Evening star., 1953-01-07

AL at the .::::3$
close of 1851
and $13,704,-
008 at the end
of 1947. Mr.. Harrell.
Assets reached $64. .945.417 on
December 81, an increase Of 1914
per cent from a year earlier and
42.3 per cent ahead Of five years
earlier.
Deposits of $58, ,466, ,237 were up
1916 per cent for the year and
422 per cent higher in the five
years.
Capital accounts of $4,701, ,624
increased 2.5 per cent in the year
and were 20.5 per cent above five
years ago.
Gets Acc Contract.
The Blaw-Knox Co. has re-
ceived a $40 million contract
from the Atomic Energy Com
mission for procurement and
construction of a chemical plant,
Marvin Marcus, district manager
Of the firm, announced today.
Mr.. Marcus said the contract
called for the chemical plant to
be constructed to supplement
facilities now processing pluto
mum at the Hanford Works,
Richland, Wash. Blaw-Knox is
an engineering, manufacturing
and construction firm.
Lighting to Be Discussed.
How effective lighting reduces
traffic accidents and crime will
be discussed tonight at an open
meeting of the Illuminating En-
gineering Society at the Potomac
Electric Power Co. Playhouse.
Among the speakers will be
E. B. Karns of Westinghouse
Electric Corp, an authority on
mercury vapor lighting.
Jack N. Robertson, District
Highway Department director.
will discuss the 10-year street
and highway program now
under way.
Herbert A. Friede, District
electrical engineer. will review
improvement in street lighting
here.
Insurance Official to Speak.
Richard E. Farrer, secretary of
the National Fire Insurance Co.
of Hartford, Conn.,, will address
the January luncheon of the
District Association of Insurance
Agents at the Mayhower Hotel
Friday noon.
Mr.. Farrer, who directs the
business development program of
Nationals group of companies,
formerly was director of educa-
tion and research for the Ma
tional Association of Insurance
Agents.
Victor z. Brink, assistant con-
troller of the Ford Motor Co.,
will address the Fedora! Gov
ernment Accountants Associa-
ton at a dinner meeting at the
Willard Hotel tomorrow night.
Servel Show Coming.
A million-dolla musical ex-
travaganZa will go on the road
this month to show ServePs 1853
line of appliances to dealers
coast to coast. 1t will arrive here
January %.
w. Paul Jones. Servel presi-
dent, said that two road COM
panies would take the 1883
Show of Stars" to 80 cities.
Simultaneous premieres are
scheduled for New York and
Boston on January 81.
1--WE have the most advanced
and complete line of refrigera-
tion products in the industry's
history" said Mr.. Jones, land
we intend to show off these
products to their best advantage
to the men who will sell them. I"
Mr.. Jones emphasized that the
show is in addition to the record
breaking Sc million advertising
budget with which Servel is
backing it's new products in
1858.
Mcgee to Give Report.
C.. r. Mcgee, vice chairman of
the car service division of the
Association of American Rail-
roads here, will make a report on
national transportation condi-
tions at the 29th annual meet
ing of the Atlantic States Ship
pers' Advisory Board in Balti-
more Janury 14-15.
Six hundred members Of the
board, from Pennsylvania. New
York, Virginia, New Jersey, Della
ware. Maryland and the District
of Columbia will attend.
Highlight of the two-day
schedule will be a luncheon on
January Is, to be sponsored by
the Traffic Club of Baltimore.
Ernie Issel, assistant secretary
treasurer of Mccormick & Co.,
will speak on Management De-
velopment." Howard E. Simp-
son. executive vice president of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
will be POSTMASTER.
Heads Food Brokers.
w. Carroll Barnett has been
elected president of the WASH
lngton Food Brokers Associa-
ton. He succeeds James E.
Vogts, jr.
Mr.. Barnett has been is the
food business % years and or
ganized his own firm five years
ago after serving with the r. B.
Davis Co.
Other new association officers
are: George H. Oed, jr., first
vice president; E. Gordon Du
Puey, second vice president; Ben
net Beale, secretary; James K
McCracken, treasurer.
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