Evening star., 1948-06-06
ID. t.. Bankers Elect
|0ficers and Finish
|30th Annual Session
By Edward c. Stone
Sses SssH Cssrsspondsns

WHITE SULPHUR SfH1NSSS, w
Va, June 5.-With the far-famee
family dinner" as the clmiax So
cial event, the District Bankers As
sociation concluded the 30th annua
convention at the Greenbrier Hote
here tonight, awarding Of golf tro'
phies arousing great enthusiasm
after three days Of keen competi
ton.
Earlier in the day, Robert H
Lacey, 4 vice president OF the Ma
tional Metropolitan Bank, wa!
elected president, succeeding Rich
ard A. Norris; and George M
Fisher, vice president Of the Wash
ington Loan & Trust Co., was ad
vanced from second TO first vic'
president.
The association honored Albert s
Galley, vice president OF the Lincolr
National Bank, with his seth con
secutive election as treasurer. ".
will serve as long as the association
continues to re-elect me-" Mr.. Cat
ley said In expressing gratitude.
Bisselle In Line for Presidency.
Hubert T. Bisselle, senior VIC
president OF the Riggs Nationa
Bank, was elected second vice pres
ident, which according to custom
means he will be president in thre'
years. Mr.. Bisselle was general con
vention chairman this year.
Robert H. Lacey, the association
new chief, has been in banking sine
1921, starting his career with th'
old American National In 1923 HI
went to the Columbia National ant
was cashier for many years. resign
ing to become a vice president o
the National Metropolitan on Marci
4, 1916.
Mr.. Lacey is a graduate Of th'
American Institute Of Banking ant
was president of Washington chap
ter in 1884. He served oversee!
in the first World War and wa!
wounded in the battles Of the Marn,
and Argonne Forest. He Is mem
Der OF the Washington Board o.
Trade and Costello Post. American
Legion.
George M. Fisher, first vice presi.
dent. is q director as well as vict
president of the Washington Loar
& Trust Co. A member 70 the Dis.
trict bar. he is graduate of th'
Washington College Of Law and /.
now q trustee of the institution
After attending the public schools
he was graduated from Centra
High in 1914.
Rutgers School Graduates.
Mr.. Fisher completed the course
at the Graduate School of Banking
at Rutgers University in 1897. being
a member Of the schools first class
He is q member of the Board Of
Trade and the Columbia Country
Club.
Mr.. Bisselle, second vice president
entered Riggs service In 1920, and
is now a member of the Advisory
Board as well as senior vice presi-
dent. He, too. Is a graduate Of the
banking school at Rutgers; attended
George Washington and the Amer
lean Institute Of Banking, being q
time winner of an institute
essay contest.
A member Of the Washington
Association Of Credit Men and the
Robert Morris Associates, Mr.. Bis;
selle is trustee and treasurer oi
the Better Business Bureau, and 9
director OF Southern Oxygen Co.
Griffith Consumers, and Washing.
ton Title Insurance Co.
Mr.. Galley, continuing treasurer
has been with the Lincoln Nationa
since 1890 and for years was exec.
utive vice president. He was one O.
the founders of the Bank Of Com
merce g. Savings. He rendered
valued Draft Board service in tn,
last war and Is a leader in tn,
Methodist Episcopal church. o.
March this year, Mr.. and Mrs
Galley marked their 55th wedding
anniversary.
Elected to Council.
Elected to the council of admin.
istration were Barnum L. Cotton
National Savings & Trust; George
A. Didden, jr., National Capita
Bank; John A. Reilly, Second Ma.
tional, and Walton L. Sanderson
Hamilton National.
Members of the American Bank.
ers' Association, with Sidney F
Taliaferro presiding, elected Robert
v. Fleming a member of their Nomi.
mating Committee and A. Scott
Offutt, an alternate.
Rutherford J. Dooley, Nationa
Bank Of Washington. was elected
vice president Of the National Bank
Division, representing the District
John c. Pyles, jr.. City Bank, savings
division, and Leonard Marbury
Washington Loan & Trust, trust
division.
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Army
Chief of Staff, told the bankers tina,
the military services were asking
Congress for no more money thar
they felt would be needed for secur-
ity
Testimonial to Fleming.
Wilmer j. Waller, chairman Of
the Washington Clearing House
Association, presented a testimonial
to Robert v. Fleming, praising hi.
20 years as member OF the Clear.
ing House Committe and three-and.
a-half years as chairman. Mr.
Fleming retired last January.
Resolutions presented by Fred
erick P. H. Siddons. committet
chairman. called for further sub
stantial reductions in Government
expenditures and opposed extension
of governmental and semigovern'
mental lending. The association
pledged further support to the
Security Bond drive, stressed th'
Importance of world trade and urgee
extension Of the Reciprocal TRADE
Agreements Act.
Lawrence Clayton, member Of th'
Federal Reserve Board, was maste
of ceremonies at the family dinner
Maryland Tobacco
The fourth week of sales on the South
ern MARYLAND auction tobacco market