Mr. Walsh belongs.. to the American Bar Association,
the Maryland State Bar Association, and the Allegany
County Bar Association, and has served as President of
the last mentioned Association, and as one of the Vice
Presidents of the State Association. He is also a member
of the Elks, Knights of Columbus, Cumberland Country
Club, American Legion, and various other organizations.

On June 1, 1929, Mr. Walsh married Miss Sarah Eliza-
beth Nee, also of Cumberland, and they reside with their
two children, William and Betsy, at 601 Washington Street,
Cumberland, Maryland.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Comptroller of the Treasury: *WM. S. GORDY, JR. (Demo-
crat) , Salisbury, Maryland.
William Sidney Gordy, Jr., was born December 21st, 1873,
at Salisbury, Maryland. His father was the late William
Sidney Gordy, who for many years was connected with the
business interests of Salisbury, and was a son of Samuel
Gordy, one of the early settlers and merchants of this city.
His mother, who is also deceased, was before her marriage,
Virginia Dashiell Brewington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry J. Brewington. In November, 1901, Mr. Gordy mar-
ried Miss M. Clara White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Henry White of Salisbury, Maryland.

Mr. Gordy received his education in the public schools of
Wicomico County. His first employment was as clerk in the
local freight office of the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk
Railroad Company, later being passenger and freight agent
for the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Company
at Salisbury, Maryland, until he was transferred to the Gen-
eral Freight and Passenger office in Baltimore; after which
he returned to Salisbury as Chief Clerk in the Division Pass-
enger and Freight Office of that road. He resigned his rail-
road position in June, 1897, to accept a position with the
Salisbury National Bank, and has filled every position in that
institution, having been elected Cashier in 1912. In 1932 he
was elected President, which office he still holds. In 1914 he
succeeded his father in an insurance brokerage business,
which he is still conducting.

In 1916 Mr. Gordy was elected president of the Associated
Banks of Somerset, Worcester and Wicomico Counties, a
local Banking Association of the Eastern Shore. In 1918 he
was honored by being elected president of the Maryland

*Millard E. Tawes, elected in 1938, will take office in January, 1939.