The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1919-01-22
RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED BY
DIRECTORS
OF Breckinridge-Bank of Clo-
verport Upon Mr.. Skillman's
Retirement as President.

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At meeting of the Directors OF
The Breckenridge Bank of Cloverport
held on January "A, 1919, the follow
ing resolutions were unanimously ad.
opted:
WHEREAS, A. B. Slillman, Pres.
ident of the Breckinridge- Bank OF
Cloverport, since its organization in
March, 1916, and Cashier of the
Breckenridge Bank, one of its prede-
cessors since its organization in 1879,
and now in the s7th year of his age,
has voluntarily retired to private life.
AND WHEREAS, Mr.. Skillman
has been leading citizen of Clover
port for sixty-two years, during all
of which period, he has been the hon
orable gentleman, modest in his BUSH
ness successes, which have come to
him as merchant, farmer and bank
err, always courteous in all dealings
with his fellow-men; strictly honor
able in every phase of his life.
AND WHEREAS, Mr.. Skillman
is one of the original Charter Mem
bers of The Breckenridge Bank, or
gained in 1872, and became. its first
Cashier, and continued as such until
its consolidation with The Bank of
Cloverport in March, 1916, and sue
ceeded to the Presidency of the con-
solidated Banks under the name of
the Breckinridge- Bank of Cloverport,
and continued as President until his
voluntary retirement at this time
His ability as banker is attested by
the fact that three Nationwide f.
nancial panics swept the land, closing
thousands of Banks each time, during
his banking career, yet the Breckin-
ridge Bank never denied depositor
of single dollar, nor lost single
dollar for depositor at any time,
Moreover, in 1901 when fire destroy
ed the Bank building and contents,
except that which was in its safes, no
patron suffered any inconvenience or
'hindrance thereby. We point with
pride to this extraordinary record
which is heritage to the Bank rich,
indeed. Mr.. Skillman has always
been faithful to the great trust inn
posed upon him by virtue of his po-
sition with the Banks, covering al
most one-half century. He has
fulfilled to the highest possible stan
dard, his stewardship of the millions
Of dollars intrusted to his care and
keeping during that long period.
BE 1T THEREFORE RESOLV-
ED, by the Board of Directors of the
Breckinridge-Bank of Cloverport,
that the retirement of Mr., Skillman
from further participation in the af-
fairs of this Bank, we profoundly re-
greet, and that in the retirement of
him to private life marks the end of
a distinct epoch in the Banking his
tory of this County. He being its
pioneer who has come down to us.
from a former generation, declining
into the vale OF years full of honors.
a Christian gentleman, whose life fur
nishes no vulnerable spot for the
squint-eyed slanderer to hurl poi
soned shot.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
that these resolutions shall be signed
by each director, and recorded in
the Minute Book Of the proceedings
Of the Bank, and that the original
copy as signed by the directors shall
be presented to Mr.. Skillman, and
copy be published in The Breckin-
ridge News
Done at Cloverport KY. January
I4th, 1919.
Edward Bovine, Director
r. l. Oelze,
Paul Lewis,
Conrad Simons,
S. I. Conrad,
J. A. Barry,