Evening star., 1949-01-11


added two new directors at the an
nual meeting today, Hamilton Ma
tional named one and the Lincoln
National elected a new board men,
ber, the smallest total on bank
meeting day in many years.
Very few members were lost by
death during l948 and most of the
dlrectorates are now close to their
limits in size Most of the annual
meetings were held at noon, with
National Savings g. Trust due to
meet later in the day.
The annual reports showed one
of the best years in the history of
Washington banks. with excellent
earnings. high deposits and highly
satisfactory loans.
Arthur Middleton Hill and HUI
bert T. Bisselle were the directors
named by Riggs National share
holders
Mr.. Hill is chairman of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Grey
hound Corp: president and director,
Atlantic Greyhound Corp. and the
Charleston Transit Co. and chair
man of the Capital Greyhound
Lines. During World War II he
served as special assistant to the
Secretary of the Navy in charge of
the transportation branch, and re-
Gently resigned as chairman of the
National Security Resources Board.
The other new Riggs director, Mr..
BisSelle, is senior vice president Of
the bank.
Hamilton Nationals new board
member is William A. Rogers, I'd,
son of the late c. c. Rogers who was
on the Hamilton directorate from
the time of its organization in 1898
until his death in 1914.
w. A. Rogers is a native Of Wash
ington, president of the Barry
Pate Motor Co., Inc; president Of
Addison Chevrolet Sales, Inc, and
is in the general insurance busi-
ness. He is a George Washington
University graduate.
The Lincoln National Bank
elected Robert I. Lyon to the board.
Mr.. Lyon is a retired Government
official and he and his family have
been closely connected with this
bank for many years.
Riggs National Names Board.
With the two new members, the
Riggs directorate for the coming
year consists of the following:
Robert v. Fleming. chairman; Charles c.
Glover, jr.. vice chairman; Sterling Ruf-
fn, Henry B. Spencer, Fleming Newbold. c.
Powell Minniserode. Coleman Jennings
Eins, Henry P. Erwin, William Mcclellan,
Ernest E. Norris, Lloyd B. Wilson. George
Sdxs4d v.ss wafsT & DuRHR W,s Morris cstrtz
Thomas A. Butt. H. Randolph Maddox, An
drew Parker. Arthur Middleton Hill and
Hubert T. Bisselle.
Stockholders of the Lincoln Ma
tional Bank elected the following
directors in addition to Robert I.
Lyon:
George I. Berger, william W. Brawner.
Floyd Davis, Floyd z Davis, 1r.. W.
oiEe9.F Robert 5 seFt et DsHs oise
Maxwell. John W. Miller, Richard 4. Nor
ris, George H; Norton, Harry Sherry. Fred
sox smfe Gaz RsesT s;fEsT .nG ~ Hoas1d MsK
L. wilkins.
The directors met at once and ell
ected the following officers for the
year 1949:
Mr.. Davis. president; Mr.. Norris. exeeu-
tive vice president; Mr.. Gatley, Mr.. Lee
and Mr.. Smith, vice president: Walter r.
Palsdini, cashier: J. Frank Rice, ASSISTANT
sashier and assistant trust of1cer: Arthur
c. Elgtn, assistant trust omcer: o. Ham
mond Wetzel. assistant cashier; Edward n.
Story. assistant cashier; George M. Row
zee, jr., assistant cashier, and William NJ.
Harris. auditor. and Mr.. Keefer, general
counsel.
Seventh and H streets ONCE: Nelson M.
Stokes. vice president in charge; Samuel
c. Redman, jr., assistant cashier, and Ar
thur E. Meade, assistant cashier.
Hamilton Names Board.
Hamilton National Bank stock
holders, in addition to adding Will