Evening star., 1939-01-17
American Security
Elects Two New
Board Members
Munsey Trust, Morris
Plan Bunk Also Add
New Directors

Plan bunk Also Add
New Directors
Stockholders of the American Sc
curity e. Trust Co. elected two nev
directors at their annual meetin,
today, John A. Remon, vice presi
dent, Chesapeake & Potomac Tele,
phone Co., and Lawrence E. Will
liams, vice president of Fries, Beal
e. Sharp, Inc; the Munsey Trus
Co. elected Walter G. Distler, con.
struction expert, while the Morris
Plan Bank has added Paul B
Cromelin, Washington attorney, tt
the board.
The complete list of director.
elected by the American Security &
Trust Co. follows: c. A. Aspinwall
William L. Beale, Gist Blair, Harr,
x. Boss, George w. Brown, Charlie
A. Garry, Frederick w. Coleman
William w. Everett, William
Flather, jr; M. G. Gibbs, James M
Green, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Will
liam Montgomery, Howard Moran
NeWbold Noyes, John Saul, Corcorar
Thom, S. Percy Thompson, Benja'
min w. Thoron, John F.. Wilkins
Edward G. Yonker, John Allen Re-
mon and Lawrence E. Williams.
John A. Remon is vice president
and director in four telephone com
panies, Chesapeake & Potomac
! Telephone Co. of Washington, Ches.
apeake & Potomac Telephone Co
of Baltimore City, C. & P. Tele.
phone Co. of Virginia and C. g. P
Telephone Co. of West Virginia. HI
was graduated from the Worcester
Polytechnic Institute in 1909 as ar
electrical engineer.
Mr.. Remon is active in the United
States Chamber of Commerce
Washington Board of Trade, where
he is chairman of the River anc
Harbor Committee; director of the
| Better Business Bureau, member o.
the Advisory Council of the Play
Ground and Recreations of the Dis.
trict of Columbia, American Civic
Association, chairman of the Boarc
of Managers. Boys Club, Metropoli.
tan Police; Episcopal Eye, Ear ane
Throat Hospital, corporator. He i!
president of the Presidents CuI
Regatta Association. member of the
Washington Criminal Justice Asso.
citation: trustee, Worcester Polvtech.
mic Institute: member National Geo.
graphic Society, National Press Club
American Geographical Society
Metropolitan Club, Corinthian Yach
Club, Salem Willows Yacht Club
Severn River Yacht Club.
Lawrence E. Williams is vice presi.
dent Of the firm of Fries, Beall &
Sharp Co, Inc, and the present frs
vice president of the Washington
Board of Trade. He is a gradual,
of Wesleyan University, with an A
B. degree, and the National Univer.
sity Law School, with the degre,
of LIB
Mr.. Williams has served for many
years in different capacities in thu
Washington Board of Trade prior tt
reaching his present position. Dur.
ing the war Mr. Williams served al
a naval officer, performing subchasel
duty IN the Adriatic, followed by s
naval expedition to North Russia.
Distler New Munsey Director.
Stockholders of the Munsey Trus
Co. elected Walter G. Distler to tn,
Board OF Directors. He is vice presi.
dent of the George A. Fuller CO
and one OF the best known construc
ton men in Washington. The fol.
lowing directors were reelected:
Charles DENLY. jr: Thomas w
DeWart, William T. DeWart, William
T. DeWart. jr; Gilbert T. Hodges
Arthur G. Lambert, P. j. Mcmahon
Louis B. Montfort, A. Harding Paul
c. H. Pope, c. D. Ratcliffe, Alfred
P. Thom, jr.; Arthur L. Thompson
and r. H. Yeatman.
At the organization meeting A
j. Byrne, assistant treasurer, wa:
also made secretary, the complete
list of officers including:
William T. DeWart, chairman o.
the board; c. H. Pope, president
c. D. Ratcliffe, vice president anc
treasurer; P. J. Mcmahon, vice
president and assistant treasurer
A. j. Byrne. assistant treasurer anc
secretary; r. H. Yeatman, genera
counsel and trust officer: r, D
Watkins, assistant treasurer.
Morris Plan Adds Cromelin.
Stockholders Of the Morris Plar
Bank reelected the same directors
and added Paul B. Cromelin to the
board. Mr.. Cromelin, a Washington
attorney, is a former Assistant
United States Attorney for the Dis.
trlct OF Columbia. past grand mas.
ter of the Executive Committee o1
the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance
Co., trustee of Sibley Hospital
trustee of the Methodist Home oil
the District of Columbia. and mem
ber of the Board of Trustees o1
Trinity M. E Church.
The annual organization meet
ing of the board reelected all
officers for the ensuing year: Will
lard G. Barker, president: B. Russell
Shaw, vice president; ElWood G
Childers, assistant vice president
and controller; V. Walton Rhine
cashier; E. H. o. Stokes, assistant
cashier; G. Crawford Turnbull, as
sistant cashier; S. E. Collegeman
assistant cashier; and Ferdinand
E. Walters. assistant cashier.