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376 HISTORY OF THE BANKreplying to the toast of the guest of the evening, delightedthe company with an intimate account of banking conditionsas he knew them in his early years, extracts from which have1been incorporated in this book.The day was further marked by the issue of new $5 and$10 notes, the first of a series remarkable among modernbank-notes for the artistic quality of the designs, in whichSir Edmund himself had taken the keenest interest.On October 13, Mr. William Farwell, D.C.L., a director ofthe bank and chairman of the Advisory Committee at Sherbrooke,who had formerly been president, and at one timegeneral manager, of the Eastern Townships Bank, passedaway at an advanced age; and in recording his death, theBoard bore witness not only to his abilities as a banker, butto "the attachment of friends in every station, to whom hehad endeared himself through sympathy and helpfulness."Mr. J. S. Mitchell 2 of Sherbrooke, was appointed a director,and chairman of the Sherbrooke Advisory Committee, insuccession to Mr. Farwell, and Mr. James Mackinnon, 3 formerlygeneral manager of the Eastern Townships Bank, andsubsequently manager-in-chief of the Eastern TownshipsDivision of The Canadian Bank of Commerce, was givena seat on that Committee.By long tradition, the hours during which banks areopen to the public have been from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. onordinary days, and on Saturdays until 12 or 1 p.m. As a warmeasure and an experiment, commencing on May 31, 1918,'See page 72.'James Simpson Mitchell (1852-19120) was bora at Ascot, P.Q.He became apartner in the firm of Lucke and Mitchell in 1877, and on the death of his partner,Colonel Lucke, in 1894, continued the business under the name of J. S. Mitchell andCompany. This firm, with headquarters at Sherbrooke, has for some years been oneof the largest wholesale hardware houses in the province of Quebec. Mr. Mitchellwas one of the directors of the Eastern Townships Bank, taken over by The CanadianBank of Commerce in 1912. He was also a director of the Stanstead and SherbrookeFire Insurance Company and of the Eastern Townships Brick ManufacturingCompany.See page 269.