Evening star., 1937-04-07
DIRECTORY ISSUED
. BYD. c. EXCHANGE
Full Quota of 40 Members
Includes Additions of
Last Year.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

exchange has its full quota of 40
members, the roster including bank
ers, investment dealers, brokers con-
nected with New York Stock Exchange
firms and other f1nanciers.
The list is a most interesting one.
While a majority of the members
have owned seats on the exchange for
many years, there was sudden in
crease in membership only last year.
The new list gives the names Of the
members, their addresses and in most
instances their affiliations with various
financial concerns, the roster in
cluding:
Yelveton E. Booker of Y. E. Booker
e. Co.; John F. Brawner of Wagga-
man, Brawner & Co.; R. A Casilear,
Falls Church, Va; Estate of Karl w.
Corby; G. Fenton Cramer, Wagga-
man, Brawner & Co.; Merton A.
English, jr., George M. Ferris g. Co.;
Henry P. Erwin, Bibbs Building, city;
Marshall o. Exnicios, Robert C. Jones
e. Co.; George M. Ferris of George M.
Ferris & Co.; Henry H. Flather, w. B.
Hibbs g. Co.; George A. Garrett,
Hartman & Keech; c. j. Gockeler,
Hamilton National Bank; Theodore
T. Golden of Theodore T. Golden Co.,
American Security Building; Frank
M. Hall, Hall, Peters & Bryson; j.
Thilman Hendrick, w. B. Hlbbs q
Co.; Estate of William B. Hibbs;
Charles Jacobsen, National Metro
politan Bank; O. H. P. johnson,
National Metropolitan Bank; James
M. Johnston of Johnston, Lemon &
Co.; Robert G. Jones of Robert c.
Jones g. Co.; John c. Legg, jr.,
Mackubin, Legg & Co.; James H.
Lemon, Johnston, Lemon a. Co.;
Donald H. McKnew, D. H. MckneW
& Co.; William w. Mackall, jr., w.
w. Mackall g. Co.; Bernard ]. Nees,
Johnston, Lemon g. Co.; James P.
Nolan, Folger, Nolan & Co.; James
O'Donnell, Liberty National Bank;
Edison B. Olds, jr., Brown, Goodwin
e. Olds; Chauncey G. Parker, jr.,
Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath;
Harold c. Patterson, Auchincloss.
Parker & Redpath Myles H. Quail,
Y. E. Booker & Co.; Baker T. Robin
son, c. Mp. Murphy & Co.; Paul
P. Rodler, w. B. Hibbs & Co.; w.
w. Spaid, W. B. Hibbs & Co.; Benja-
min Thoron, 1900 N street northwest;
Kenneth S. Wales, K. S. Wales & Co.;
George A. Watson, K. S. Wales &
Co.; Wilton F. Westheimer, West
heimer g. Co.; John F. Wilkins, 100
Massachusetts avenue northwest.
The present officers of the Wash
!ngton Exchange are James M. john
ston, president; W. w. Spaid, vice
president; w. w. Mackall, jr, secre-
tary, and Chauncey G. Parker, jr,
treasurer.
Bank Ends oath Year Today.
The Security Savings & CONNER
cial Bank completed "a successful
business years today, having been
opened on April 7, 1913. The mile
stone was specially mentioned at to-
days board meeting and the officials
received many congratulations.
Present officers include Julius I.
Peyser, chairman of the board;
Francis G. Addison, jr., president;
Fred Mckee. vice president; T. Hun
ton Leith, cashier; j. H. Beall, j. O.
lehman and j. L. Shipley, assistant
managers, and Charles K. West, assist
ant cashier and manager of the K
street branch.
The board of directors is composed
of Mr.. Addison, Dion S. Birney, F. A.
Blundon, J. A. Councillor, Diller F.
Croft, Benjamin H. Gruver, John B.
Harrell, George E. Judd, Mr.. Leith, Mr..
Mckee, Benjamin Ourisman, Col.
Peyser, Stacy M Reed, Morris Simon,
William w. Spaulding, Milton Stras-
burger and William C. Sullivan.
Denison Named Bank Auditor.
Directors of the Bank of Commerce
& Savings, meeting yesterday, elected
Harold w. Denison auditor Of the
bank. The new auditor entered the
banking field shortly after his gradu-
alton from Mckinley High School in
1928. becoming connected with the
Riggs National Bank. While at Riggs
he took many courses in the American
Institute of Banking and became di-
rectly connected with the auditing de-
partment in 1929 He has been asso-
ciated with the Bank of Commerce e.
Savings since the middle of March
and has already assumed his new
duties, Vice President Thomas j..
Groom announced today.
Real Estate Bonds Steady.
Unlike the trend in the general
bond market during the first quarter
of 1887. bonds secured by real estate
properties in the Eastern section of
the United States have continued the
steady progress in prices that has
characterized these issues since the
low point of 1888, according to a re-
port on its index of $50 real estate
bonds made by Eli T. Watson & Co.,
Inc. The first-quarter gains for all
issues included in the index amounted
to 81 per cent.
Chesapeake Corp. has called for re-
demption on June l all 5 per cent
convertible collateral trust bonds, due
December l, 1914, now outstanding at
los. These bonds may be converted
on or before the redemption date into
common stock of Chesapeake g. Ohio
Railway Co. After July l, 1887, no
interest will accrue on these bonds.
Lively Trading on Exchange.
Trading on the washington Stock
Exchange today was characterized by
lively demand for bonds. George
town Gas SIS were the most active, FIVE
$1,000 transfers taking place at 1131a.
Capital Traction IS were firm at
e31z and City & Suburban IS ap-
peared on the board again at "a.
Washington Railway g. Electric As
registered 106 and 105A. The only
stock sale was 20 shares of Real
Estate Mortgage & Guaranty pre-
ferred at 5A, off u from the last sale.
The Securities and Exchange Com
mission has given a tentative draft Of
over-the-co regulations to the