealing with the public. He hns
the we'll merited confidence Of all
classes of people with whom he has
hcen associated and his success in
this new venture Is well assured.