FREDERICK D. WISS has been elected executive vice president, and B. E. Bostwick first vice president of J. Wiss & Sons Co. of Newark, manufacturer of shears, scissors, snips and garden tools, Richard R. Wiss, president, has announced.

Frederick Wiss, who lives at 66 Minnisink Rd., Short Hills, will continue also as treasurer. Bostwick will retain his post as vice president in charge of sales and advertising. Bostwick lives at 351 N. Ridgewood Rd., South Orange.