John J. Wemple (Mutual Mortgage Company) to Charles W. Chesnutt, 5 January 1922
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Cleveland, Ohio. January 5th, 1922
Chas. W. Chesnutt —
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE MUTUAL MORTGAGE CO.1
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this Company will be held Wednesday, January 18th, 1922 at 1:30 P. M. (one thirty) in the office of the Company, 710 Prospect Ave. at which time we trust you will be present.
A matter of great importance will be brought to your attention, viz, the discussion of the advisibility of making some other place the location of our office, the matter is of sufficient importance to urge you to be present.
At the bottom of this sheet you will find a blank Proxy, which please sign and return to this office by first mail and oblige. Should you be present, Proxy will not be used, the following Stockholders will probably be present, please make your Proxy to one of them:
Dr. J. J. Thomas, E. E. Teare, C. H. Carleton, R. J. Frackelton, W. H. Kelly, Wm. J. Ellenberger, W. E. Bonesteel, J. H. Van Derveer, Dr. E. H. Cox, Col. L. S. Connelly, Carroll W. Brown, J. J. Wemple.
Very truly yours, The Mutual Mortgage Co., J. J. Wemple Pres.Correspondent: John J. Wemple (1849–1943) was a White businessman who was originally from New York State but later moved to Cleveland. By 1915 he was manager of the Mutual Mortgage Company and eventually its president, and by 1923 also vice president of the Security Savings & Loan Co. Like Chesnutt, he joined the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce (1894); he was also well-known as a freemason and founding member of the Cleveland Rotary Club.
1. The Mutual Mortgage Company was a Cleveland mortgage loan company incorporated in 1915. The company was located first in the Hippodrome Building, then on 222 Euclid Avenue, and eventually at 710 Prospect Avenue, where it remained until at least 1923. In 1927, it was absorbed by the North American Securities Co., another Cleveland-based company. [back]
