CAPITAL DIRECTIONS INC
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                                 SCHEDULE 14A
                                (Rule 14a-101)

                   INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

                           SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
         PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
                    EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO.  )

    Filed by the registrant [X]

    Filed by a party other than the registrant [ ]

    Check the appropriate box:

    [ ] Preliminary proxy statement    [ ] Confidential, for Use of the 
                                           Commission Only (as permitted by
                                           Rule 14a-6(e)(2))
    [X] Definitive proxy statement

    [ ] Definitive additional materials

    [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12


                           CAPITAL DIRECTIONS, INC.
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               (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


                           CAPITAL DIRECTIONS, INC.
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  (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)


Payment of filing fee (Check the appropriate box):

    [X] $125 per Exchange Act Rule 0-11(c)(1)(ii), 14a-6(i)(1), or 14a-6(i)(2)
or Item 22(a)(2) of Schedule 14A.

    [ ] $500 per each party to the controversy pursuant to Exchange Act 
Rule 14a-6(i)(3).

    [ ] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11.

    (1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:

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    (2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:

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    (3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed 
pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing 
fee is calculated and state how it was determined):

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    (4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:

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    (5) Total fee paid:

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    [ ] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.

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    [ ] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act 
Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was 
paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement 
number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.

    (1) Amount previously paid:

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    (2) Form, schedule or registration statement no.:

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                            CAPITAL DIRECTIONS, INC.

        322 South Jefferson Street, Mason, Michigan 48854  517-676-0500
______________________________________________________________________________




March 22, 1996



Dear Shareholder:

Capital Directions, Inc. invites you to attend the 1996 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 25, at the Eldorado
Golf Course, 3750 West Howell Road, Mason, Michigan.

Please read the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement for
information pertaining to the matters to be considered and acted upon at the
Annual Meeting.

We appreciate your continued interest in Capital Directions, Inc. and look
forward to seeing you at the Annual Meeting.  Whether or not you are present,
it is important that your shares are represented. Accordingly, please sign,
date, and mail the enclosed Proxy promptly.

Sincerely,



Douglas W. Dancer

Douglas W. Dancer
Chairman of the Board



Timothy P. Gaylord

Timothy P. Gaylord
President and
Chief Executive Officer




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                            CAPITAL DIRECTIONS, INC.

        322 South Jefferson Street, Mason, Michigan 48854  517-676-0500
 ______________________________________________________________________________

                    NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

                                 APRIL 25, 1996



The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Capital Directions, Inc. will begin at
11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 25, 1996 at the Eldorado Golf Course, 3750 West
Howell Road, Mason, Michigan, for the following purposes:

      (1)  To elect a board of seven directors, each to hold office for
           a term of one year and until a successor has been elected and
           qualified; and

      (2)  To transact such other business as may properly come before
           the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

Shareholders of record at the close of business on March 1, 1996 will be
entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting, or any adjournment
thereof.

All Shareholders are invited to attend the Annual Meeting.  Please be sure to
mark, date, sign, and return the enclosed proxy card, whether or not you plan
to attend the meeting, so your shares will be voted.  Any Shareholder present
at the meeting, may vote personally on all matters brought forward.  In that
event, his or her Proxy will not be used.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS



George A. Sullivan

George A. Sullivan
Secretary



March 22, 1996


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                            CAPITAL DIRECTIONS, INC.

       322 South Jefferson Street, Mason, Michigan  48854  (517) 676-0500
______________________________________________________________________________

                                PROXY STATEMENT
                         ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
                                 APRIL 25, 1996

This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of
proxies, beginning March 22, 1996, by the Board of Directors of Capital
Directions, Inc. (the "Company"), to be voted at the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of the Company to be held at the Eldorado Golf Course, 3750 West
Howell Road, Mason, Michigan, on April 25, 1996 at 11:00 a.m. (the "Annual
Meeting").

If the form of Proxy accompanying this Proxy Statement is properly executed and
returned to the Company, the shares represented by the Proxy will be voted at
the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in accordance with the directions given in
such Proxy.  If no choice is specified, the shares represented by the Proxy
will be voted for the election of directors listed as nominees in the Proxy and
in accordance with the best judgement of the Proxy holder with respect to any
other matter to come before the Shareholders at the Annual Meeting.  A Proxy
may be revoked prior to its exercise by delivering a written notice of
revocation to the Secretary of the Company, executing a subsequent Proxy, or
attending the meeting and voting in person.   Attendance at the Annual Meeting
does not, however, automatically serve to revoke the Proxy.

                       VOTING SECURITIES AND RECORD DATE

As of March 1, 1996, the record date for the Annual Meeting, the Company had
issued and outstanding 297,428 shares of Common Stock, par value $5.00 per
share ("Common Stock"), each outstanding share entitles the record holder
thereof  one vote upon each matter to be voted upon at the meeting, or any
adjournment.  The transaction of business at the Annual Meeting requires the
presence of a quorum, which will be established by the presence or
representation at the Annual Meeting of majority of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock entitled to vote.  Directors are elected by a plurality of the
votes cast at the Annual Meeting.  Thus, the seven nominees for election as
directors who receive the greatest number of votes cast will be elected
directors (see "(1) ELECTION OF DIRECTORS").  Therefore, broker non-votes on
shares as to which authority is withheld with respect to the election of
directors will be counted for quorum purposes, but since they are not votes
cast, will have no effect on the election of directors.

                             PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS

The following table sets forth certain information, as of January 2, 1996, as
to the Common Stock beneficially owned by each person known by the Company to
be the beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of the Common Stock:


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                    Name and Address         Amount and Nature       Percent
    Title of Class  of Beneficial Owner     of Beneficial Ownership  of Class
   ---------------  ----------------------  -----------------------  --------
   <S>              <C>                     <C>                      <C>
   Common Stock,    June M. Oesterle Trust         26,630(1)         8.95%
   $5 par value     Lyle M. Oesterle Trust
                    1975 Okemos Rd.
                    Mason, MI  48854
</TABLE>



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       (1)Total of shares owned by both the June M. Oesterle Trust of which June
M. Oesterle is the sole Trustee and the Lyle M. Oesterle Trust of which Lyle M.
Oesterle, spouse of June M. Oesterle, is sole Trustee. 



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                           (1) ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Seven directors are proposed to be elected at the Annual Meeting to serve until
the next Annual Meeting and/or until their successors are elected.  The Bylaws
of the Company permit the Board of Directors to establish the size of the Board
from seven to nine members.  The present Board has fixed seven as the size of
the Board to be elected.  The Proxies cannot be voted for a greater number of
persons than the number of nominees named.

In the event that any nominee is unable to serve, which is not now
contemplated, the Proxy holders, to the extent they have been granted authority
to vote in the election of directors, may or may not vote for a substitute
nominee.  The nominees for directors are the persons named below, all of whom
are presently serving as directors of the Company.  These persons, according to
the information supplied by them, owned beneficially, directly or indirectly,
the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company set forth opposite their
respective names.  All information is presented as of January 2, 1996.

                                   DIRECTORS
            
            
<TABLE>     
<CAPTION>

                                       Principal Occupation For                    Amount and Nature                
                                          Last Five Years              Director     of Beneficial       Percent     
     Name                 Age                Or More                   Since (1)     Ownership (2)      of Class    
- --------------            ---         -------------------------       ---------      -------------      --------    
<S>                       <C>       <C>                               <C>            <C>               <C>          
Gerald Ambrose            46        County Controller for the           1990            300               (3)       
                                    County of Ingham; Vice                                                          
                                    Chairman of the Board,                                                          
                                    Mason State Bank, and the                                                       
                                    Company                                                                         
                                                                                                                    
Douglas W. Dancer         55        President, Dancer's Inc.            1986           7391               2.48      
                                    Department Stores; Chairman                                                     
                                    of the Board, Mason State                                                       
                                    Bank, and the Company                                                           
                                                                                                                    
Glenn R. Doran, Ph.D      50        Superintendent,                     1986            316               (3)       
                                    Mason Public Schools                                                             
                                                                                                                    
Timothy P. Gaylord        41        President & Chief Executive         1995           2170               (3)       
                                    Officer of Mason State Bank                                                      
                                    and the Company                                                                  
                                                                                                                    
Marvin B. Oesterle        44        Partner, Golden Acres Farms         1981           2540               (3)       
                                    and Oesterle Brothers                                                            
                                    Seed Corn                                                                        
                                                                                                                    
Terry Shultis             60        Senior Management Advisor,          1980           1505               (3)       
                                    Retired President and Chief                                                      
                                    Executive Officer of Mason                                                       
                                    State Bank, Monex Financial                                                      
                                    Services, Inc., and the Company                                                  
                                                                                                                    
George A. Sullivan        63        Attorney; Secretary of the          1975           1060               (3)       
                                     Company                                                                         
                                                                                                                    
7 directors as a group                                                                15282               5.14      

</TABLE>    
            
            
(1)  Includes service as a director of the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary,
     Mason State Bank (the "Bank").  The Company was  organized in 1988 to act,
     inter alia, as a holding company for Mason State Bank, and the Bank's
     directors became directors of the Company.
(2)  Includes shares owned by or jointly with spouse, or minor child, or other
     relative residing in same household, or as trustee.
(3)  Less than one percent.





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                      COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors has a number of standing committees, including Audit and
Personnel.

The members of the Audit Committee include:   George A. Sullivan, Chairman;
Marvin B. Oesterle; and Douglas W. Dancer, ex-officio.  The Audit Committee,
which met three times during 1995, appoints, subject to approval by the Board
of Directors, the Bank's independent auditors and approves the program of
continuous internal audit and the scope of audit procedures.  The committee
also reviews the accounting principles and the control procedures and practices
adopted by management, the services performed by the independent auditors, and
approves the fees paid to the independent auditors.

The members of the Personnel Committee include:  Glenn R. Doran, Chairman;
Terry Shultis; Timothy P. Gaylord; Gerald Ambrose; and Douglas W. Dancer,
ex-officio.  This committee met nine times in 1995.  The Bank's Personnel
Committee approves the officers' salary budget for the year and recommends
changes in official salaries and other benefits to the Bank's Board of
Directors.

In 1995 there were a total of twelve regularly scheduled meetings of the Board
of Directors of the Company.  Of the nominees for re-election as directors of
the Company, no director attended less than seventy-five percent of the
aggregate of the total number of meetings of the Board of Directors of the
Company held in 1995 and the total number of meetings held by all standing
committees of the Board on which they served.

Each director of the Company is entitled to receive an annual retainer of
$6,240. In lieu of payment of director fees, each director is eligible to
participate in a deferred compensation plan adopted in 1986.  All of the
directors, except Gerald Ambrose and Timothy P. Gaylord, have elected to
participate in part in the plan which provides for retirement and death
benefits to be paid to the participating directors or their beneficiaries over
fifteen years.  Deferred director fees are used to purchase life insurance
policies of which the Bank is the owner and beneficiary.  These life insurance
policies are structured to fully fund the Bank's obligation under the terms of
the plan.

                               EXECUTIVE OFFICERS


<TABLE>
                                                          First Elected as
                                                          an Officer of
Name (age)                   Position with the Company     the Company
- ----------                   --------------------------   ----------------
<S>                          <C>                         <C>
Douglas W. Dancer (55)       Chairman                        1988

Terry Shultis (60)           Senior Management Advisor,      1988
                             Retired President & CEO

George A. Sullivan (63)      Secretary                       1988

Robert G. Kennedy (49)       Treasurer                       1988

Timothy P. Gaylord (41)      President & CEO                 1995

</TABLE>




                       COMPENSATION OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The following table sets forth compensation paid by the Company and its
subsidiaries during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 to each of the
Company's Chief Executive Officers.  There were no executive officers whose
combined salary and bonus exceeded $100,000.





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                           SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
                                                           

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>                                                                                                            
                                                                       Long-Term                                     
                                                                      Compensation                                   
                                                                                                                     
                                         Annual Compensation             Awards                                      
  Name and                                                                                   All Other               
Principal Position         Year      Salary ($)         Bonus ($)    Options/SARs (#)      Compensation ($)          
- ---------------------      ----      ----------         ---------    ----------------      ----------------          
<S>                        <C>       <C>                <C>           <C>                   <C>                      
Terry Shultis              1995      $93,119 (3)          0               300 (4)             $21,962 (5)            
President and CEO (1)      1994      $89,698            $3,000              0                 $20,275                
                           1993      $89,588            $4,400              0                 $18,766                
                                                                                                                     
Timothy P. Gaylord         1995      $75,322 (3)        $9,000            700 (4)              $4,941 (5)            
President and CEO (2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                     
</TABLE>

  (1)    Mr. Shultis retired as President and CEO of the Company and the Bank
         on October 1, 1995.  On that date he became Senior Management Advisor
         to the Company.


  (2)    Mr. Gaylord became President and CEO of the Company and the Bank upon
         Mr. Shultis' semi-retirement on October 1, 1995.  He was formerly 
         Executive Vice President of the Bank.


  (3)    Includes 1995 directors fees for Mr. Shultis of $6,000 and for Mr.
         Gaylord of $1,500.


  (4)    The amounts shown represent the number of shares covered by stock
         options and stock appreciation rights granted under the Capital 
         Directions, Inc. Incentive Stock Option Plan as more fully described 
         in the Option/SAR Grants in Last Fiscal Year table set forth below.


  (5)    "All Other Compensation" is comprised of the following items: for Mr.
         Shultis (i) a contribution of $11,400 to the Bank's Supplemental
         Executive Retirement Plan which was adopted for Mr. Shultis' benefit in
         1988 and is designed to pay him a defined benefit upon retirement, (ii)
         a contribution by the Bank of $5,246 to the Bank's 401(k) Plan, and
         (iii) gifts by the Bank of $2,816 in cash and an automobile with a
         value of $2,500 made in connection with Mr. Shultis' retirement; and
         for Mr. Gaylord, a contribution by the Bank of $4,941 to the Bank's
         401(k) Plan.


The following table presents information about stock options and tandem stock
appreciation rights ("SARs") granted to the named executive officers during
1995 under the Capital Directions, Inc. Stock Option Plan (the "Stock Option
Plan").









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                     OPTION/SAR GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
                               INDIVIDUAL GRANTS


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                   Potential Realizable     
                                                                                                     Value at Assumed       
                                               % of Total                                          Annual Rates of Stock    
                                              Options/SARs          Exercise                        Price Appreciation      
                                               Granted to           or Base                         for Option Term (2)     
                        Options/SARs           Employees             Price        Expiration                                
Name                    Granted (#) (1)       in Fiscal Year         ($/Sh)         Date             5% ($)     10% ($)     
- ----                    ---------------       --------------        --------      ----------         ------     -------     
<S>                     <C>                   <C>                  <C>          <C>                  <C>        <C>             
Terry Shultis               300                    15                 25.50        3/15/05            4,812      12,192     

Timothy P. Gaylord          700                    35                 25.50        3/15/05           11,228      28,448


</TABLE>


      (1)  The amounts shown are shares of the Company's Common Stock
           and tandem SARs covered by options granted under the Stock Option
           Plan.  The options and the SARs vest over 3 years, from the grant
           date of March 16, 1995 with one-third of the covered shares becoming
           part of the exercisable portion each year.  The SARs may be
           exercised only in respect to up to 50 percent of the shares covered
           by the option, and only for an amount of cash equal to the difference
           between the base price shown and the market price of the Company's
           Common Stock at the time of exercise.  Exercise of an SAR cancels
           the option with respect to the shares for which the SAR was
           exercised.  The cash received may be used only to pay the exercise
           price of the remaining portion of the option.


      (2)  The potential realizable value is reported net of the option
           exercise price and the SAR base price, but before income taxes
           associated with exercise.  These amounts represent assumed annual
           compounded rates of appreciation of five percent and ten percent
           from the date of grant to the end of the option and SAR. Actual
           gains, if any, on stock option and SAR exercises are dependent on
           the future performance of the Company's Common Stock, overall stock
           market conditions, and the optionees' continued employment through
           the vesting period.  The amounts reflected in this table may not
           necessarily be achieved.


The following table presents the number of shares covered by, and the value of,
unexercised options and SARs held by the named executive officers at December
31, 1995.  No options or SARs were exercised by the named executive officers
during 1995.

              AGGREGATED OPTION/SAR EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
                          AND FY-END OPTION/SAR VALUES


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                    Number of Unexercised Options/          Value of Unexercised In-the-Money
                        SARs at FY-End (#)                   Options/SARs at FY-End ($) (1)

Name                  Exercisable/Unexercisable                 Exercisable/Unexercisable
- ----                ------------------------------         ---------------------------------
<S>                         <C>                                    <C>
Terry Shultis                  0/300                                   0/1,650

Timothy P. Gaylord             0/700                                   0/3,850

</TABLE>



     (1)   The value shown is based upon the market bid price at December 31,
           1995 of $31.00 of the option exercise price and SAR base price.



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                             EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS

The Company has entered into agreements with Mr. Shultis and Mr. Gaylord
relating to their employment by the Company and the Bank.  These agreements are
summarized below.  This summary is not intended to be complete and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the agreements.

The agreement between Mr. Shultis and the Company (the "Shultis Agreement")
provides that Mr. Shultis will be employed by the Company as Senior Management
Advisor from October 1, 1995 through December 31, 1997, subject to earlier
termination as provided in the Shultis Agreement.  Mr. Shultis is obligated
under the Shultis Agreement to work 1,000 hours annually for which he is paid a
salary of $55,900, in each case prorated for the period October 1, 1995 through
December 31, 1995.  Mr. Shultis is also entitled to customary benefits such as
group health and dental insurance coverage available to executive level full
time employees of the Company.  The Shultis Agreement provides that the Company
may terminate Mr. Shultis' employment for cause without further obligation to
compensate Mr. Shultis.  The Shultis Agreement generally defines cause to
include, among other things, misfeasance, malfeasance, and nonfeasance of Mr.
Shultis' duties and breach of the Shultis Agreement.  Mr. Shultis may terminate
the Shultis Agreement upon 14 days written notice.  The Shultis Agreement
provides that Mr. Shultis shall not for a period of one year after termination
of the Shultis Agreement perform services for Michigan based competitors of the
Company and its affiliates and will maintain the confidentiality of certain
information and trade secrets of the Company.

The agreement among Mr. Gaylord, the Company, and the Bank (the "Gaylord
Agreement") provides that Mr. Gaylord will be employed by the Company and the
Bank as their President and Chief Executive Officer from October 1, 1995
through September 30, 1997, subject to automatic renewal for one year periods
unless terminated in accordance with the Gaylord Agreement.  The Gaylord
Agreement provides an annual salary rate for 1995 of $85,000, subject to
adjustment by the Board of Directors in subsequent years during the term of the
Gaylord Agreement.  Mr. Gaylord is also entitled to customary employee benefits
and perquisites.  The Gaylord Agreement provides that in the event of a change
in control of the Company or the Bank, if Mr. Gaylord's employment is
involuntarily terminated, or if Mr. Gaylord's status and compensation are
reduced without cause within one year of the change in control, Mr. Gaylord
shall be entitled to payment of an amount equal to his annual salary.  The
Gaylord Agreement provides that the Company and the Bank may terminate Mr.
Gaylord's employment at any time for cause without further obligation to
compensate Mr. Gaylord.  The Gaylord Agreement broadly defines cause to
generally include, among other things, misfeasance, malfeasance, and
nonfeasance of Mr. Gaylord's duties and breach of the Gaylord Agreement.  The
Gaylord Agreement further provides that Mr. Gaylord shall not, for a period of
one year after Mr. Gaylord's last day of employment, provide financial services
or otherwise compete with the business of the Company and the Bank in the City
of Mason, Michigan and a three mile radius surrounding it.  Further, Mr.
Gaylord shall not during that one year period, solicit customers of the Bank
and its affiliates or solicit for hire any then current Bank or Company
employees or contact them for the purpose of inducing them to leave the Bank or
Company.  The Gaylord Agreement also requires Mr. Gaylord to maintain the
confidentiality of certain information and trade secrets of the Company and the
Bank following the termination of his employment.

                    TRANSACTIONS WITH DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Directors and officers of the Company and their associates were customers of,
and had transactions with, subsidiaries of the Company in the ordinary course
of business during 1995.  All loans and commitments included in such
transactions were made in the ordinary course of business on substantially the
same terms, including interest rates and collateral, as those prevailing at the
time for comparable transactions with other persons and did not involve more
than the normal risk of collectibility or present other unfavorable features.

                         TRANSACTION OF OTHER BUSINESS

The Board of Directors of the Company does not intend to bring any other matters
before the Annual Meeting. At the date of this Proxy Statement, the Board is not
aware of any matter other than the election of directors to be presented for
action  by others or that any nominee named herein for election to the Board of
Directors will be unavailable.  If any of the nominees listed  above is not
available for election as a director, or if any other matters come before the
meeting or any adjournment thereof, it is intended that the shares represented
by Proxies given to the Board of Directors' designees will be voted with respect
thereto in accordance with the best judgement of the Proxies after consultation
with the Board of Directors.




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                     RELATIONSHIP WITH INDEPENDENT ACCOUNT

For the year 1995, Crowe, Chizek and Company was engaged by the Board of
Directors to perform an audit of the Company's financial statements and has
been so engaged for the year 1996.  A representative of Crowe Chizek will be
present at the meeting to make a statement if he or she desires and to respond
to appropriate questions.  The Company periodically reviews bids from qualified
accounting firms.


                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The cost of soliciting Proxies will be borne by the Company.  In addition to
solicitation by mail, officers and regular employees of the Company and its
subsidiaries may solicit Proxies by telephone, telegraph, or in person.  The
Company has retained the services of The Independent Election Corporation of
America to deliver Proxy materials to brokers, nominees, fiduciaries, and other
custodians for distribution to their beneficial owners, as well as the
solicitation of Proxies from these institutions.  The cost of the solicitation
is expected to amount to approximately $2,500, plus reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses.




SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY AND RETURN IT
PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.


George A. Sullivan

George A. Sullivan
Secretary
March 22, 1996











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<TABLE>
<S><C>
                                                                 
                                                     CAPITAL DIRECTIONS, INC.
                                                                 
                                    THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

        The undersigned hereby appoints Glenn R. Doran and Marvin B. Oesterle, jointly and severally, proxies, with full power of
substitution, to vote all the shares of capital stock of Capital Directions, Inc. which the undersigned may be entitled to vote, at
the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at the Eldorado Golf Course, 3750 West Howell Road, Mason, Michigan, at 11:00 a.m. on
April 25, 1996, or any adjournment thereof.

        The proxies named on the reverse hereof are directed to vote as specified on the reverse hereof or, if no specification is
made, FOR all nominees named on the reverse side and to vote IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR DISCRETION on such other matters that may
properly come before the meeting.  The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all Agenda items.

                                                  (To be Signed on Reverse Side)

                  FOR    WITHHELD    Nominees:  Gerald Ambrose                                   FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN
1.  Election of   / /      / /                  Douglas W. Dancer       2.  Transact such other  / /     / /       / /
    Directors                                   Glenn R. Doran              business as may 
                                                Timothy P. Gaylord          properly come before
                                                Marvin B. Oesterle          the meeting or any
                                                Terry Shultis               adjournment thereof.
                                                George A. Sullivan

For, except vote withheld from the                                      SIGNATURE(S) 
following nominee(s)                                                                 ----------------------------------------
                                                                        DATE 
- ---------------------------------                                            ------------------------------------------------

                                                                        NOTE: Please sign exactly as name appears hereon. 
                                                                        Joint owners should each sign.  When signing as attorney,
                                                                        executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give
                                                                        full title as such.
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