Evening star., 1940-04-07
Gibson Addresses
Accounting Glass
Al Luncheon
Advisers, Seniors and
Faculty Are Guests
At Round TubIe

Forty-eight prominent local ac-
countants, business and Govern
ment executives acted as vocational
advisers to 300 members Of the
graduating class of the Benjamin
Franklin Accountancy School at
luncheon yesterday at the May
flower Hotel.
Advisers, seniors and faculty were
guests of the school at q round
table luncheon arranged to bring
the spring graduates into personal
contact with accountants and ad-
ministrators in business and Gov
ernment.
John T. Kennedy, head of the
local Pace School, presided and
introduced the principal speaker,
Howard L. Gibson, president of
Gibson Institute, Philadelphia, and
former controller of Wallach Bros.
Mr.. Gibson spoke on the work OF
the controller and discussed present
day accounting trends. Mervin
Cohen, member of the class OF
1910, played the accordion.
The invited guest advisers in
cluded: T. Kelly Back, assistant
secretary, United States Chamber
of Commerce; F. Charles Brown,
auditor, National Geographic So
ciety; ]. Frank Brown, controller, s.
Kann Sons Co.; John D. Burrows,
assistant budget officer, Federal
Housing Administration; Harold J.
Burton, treasurer. Southern Diaries;
G. E. eagle, assistant chief of ex-
aminations, Federal Reserve Board;
William H. Churchill, controller,
Peoples Drug Stores, Inc; R. Nc
Causland Clayton, chief accountant,
Stone Straw Co.; John S. Daniels,
treasurer. Hot Shoppes. Inc; George
E. Davis, auditor. Fruit Growers
Express Co.; J. Darlington Denlt,
chief. Accounting and Bookkeeping
Division, General Accounting once.
Samuel Del Vecchio, general man
ager. Peoples Hardware Stores;
George w. Feidt. assistant head,
technical staff, Internal Revenue
Bureau; r. w. Finlay. vice president,
Sanitary Grocery Co.; Thomas J..
Fitzgerald, chief clerk, manufactur-
ing, Census Bureau; Charles L.
Gable, chief, Park Operations, Ma
tional Park Service; A. B. Gunnar-
son, department manager, United
States Chamber of Commerce;
Harold G. Hayden, controller, Po-
tomac Electric Power Co.; F. Nor
man Hearn, assistant accountant in
charge, Accounts Office, Treasury;
Ralph Hickerson, auditor, Carlton
Hotel; Joseph A. Honsick, chief,
Construction Audit, United States
Maritime Commission; w. A. Jump,
director, budget and finance, Agri-
culture Department.; Clarence Ke-
fauver, secretary, Columbia Build
ing Association; Robert j. Lind
quist, chief, auditing department,
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion; Maxf1eld Lund, assistant con-
troller, Washington Post; Corneal
j. Mack, controller, Mayf1ower Ho-
tel; Harold G. Malone, controller,
Hecht Co.; Raymond G.. Marx, con-
troller, Riggs National Bank.
John j. Meehan, accountant, We'll
fare and Recreational Association;
Joseph j. Motyka. acting chief ac-
countant, Agricultural Adjustment
Administration; James c. Naughton,
assistant general auditor, Southern
Railway; H. R. Oliver, credit man
ager, Southern Wholesalers; j. Ellis
Overlade, chief accountant, Bureau
OF Prisons; Louis Paladini, con.
troller, Lincoln National Bank; Lee
R. Pennington, inspector, Federal
Bureau OF Investigation; Joseph w.
Rabbit, jr, controller. Greenbelt.
Md; w. F. Raymond, chief auditor,
Grifiith Consumers Co.; William H.
Rlppard, auditor, Perpetual Build
ing Association, o. H. Ritenour.
assistant controller, Washington Gas
Light Co.; Thomas H. Seay. con-
troller, Southern Railway. william
L. Slattery, controller, Post Office
Department; Henry Tinsman, chief
audltor, Graphic Arts Association:
Joseph w. Upton, treasurer, Sani-
tary Grocery Co.; Roy w. Wade,
assistant controller, Capital Transit
Co.; Carl D. Werner, treasurer, Call
Carl, Inc; William w. Werntz, chief
accountant, Securities and Ex-
change Commission; William H.
Wertman, chief audit division, Ma
tlonal Park Service, and H. L.
Wooten, executive officer, Budget
Bureau.