Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-16
BIG BANKERS
MEET TODAY
IN VALLEY
San Benito Gathering
Host to Institute
Financiers
Especial to The Herald)


SAN BENITO, Jan. 16.-More
than ad oxen Of the ions out
standing bankers are in the Valley
today and after touring 1t win meet
here tonight with the Rio Grande
Valley Bankers association at the
Stonewall Jackson hotel.
The visiting bankers r officers
Of the American Institute of Bank
ing, which is holding a convention
in San Antonio. The Valley tour is
a side trip for them, and they will
remain here only today.
Coming in on the regular train.
the bankers detrained at Raymond
vile, where they ate breakfast. From
Raymondville, they went TO Edln-
burg from there TO Mission, from
Mission TO McAllen, and then to
Reynosa, where they ate lunch at
IL a. m. During the afternoon they
are driving 10 Brownsville, and
across the Rio Grande into Old
Mexico. visiting and inspecting Mat
amoroS.
The meeting Is a joint meeting OF
the r. @. v. Bankers association
and the Valley chapter Of American
Institute Of Banking. Regular gath
erings attract approximately 40 TO
so bankers from the Valley, but the
meeting Friday will doubtless draw
almost 200. Thirty-three Valley
banks are represented.
The visiting bankers are w. j.
Evans. connected with the Federal
Reserve bank at Dallas, and presi-
dent Of the A ,rican Institute OF
Banking; Ben B. Alley. vice presi-
deEt Of the Institute and repre-
senting the United States National
bank at Denver, Colo: Richard w.
Hill. secretary, and a resident OF
New York City; Educational Director
Harold Stonier, also from New York.
and the following members Of the
executive council: Frank NJ. lotion,
Chase National Bank, New York:
Joel r. Parrish, Farmers State
bank, Woods Cross. Utah; Carl E.
Lindquist, Puget Sound National
bank, Tacoma. Wash; william J.
Richard, Jr., City Deposit Bank and
Trust company. Pittsburgh, Pa;
Paul Angel, First National bank,
Birmingham. Ala; j. Ernest Smith.
Bank Of Italy National Trust and
Savings association. Oakland, Calf. /;
Edward F. LeBretton, Hibernia
Bank and Trust company, New Or
leans, La: Frank II. Delaney. First
National bank, ST. Paul, Mimi;
II. Theodore Jameson, Midland
bank. Cleveland. O.; Colman Mock
Ter, Mercantile Commerce Bank and
Trust company. st. Louis. Mo-; A.
S. Puelicher, Marshall and IlSley
bank, Milwaukee. Wis; Chas. +.
Ellery, Fidelity Union Trust COM
pany, Newark, N. j., and T. Hunton
Continued on Page Elaven)
Leith. Security Savings and Com
mercial bank, Washington, d. G. IN
addition 10 the above named direc-
tors, Fred N. Shepherd, executive
manager Of the American Bankers
association and Rom Z. Stephenson
vice president of the same aSSocia-
ton. will accompany them.
The tentative program that has
been arranged for them Is as fol-
lows:
6:30-7:30 Eating. singing. etc.
7:30-7:35 Greeting by mayor OF
San Benito.
1857 Al Response l. F. N. Shop
heard, executive manager, American
Bankers association.
7:40-8:00 Banking Progress and
Development in the Rio Grande
Valley" president Of the Valley
Bankers association, Tyre II. Brown,
Harrington.
8:00-8:l0 Greetings from Ameri-
can Bankers association by Rome
c. Stephenson, first vice president.
8:10-8:20 Introduction Of members
Of executive council. mo talks.)
8:20-8:25 Greeting from President
Evans.
~s:25-8:30 Greetings from Vice
President Alley.
8:30-8:45 Signs Of the Times
by DR.. Harold Stonier, national ed
ucational director
8:45-8:55 Remarks by President
Breedlove.
8:55-9:00 Valley Banking Prog
ress,p by John Hill. Brownsville.
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