April 1983

T0: SBCCA Members

FROM: Edward Russell, 1982 Special Projects Chairman

SUBJECT: Purchasing of the Club's cast iron Toy Soldier bank

The majority of SBCCA Members have purchased a Toy Soldier bank which has been produced for the Club. However, a significant portion of the Membership has not availed themselves of the opportunity or option to purchase the bank.

For those of our Membership who were not at the last Convention, let me give you some additional information.

In 1972 the Club produced its first cast iron bank, the Rocking Horse bank, which has also been adopted as the Club symbol. This bank cost $30.00 then. It now sells for between $275.00 to $300.00 if you can locate one.

The second cast iron bank produced by the Club was the Bicentennial Flags bank in 1976. This bank cost $ 20.00 plus postage of $1.50 at the time of issue, but is no longer available. It now sells for $50.00 upward.

However, in 1982 the Club produced its third cast iron bank, the Toy Soldier bank, and is selling the first one at Member purchase for the bargain price of $7.50, including shipping charges. This is actually less than it cost to have it produced; hence, the Club is subsidizing the bank in order ton ensure that all Members can have one.

In fact, for those of you who wonder what you get for your dues besides three issues of the Penny Bank Post, this is one benefit of your Membership. Your dues help defray the cost of Special Projects.

Why all of our Members have not purchased a Toy Soldier bank is unknown to me. Even if you are not interested in contemporary banks, exercise your option to purchase one just for the investment; the price can go nowhere but up once we have sold out of this bank.

Furthermore, the matchplate has been cut up into pieces, so no more bankswill be made.

In this day and age of inflation, when new aluminum still banks are being produced and sold for $45.00 each and people are buying them, our Club has produced a nice cast iron bank and yet some Members have not bought one. Why?

The Club will not reserve a bank for a Member who has not purchased one simply because he or she forgot to order it. Once the banks have been sold, no more will be available from the Club.

Those of our Membership who wish to order one or more additional Toy Soldier banks may do so on a "first come, first served basis" as mentioned in the 1982 Summer-Fall issue of the Penny Bank Past. See also the Club's 1982-1983 Price List which has been sent to all 1982 Members and those who have joined the Club in 1983 for additional information.

1974 Convention attendees were given the opportunity to draw numbers for the Rocking Horse Bank. Banks were assigned numbers and distributed to club members in the order drawn. A total of 85 banks were produced. Below is the list of convention attendees and the bank number each drew.

‍ 1974 Convention Attendees and Bank Number

Hall Henry #1

Mrs. Aileen Gravelle #2

Dick Hale #3

Mrs. Wand Bondi #4

John Mederic #5

Lin Pickle #6

Bernard Ellinghaus #7

Sid Partridge #8

Ed Mosler #9

Jerry Lange #10

Addie Henry #11

Andy Moore #12

Bob Smith #13

Gerhard Riegraf #14

Don Markey #15

Ed Neuguth #16

Ralph Craig #17

Al Davidson #18

Gordon Jorgensen #19

Ray Green #20

Bob Watkins #21

Bill Webell #22

Roberta Bertz #23

Bud Harris #24

Bill Robinson #25

John Willis #26

Carl White #27

Ralph Dye #28

Fred Green #29

Bob Warner #30

Louis Filler #31

Bob McCumber #32

Ed Russell #33

Ralph Berman #34

Frank Mitchell #35

Calvin Ander #36

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Denver, PA

📍 Colonial Motor Lodge
📅 Saturday, June 6
👥 Attendance: 38

Chairmen: Bill and Elaine Werbell

Theme: Building Banks

Club: First Convention Committee Formed; Decision to provide official SBCCA bank at the next convention

Convention Favor: Booklet “Our Favorite Banks”

Philadelphia, PA

📍 Bookbinder’s Restaurant
📅 Saturday, June 5
👥 Attendance: 41

Chairman: Dick Hale

Theme: Hard to Find Banks

SBCCA Bank: 1902 Horseless Carriage (Banthrico)

Presentation: Slide show of hard-to-find and interesting bank variations (Ralph Dye)

Visits: Leon Perleman’s Toy Museum

Chicopee, MA

📍 Ramada Inn
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 9–10
👥 Attendance: 47

Chairman: Lin Pickle

Theme: Banks Not in Whiting’s Book

Club: Design Preview - Sketches of Boy on Rocking Horse club bank

Convention Favor: Poster – J.E. Stevens Co. products (Lin Pickle)

Presentations: Collections of Craig and Pickle, Hale and Whiting;

This cast iron bank was designed by Lou Filler.  Originally priced at $6.00, the inscription on the bank includes “Ohio The Buckeye State” and “SBCC 1973 in Ohio.”  It was not uncommon for the earlier banks to use SBCC rather than SBCCA as the club identifier.

Convention Favor: Booklet “Our Favorite Banks Book II”

Designed by George Knerr, this 5 ¾-inch to 6-inch painted bank was produced in a limited run of approximately 75 pieces.

Convention Favor: German Bank – Two Erotica with Wings on Papyrus Boat (Gerhard Riegraf)

Lancaster, PA

📍 Sheraton–Conestoga Village
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 6–7
👥 Attendance: 49

Chairmen: Bud Harris, Fred Green

Theme: Exceptional Banks

Club: Rocking Horse Bank officially adopted as the club emblem

This cast iron bank was made to commemorate the 200-year anniversary of America. It is inscribed at the top 1776-1976. The bank is painted in white with four metal flags applied and a description of each below in a recessed enamel “tag.” The base plate is embossed “Still Bank Collectors Club of America and “Limited Edition of 200.″

Dimensions: 6″ x 6″ (Base plate) x 3 1/2” high

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SBCCA Bank: Tin and cardboard can bank

Convention Favor: “You Can Bank on a Bank Collector” pin

Lancaster, PA

📍 Sheraton–Conestoga Village
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 2–3
👥 Attendance: 84

Chairman: Not Identified

Theme: Non-Whiting Banks in Any Material

SBCCA Bank: “Penny-Pig” porcelain bank (Gerhard Riegraf)

Presentation: Photographic essay on rarely documented banks

Syracuse, NY

📍 Ramada Inn
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 1–2
👥 Attendance: 90

Host: Brian Cleary

Theme: Unusual Pot Metal Banks

SBCCA Bank: Suitcase Bank showing all convention sites/dates (Gerhard Riegraf)

Home Visits: Brian Cleary, Gordon Jorgensen

The ceramic Frog Bank was produced by Gerhard Riegraf. The bank measures 2 ¾ “ high and the front reads SBCC Convention 1980 in Denver PA.

The multicolored tin lithographed rectangle bank depicted Washington, DC buildings. Measuring 5” high X 4” wide x 2 ½ “ deep, the coin slot is located at the top of the bank.

Convention Favors: Ballpoint pen, 6" ruler, place magnet, screwdriver key chain.

At 7 ½ inches tall, the cast iron Toy Soldier Bank was designed and cast by Ed Russell and Don Duer. The pattern was made by Laverne Worley.  The bank was painted in six colors: black, white, gold, red, yellow, and blue.  SBCCA is embossed on the front of the base; 1982 appears on the back.  Four hundred (400) of these banks were cast. 

Chicago, IL

📍 Best Western Lakeshore Hotel
📅 Thursday–Saturday, June 2–4

Host: Bruce Abell

Theme: Arcade Banks

SBCCA Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago (Banthrico)

Tour: Banthrico Manufacturing Plant – attendees received brass-plated Poodle Bank

Home Visits: Bruce & Blossom Abell; Norm & Mary Jo Bowers; Andy & Susan Moore

Baltimore, MD

📍 Holiday Inn – Cromwell Bridge Road
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 1–2, 👥 Attendance: 129

Host: Bernard Ellinghaus

Theme: Unusual Banks

Home Visits: Pre-Convention Visit - Bernard Ellinghaus; Sheila & Russ Harrington

Columbus, OH

📍 Columbus Marriott Inn – East
📅 Friday–Saturday, May 31–June 1
👥 Attendance: 162

Host: Bill Robison

Theme: Banks Made by Kenton Hardware Company

Convention Favors: Kenton Hardware publication featuring the collections of Bob Sawyer, Bob & Arlene Smith, and Bill Robinson; Cedar wood Ohio map wall bank (crafted by Earl Albright);

Home Visits: Bob & Marilyn Warner; Pre-/Post-Convention Visits: Bob & Arlene Smith, Bill & Jean Robinson, Ralph Dye

The club’s 20th anniversary bank was an unusual book bank. Laverne Worley carved the pattern and Bob Smith painted the bank. The bank is 3 ½ inches tall and 1” wide/

Convention Favors: 20th Anniversary Bank: Mulligan the Cop (by John Wright Co.); Cedar wood Amish horse and wagon (crafted by Earl Albright)

This cast iron bank was designed by Gordon Shroff.  As was the case with other SBCCA banks, Laverne Worley was responsible for the bank pattern.  The bank was assembled from three pieces and measures 4 ¼ high x 4 9/16 wide x 2 7/8 inches deep. The oval shaped mound represents Mound City (St. Louis) upon which the Old Courthouse, and the Gateway Arch are placed.

Convention Favor: Video Tape (Hall Henry’s Collection, Bud Harris & the 1972 Whiting Collection Division)

Convention Favors: Tulip Bank centerpiece, Alligator Bank (Earl Albright); Presentation Bank: Florida Real Estate and Safe Bank (Charlie Reynolds)

SBCCA Bank: Trolley Bank (based on Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Trolley; produced by Carl Camillo)

SBCCA Bank: Lancaster Sheep Bank (cast at John Wright Foundry)

Convention Favor: Cedar wood Rocking Horse Bank (Earl Albright)

SBCCA Bank: St. Louis Mule Bank

Presentation: Advertising Banks (Bob Peirce)

Livonia, MI

📍 Livonia Marriott
📅 Thursday–Saturday, June 4–6
👥 Attendance: Approx. 200

Hosts: Ken & Jan Dersey

Club: 25th Anniversary; Code of Ethics Adopted

SBCCA Bank: Pig on Sled (?)

Convention Favor: SBCCA Ford Truck (Banthrico)

Presentations: Ceramic Banks (Don Duer); Banks on Wheels (Mike Henry)

Home Visits: Bob Lyon; Ken & Jan Dersey

Cast iron log cabin bank with description attached.

Convention Favor: Rehberger Bank Book – gifted by Bob & Shirley Pierce

Greenville, SC

📍Greenville Airport Marriott
📅June 1–3
👥Attendance: 170

Host: Tamara Watkins

SBCCA Bank: Cotton Bale

Presentations: Glass Banks (Charlie Reynolds); Unusual Banks (Harold Blau)

Home Visit: Tamara Watkins

Indianapolis, IN

📍 Ramada Indianapolis Airport
📅 June 12–14, 1997
👥 Attendance: 270

Club: 504 members

SBCCA Bank: Rope and Oval Safe Bank

Convention Favor: Guide to Recognizing Damage to Still Banks booklet

Home Visit: Larry & Jeanie Egelhoff‍ ‍

The earlier of the two SBCCA Doc Yak banks, the bank was produced by Reynolds Toys but painted locally in Portland by the Kidds.

Williamsport, PA

📍 Holiday Inn Williamsport
📅 June 10–12
👥 Attendance: 264

Hosts: Don & Betty Jo Heim

Favor: Yuengling Beer Can Banks (set of 3; 4 total variants)

Presentations: European Banks (John Haley); Advertising Banks (Bob Peirce)

Home Visit: Don & Betty Jo Heim

Presentations: War Savings Banks (Guy Williams); Pottery Banks of Northern France (Lin Pickle)

Lancaster, PA

📍 The Eden Resort Inn
📅 June 6–9

Presentation: Blacklight Use for Paint Analysis (Matt Medeiros, Jim Yeager)

Using a lost wax casting process, the Marietta Silo Bank was designed by Larry Egelhoff and painted by Charles Meeks, at 4 ½ inches tall this cast iron bank was painted gray with a silver top and was intended to compliment the famous Marietta Silo Bank,

Convention Favors: Bill Werbel with Suitcases (Charlie Reynolds); Nighty-Night Bear Bank (Ulrike Riegraf-Blank)

SBCCA Bank: Mrs. O’Leary (Color Variants: Blue, Bronze, 1 White)

Designed by Don Duer and painted by Jeanie Egelhoff, the cast iron Capital Building was produced in white, blue, and silver.

Convention Favor: Ceramic Mount Vernon Bank (Ulrike Riegraf-Blank)

The Rainy Day Ceramic Duck is 5 7/8 inches tall.  The bank was painted in six colors and was produced in Germany by Ulrike Riegraf-Blank.

Club: The convention was relocated / from New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina; 40th Anniversary

SBCCA Bank: Two-Faced Fellow (Pottery)

Designed by Ken Russell, this cast iron bank represents a member of the Kansas City Monarchs.  The Monarchs were charter members of the Negro National League.  Players included Jackie Robinson, Hank Thompson, Satchel Paige, Ernie Banks, Elston Howard, and Hillard Brown.

Orlando, FL

📍 Holiday Inn Select
📅 June 12–15

Host: Marty Gutierrez

SBCCA Bank: Sun Trust Building, Orlando (InFocusTech – 150 produced)

Home Visits: Don & Chris Duer; David & Mary Ann Kerr; Marty Gutierrez

Gettysburg, PA

📍 Wyndham Hotel
📅 June 17–20

Hosts: Mike & Beth Holz

SBCCA Bank: Gettysburg Safe

Presentations: Toy Bank Ephemera (Dr. Z); How to Publish A Book (Panel Discussion)

Home Visit: Mike & Beth Holz

Dayton, OH

📍 Dayton Marriott
📅 June 15–18

SBCCA Bank: CherryWood Bank Box (Elliotte Harold)

Presentations: Lead Banks (Jim Willet); Safes (Ken Hall); Gray Iron Foundry (Mike Holz)

Home Visits: Paul & Judy Fritch; Ray & Susan Laubenthal

Timonium, MD

📍 Crowne Plaza
📅 June 27–30

Host: Leon Weiss

Club: Joint Convention: Combined with MBCA

Presentations: Cleaning & Care (Jim Yeager, Bob Brady);

Home Visits: Bob Brady

Troy, MI

📍 Somerset Inn
📅 June 18–21

Host: Dolli Kettron

SBCCA Bank: Stove Bank

Presentation: Hart Company & Detroit History (Dr. Z)

Home Visits: Dr. Z (Gregory Zemenick); Dolli Kettron; James Rocheleau; Ken Dersey

State College, PA

📅 July 15–16

Hosts: Dan & Betty Jo Heim

Presentations: English Still and Mechanical Banks (John Haley); Insuring Your Bank Collection (Clayton Luther)

Home Visits: Don & Betty Jo Heim; Lyndal & Steve Shadel; Ted & Carla Conklin

SBCCA Bank: 50th Anniversary Ceramic Rocking Horse Bank

This ceramic bank mirrors the 1998 Kidd’s Doc Yak convention bank. The bank was designed and produced in Germany by Ulrike Riegraf-Blank, The base of the bank identifies it was Portland 2017.

Convention Favor: Distribution of “Political Banks” book by Bob & Shirley Peirce

Convention Favor: Safe Bank Book (Mike Holz)

SBCCA Bank: Liberty Memorial (WWI Tower)

COVID

Canton, Ohio

📍 Embassy Suites
📅 June 10–12

Hosts: Ken & Mary Russell; Dr. Ed Brown

Club: Joint convention with MBCA

SBCCA Bank: Football Bank (105 produced)

Presentations: A.C. Willliams (Linda Ferguson); Stanford Pottery (Gary Ferguson); Stanford,, Moreno, and other small Ohio Pottery (Bob Southall); Ober, Champion, Kenton & Kilgore (Ken Russell)

Home Visits: Tom & Marie Kellogg; Dan & Deb Penn

Safe Banks No Longer Offered as Part of National Conventions.

Convention Favor: Challenge Coin featuring Still Bank Club Logo and Mascot donated by Bob Arp

Towson, MD (Club 60th Anniversary)

April 1983

T0: SBCCCA Members

FROM: Edward Russell, 1982 Special Projects Chairman

SUBJECT: Purchasing of the Club's cast iron Toy Soldier bank

The majority of SBCCA Members have purchased a Toy Soldier bank which has been produced for the Club. However, a significant portion of the Membership has not availed themselves of the opportunity or option to purchase the bank.

For those of our Membership who were not at the last Convention, let me give you some additional information.

In 1972 the Club produced its first cast iron bank, the Rocking Horse bank, which has also been adopted as the Club symbol. This bank cost $30.00 then. It now sells for between $275.00 to $300.00 if you can locate one.

The second cast iron bank produced by the Club was the Bicentennial Flags bank in 1976. This bank cost $ 20.00 plus postage of $1.50 at the time of issue, but is no longer available. It now sells for $50.00 upward.

However, in 1982 the Club produced its third cast iron bank, the Toy Soldier bank, and is selling the first one at Member purchase for the bargain price of $7.50, including shipping charges. This is actually less than it cost to have it produced; hence, the Club is subsidizing the bank in order ton ensure that all Members can have one.

In fact, for those of you who wonder what you get for your dues besides three issues of the Penny Bank Post, this is one benefit of your Membership. Your dues help defray the cost of Special Projects.

Why all of our Members have not purchased a Toy Soldier bank is unknown to me. Even if you are not interested in contemporary banks, exercise your option to purchase one just for the investment; the price can go nowhere but up once we have sold out of this bank.

Furthermore, the matchplate has been cut up into pieces, so no more bankswill be made.

In this day and age of inflation, when new aluminum still banks are being produced and sold for $45.00 each and people are buying them, our Club has produced a nice cast iron bank and yet some Members have not bought one. Why?

The Club will not reserve a bank for a Member who has not purchased one simply because he or she forgot to order it. Once the banks have been sold, no more will be available from the Club.

Those of our Membership who wish to order one or more additional Toy Soldier banks may do so on a "first come, first served basis" as mentioned in the 1982 Summer-Fall issue of the Penny Bank Past. See also the Club's 1982-1983 Price List which has been sent to all 1982 Members and those who have joined the Club in 1983 for additional information.

Stamford, CT

📍 Stamford Motor Inn
📅 Saturday, June 7
👥 Attendance: 27

Chairmen: Bill and Elaine Werbell; George Dominquez

Theme: Reproduced Banks, Similarities Between Still and Mechanical Banks

Denver, PA

📍 Colonial Motor Lodge
📅 Saturday, June 6
👥 Attendance: 38

Chairmen: Bill and Elaine Werbell

Theme: Building Banks

Club: First Convention Committee Formed; Decision to provide official SBCCA bank at the next convention

Convention Favor: Booklet “Our Favorite Banks”

Philadelphia, PA

📍 Bookbinder’s Restaurant
📅 Saturday, June 5
👥 Attendance: 41

Chairman: Dick Hale

Theme: Hard to Find Banks

SBCCA Bank: 1902 Horseless Carriage (Banthrico)

Presentation: Slide show of hard-to-find and interesting bank variations (Ralph Dye)

Visits: Leon Perleman’s Toy Museum

Chicopee, MA

📍 Ramada Inn
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 9–10
👥 Attendance: 47

Chairman: Lin Pickle

Theme: Banks Not in Whiting’s Book

Club: Design Preview - Sketches of Boy on Rocking Horse club bank

Convention Favor: Poster – J.E. Stevens Co. products (Lin Pickle)

Presentations: Collections of Craig and Pickle, Hale and Whiting;

This cast iron bank was designed by Lou Filler.  Originally priced at $6.00, the inscription on the bank includes “Ohio The Buckeye State” and “SBCC 1973 in Ohio.”  It was not uncommon for the earlier banks to use SBCC rather than SBCCA as the club identifier.

Convention Favor: Booklet “Our Favorite Banks Book II”

Hauppauge, Long Island, NY

📍 Colonial Hill Motel
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 7–8
👥 Attendance: 49

Chairman: Gerald Lange

Theme: Still Banks from Antiquity to the Modern Era

SBCCA Bank: Rocking Horse Bank (ordering sequence drawn by lot)

Convention Favor: German Bank – Two Erotica with Wings on Papyrus Boat (Gerhard Riegraf)

Home Visits: Gerald Lange, Bill Werbel, Ed Mosler

Lancaster, PA

📍 Sheraton–Conestoga Village
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 6–7
👥 Attendance: 49

Chairmen: Bud Harris, Fred Green

Theme: Exceptional Banks

Club: Rocking Horse Bank officially adopted as the club emblem

Measuring 6” square at the base and 1 ½ “ square at the top, The Flags bank is white with multicolored enamelware flags on each side. The flags are accompanied by descriptions.

Wyomissing, PA

📍 Reading Motor Lodge
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 3–4
👥 Attendance: 97

Chairman: Norman Bowers

Theme: Tin banks

SBCCA Bank: Tin and cardboard can bank

Convention Favor: “You Can Bank on a Bank Collector” pin

Lancaster, PA

📍 Sheraton–Conestoga Village
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 2–3
👥 Attendance: 84

Chairman: Not Identified

Theme: Non-Whiting Banks in Any Material

SBCCA Bank: “Penny-Pig” porcelain bank (Gerhard Riegraf)

Presentation: Photographic essay on rarely documented banks

Charlie Reynolds made his first still bank in conjunction with the 1980 SBCCA convention.  Measuring 6 ¾ inches high and 4 ¾ inches wide, this sand-cast aluminum bank celebrates the Amish community who reside in the Lancaster. PA area (and the site of our convention).  Production of this bank was limited to 50.

The multicolored tin lithographed rectangle bank depicted Washington, DC buildings. Measuring 5” high X 4” wide x 2 ½ “ deep, the coin slot is located at the top of the bank.

Convention Favors: Ballpoint pen, 6" ruler, place magnet, screwdriver key chain.

Produced by Charlie Reynolds in recognition of the 1982 SBCCA convention. In addition to this bank Earl Albright provided club members with a wooden cat bank modeled after the Hubley bank). The cedar carved banks were white with light and dark hues. Trim colors varied.

Chicago, IL

📍 Best Western Lakeshore Hotel
📅 Thursday–Saturday, June 2–4

Host: Bruce Abell

Theme: Arcade Banks

SBCCA Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago (Banthrico)

Tour: Banthrico Manufacturing Plant – attendees received brass-plated Poodle Bank

Home Visits: Bruce & Blossom Abell; Norm & Mary Jo Bowers; Andy & Susan Moore

Baltimore, MD

📍 Holiday Inn – Cromwell Bridge Road
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 1–2, 👥 Attendance: 129

Host: Bernard Ellinghaus

Theme: Unusual Banks

Home Visits: Pre-Convention Visit - Bernard Ellinghaus; Sheila & Russ Harrington

Columbus, OH

📍 Columbus Marriott Inn – East
📅 Friday–Saturday, May 31–June 1
👥 Attendance: 162

Host: Bill Robison

Theme: Banks Made by Kenton Hardware Company

Convention Favors: Kenton Hardware publication featuring the collections of Bob Sawyer, Bob & Arlene Smith, and Bill Robinson; Cedar wood Ohio map wall bank (crafted by Earl Albright);

Home Visits: Bob & Marilyn Warner; Pre-/Post-Convention Visits: Bob & Arlene Smith, Bill & Jean Robinson, Ralph Dye

iversary Bank: Mulligan the Cop (by John Wright Co.); Cedar wood Amish horse and wagon (crafted by Earl Albright)

This cast iron bank was designed by Gordon Shroff.  As was the case with other SBCCCA banks, Laverne Worley was responsible for the bank pattern.  The bank was assembled from three pieces and measures 4 ¼ high x 4 9/16 wide x 2 7/8 inches deep. The oval shaped mound represents Mound City (St. Louis) upon which the Old Courthouse, and the Gateway Arch are placed.

Convention Favor: Video Tape (Hall Henry’s Collection, Bud Harris & the 1972 Whiting Collection Division)

Convention Favors: Tulip Bank centerpiece, Alligator Bank (Earl Albright); Presentation Bank: Florida Real Estate and Safe Bank (Charlie Reynolds)

Buffalo, NY

📍 Buffalo Sheraton
📅 Thursday–Saturday, June 1–3
👥 Attendance: 170

Host: Carl Camillo

Theme: My Favorite Bank

SBCCA Bank: Trolley Bank (based on Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Trolley; produced by Carl Camillo)

Tour: Gold Dome Collection of Mechanical Banks

Home Visits: Carl Camillo, Karl Kittelberger

Convention Favor: Cedar wood Rocking Horse Bank (Earl Albright)

St. Louis, MO

📍 Holiday Inn Airport North
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 7–8, ‍ ‍

Host: Gateway Penny Bank Club

Theme: Advertising Tin Banks

SBCCA Bank: St. Louis Mule Bank

Presentation: Advertising Banks (Bob Peirce)

Home Visits: Jim & Paulette Redwine; Tony & Lauretta Cami; Gordon & Esther Schroff; Curt Werner

Livonia, MI

📍 Livonia Marriott
📅 Thursday–Saturday, June 4–6
👥 Attendance: Approx. 200

Hosts: Ken & Jan Dersey

Club: 25th Anniversary; Code of Ethics Adopted

SBCCA Bank: Pig on Sled (?)

Convention Favor: SBCCA Ford Truck (Banthrico)

Presentations: Ceramic Banks (Don Duer); Banks on Wheels (Mike Henry)

Home Visits: Bob Lyon; Ken & Jan Dersey

Cast iron log cabin bank with description attached.

Convention Favor: Rehberger Bank Book – gifted by Bob & Shirley Pierce

Reading, PA

📍 Inn at Reading
📅 June 9–10
👥 Attendance: 205

Hosts: Harry & Lynn Ward

Theme: My First Bank

SBCCA Bank: Circular bank with club logo and Reading Pagoda

Presentations: Their First Bank (Larry Egelhoff); 2001 Penny Bank Odyssey (Don Duer)

Greenville, SC

📍Greenville Airport Marriott
📅June 1–3
👥Attendance: 170

Host: Tamara Watkins

SBCCA Bank: Cotton Bale

Presentations: Glass Banks (Charlie Reynolds); Unusual Banks (Harold Blau)

Home Visit: Tamara Watkins

Yes. the Maple Syrup Can DID contain maple syrup!

Indianapolis, IN

📍 Ramada Indianapolis Airport
📅 June 12–14, 1997
👥 Attendance: 270

Club: 504 members

SBCCA Bank: Rope and Oval Safe Bank

Convention Favor: Guide to Recognizing Damage to Still Banks booklet

Home Visit: Larry & Jeanie Egelhoff‍ ‍

The earlier of the two SBCCA Doc Yak banks, the bank was produced by Reynolds Toys but painted locally in Portland by the Kidds.

Williamsport, PA

📍 Holiday Inn Williamsport
📅 June 10–12
👥 Attendance: 264

Hosts: Don & Betty Jo Heim

Favor: Yuengling Beer Can Banks (set of 3; 4 total variants)

Presentations: European Banks (John Haley); Advertising Banks (Bob Peirce)

Home Visit: Don & Betty Jo Heim

Sturbridge, MA

📍 Sturbridge Host Hotel
📅 June 8–10

Hosts: Elinor Ross; Lin & Nancy Pickle

‍ SBCCA Bank: OSV Pottery Neck-Hanging Bank ‍

Presentations: War Savings Banks (Guy Williams); Pottery Banks of Northern France (Lin Pickle)

Home Visits: Lin & Mary Pickle; Jean McCumber

Lancaster, PA

📍 The Eden Resort Inn
📅 June 6–9

Presentation: Blacklight Use for Paint Analysis (Matt Medeiros, Jim Yeager)

Using a lost wax casting process, the Marietta Silo Bank was designed by Larry Egelhoff and painted by Charles Meeks, at 4 ½ inches tall this cast iron bank was painted gray with a silver top and was intended to compliment the famous Marietta Silo Bank,

Convention Favors: Bill Werbel with Suitcases (Charlie Reynolds); Nighty-Night Bear Bank (Ulrike Riegraf-Blank)

Schaumburg, IL

📍 Hyatt Regency Woodfield
📅 June 5–7

Hosts: Dick & Linda Soukup

SBCCA Bank: Mrs. O’Leary (Color Variants: Blue, Bronze, 1 White)

Home Visits: Dick & Linda Soukup, Mike & Carol Henry, Shepard, Norm Bowers

Convention Favor: Ceramic Mount Vernon Bank (Ulrike Riegraf-Blank)

The Rainy Day Ceramic Duck is 5 7/8 inches tall.  The bank was painted in six colors and was produced in Germany by Ulrike Riegraf-Blank.

Perrysburg, OH

📍 Holiday Inn
📅 June 14–17

Hosts: Liz & Elliotte Harold

Club: The convention was relocated / from New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina; 40th Anniversary

SBCCA Bank: Two-Faced Fellow (Pottery)

Presentations: Cleaning Banks (Jim Yeager); Why I Love Banks (Dolli Kettron); Banks With Clocks (Dan Collins); E-Bay (Minaz Ladha)

Home Visits: Sue & Don Speck; Marcia & Tom Kellogg; Ann & Ned Bauer; Deb & Dan Penn

Designed by Ken Russell, this cast iron bank represents a member of the Kansas City Monarchs.  The Monarchs were charter members of the Negro National League.  Players included Jackie Robinson, Hank Thompson, Satchel Paige, Ernie Banks, Elston Howard, and Hillard Brown.

Orlando, FL

📍 Holiday Inn Select
📅 June 12–15

Host: Marty Gutierrez

SBCCA Bank: Sun Trust Building, Orlando (InFocusTech – 150 produced)

Home Visits: Don & Chris Duer; David & Mary Ann Kerr; Marty Gutierrez

Gettysburg, PA

📍 Wyndham Hotel
📅 June 17–20

Hosts: Mike & Beth Holz

SBCCA Bank: Gettysburg Safe

Presentations: Toy Bank Ephemera (Dr. Z); How to Publish A Book (Panel Discussion)

Home Visit: Mike & Beth Holz

New Orleans, LA

📍 Chateau LeMoyne
📅 June 16–19

Hosts: Liz & Elliotte Harold

SBCCA Bank: St. Louis Cathedral

Presentations: Ohr Pottery Banks (Dr. Z); The Munich Child Banks (Ulrike Riegraf-Blank);

Tour: Jazz Cruise on The Creole Queen

Home Visits: Pre-Visit: Jack & Anne White; Home Visit: Liz and Elliotte Harold

Dayton, OH

📍 Dayton Marriott
📅 June 15–18

SBCCA Bank: CherryWood Bank Box (Elliotte Harold)

Presentations: Lead Banks (Jim Willet); Safes (Ken Hall); Gray Iron Foundry (Mike Holz)

Home Visits: Paul & Judy Fritch; Ray & Susan Laubenthal

Timonium, MD

📍 Crowne Plaza
📅 June 27–30

Host: Leon Weiss

Club: Joint Convention: Combined with MBCA

Presentations: Cleaning & Care (Jim Yeager, Bob Brady);

Home Visits: Bob Brady

Schaumburg, IL

📍 Hyatt Regency
📅 June 5–8

Hosts: Dick & Linda Soukup

SBCCA Bank: Fort Dearborn Blockhouse

Presentations: Bank Manufacturing (John Eilering); JM Harper Banks (Mike Henry)

Home Visits: Mike & Carol Henry; Dick & Linda Soukup; John & Delight Eilering; Norm & May Jo Bowers

Troy, MI

📍 Somerset Inn
📅 June 18–21

Host: Dolli Kettron

SBCCA Bank: Stove Bank

Presentation: Hart Company & Detroit History (Dr. Z)

Home Visits: Dr. Z (Gregory Zemenick); Dolli Kettron; James Rocheleau; Ken Dersey

State College, PA

📅 July 15–16

Hosts: Dan & Betty Jo Heim

Presentations: English Still and Mechanical Banks (John Haley); Insuring Your Bank Collection (Clayton Luther)

Home Visits: Don & Betty Jo Heim; Lyndal & Steve Shadel; Ted & Carla Conklin

Buffalo, NY

📍 Hyatt Regency Downtown
📅 June 8–11

Hosts: Gary & Sandy Rizzo

Club: 50th Anniversary

SBCCA Bank: 50th Anniversary Ceramic Rocking Horse Bank

Presentations: Bank Quality & Condition (Leon Weiss, Jim Yeager); Canadian Banks (Graham Jones)

Tour: Electrified Trolley Tour

Home Visit: Sandy & Gary Rizzo

This ceramic bank mirrors the 1998 Kidd’s Doc Yak convention bank. The bank was designed and produced in Germany by Ulrike Riegraf-Blank, The base of the bank identifies it was Portland 2017.

Convention Favor: Distribution of “Political Banks” book by Bob & Shirley Peirce

Marietta, OH

📍 Lafayette Hotel
📅 June 7–9
👥 Attendance: 150

Host: Charles Meeks

SBCCA Bank: Rabbit or Duck (In honor of Ralph Dye)

Convention Favor: Safe Bank Book (Mike Holz)

Home Visits: Charles Meeks, Dr. Fred & Mary Louise Cox

Olathe, KS

📍 Embassy Suites – Olathe
📅 June 6–8

Hosts: Ken & Mary Russell

SBCCA Bank: Liberty Memorial (WWI Tower)

Home Visits: Ken & Mary Russell; Doug Riat & Lori Farmer; Gary Stubbs,; David & Carol Jensen; Jim & Judy Yeager; Mark & Vicki Herman

COVID

Canton, Ohio

📍 Embassy Suites
📅 June 10–12

Hosts: Ken & Mary Russell; Dr. Ed Brown

Club: Joint convention with MBCA

SBCCA Bank: Football Bank (105 produced)

Presentations: A.C. Willliams (Linda Ferguson); Stanford Pottery (Gary Ferguson); Stanford,, Moreno, and other small Ohio Pottery (Bob Southall); Ober, Champion, Kenton & Kilgore (Ken Russell)

Home Visits: Tom & Marie Kellogg; Dan & Deb Penn

Philadelphia, PA

📍 Philadelphia Marriott
📅 May 5–8

Hosts: Jeanne Bertoia & Dennis Hilstein

Club: Joint convention with MBCA

Home Visits: Phil & Joan Steel; Jeanne Bertoia; Dmitri Ilyinsky; Dennis Milstein; Richard Lebert; Dr. Robert & Kathy Booth

Schaumburg, IL

📍 Hyatt Regency
📅 June 8–10

Hosts: Mike & Carol Henry, Dick & Linda Soukup

Presentations: The Quest for THE BANK (Dolli Kettron); Selling Your Collection (Dr. Z); Still & Mechanical Banks I Have Not Seen More Than Once (Mike Henry)

Tour Sanfilippo Estate

Home Visits: Mike & Carol Henry, Dick & Linda Soukup

Lincoln, NE

📍 Embassy Suites
📅 June 20–22

Hosts: Bob & Wilma Arp

Presentations: Reproductions, Repairs, and Blacklight Use (Bob Arp, Ken Russell, Jim Yeager); Website Update (Catherine Cook)

Tour: Speedway Motors Museum Tour; International Quilting Museum; Andrew Jackson Higgins National Memorial

Home Visit: Bob & Wilma Arp

Livonia, MI

📍 Livonia Marriott
📅 Thursday–Saturday, June 5-7
👥 Attendance: Approx. 90

Hosts: Ken & Jan Dersey

Convention Favor: Challenge Coin featuring Still Bank Club Logo and Mascot donated by Bob Arp

Presentations: Website Update (Catherine Cook & Mike Holz); Made in Detroit Banks (Mike Holz); Solicitation Banks (Mike Henry)

Hotel Suite Exhibit: Kevin & Dawn Armstrong

Home Visits: Ken & Jan Dersey

Towson, MD (Club 60th Anniversary)