Clarence H. Royce

ROYCE

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Biographies from the 1914 "Past and Present of O'Brien and Osceola Counties of Iowa"

CLARENCE H. ROYCE.

The name of Clarence H. Royce, the cashier of the Sibley State Bank, in Osceola County, is well known to the readers of this volume and needs no special comment on the part of the historian. The purpose of these historical sketches is to present a compact biography of the lives of the representative men of the county, rather than to engage in any fulsome laudation. Suffice it to say that in the sixteen years that Mr. Royce has lived in this county, he has won a large and permanent place in business circles, and in the banking business, to which his energies have been devoted, he has gained more than local reputation. Not only has he made his mark as a business man, but as a citizen he has proved to be public spirited and energetic and fully in sympathy with the progressive ideas of the age.

Clarence H. Royce was born July 18, 1873, in Oconto, Wisconsin. He received a good education in the schools of his home town and in 1898 came to Osceola County and organized a bank at Harris. He continued in full charge of this bank for the next eight years, when he disposed of it and then spent some time in the West. He returned to Sibley in May, 1910, and purchased an interest in the Sibley State Bank, becoming the cashier of the bank at that time. He has made his home for the past four years in Sibley and he and his wife and four children are prominent members of the society of the city.

The Sibley State Bank was organized November 1, 1894, by Frank V. Locke, of St. Paul, Minnesota. The present, officers are as follows: President, F. E. Kennedy: vice-president, A. W. McCallum: cashier, Clarence H. Royce; assistant cashier, L. D. Garberson. The directors are: George F. Sokol, F. E. Kennedy, C. H. Royce, A. W. McCallum and A. C. Winterfield. The bank now has a capital stock of thirty-five thousand dollars and is fast building up a reputation as one of the sound financial institutions of this section of the state. Its excellent corps of officials have instilled confidence into the city and community, with the result that the bank has a large and ever-increasing list of patrons.

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