Evening star., 1943-01-12

washington DankS elecCeQ SIX new
directors at annual meetings of tn,
stockholders of all the nationa
banks and several trust companie.
and savings banks held today.
The annual reports disclosed thai
the banks enjoyed an excellent bust.
ness year in spite Of mounting ex.
penses and difficulties caused by con.
slant changes in personnel because
OF the war.
The National Metropolitan Bank
added James M. Johnston, jr., q
Washington lawyer, to its directorate
Union Trust Co. stockholders
elected Charles A. Robinson, vice
president and general manager OF
the Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele.
phone Co., to the board.
The Second National added one
new director, Charles H. Pardoe
president of the Sanitary Floors
Corp.
Hamilton National stockholders
elected Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines,
head of the Veterans Administra-
ton, director.
The Washington Loan g. Trust Co.
made one addition to the board
James ODonnell, jr, Washington
attorney.
Security Savings 81 Commercial
stockholders elected one new direc-
tor-Fenton F. Leith, president of
the Peoples Life Insurance Co. of
Washington and a brother of the
late T. Hunton Leith.
The results of today's elections fol-
low, several banks retaining their
present directorates without change:
Columbia National.
Stockholders of the Columbia
National Bank reelected the pres
ent Board of Directors as follows:
Harry Blake, Fenton M. Fadeley
Ernest G. Guy, Edward L. McAleer.
Benjamin M. McKelway, James A.
Messer, Joseph H. Milans, Edgar
Morris, James ODonnell, jr.; An
drew Saul and Frank ]. Stryker.
LlOerty N2tlOnal.
Liberty National stockholders re-
elected these directors: Thomas P.
Brown, M. F.. Calnan, j. T. Gull,
jr.: DR.. L. F. Lewis, Howard P. Foley,
Norman B. Frost, Tracy l.. Jeffords,
Paul E. Johnson, DR.. F. H. Nor
hart, E. K. Morris, Vernon G..
Owen, Joseph A. Rafferty,, I. E.
Shoemaker, F. N. Towers and w. T.
Vandoren.
McLachlen Bank.
The following directors were re-
elected by the stockholders of the
McLachlen Banking Corp: Thomas
r. Harvey, Archibald McLachlen,
Clyde D. Garrett, John j. Hasley,
Guy D. Cowl, DR.. Depue H. Duffey,
Lanier P. McLachlen, George Miller,
Z. H. McLachlen, G. A. Pendleton
and A. H. Brewood.
Lincoln National.
Retaining the same board, Lincoln
National stockholders reelected
these. directors: George I. Berger,
William w. Brawner, Floyd E. Davis,
w. Gwynn Gardiner, jr.; Albert S.
Galley. Franklin w. Harper, Leroy
w. Heron, Arthur C. Keefer, Whit
ney Leary, Robert E. Lee, David L.
Maxwell, Richard A. Norris, Howard
r. Norton, Harry Sherry, Fred A.
Smith, w. NICK. Stowell, Charming
s. Walker, Howard L. Wilkins and
w. Crosdale Wits.
National Metropolitan.
IN addition to the election of
James M. Johnston, jr., to the Ma
tional Metropolitan Bank board the
following directors were reelected:
Louis D. Bliss, Col. William j.
Hughes, jr.; John B. Hyde, c. F.
Jacobsen, Charles Jacobsen, David
BsKarrick, r. M. Kaufman, DR..
J. Thomas Kelley, jr.; Col. Henry
Leonard. Felix Morley, Frank F.
Nesbit, James ODonnell, c. F. R.
Ogilby, Landra B. Platt, Donald D.
6hepard, H. G. Sheridan, Russell
E. Singer, A. j. Somerville, Merle
Thorpe, Stanley D. Willis and w.
K. Wimsatt.
Washington Loan & Trust.
Stockholders of the Washington
Loan & Trust Co., in addition to
electing James ODonnell, jr., to
the board, reelected these directors:
William H. Baden, Hiram Bing-
ham, Frederick M. Bradley, William
Thornwau Davis, Charles H. Doing,
L. Whiting Estes, George M. Fisher,
Melville B. Grosvenor, George p.
Hoover, Samuel H. Kaufman. AL
fred H. Lawson, James Alexander
Lyon. Harry G.. Meem, Carlos B.
Mirick, Theodore w. Noyes, A.
Chambers Oliphant, William E.
pea RON Arthur Deter Dn1lolas 2