Security Bank To Hold Open Tyjr Af E
Bank announces an open session for customers in its vestibule area protected from rain. Leather covered benches are provided for comfort.
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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Herald
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1948
Page
1
Bank announces an open session for customers in its vestibule area protected from rain. Leather covered benches are provided for comfort.
The article traces Security Bank's founding on September 2 1919 with the late bank president. It notes leadership changes after M Perkins death in 1935, then W L Lundy elected president, and long tenures of staff including Harry G Dement and staffers F C True Wallace B Demar acees followed by others such as Linn Eugenia Dement and Delores Mi eal.
Announcement from Harry Gemment and others states an open house will be held next week between 8:00 and 400 aps per the remodeling of the bank building. Public may inspect after completion.
Photographs of the Security Bank interior in Myrtle Point appear to be among the first taken there. Photographer Ed Throckmerton used a long exposure with the room kept dark to minimize glare from polished floors and woodwork, illuminating the space after opening the shutter.
The Security Bank building, fully remodeled, will open for public inspection on Saturday July 11 from 1:00 to 9:00 PM. The redesign features a terra cotta façade, walnut interiors, sound deadening, modern lighting, air conditioning, and a 1200 safe deposit box vault. The project, by P. T. Ainge of Portland, showcases the bank’s new headquarters with a 12-station electronic communications system and enhanced customer spaces.
O. Sempert returned last Thursday from Portland where he attended a Mutual Wholesale drug company meeting as a director. Mrs. Sempert, who had been visiting Portland and Yakima, Washington, accompanied him on the trip.
The passage describes a melanine floor area beside the stairs with a sound proof work room housing bookkeeping machinery and, to the right, booths for safety deposit boxes.
Norwood Browne secretary of the Coos County Fair Board urged Myrtle Point residents with spare rooms to contact him at the Myrtle Hotel. With the fair set for August 19 to 22, a strong need for lodging is expected and local cooperation is requested.
Peggy Kenworthy joined the Herald staff this week as society editor replacing Ada Lemon who moved to Spokane. Kenworthy came to Coos County from Portland about a year ago and has recently.
Two trophies donated by Woody Johnson and Hamilton Thrift are on display at the Myrtle Post No. 38 American Legion for the 1948 Junior League baseball team. One will honor the Most Valuable Player and the other the Most Outstanding Player of the year. Local events on presentation are yet to be announced.
Myrtle Point plans its annual Coos County fair with a festive Western dress theme. Mayor Elton A. Schroeder urges residents and officials to wear cowboy hats shirts and boots to mark the event.
The Myrtle Post No. 38 of the American Legion voted Tuesday to challenge the Myrtle Point Lions Club to a baseball game to be played on the high school diamond on a date to be set later. The article notes the Lions usually field eight men at eight, implying standard rule adherence.
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