Smyrna times., 1927-08-17

FN1 AMI SUSS[A DAHh[nO
/ ENDORSE A CREDIT BUREAU
[,xpy RIDGLEY, W.O. HOFFECK-
4 CONwELL, FOR KENT
ROsselI Of Wilmington, Who
b 11.s..oring ! Movement, Addresses
IN # Dover and RehOboth
|BainIntiOns a. favoring the creation Of
[ su;ng House Association with a
\ ' hnToau. similar to those oper-
GI ! - ratail commercial houses, we're
Il l.,d y by bankers Of Kent and Sus-
/ EpIsu pGounties II in separate meetings
E+rrdav. Committees were appoint
I 10Th meetings to prepare ar
4 4 MI association for the regpla-
4 i Il IL affairs and the conducting
\. " business of the association.
II = sr+icIes prepared by the commit
i. iii Iii ~ submitted to the respec-
/. 1osrds %l Of directors Of the banks
/ tr,.t D companies in the two coun-
4 t Il their approval. Following
1, ,nDroval BY the boards OF dl-
-. sFf The committees will then or
~ ~ M credit bureaus according
j = Il. articles. The committee ap-
IT = bv the Kent county bankers to
[,mplish the duties outlined com
4. Henry Ridgley, Of Dover;
ill., q Hoffecker, Smyrna ; and
H. s Conwell, Camden. The
Esax county bankers selected the
Ioring committee for the similar
frDose: R. D. Lingo, Of Dagsboro;
Frial ]. Layton, Georgetown, and
In Z. Darbee, Of Seaford. The
ketings Saturday, the first Of which
| beId in the Hotel Richardson, at
krer at $50 o'clock, and the second
/ Me- Hotel Belhaven at Rehoboth at
n o'clock Saturday evening, We're
klpd by Thomas R. Ingram, presi-
# The Delaware State Bankers
soeiatiOn. He was present at both
stings as were John s. Rossell,
aiman Of the committee, who ad-
ts;ed the meetings and outlined the
Invites of the committee, and a
Enber Of other prominent bankers.
tnOng bankers attending either one
J the other or both of the meetings
kre the following, besides the two
kntioned: Henry Ridgely, president,
rmers Bank at Dover; William D.
Enney, former Governor; Walter P.
bbinsOn, Of Lewes; w. Watson Har-
bgtOn, Of Dover; John Govatos, ].
Eskridge, !. Stefany, Warren
1ss 4. N. Buekson, Elmer Horsey
/ H.C. Jones.
John S. ROsselI Outlines Benefits
Ia addressing the meetings held
&turday, John S. Rossell, chairman
L the special committee Of the Del
Fare Bankers Association appointed
arrange the organization Of such a
eeau, before giving the committees
ntement in reference to its recon-
kndations, said in part: II want to
sent my views on this matter in
\ form Of an appeal for your CO.
kation in doing a thing | believe
VI be Of inestimable benefit to you
Il through you take the people who
n business with you. will ask
n you select BY resolution a COM
aree to carry out the proposal | sub
= | place the matter entirely in
N hands, holding myself ready to
'sst in any way | can. We bankers
'Rklng the State at large-have in
= Keeping nearly S150,O0O,OOO of
Y peoples wealth. It is not only
q duty to treat this accumulation
fund to be held under the solemn
u stions Of sacred trust, but
81 lly % to administer it to the best
mage Of those to whom it be-
and to the greatest benefit of
ii 7: commonwealth. The proposal to
pllsh Clearing House Associations
Cfedlt Bureaus, which you are in
p consider, has this very end in
ID lng Meeting of State Bankers
- Ior the annual meeting to be
4 henoboth, at the Hotel Hen
On Thursday, September l, were
sed' Plans for this gathering
Y 2 meeting in the afternoon at
.OcK and a banquet at Z o'clock
evening The bankers have Sc
q one speaker Harold B. Wells,
s9a county Solicitor at Bord-
!, " J.: The other speaker will
,paen Miller, education director
.erlcan Institute Of Banking
a., '1'Ociated with the American
80. association, Of New York.
ancs suon i Is looking for an at
arts :, a. y least $50 bankers from
= = ne State at this meeting.