Past Conventions

Hightstown, NJ

📍 Town House Motel
📅 Saturday, June 8
👥 Attendance: 23

Founders: Bill and Elaine Werbell: George Dominquez

Theme: Historical Significance of Still Banks

Club: First SBCCA Convention; Election of Officers

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;

Cincinnati, OH

📍 Hospitality Inn
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 8–9
👥 Attendance: 40

Chairman: Lin Pickle

Theme: Not Identified

SBCCA Bank: Ohio Buckeye (Lou Filler)

Convention Favor: Booklet “Our Favorite Banks Book II”

Presentations: Wooden pattern for Rocking Horse Bank (later rejected); Collections of Ralph Dye, Lou Filler

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

Wyomissing, PA

📍 Reading Motor Lodge
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 4–5
👥 Attendance: 76

Chairman: Bernard Ellinghaus

Theme: Rare and Bicentennial Banks

SBCCA Bank: The Flags Bank

Home Visits: Henry Hall

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

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

Denver, PA

📍 Colonial Motor Lodge
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 6–7
👥 Attendance: 130

Host: Blossom Abell

Theme: Still Banks from Antiquity to Present

SBCCA Bank: Frog Bank (Gerhard Riegraf)

Convention Favors: Wooden Puppy with Bee (Earl Albright); Amish Man (Charlie Reynolds, Bernie Ellinghaus)

Presentations: 100 Best Banks (Gerhard Riegraf), Foundry Practice

Rockville, MD

📍 Ramada Inn
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 5–6
👥 Attendance: 110

Host: Edward Russell

Theme: U.S. Political Banks

SBCCA Bank: Tin lithographed rectangular bank with D.C. buildings

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

Home visits - Ed & Jonetta Russell; Ed & Julie Winston; Ralph & Ida Berman

Hartford, CT

📍 Holiday Inn
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 4–5
👥 Attendance: 110

Hosts: Bob McCumber; Jim Platt

Theme: Security – Safeguarding Your Bank Collection

SBCCA Bank: Toy Soldier – designed by Ed Russell & Don Duer (489 produced)

Convention Favors: Mark Twain Bank (Charlie Reynolds); Wood Cat Plaque (Earl Albright)

Home Visit: Bob & Jean McCumber

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

Lancaster, PA

📅 Thursday–Sunday, June 5–7
👥 Attendance: 170

Host: Earl Albrecht

Theme: 20th Year Anniversary

SBCCA Bank: Book Bank

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

Presentations: Identifying and Avoiding Reproduction Banks (Mike Henry)

Tour: John Wright Foundry

Home Visit: Bob Brady

St. Louis, MO

📍 Holiday Inn Airport North
📅 Friday–Saturday, June 5–6
👥 Attendance: 160

Host: Jim Redwine

Theme: Fictional Character Banks from Radio, Movies, and TV

SBCCA Bank: St. Louis Arch Bank (Pattern by Laverne Worley)

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

Home Visits: Gordon & Esther Schroff; Jim & Mary Darr; Post-Convention Visits: Toni & Loretta Carmi; Jim & Paulette Redwine; Bob & Janet Heberer; Curt Werner

Orlando, FL

📍 Altamonte Springs Hilton
📅 Thursday–Saturday, June 2–4,
👥 Attendance: 150

Hosts: Don Duer & Bruce Russell

SBCCA Bank: Sailboat

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

Home Visits: Don Duer; Doc Russell

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

Lancaster, PA

📍 Days Inn of Lancaster
📅 Thursday–Saturday, May 31–June 2
👥 Attendance: 194

Host: Harry Ward

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

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

Tour: John Wright Factory Tour

Home Visit: Bob Brady

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

Arlington Heights, IL

📍 Radisson Hotel Arlington Heights
📅 Thursday–Saturday, June 3–5
👥 Approximate Attendance: 200

Hosts: Dick & Linda Soukup; Mike & Carol Henry

Theme: Banks Produced in Chicago

Club: 430 club members

SBCCA Convention Bank: Abraham Lincoln’s Log Cabin

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

Presentations: Harper Supply Company & Chicago Hardware Company ( Mike Henry); Rehberger Banks (Bob Peirce)

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

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

Syracuse, NY

📍 Four Points Hotel
📅 June 6–8

Convention Favor: Maple Syrup Can

Presentations: Building Banks (Tom Kellogg); Unusual Banks from the Stoddard Collection (Tom Stoddard)

Home Visits: Gordon & Alice Jorgensen; Rud Trowbridge

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 ‍

Portland, OR

📍 Portland Marriott
📅 June 4–6

Hosts: Frank & Joyce Kidd

SBCCA Bank: Kidd’s Doc Yak (Reynolds Toys)

Presentations: A Few Things I Find Interesting (Mike Henry); Glass Bank Book (Charlie Reynolds)

Tour: Kidd Toy Museum

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)

Marietta, OH

📍 Comfort Inn
📅 June 12–15

Hosts: Fred Cox, Ralph Dye, Chuck & Marilyn Meeks

SBCCA Bank: Marietta Silo Bank

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

Tour: Riverboat Cruise

Home Visits: Fred Cox; Ralph Dye; Chuck & Marilyn Meeks

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

Alexandria, VA

📍 Hilton Alexandria Mark Center
📅 June 24–26
👥 Attendance: 150

Host: Jeanie Egelhoff

SBCCA Bank: Capitol Building (Don Duer, Jeanie Egelhoff)

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

Home Visit: Charlie & Judy Reynolds

Lancaster, PA

📍 Eden Resort Inn
📅 June 9–11

SBCCA Bank: Ceramic Rainy Day Duck (Ulrike Riegraf-Blank)

Presentation: Borgfeldt Banks (Harry Ward)

Home Visit: Mike & Beth Holz

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

Overland Park, KS

📍 Holiday Inn
📅 June 13–16, 2007
👥 Attendance: 150

Hosts: Ken & Mary Russell

SBCCA Bank: Kansas City Monarchs Baseball Player (Ken Russell, Larry Egelhoff)

Home Visit: Ken & Mary Russell

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

Portland, OR

📍 Monarch Hotel – Clackamas
📅 June 8–10

Hosts: Frank & Joyce Kidd

Club: Joint SBCCA & MBCA Convention

SBCCA Bank: Ceramic Doc Yak (Ulrike Riegraf-Blank)

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

Tour: Kidd Toy Museum

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)