Evening star., 1952-05-07

six other directors reelected in
Edwurd D. Merrill Is Elected President Of
Board OF Trode. Poee Al
annual elections held by the gen.
eral membership at the Chamber
of Commerce Building last night.
The IL chosen in the voting
were:
Reelected: William c. Shelton,
general manager of the Wash
Iington Times Herald; Everett j.
Boothby. president of the Wash
lington Gas Light Co.: Lotion s.
Wesley, owner of Wesley Hall:
Harrison Somerville, vice presi-
dent of the Thos. Somerville Co.;
c. j. Mack, general manager of
the Mayfower Hotel, and Robert
". Fleming. president of the Riggs
National Bank.
Elected: AL w. Lee, president
of A. w. Lee, Inc; D. Russell
Myers. District manager of the
Shell Oil Co.. Inc; James A. Cas-
sidy. proprietor of the James A..
Cassidy Co.; j. M. Sanders, vice
president of Hill & Sanders, Inc. !;
IE. c. Giddings, vice president
OF Capital Transit Co., and Jo-
seph c. Monaghan, president of
Monaghan Randels, Inc.
Awards Presented.
The 65th annual meeting of the
trade group also saw the presen-
tation Of many awards, for long
tenure of service and other work
for the Board of Trade. Corcoran
Thorn. sr., chairman of the board
OF the American Security and
Trust Co., responded to presen-
tationS to 50-year members. Clark
G. Diamond, executive vice presi-
dent of the Chestnut Farms
Chevy Chase Dairy, responded for
25-year members.
Those awarded lapel pins in
dicating half a century of men,
bership. and the years in which
they Joined the organization, were {:
Mr.. Thorn, 1897; Appleton P,
Clark, 1898; Ralph Barnard and
Leon Tobriner, 1899; E. C. Gra-
ham. Harry c. Grove, Samuel j.
Prescott and Odell S. Smith, 1900
and Charles F.. Crane and Henry
w. Samson. 1902.
25-Year Members.
Receiving certificates denoting
completion of IS years OF mem
bership were:
Walter A. Brown, jr., William H
Clarke, Mr.. Dawson, Harry Dean,
Mr.. Diamond. Carl H. Donch
Thomas L. Eagan. Edwin E. Elicit
jr., c. c. Glover, jr., George v
Graham, D. C. Gruver, John H
Harwood, j. E. Heberle, Christian
Heurich, jr.. and Robert M. Lacey
Also, Ralph w. Lee, jr., Karl D
Loos. S. Eugene Madden, Paul
May, Edward L. McAleer, Arthur
E. Nesbitt, Frank S. Phillips, c. H
Pope, David j. Shorb and Robert
P. Smith.
Six of the directors whose
terms expire June 80, plus the six
that were renamed, also re-
ceived certificates. In addition to
Mr.. Boothby, Mr.. Fleming, Mr..
Mack, Mr.. Shelton, Mr.. Somer-
vile and Mr.. Wesley, they were
E. C. -Baltz, Edmund o. Carl.
Dwight R. Cooke, S. Dolan Dono-
hue, Francis j. Kane and Wash
B. Williams.
Committee Heads HOnored.
In addition, certificates were
awarded to IL committee chair
men who have served their max
imum three consecutive years in
that capacity. The men, and their
committees, were:
w. c. Taylor, American ideals;
A. r. Clas. architecture and
architectural awards; Leonard p
Walsh, auditorium and stadium;
Mr.. Wesley, education; o. H
Ritenour, employment and secur-
ity: John A. Reilly, municipal
finance; Elmer M. Pusey. public
health: Harry ]. Miller. public
protection; Robert E. Newby
recreation; Louis F. Bohraus, river
and harbor; William o. Herr.
mann. traffic. and Warren r. For.
ster, welfare.
Three men also received certi.
f1cates for heading committee.
that traditionally limit chairmer
to a single year of service. They
were Mr.. Monaghan, membership
William B. Mullet, mid-wintel
dinner. and w. Raymond Carp.
|enter. spring outing.
The speakers last night were
Leonard Hicks. ST., vice president
and managing director of the Con.
gress Hotel, Chicago. Franz
Weakly. president of the Hotel AS.
sociation of Washington: Leo P
Clagett, chairman of the 1876:
spring outing. and James L. Oliver
chairman of the world trade com.