Evening star., 1924-06-15
District Bankers Convention
Best Euer Held IN Many Ways
Handling of Small Accounts One of Big
gest Issues-Neu Head Giuen Hearty
Support--MelIon Gets Ovation.

so much so that there were few
among the delegates and attendants
who did not spend their afternoons
on the links. fighting their way over
one OF the sportiest courses in the
ountry.
Evenings were given over to
movies. dancing, card playing and
community singing" led by George
O'Connor and Matt Horn.
The Family Dinner.
The family dinner, the chief func-
tion aside from the convention Ses-
sions. WAS entirely different from all
previous dinners. This was largely
due To the changed character of the
attendants on the convention. Young
'ople. as stated before. furnished 10
per cent If the suests-young mar
ried people.
The dinner committee was headed
by Roy Neuhauser as chairman. The
chief attractions. as stated before
we're George O'Connor and Matt Horn.
Ii was dinner-dance. jazz evening
and an evening of rousins songs. in
with every one joined. One sl<it was
Du' on.
'pe .ches were not scheduled, but
Y tor r. Deyber. the new president,
de an address. in which he pre-
{ ted Harry v. Haynes with beau
Jul watch. The recipi Mt made
iigniGed and beautiful resVons"
The great dining room of the
Greenbriar Hotel was taxed to its ca
pacity to accommodate the diners.
Hart and Harmony.
There was real genuine harmony IN
the conventions. with all action of a
unanimous character.
When the time came for the cleo
ton of new officers there was
strong show .< Seart feeling between
the members of the last administra-
ton in parting with their president.
Harry V. Haynes. who now steps
down and out after years of activity
cessor. showed real feeling in his
farewell address to Harry and the
latter responded feelingly. So. too.
each of the others of the last admin
istration as he pledged fealty to Mr..
Dcyber paid tribute to Mr.. Haynes,
who certainly gave to the association
h year of most able administration.
Ths, Tigers Lnir.
There were rumorS around the no.
tel OF a great tiger in cave near
the Greenbriar.
on two evenings hunting parties
were organized with intent to bring
home the tigers hide.
The hunters located the wild beast
and came out of the fray sadly soak
ed This tiger was not blind by any
means. Both eyes were wide open
The hunters were welcomed with
glad smile and introduced to the
big table with the small wheel with
thirty eight compartments, including
single and a double o.
This tiger dos not maintain its lair
for the purpose of risking its hide
it prefers to do the skinning.
Harry V. aaynes mas promised to at,
tend the next convention, in marked
contradistinctiOn to the group of con-
vention presidents who succeeded him,
and who have since found il next TO i'm
possible to be present Messrs- Rosen-
berg Harper Larner and Evans were
all noticeable by their absence.
w. w. Spaid. the newly elected sec
retary of the association, was absent
from his first convention. Blame Ed
Wolfe. Bridgeport. Conn. He tempted
Mr. Spaid and the latter yielded to
golf
Mrs W. w. Spaid and Mrs. c. A.
Camalier were very much present at the
convention.
Ben W. Guy of the Columbia National
was in evidence at the family dinner.
swaying in the dizzy jazz with bunch
of young ladies and gentlemen.
T G.. Dulin of the Federal-American
Bank spent the late evenings playing
bridge.
The W. w. Hibbs cup goes to the
Metropolitan National Bank this year.
through Director shannon.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Drury or the
Merchants Bank and Trust Company
motored to and from Bluemont to White
Sulphur.
Messrs. Watson, McQuade, Galley, Ad-
olson and W. ]. Waller were unaccom-
panied by their wives at the convention:
Austin c. Waller of the International
Bank brought his mother to the conven-
ton, Mrs Mary E Waller. She was the
center of much interest with her two
manly young sons.
Robert v. Fleming. as chairman of
the convention. received much praise
and commentator for the smoothness
with not a kick.
Ed J. McQuade. newly elected MEM
ber Of the executive council, received
an ovation on his nomination and cleo
Iion.