Evening star., 1950-09-08
79 Acacia Employees
Fefed for Service al
Billion Dollar Meet

Seventy-nine employees Of the
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance
Company were honored yesterday
for years Of service, at the organ
iZation's Billion Dollar Sales
Meeting in Constitution Hall. The
meeting, which opened Wednes-
day and closes tomorrow, has
hearquarters at the Mayfiower
Hotel.
Both branch and home Office
employees, who were observing
their third, fifth, 18th and 25th
years with the company, were
presented awards by Howard Kacy,
first vice president of the firm.
Home Office of the company is at
81 louisiana avenue NV.
The company is celebrating at
tainment of its 81 billion goal of
life insurance now in force. This
goal was reached June %.
25 Years Searvice.
Branch Office employees who
reached their 25th anniversary
with the company during 1949 or
1850 honored yesterday were
Marguerite w. Landgraff, Mont
gomery, Ala: Ethel M. Campbell,
Charlotte, N. c.; Margaret E.
Jackson. Jacksonville. Fla; Mar
jorie Van Deman, Charleston, w.
Va; Marion E. Huggard, Denver,
Colo, and Lucy N. Moseley, Rich
mond. Va.
Home Office employees who
reached their 25th anniversary
in 1949 or 1850 were William
Kuechle, Minnie Frye. Winnie
Glascock, Nancy Davis. Alice Rol-
Inns, Catherine Louthan, James
B. Eadie, Thelma Tayman. Muir
ray M. Harllee, Anita Clapperton,
Helen M. Anders, Samuel E.
Mooers, James Weikel. jr., George
H. Partridge. May Duffey, Miriam
Bakersmith. Dorothy whitehead.
Evelyn Henley, Evelyn A. Bur-
rows, Donald r. Roberts and E.
M. Fallstrom.
, Lee Hill, who works out Of the
home Office as field agent, also
was honored for Is years service.
MIR. Palgridge Honored.
Oldest person to receive an
award was Mr.. Palgridge, an at
torney in the company's legal
department. who will be 80 in
November.
Home Office employees who
reached their 18th anniversary
in 1949 or 1850 were Hilbert s.
Browne, Ralph E. Heitmuller,
Laura M. Daugherty, Franklin
Schroeder, Donald Gates, Arthur
Amber, Virginia Luers, Gordon
Thompson, c. Bayne Marbury.
Arthur r. Deming. Samuel F.
Mears, William S. Beteler, Rob-
ert H. Gore.
Gerald Whitley, George P.
Sampson, Emile Joseph. William
Counselman. Mary Baurman.
George Dassoulas, Anne Smith,
Leslie Munro, Herbert Pratt. Ruth
Stackhouse. Lempi Junkkari. AL
len Weisman. Maize Colburn.
Margaret Rockwell.
Many Get Awards.
Field representatives honored
were r. L. Hill, 25 years; @. M.
Beeton, D. M. Aaronson and La
Noue Malta, all Is years: e. p.
Jones, S. c. Ables, r. M. Bosley.
R. E. Link, j. L. Nicely, C. g..
Huskinson. G.~Cs~Lord. H., w,
Barnard. G. n. Tetard, F. f. Prior
and w. c. Hughes. all five years.
Also w. F. Stems, F. c. Booth,
L. P. Kames, r. P. Siebold. G. A.
Howarth. w. j. Meagher, M. D.
Hathaway, w. j. Dess, ]. B. Pen
dleton and Smith Higgins, all three
years.
About 1,7o0 employees of the
company, with approximately TOO
from branch Offices, are here for
the meeting. Business sessions
will be held at 8 am. today and
tomorrow at the Mayflower Hotel,
with a banquet at $50 pm. to-
morrow at the hotel, climaxing
the four-day gathering. William
Montgomery, head of the COM
pany since 1893, will speak. Aca-
cia Mutual Life Insurance Co. was
organized in 1869. and was chart
cred by Congress the same year.
Its main Office always has been
In Washington.