The Washington times., 1934-02-26

annual meeting = I$s
of the American
Bankers Associ-
alton, which is
to be held here B
in october. S' - -
owe the Du"""F "af
weekend he named Frederick P.
n, Siddons, secretary Of the
American Security and Trust
Company, as chairman OF the
local group, which is going to
give publicity to the annual meet
ing.
Names Committee
Mr.. Siddons is going to have a
whale of a job on his hands,
since bankers from all over the
nountry are coming here.
Mr.. VaSS, however, does not ex-
pect Mr.. Siddons to do all that
promotion work, so has named a
committee consisting Of I. ).
,("Ike") Roberts, assistant cashier
of the Riggs institution; Aubrey o:
Dooley, assistant trust officer OF
the Hamilton National Bank:
Robert L. Father, treasurer OF
the American Security and Trust,
and James A. Soper. cashier OF
Lincoln National Bank.
Mr.. Roberts is going to be wee
chairman of the publicity group
and naturally will relieve Mr.. Sid
dons of many of his arduouS 1u-
ties.
Mr.. Vass during the week also
Is scheduled to make the moment
Gus decision as to the annual con-
vention which is scheduled for
June. The association, as you
know, is holding one of its regu-
lar meetings this week.
Mr.. VaSS, like other officials OF
the organization, and members,
too, for that matter, is in spot.
The wives want a return to the
old days when the association
spent about five days to some
nearby resort.
That plan was abandoned last
year because of the banking hoi-
day. There was q one-day set-to
at one of the local country clubs.
This year, though, the financial
situation being what it is, there's
hopes that the good old days will
return.
Jovial Thomas w. Brahany,
manager of the E. A. Pierce office,
seems to have become even more
expansive since his election as
president of the Washington
Ticher Club has been practically
assured.
The club is expected to put him
over in a big way. The club
meets next Monday.
Mr.. Brahany says he will be a
good president of the organiza-
ton, but the other boys say he
will have to step some to outdo
Karl w. Corby, of the Hibbs out
tit.
Incidentally, Mr.. Corby is escap-
ing the wintry weather by being
In Florida. He's expected back in
about . week.
Considerable interest in being
manifest here over the meeting of
the nominating committee Of the
New York stock exchange sched-
uled for March. The annual
meeting is to be held in May, and
Richard Whitney, president, ID
one Of the officers whose term Is
going to expire.
Mr.. Whitney was visitor here
last week, testifying on the
E1etcher-Rayburn bill to regulate
the exchange.
Chris ]. Gockeler, president of
che washington Stock Exchange.
says that last Saturdays meeting
was one of the best in the
boards career.
It was the first Saturday meet
ing in over a year and was
largely attended.
Avon Nevius, of the Riggs
bank, is still rejoicing over the
severe winter weather. He likes
outdoors and his morning trotS
through Rock Greek Park especi-
ally when the snow is on the
ground. He was out today, as
usual.
Major Gen. Richmond P. Davis,
q. s. A., retired, co-manager OF
Fenner and Beane, is quite a
golfer. He goes around in the
7O's and thinks it's a bad day
when he gets over IS. That's
the way he keeps fit.