Evening star., 1951-06-18

The Stonewan Jackson chapter
of the American Institute o1
Bankers held its annual dinner
meeting at the George Washing
ton Hotel in Winchester, Va.
Saturday night. The speaker wa;
Ellis Haller, chief of the Wash
ington bureau of the Wall Street
journal, who discussed Behind
the Washington Headlines"
5 Qualify for Trip.
Five members of the Washing
ton agency of the Phoneix Mu-
tual Life Insurance Co. have been
notified that they are qualified
to attend the company's Tooth
anniversary conference, to be held
August 26-29 at Banff in Alberta,
Canada. The five are: Laurance
H. Riggles, Carlton E. Blake,
Clyde K. Rosenberg, Louis c.
.Hurd and Edwin C. Hege. John
j. Outcalt. agency manager, also
will attend. Outstanding insur-
ance sales and service determined
the winners, officials said.
Sales Executives to Elect.
The final meeting of the yea1
and elections will be held by the
Sales Executives Club at the
Henry Gilpin Drug Co., All South
Capitol street next Monday.
William V. Flatt has beer
representative in the Washing
ton area of the Fidelity Mutual
Life Insurance Co. of Philadel-
phia. This was announced by
George A. Hates. general agent
Mr.. F'latt will have Offices in the
Tower Building, Fourteenth and
K streets NV.
A number of Washington groups
are included in the display oi
award winning programs exhib-
tied by the American Public Re-
lations Association today at the
Lee House, Fifteenth and L streets
NV. The winning case histories
have been donated to George
Washington University for its
public relations and journalism
library.
The Washington organizations
are: M. Belmont Yer Standig Ad-
vertiSing; National Paint, Varnish
& Lacquer Assn; National High
way Users Conference; Capital
Airlines and the National Ferti-
lizer Assn.
New Policy Offered.
The New York Life Insurance
Co. is now offering accident and
sickness insurance. the manager
of the firms washington branch
Office, Charles c. Gearhart an
nounced.
Mr.. Gearhart said the program
is being launched simultaneously
in the company's 1876 offices in
the United States and Canada.
There has been a growing rec
ognition of the need to provide
against financial loss of earnings
arising from accidents and sick
ness" Mr.. Gearhart declared,
1T has been estimated that in
the United States there are more
than 10 million injuries annually
due to accidents and at least Is
disabling illnesses lasting a week
or longer for every death from
all causes. New York Life believes
it can help meet a significant So
cial need by making available
voluntary insurance protection in
this important field"
Gould, Gleiss g. Benn, Inc, mar
keting consultants of Chicago, has
opened an Office in the Albee
Building to strengthen its field
operations in the East and tc
provide improved service to its
clients in this area" said ar
announcement. Robert w. Wal
ance is manager of the organiza-
tion's Office here. The market re-
search firm has offices in Chicago
Atlanta, Detroit and Houston.
Controllers Plan Dinner.
4AAS 4NhS4O11o1 Sop1b11 SlOup
Controllers will install new off.
GERS at a dinner Tuesday at the
Woodmont Country Club. These
men will be installed:
Walter Reitz of The Hecht Co.
chairman; Harry Coonin O.
S. Kann & Sons Co., vice chair.
man, and Louis Marcus of Kaplo
witz Co., secretary treasurer.
Board of Governors members tt
begin this year include: Retiring
President Jennings Snider O
Julius Garf1nckel & Co., J. C
Goodwin of Woodward & Lothrop
Joseph Adeski of Lansburg & Bro
and Jack Neff of The Hecht Co
New members of the Auditing
Committee are: A. B. zweigenhaf
of Mayer & Co. and Robert A
Green Of Garflnckels.