A Faithful and Valuable Employee

Deering Melin as a high-school senior in 1909.
Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

In April 1921, Deering Melin left his job with the Hobart Bank. Both local papers used such words as "faithful," "valuable" and "valued" to describe him as a bank employee; I wonder if perhaps there was gossip about him and the previous year's embarrassment that they wished to contradict.

Deering was not going far: only a stone's throw, to the Kulage Brick Works, where he would take up an office position.


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The Kulage Brick Works circa 1920.
Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

He stayed on with the bank a few days after handing in his resignation in order to train his successor, Joseph E. Mellon.


Sources:
♦ "D.D. Melin Resigns — Jos. E. Mellon to Take Position at Hobart Bank." Hobart News 28 Apr. 1921.
♦ "Deering Melin Quits Bank." Hobart Gazette 29 Apr. 1921.
♦ "Local and Personal." Hobart News 5 May 1921.