Family In The News -- Harry L. Weber Re-elected Assistant Cashier for Fletcher Savings & Trust Company, 1926

     There's an excitement to finding your "Family In The News."  Even if the information isn't sensational or totally surprising.  There's something cool about reading details of an ancestor's life written exactly as it was happening, in that time and place.  My researching of old newspapers recently has unearthed a plethora of interesting, and sometimes entertaining, tidbits of history.  So I'm beginning my "Family In The News" series --- sharing my finds.  My first news is about Harry L. Weber's re-election as an officer at Fletcher Savings & Trust Company, Indianapolis.

     His descendants are aware that Harry worked at "the bank" for 40 years, starting as a messenger and advancing to head of the loan department.  This career spanned 1906 to 1946, through his single and married life, until shortly before his death.  His children recall him riding the street car from his home about three miles south of the bank's main office in downtown Indianapolis. However, I'm still curious about many of the details of Harry's work years with Fletcher Trust Company.  What exactly were his positions and their timing?  Can I find more about who he worked with and his responsibilities?  The following article from the Indianapolis News, published January 14, 1926, imparts a fraction of that story.
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All Officers Re-Elected
Fletcher Savings and Trust Directors Hold Annual Meeting

    Following a meeting of directors of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, Wednesday afternoon, it was announced that the entire list of officers of the company had been re-elected for this ensuing year. Evans Woollen is president of the institution,  and Hugh McKlandon is vice-president and chairman of the executive committee. Other vice-presidents are Albert E. Metzger, Vinson Carter, who is vice-president and counsel; Donald S. Morris, who is vice-president and trust officer; William B. Schiltges and H. Foster Clippinger.

Other officers re-elected follow: Secretary, Albert Buennagel; assistant secretaries, Rex P. Young and Francis Ohleyer; treasurer, Leland Crawford; assistant treasurers, Albert S. Johnson and Clair McConnell; cashier, Sylvester G. Kasberg; assistant cashiers, Harry L. Weber and Edward G. Freihage; chief accountant, Orpha A. Runge; assistants to the president, Walter S. Greenough and Evans Woollen, Jr.

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        To bring Harry Weber's life into perspective at this juncture, he was 39 years old and had 20 years under his belt at Fletcher Savings and Trust.  He lived in Indianapolis for all of those 39 years. He and his wife, Tillie (Kuhn), were parents of four children between the ages of 2 and 12, with one more barely on the way.  They had been married for thirteen years and had lived for six years in what became a 42-year family home at 2160 Singleton Street in Indy.  Harry liked to play cards on Friday evenings at his father's house with family and friends.

      Other interesting facts are lurking within this small news piece.  The persons mentioned as secretary, Albert Buennagel, and cashier, Sylvester Kasberg, are Harry's first cousins. Albert and Sylvester were the sons of two of Harry's mother's sisters, Lena and Katie Keen.  The three cousins grew up in the same neighborhood and continued their close relationship in their workplace.  So, I could call this a trifecta win for family history banking news!

For more details of Harry Weber's life, CLICK HERE.

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Nancy

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