Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-02
BANKERS
ON BOATR|DE
Banquet at Bluff Point Another
Feature Of Summer Meeting
Thursday.
ADDRESS BY W. 0. JONES
New York Rank Man Gave Instruc-
tive and Entertaining TDiis "a
Members of Vermont As.ocin-
ton while They Were En-
jO.ing n Trip on Lake.

The Vermont State Bankers ASSOC
citation Thursday held its first summer
meeting The members of tho osso-
citation and their guests to the num-
| bcr of III in all took the steamer
| Chateauzay from burlington at 4:45.
went to the Hotel Champaign at Bluff
| Point, y. Y, for dinner and returned
to this city shortly after II o'clock.
This is really the initial meeting OF
the association, for the meeting Of
last winter was mainly for the pur-
pose of organization.
| There were - representatives of
the various financial institutions of
the state and the remainder of the
party was made up Of minor officials,
the guests of the associate and la
dies. Shortly after the boat started
a meeting OF the bankers was held in
the dining room Of the steamer H.
L. Ward who is president of the STATE
association. presided. He said that
there was little business to be trans
acted, as 1t had been decided not 70
| call for the reports Of any Of the Of
hc"rs at that meeting. 1t was nee
| essarN however TO elect n delegate
! to tho national convention of the
American Bankers associations and as
1t was the turn Of Vermont to have
the office of vicc-prcsident Of that
organization It was necessary to
choose some one for that duty. II. l..
Ward was elected delegate TO the
convention and II. o. Carpenter Of the
Rutland Savings bank was made vice.
president.
+. L. Burgess. as chairman OF the
committee on arrangements. made Il
few remarks ana then Mr.. Ward in
troduced w. o. Jones Of tho Nationat
Park Bank of New York city. Mr..
Jones made the address of the occa-
sion and though he spoke for nearly
an hour, from the beginning to the
end of his speech he held the atten-
ton of every person In the room. His
remarks were punctuated from time
to time with the heartiest kind OF
applause, and 1t was just sincere
and sustained at the end as 1t was
at the beginning. Mr.. Jones dwelt
especially upon the advisab ility OF
having strong State association and
he directed his remarks MS much to
the clerk at the foot Of the ladder
as he did to the prosperous and portlv
banker who doesn't have to worry
about tailor bills.
The speaker started by telling Il story
which, to use a slang phrase. put him
right with ali good Vermonters; he said:
II welcome this inspiring environment.
this wealth Of natural beauty and scenic
grandeur, for to me. there is no sunset
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the setting Of the sun over this very lake
and the mountains to the west of It, as
viewed from the Vermont shore. Three
years ago, while visiting Los Angeles
called upon a friend He said. Jones
/ why don't You come out here where we
have Sfj sunshiny days in the YEAR
replied, Excuse me- want n little shade
with the sunshine. He then directed my
! attention to what he called the splendid
California scenery, but asked him If he
had ever visited Lake Champlain in the
1 early fall, Just as the first frost had
tinEed It's foliage and, nj the close. wit
messed from the city Of Burl!ngton the
sun setting over the Adirondacks in all
Its beauty and subllmity"
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/ had them going and he went on to clinch
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