Evening star., 1951-02-23

program has been formed. but
not beyond April /.
League Delegates Appointed.
Edward K. Jones, secretary OF
the Interstate Building Associa-
ton. and Carl c. Smuck, secretary
of the Anacostia Federal Savings
and Loan Association. have been
named official delegates Of the
District Building and Loan League
for the annual convention Of the
Southeastern Division. United
States Savings and Loan League.
The convention will be held
March 1923 at Palm Beach, Fla.
and will attract $50 leaders Of
the building and loan industry
from this section of the Nation.
Including the two official dele
gates, around IS officials of Wash
ington savings and loan associa-
tions will attend.
Proxy Forms Sent Out.
Washington Gas Light Co. to-
day sent out proxy forms for the
annual meeting March 26, when
stockholders have been asked to
approve an increase in authorized
common stock to is million shares
from 100000. The plan must be
approved by holders OF two-thirds
of the outstanding $4,000 shares.
Seven directors up for re-elec-
ton are Albert w. Atwood. Ev-
erett j. Boothby, E. K. Morris,
Robert c. Owens. Christopher H.
Pape, Sidney F. Taliaferro and
Corcoran Thorn.
The proxy statement said the
additional shares would be avail
able to help finance construction
expenses expected to reach SILT
million for 1851 and around $12,-
461 900 for 1852 and 1853.
Pepco Declares Dividends.
Directors of Potomac Electric
Power Co. have declared dividends
Of As cents share on the 3.6 per
cent preferred stock and 22h
cents a share on common stock.
the former payable April 1 to
holders of record March s, the
latter payable March 81 to hold
ers of record March 6.
Directors Of the Chesapeake g.
Potomac Telephone Co. have ap-
proved additional expenditures of
$342.000 for expansion of Wash
ington facilities.
Included is $4,000 for the in
stallation of around five miles Of
underground cable In the COM
pany's downtown and Dupont
areas; $4,000 for additional
underground conduit in the
Brookland central office; $72.700
for additional dial toll switching
equipment; $22,100 for additional
equipment in the Congress Heights
center.
H. Randolph Maddox. president.
and other officers were reelected.
w. III. Churchill Honored.
William H. Churchill, treasurer
of Peoples Drug Stores, Inc, was
honored with the designation,
Member of the Month, by Wash
ington chapter, National Associa-
ton of Cost Accountants, at its
monthly dinner meeting, Mr.
Churchill, charter member OF
the chapter, was instrumental in
Its founding in 1882.
Plastics Conference Here.
Representatives from the Army,
Navy, Air Force, Quartermaster
Corps, Bureau of Ships, National
Production Authority and other
Government agencies met with a
committee from the plastics in
dustry at the Shoreham Hotel
today.
Representing the industry was
the Thermosetting Plastics Mold
ers' Committee for National De-
tense of the Society of the Plastics
Industry, Inc. Co-chairmen of
the committee are Norman A.
Backscheider, of Cincinnati, and
John j. Bachner, Of Chicago.
G. Clark Brant, jr.. has been
appointed a special representative
by the j. Henry Hooper Agency
of the Provident Mutual Life In
surance Co. Mr.. Brant came
here from San Francisco in 1922
For 18 years he has been an &C.
count executive with an adver-
Using agency and prior to that
was a customers man in q
brokerage firm.