Evening star., 1952-09-05

ship now totaling 485. Mr.. Foley,
a native of New York, graduated
from Fordham University and
joined the Government in 1892
as an official of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. During World War
II, he served in the Army, assum-
ing his present post with the Treas
ury Department in 1916.
The Grocery Wheels of Wash
ington will hold it's first meeting
of the administrative year Mon
day at $50 pm. at the Touchdown
Club. President Sy Selenow prom
ises an active season. The Gro
cery Wheels is made up of grocery
executives in the Washington area
for the purpose of promoting bet
ter relations between retailers,
wholesalers and manufacturers.
Guest speaker at the meeting will
be Eddie Gallagher, radio and tele-
vision master of ceremonies.
John H. Cecil jr., formerly with
tie International Business Ma
chimes Corp. is now associated
with Johnston, Lemon & Co.,
members Of the Washington Stock
Exchange and the Philadelphia
Baltimore Stock Exchange. A
graduate Of Episcopal High School
in Alexandria and of Princeton,
he served in World War II. He
was in the Washington Office of
I. B. M. c. the past two years and
is member of the National Asso-
citation Of Cost Accountants and
the Princeton Club of Washington.
Theater to Sell Stock.
Mclean Country Theater, Inc,
is planning to establish itself on
a year-round basis. the immediate
objective being the erection of a
new legitimate theater at Mclean,
Va, where it is closing a success
full summer season this week. To
finance the undertaking, the COM
pany is raising $4,000 through
the sale Of 5000 shares Of common
SCOcK OF $1U par Value.
Starting in 1885,. the Mclean
Theater has brought popular
Broadway plays here for its usual
summer seasons and now has
nearly 5000 patrons on its regular
mailing list. Tommy Brent OF
Mclean is president and a director
of the company which is now
planning to build a modern. air.
conditioned theater seating 750
The theater will operate so weeks
out Of the year. with a new play
being presented each week.
Each share will have equal
rights with every other share as
to voting dividends and on other
company matters. Copies of the
prospectus may be obtained from
the company at Mclean.
Acacia Representatives.
Dayton A. Gordon and Grayson
G. Fentriss have just been ap-
pointed representatives of the
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co
in the Washington branch. Man.
ager j. A. Barbeau said that Mr.
Gordon comes from the Army
having retired from the service
after % years. He was formerly
supervisor in the receipts and dis
bursementS division, Office of Chief
of finance. Mr.. Fentriss had been
in the Acacia home Office for the
past year and a half, working as
an underwater. He was formerly
a production clerk at the Wash
ington Post and is a graduate o1
the University of Virginia.
Carmichael Speaks.
In an address before the Cos.
mopolitan Club yesterday, j. H
Carmichael, president of Capita.
Airlines. emphasized the economic
significance of the air transport
industry to Washington business
He estimated some 10000 people
are employed at Washington Ma.
tional Airport with an averag.
payroll of SO million. Capital Air.
lines. he said. is the only major
trunk airline with headquarteri
and chief maintenance facilities
in Washington. It's yearly payroll
of SIT million. most of which i.
expended locally, makes it one o.
the largest privately owned indus.
tries in the Metropolitan Area.