Renovated First State Bank Highlights Historic Vault Door
The bank restored its building using old timbers and a circular vault door from a 1913 North Carolina bank rebuilt by Mosler Safe Co. Local firms led construction and design while hours align with other banks plus a Saturday walk up window. Community figures and families share Christmas gatherings and celebrations.
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Tennessee River
North Carolina
Bank
Mosler Safe Co
Hamilton
Ohio
First State
Blackburn
Walter Hall
Hall and
Colivard
Roger Chase
Richard Kemp
Bryson Construction Company
Christmas Memories and Community News From Decatur
Mrs Charles Speake reports a warm family Christmas with relatives from Decatur and Milton. A Midway area family lost their home to fire during the holidays and donations are requested for clothing. Vandalism locally damaged mailboxes and farm fence wires, with FBI likely investigating. Community members visiting and holiday services at local churches are noted, along with sympathy for neighbors facing wartime separations. Austin Kelsoe has returned home after a hospitalization for pneumonia.
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CHARLES _ SPEAKE
John Wiley
Lyndon
Milton, Fla
Byars Wiley
Orin Wiley
Kenneth Wiley
Decatur
Bob Wiley
Midway
Teel Alexander
F.B.I
Uncle Sam
Charles
Harold Speake
Vickey
John Lee Sparks
Deborah Greg
Harold
James ‘G. Spence
Charlie
Birmingham
W. C. Martin
Lillian Layman
Flint
Baptist Orphanage
Troy
Shi
Alan
Austin Kelsoe
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Ulric Speake
Chevrolet
Moulton and Kent
Wiley
Ford
Ike Johnson
Roy Dodd
Issai.Johnson
Paul Miller Johnson
Wren
C. J. Johnson
Mike
Hollis McCarty
Jemar Cross
Audrey Martin
J. E. Stephen
Chister Neal Johnson
Joe and Chestene
Edwin Lowery
Moulton Heights
The
First State Bank
Norman Pless
Frank Troup
Albert Brewer
Sam Boykin
Gaston Edmonson
Joe Blackburn
Sistant
Pat Thornton
Withers Peebles
Bill House
Werhner von Braun
William Sellers Jr
Jim Cox
Lawrence County
State National Bank
Member Federal Deposit
Alabama
Surance Corroraton
Acrilan
First National
Austin
Hunter’s
First National Bank
Carridale
Danville Rd
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