Smyrna times., 1938-09-29
BANKERS
AT REHOBOTH
Elect Howard Nj. BucksOn of
Dover, AS Their New
President
LEGARE DAVIS, SPEAKER
tCOnvriRh' W n ~

Faulty public relations policies
on the part of banking and bust
ness have enabled the New Deal to
keep kindled a spirit of antipathy
toward these fields, Delaware bank
ers were told Thursday night by
Legare Davis, public relations
counselor Of the Atlanta, Ga, Gas
Light Company. Mr.. Davis was
the concluding speaker at the an
nual meeting Of the Delaware
Bankers Association which elected
Howard NJ. Buckson of the Della
ware Trust Company, Dover, its
president to succeed DR.. Roscoe Ell
lott of the Peoples National Bank,
Laurel. Urging bankers and bust
ness men to keep their side of the
story before the public, Mr.. Davis
said the public will respond fairly
when it has received fair impress
SIGN of conditions as they are. It
is the customers and neighbors of
bankers and business men who are
helping to keep the New Deal in
power, DR.. Davis said, pointing out
that all too frequntly these people
labor under misconception of the
problems faced by bankers and
business men. Thomas r. Ingram,
president of the Sussex Trust Com
pany, nominated Warren K. Ayres,
assistant-treasurer of the Whining
ton Trust Company, for president
of the association. But Mr.. Ayres,
who has been secretary for several
terms, declined. However, he was
elected vice-president and was pre-
sented with check for $100 in ap-
probation of his services as secre-
tary Gilbert Meyer, assistant
treasurer of the Wilmington Trust
Company, was elected secretary
treasurer. The following were
elected to the executive committee:
For New Castle County, Henry
t. Bush, president Of the Farmers
Bank, Wilmington; Sussex County,
Thomas r. Ingram, president of
the Sussex Trust Company, Lewes;
Kent County, Wallace F. McFaul,
cashier of the First National Bank
and Trust Company, Milford. Ad-
visory committees were elected as
follows: For New Castle County,
chairman, Robert l.. Lewis, Equit
able Trust Company, Wilmington;
John F. Cloud, New Castle Trust
Company; Clarence P. Weber, Del
aware Trust Company, Middle
town; Harold w. Horsey, Union
National Bank, Wilmington; j.
Walter Boyer, Artisans Savings
Bank, Wilmington. For Kent
County, chairman, Edward t. Port
er, National Bank of Smyrna; Ed
win P. Messick, First National
Bank and Trust Co. Milford; Frank
Manahan, Farmers Bank of Dover;
James r. Clements, Clayton Bank
and Trust Company; Theodore II.
Harrington, First National Bank,
Harrington For Sussex County,
chairman, Glenn M Houston, Sea-
ford Trust Company; f. A. Steele, i
Millsboro Trust Company; Ira
Lewis, Peoples National Bank,
Laurel; Morgan T. Gum, First Ma
tional Bank, Frankford; John w.
Todd, Greenwood Trust Company
Delaware officers in the Ameri- /
can Bankers Association were
elected as follows: Vice-president |
for Delaware, Daniel Hirsch, Ma
tional Bank and Trust Company of
Milford; member Of executive coun-
Gil, Frank M. Donahue, Whining
ton Trust Company; member Of
nominating committee, Robert v.
Altemus, Delaawre Trust Com
pany; alternate member of nomi- |
mating committee, Ulysses WHock-
er, Sussex Trust Company, Lewes.
Vice-president, savings bank divi-
sion, Thomas Tatnall, Wilmington