Martinsburg Bank Building Completes 1967 Expansion
The modern brick Martinsburg bank building with drive in facilities finished in 1967 now holds about 4 million dollars in assets, up from 1.2 million when the new building opened. Cashier Robert Bachmann, in office since December 1966, notes 80 percent of local business is farmers. The independently owned bank traces to 1871, with a succession of Fennawald family cashiers before Bachmann. Bachmann chairs the city park steering committee and serves as a city alderman.
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Martinsburg
First Bank
Robert Bachmann
Martinsburg Bank
Bachmann
Walter Fennewald
H.M. Fennewald
Martinsburg Chronicle of Pride and Progressive Ties
Martinsburg's long history as a railroad town in Audrain County is explored, highlighting farmers, livestock, and a Catholic heritage. The piece details key local industries including Fennewald Fertilizer, Slater and Fowles Elevator, MFA Plant Foods, and Farmers Elevator Co., plus historic sites like the old depot and jail. It notes shortages in fertilizer, fuel, and materials, the push for a small new industry, and profiles leaders such as Mayor Lawrence Arens and postmaster Carl Paschang, with a look at longstanding businesses like Friedman Picture Framing Co. and the N. W. Friedman Co.
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Kay Speckhart
Martinsburg
Audrain County
Martinsburg Monitor
Frances Jacobi O’meara
William T. Jacobi
Monitor
Fennewald Fertilizer Co
Everett Lee
Fennewald
Bill Kersting
Wieburg Implements
Missouri
Thomas W. Garrad
Edward P. French
Laddonia State Bank
Friedman Picture Framing Co
Picture Framing Company
Fennewald Pump Co
Wieberg Implements
Calaboose
Lawrence Arens
Carl W. Paschang
Paschang
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Slater
Wasson
Slater and Fowles Elevator Co
MFA
Carlsbad
N.M
Lawrence
Kan
Louisiana
Laddonia
Slater and Fowles
Bill Montague
Center
St. Louis
Farmers Elevator Co
Farmers’ Cooperative
Bill Pursifall
Pursifall
MFA Oil Co
Columbia
Parsifull
Pursifull
Allied Mills Feed Manufacturing Co
Wayne
Bahamas
Spain
Africa
Old Mexico
Athens
Greece
Howard Brooks
Jane
N. W. Friedman Co
Floyd Biuteel
Brooks
McDonnell- Douglas
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Mexico
By Kay
St. Joseph’s Catholic School
Scott’s Corner
St. Joseph’s Church
St. Joseph's Catholic School
Mary Caecilia Sullivan E.pp.s
Paar Snooh
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