The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-06-20
DETROIT man IS
ELECTED HEAD
GEORGE e. LAWSON CHOSEN
PRESIDENT OF STATE BANK
ERs' ASSOCIATION.
END MEETING IN LANSING
Delegates to Represent Michigan at
the Next Convention of Ameri-
can Body SeIected-Com-
mittees Named.

Lansing-At the final session OF the
Ewenty-seventh annual convention OF
the Michigan Bankers association In
Lansing, the following officers were
elected:
George E. Lawson of Detroit, vice
president of the Peoples State bank,
was elected president and other Off
GERS elected are, first vice-president,
James r. Wylie, president Of Grand
Rapids National City bank; second
vice-president, Arthur G.. Bishop, pres
ident of Genesee County Savings
bank, Flint; treasurer, G. L. Taylor,
cashier of Citizens Savings bank OF
Owosso; secretary, Mrs. II. M.
Brown, Detroit, and counsel, Hal II.
Smith, Detroit. Both Mrs. Brown and
Attorney Smith were reelected.
Members of the executive counsel
were elected as follows: B. E. To
bias, cashier of Adrian State Savings
bank; F. w. Hubbard, president Of
the State bank of F. W. Hubbard &
Co, Bad Axe; F. w. Blair, president
of the Monroe Trust company, De-
troit; W. B. Mclaughlin, vice-presi-
dent of Houghton National bank; B.
M. DeLamater, president of Peoples
National bank, Jackson; Clyde Hager-
man, cashier Ludington State bank;
M o. Robinson cashier Peoples Saw
ings bank, Traverse City.
IN
the next convention of the American
Bankers association were named by
members of the national organization
Immediately after adjournment of the
state session. These officers includ-
ed President-elect George e. Lawson
of the state association as Michigan's
member of the national executive
council; Benjamin F. Davis of Lam
sing, as Michigan's vice-president and
Henry H. Sanger of Detroit, as dele
gate on general nominating commit
tee
The following standing committees
were named by the state association:
Legislative, w. X. Prudden OF Lam
sing, chairman Ralph Stone, w. HI.
Aitkin, julius H. Haass, Eugene d.
Conger and Hal H. Smith; committee
on taxation of corporations, Louis H.
Whitley, Grand Rapids, chairman; F..
w. Blair, N. S. Potter and Otto
Schupp; committee on agricultural
development and vocational educa-
ton, F. H. Williams, Allegan, chair
man. committee on American insti-
tute of banking, Clay H. Hollister,
Grand Rapids, chairman; B. F. Davis,
Charles NJ Spinning, chairman; Gus
Hill, W. A. Prince, William B. Nc
Laughlin, E. r. Morton, L. F. Titus
and Charles E. Ayers.
Place of meeting for the next con-
vention was left to the members of
the executive council and will be de-
cided at called meeting of that body.
Five hundred bankers were in Ian
sing to attend the opening session of
the twenty-seventh convention Of the
Michigan Bankers association.
The sessions were held in Repre-
sentative hall at the state capitol
building.
The initial convention session was
called to order by President B. F.
Davis. Rev. Henry ]. Simpson, rec
tor of ST. Pauls Episcopal church,
pronounced the invocation, followed
with an address Of welcome delivered
by Gov Woodbridge N. Ferris. The
annual address was given by Presi-
dent B. F. Davis, followed by the re-
ports of Treasurer w. E. Marsh of
Benton Rarbor, Secretary H. M. Brown
OF Detroit and Counsel Hal H. Smith
of Detroit
Two addresses, Tendencies in
Bank Legislation" by Hal H. Smith,
of Detroit, and The Possibilities Of
Cloverland," by G. w. Mott of Me-
nominee, manager of the Upper PENN
sula Development bureau, were fea-
lures of the opening session.
All Products, Except Fruit, Plentiful.
Michigan crops, with the exception
of fruit are in good condition, accord
ing to the crop report issued by Sec
rotary of State Martindale. It is re-
ported that FIVE per cent of the wheat
has been plowed up on account of
being winter killed, while it is re-
ported that five per cent has also
been damaged by the Hessian fly.
State Library to Be Enlarged.
Plans are being prepared by the
board of state auditors to deck over
the two upper floors of the state IL
brary to furnish additional floor space
for the library. At present galleries
provide entrance to the book sections
of the upper floors.
~. A. c. Glasses Elect Officers.
Elections were held in Lansing at
nj. A. C. for class officers for the COM
ing year Arthur L. Bibbsns of Hills.
dale, the varsity catcher, was chosen
to lead next years juniors. Other
junior officers were: Miss Anna
Cowles of Lansing, vice president;
]. W. Nicholson Of Marlette, secre-
tary; F. O. Adams of Detroit, treas
urer: members of student council,