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Page: of 68
high degree of civic responsibility, and an innate
kindness and understanding in their dealings with the
“little guy’’. Their business day or business week never
ended for Bert and Meritt Rector were constantly being
sought after by admiring local citizens in need of sound
business advice that was never refused, regardless of the
time or place.
After the death of the elder Rectors — in 1914 and
1915, the National Hotel and Annex passed on by inheritance to the younger brothers and their cousin Vivie
Rector Lindley. In contrast to their father and uncle
however, they never directly managed the hotel as their
banking interests were of such magnitude that they
demanded their entire attention (see later). At the time
of their retirement in 1923, Gilbert James and Edwin
Meritt Rector were among the most prominent and wellknown figures of the banking fraternity in northern
California.
Following the sale of the bank in 1923 the two
brothers devoted their time to personal interests and to
travel. However, after ten years of retirement, executives
from the San Francisco head office of Bank of America
persuaded “‘G. J.” and “E. M.” to return to their old
profession as vice-president-managers of the Nevada City
and Grass Valley branches which had been purchased in
1930 by the Bank of America.