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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK O F ST. LO U IS

S t . L o u is 2, Mo.

To all B anks

January 3, 1950
in the

E ighth F ederal R eserve D istrict :

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has announced the following appointments
and designations:
Federal Reserve B a n k o f S t. Louis

M r. R ussell L. D earmont
Chief Counsel for Trustee
Missouri Pacific Lines
St. Louis, Missouri
M r. William H. Bryce
Vice President and Manager
Dixie Wax Paper Company
Memphis, Tennessee

Reappointed Class C director for a three-year term begin­
ning January 1, 1950, and redesignated as Chairman and
Federal Reserve Agent for the year 1950.
Redesignated as Deputy Chairman for the year 1950.

L ittle R ock B ra n ch

M r. Stonewall J. Beauchamp, President Appointed director for a three-year term beginning January
1, 1950.
Terminal Warehouse Company
Little Rock, Arkansas

L ouisville B ra n ch

M r. Smith B roadbent, J r.
Farmer
Cadiz, Kentucky

M e m p h is B ra n ch

M r. H ugh M. Brinkley
Planter
Hughes, Arkansas

Reappointed director for a three-year term beginning
January 1, 1950.
Reappointed director for a three-year term beginning
January 1, 1950.

The Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has made the following appointments:
L ittle R ock B ran ch

M r . H arvey C. C ouch , J r .

Executive Vice-President
Union National Bank
Little Rock, Arkansas

Appointed director for a three-year term beginning January
1, 1950.

L ouisville B ran ch

M r . A. C. V oris , President

Citizens National Bank
Bedford, Indiana

Reappointed director for a three-year term beginning
January 1, 1950.

M e m p h is B ran ch

M r . B en L. R oss

Chairman of the Board
Phillips National Bank
Helena,.Arkansas




Appointed director for a three-year term beginning January
1, 1950.

CHESTER C. DAVIS
President

Press R e lea se from;
Federal Reserve Bank of S t . Louis
St. Louis, M issouri
FOR RELEASE TO THE AFTERNOON PAPERS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3 , 1950

The Board of Governors of the Fe de ra l Reserve Syst em has
r e a p p o in te d R u s s e l l L. Dearmont, S t . Louis, as a c l a s s C D irec t o r
of the Fe de ra l Reserve Bank o f St. Louis fo r a t h r e e - y e ar term
and has r e d e s i g n a t e d him Chairman o f t h e Board and Fede r a 1 Rese rve
Agent of the Bank fo r the y e a r 1950. Mr. Dearmont, Chi ef Couns e 1
for T r u s t e e , M i s s o u r i - p a c i f i c L in es, has se rv e d as Chai rman and
F e d e ra l Reserve Agent of t h e Fe de ra l Reserve Bank o f St Louis
s in c e January 1946. Mr, Wm. H. Bryce, Vice p r e s i d e n t a nd Manager
of the Dixie Wax Paper Co., Memphis, T e n n ., has been re des i gnated
Deputy Chairman for 1950.
The fo llo w in g have been app o in ted d i r e c t o r s of the branches
of th e Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis fo r t h r e e - y e a r terms
begin n in g January 1;
L i t t l e Rock Branch; s t o n e w a ll J. Beauchamp, P r e s i d e n t , Terminal
Warehouse company, L i t t l e Rock, A r k . , and Harvey C. Couch, J r . ,
Executive Vice P r e s i d e n t , Union N a tio n a l Bank, L i t t l e Rock, Ark.
L o u i s v i l l e Branch; Smith Broadbent, J r . , Farmer, Cadiz, K y .,
and A» C. V o r i s , P r e s i d e n t , C i t i z e n s N ational Bank, Bedford, Ind.
Memphis Branch; Hugh M. B r in k le y , P l a n t e r , Hughes, A rk., and
Ben L. Ross, Chairman o f th e Board, P h i l l i p s N atio n a l Bank, Helena,
Ark.
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The Board of D i r e c t o r s o f the Federal R eserv e Bank c o n s i s t s
of nine members, s i x of whom are chosen by th e member banks and
t h r e e by the Board of Governors in Washington. Each branch has
seven d i r e c t o r s , four of whom are ap p o in ted by the Fe de ra l Reserve
Bank and t h r e e by t h e Board of Governors.