The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-06-09
ATLANTA BANKERS
HAD BIG DAY HERE
Officers With Hundreds Of Em~
ployees Enjoyed Outing at
Golf Grounds.
Cars Returned 10 Atlanta Early ia
Evening With Picnieers
All Happy.

| The Federal Reserve Bank Club.
which is composed of the officers, d.
rectors and employees of the Attain
IA Reserve Bank, was here in full
force last Friday, June 3rd, the day
being an anniversary Of Peff Davis
birthday, and bank holiday in Geor-
gia.
AS stated in our last issue, the
members of the Marietta Golf club
who are connected with our banks
here, and few others, had extended
to them and their families, the priv
ileges of the club grounds for their
annual outing this year.
The occasion proved to be very
pleasant and happy one in every res
spect. While great number of them
came in their private automobiles,
some two hundred arrived at 9.3O in
special trolley cars. A great array
of automobiles were parked in read
mess around two sides of the city
park, headed out, with signs Of well
come on their windshields, and the
eager picnickers were immediately
carried Quito the club grounds.
They were told 80 avail themselves
Qf~any and every feature of recre-
tion and amusement Of the Club,
which they proceeded Co do with alac-
ricy. The swimming pool and the big
lake were soon alive with frolicing
boys and girls, and men and women.
A golf tonrna1eent was started, and
tennis matches SWIMMING matches,
running races. both male and female,
were the order Of the day. There
was match of pitching horse shoes
between the two great financial mo-
guls, Governor Wellborn and Presi-
dent McCord, of the Reserve Bank.
the former winning by one point.
After 4 courteous lunch, which
was served under the trees in the
reor fthes club house by the chef
and the nexters in the employ OF the
bank, sSe climax Of tiie day was
staged from the front porch of the
club house. The Marietta people ures~
ent were pleasantly surprised when
Governor Wellborn announced that
ne was delegated to present to the
Marietta Golf Club as token of an
preciation' for their courtes;es, g
beautiful floor lamp
After the gift had been presented
by the Governor, and the lamp had
been unveiled in the sunlight, DIR. Ma
lone, the president of the Golf Club,
accepted it in behalf of the member
ship, with appropriate words of app
probation.
The lamp is of brown wicker,
stands some six feet high, is of beau
tiful design and proportions, and viii
be quite an acquisition to the club
house furnishings. On if, is fixed
silver plate with the following en-
groved inscription: Presented to the
Marietta Golf Club by the Federal
Reserve Bank Club of Atlanta, June
3rd, 1921"
{. Later in the day dancing was in
dulged in from music furnished by
the clubs symphony orchestra, which
is composed of employees of the bank.
Practically all of the high officials
of the bank were PRESENT, as we'll
as several other prominent men con-
nected in various capacities with the
institution.
At $3.50 P. M. the cars pulled out
for the return home, filed with tired,
sunburned FOLKS, but all of them with
Marietta's praises on their lips.
81 The Banks of Marietta, who were
in charge Of the entertainment at the
Federal Reserve people at their out
ing here last Friday. desire to express
their thanks and appreciation to the
focal press for their kind notices,
to the men and women who were
present with their cars TO help trans
port them to the club grounds, and
also to Mr.. j. C. Cox, head Of the Ma
rietta Cigar Factory, for the three
hundred fine cigars denoted for the
use of the visitors.