Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-01-10
D. c. BANKS HOLD
ANNUAL ELECTIONS
. Eight New Directors Are
Chosen by Stockholders
\ in Meetings.

ct the ANNUAL stockholders meetings
held by Washington banks today
The Washington Loan & Trust Co.
elected two new. beard members, Vice
President Charles X. Grant and Vice
President William\H. Baden
The National Metropolitan Bank also
increased its board BY two additions
Otis B. Kent, well known income tax
attorney, and F. H. Mccormick-Good
hart, a prominent resident of Wash
tngton.
Riggs National elected Robert D.
Weaver pre- dent of the Georgetown
Gas Light Co.. to the board; tho Com
mercial National added Brig Gea w.
E. Horton, u. S. A, retired, to the. di
rectorate, and the Liberty National TX
banded its board by the election II
Frederick N. Towers, Washington at
torney District National elected George
W. Lipscomb.
In many local banks the same di
rectorates were reelected without
change. The stockholders elections re-
suited as follows:
Washington Loan & Trust Co.
Charles R. Grant was elected di-
rector in the Washington Loan g. Trust
Co today, together with William H. Ba-
den, at the annual stockholders meet
ing Mr. Grant is one of the banks
VICE presidents and has been connected
with the institution since 1907. when
he entered its service in the real estate
department, advancing steadily to be
assistant treasurer, treasurer and vice
president, to which Office he was elected
in 1890.
Mr. Baden holds a similar record in
service for the bank, joining the staff
in 1910 in the real estate department,
later entering the trust department and
becoming trust officer under the late
Andrew Parker. He was also elected a
vice president in 1880. He is a mem
Der of the District of Columbia Bar and
a recognized authority on trust matters.
Directors reelected at today's meet
ing of the trust company's stockholders
include: John Joy Edson, John H.
Clapp, Frederick v. Coville. Charles H.
Doing, L. Whiting Estes, Albert F. Fox,
Melville Bell GroSvenor, John A. John
ston, S. H. Kaufman, Carl B. Kefer-
stein, George A. King, j. Leo Kolb, Al
fred H. Lawson, Harry G.. Meem,
Charles Carroll Morgan, Theodore
w. Moves, A. Chambers Oliphant,
John Barton Payne, William E. Pear
son. Arthur Peter, Walter S. Pratt, jr.;
Charles Parker Stone, Charles G. Treat
0O4ldl0 WOOOWdIu.
National Metropolitan.
Two new directors were added to the
board of the National Metropolitan
Bank today, Otis B. Kent and F.. H.
Mccormick Goodhart Mr.. Kent is an
income tax lawyer who has been. in &C.
tive law practice here for some 40 wears.
Mr.. Mccormick Goodhart is retired, but
is member of a family which has long
been prominent in the National Capital.
, The other directors elected at today's
stockholders meeting include:
Louis D. Bliss, Arthur T. Brice, Fred
erick De C. Faust William F. Guide,
Charles B. Hawley, A. A. Hoehling,
Charles Jacobsen, o. H. P. johnson,
r. M. Kaufman, DR.. j. Thomas KEEL
ley, jr.; Maj. Henry Leonard, A. Lisner,
Frank F. Nesbit, Arthur A. O'Brien, C.
F. r. Ogilby, Hugh Reilly ir.; E
Francis Riggs, H. C. Sheridan, Thomas
Somerville, Merle Thorpe, Henry A. Will
lard. I'd; w. K. Wimsatt and George w
White.
Riggs National
Robert D. Weaver, president of the
Georgetown Gas Light Co. and one of
the leading citizens In that section of
the Capital for many years. was added
to the board of directors of the Riggs
National Bank today. He has been
chairman of the Advisory Committee
of the Farmers g. Mechanics and the
Friendship Branches of Riggs He takes
the place on the Riggs directorate left
vacant by the death of William M. Will
1ians. The other directors were re-
elected AS follows:
Charles c. Glover, William j. Father,
H. Rozier Dulany, Sterling Rufin,
Charles c. Glover, jr.: Henry B. Spen-
Ger, Julius Garfinckel Fleming New
bold, C. Powell Minnigerode, William M
Ritter, Harry F. Clark, Frank j. Hogan,
Randall H. Hagner, Robert v. Fleming,
Coleman Jennings, John Oliver La
GORGE, Karl w. Corby, John j. PERISH
ing, Charles H. Tompkins. Henry P
Erwin and Daniel ]. Callahan.
Commercial National.
Brig. Gen. w. E. Horton, u S. Army,
retired, was elected to the board of di-
rectors of the Commercial National
Bank at today's stockholders meeting.
He has been prominent figure in Army
circles for many years. Other members
OF the board were reelected as follows:
James H Baden, Wade H. Cooper, E
G. Dawson, Walter J. Harrison, David
B. Karrick Ralph D. Quinter, James
B. Reynolds, Nathan B. Scott. ID; James
Sharp, William H. Snoies, Laurence A.
Slaughter, Emmons S. Smith, jr;
George Tully Vaughan and Bates
Warren.
Liberty National.
Frederic NJ Towers, we'll known
Washington attorney, was elected a di-
rector in the Liberty National Bank
by the stockholders in annual session
today. He has been associated for
many years with Attorney Norman B.
Frost, who is a member of the same
directorate. The directors. reelected
for the coming year, include:
c. B. Asher Rolfe E. Boiling, E. S.
Brashears, Thomas p Brown, M F.
Calnan, S. T. Cameron, j. T Gull. jr.,
DR.. L. F. Davis, Norman B. Frost. Tracy
L. Jeffords, Paul E. Johnson, James NJ.
Johnston, T. P. Littlepage Harold N
Marsh, William H. McCray, Lennard
H Mitchell, DR. F. H. Morhart, E. H.
Neumeyer. Vernon G. owen and I. E.
Shoemaker
Columbia National.
Stockholders of the Columbia Nation
al Bank reelected the following board
OF directors: Harry Blake, John Joy
Edison, L. Whiting Estes c. Fenton
Fadeley, Albert F. Fox, Ernest c. Guy.
David J. kaufman, George M Leim-
bach, James A Messer, Joseph H. Mi
lans, John H. Miller, Theodore w.
Noyes, Walter S. Pratt, jr: Andrew
Saul, Frank J. Stryker. John N. Swart-
zell and Harry S. Wolf.
Lincoln National.
Lincoln National Bank stockholders
reelected the same board of directors.
made up of Charles w. Bolgiano, John
F. Brawner, Floyd E. Davis. Albert S
Galley, w. w. Griffith, Melvin c.
Hazen, Leroy w. Heron, H. B. Leary,
Howard r. Norton, Henry T. Otter
dinger George c. Humphrey, j. Enos
Ray, Samuel C. Redman. John Saul.
Fred A Smith. James A Soper, w.
NICK. Stowell, Charming S. Walker and
Howard l.. wilkins.
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