The Washington times., 1927-07-19
D. c. BANK BODY
WINS HONOR
BY RICHARD HATTON


"A distinct honor wa won by the
Washington Chapter, American In
etitute of Banking, at the annual
convention of the organization just
concluded at Detroit. While mem
hers of the Washington Chapter
were active in many branches of the
convention and while several i'm.
portant addresses were made by
representatives. of this city, the
achievement Of the local chapter
which was of outstanding signi
ficance, was the winning of first
prize for the amount and quality
of publicity secured during the
year preceding the convention. The
administration of the chapter dur.
ing the past year was especially
fortunate in having III charge of its
publicity Miss Mabel Royce, of the
Washington Loan and Trust Com
pany, to whose efforts and ability
much of the credit for taking first
place in the matter Of publicity is
due.
A comprehensive exhibit of pub.
1icity material put out during the
year was on. display in a specially
designated room at the Statler Hotel
in Detroit and the award was made
by a committee of experts after ex-
aiming exhibits arranged by IL
territorial units. The District of Co
1umbia exhibit included, also, public
dty material from Maryland and ad.
jacent territory but the excellent
showing made by this city is re-
garded as the factor which won the
highest honor.
Miss Royce, as chairman of the
publicity committee. prepared ten
large sheets, % by 26 inches, upon
which were mounted practically all
of the newspaper and other pub.
licity material put out by the local
chapter during the past year. This
included, in addition to regular
news matter, pamphlets, posters,
programs, notices, etc., used by the
chapter during the year under the
administration of President T. Hun
ton Leith.
l. ]. Roberts, assistant to the
Winifred Burwell, of the National
Bank, is president of the Washing.
ton chapter this year with Miss S.
Winfield Burwell, of the National
Metropolitan Bank. in charge of
publicity and it will be the endea-
vor of the present administration
to carry forward the educational
and other publicity of the chapter
along the same comprehensive and
constructive lines as those which
brought the honor of first prize to
the Washington organization at
the last convention.
Eliot II. Thomson, Of the Wash.
1ngton Loan and Trust Company, is
spending week at his country home
at Epping Forest near Annapolis
after short automobile trip into
Virginia.
President Joseph SchiaVone. of
the International Exchange Bank,
left Washington Monday evening for
New York, where he will 90 to
Boston at the Invitation Of the
United States Steamship Lines. is
sued through General Agent S. r.
Redfern. President Schiavone ex-
poets to be back IL Washington in
a few days.
New business written by the
Acacia Mutual Life Association dur.
ing the first six months of 1927
totaled $26,250,0 900, representing a
net gain in business of $18,440, 900,
according to an announcement of
the company.
The increase in new business dur
ing the past six months as COM
pared to the same period last year
when $19,930,000 was written,
amounted to $6,320,000. The net
gain in business for the first six
months of 1925 totaled $12.600, 600.
Business of the company in force
June 80, 1927. amounted to $244.-
$4,000.
Debts to individual accounts, as
reported to the Federal Reserve
Board by banks in leading cities for
the week ended July IS, aggregated
$13,164, 100000, or 10.1 per cent be.
low the total of $14.645. 900 900 re-
ported for the preceding week
which included but five business
days.