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Show IB Page : Lakeside Review ' Wednesday, Aug. 5, 1981 : Equipment Firm to get Tax Rebate Empire State Bank Sets Grand Opening On Thursday , Friday LAYTON Grand opening activities have been set by Empire State Bank of Layton Thursday and Friday with free prizes, refreshments and a look at the banks new building and customer services from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.- Empire State Bank Executive President and Manager Kent Webb said the opening will provide something for all ages Vice and he invited customers and y others to drop by during the event. The bank has occupied its new building at 1400 Hill Field Rd., adjacent to the Layton Hills Mall since May and landscaping has now been completed. two-da- 21 perty tax rebate from Davis door prizes will also be given away. Among the door prizes are a microwave oven, ladys leather coat, food processor, grocery and clothing gift certificates, tape recorder and Norman Rockwell prints. Empire State Bank of Layton bank and is a sister institution to the Empire is a ; An Idaho-base- d FARMINGTON ski equipment manufacturing firm will receive $27,946 in pro- The bank offers free personal checking with no minimum balance and drive-u-p banking on 6 and on until p.m. weekdays Saturday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in addition to regular lobby hours. The bank is offering free gifts for each person who attends the grand opening, and ; said the building will be 44,000 will house a full line of both and feet square foods and drugs. The store is expected to open Nov. 1, and will employ about 110 people. a new Smith's Food and constructed on the southwest Drug Center being Fairfield and of intersection the of corner Smith's in Gentile corporate counsel Layton. Tom Welch WALLS ARE RISING on full-servi- State Bank of Salt Lake City. County. The county commission agreed to refund the money after a spokesman for the company Scott U.S.A. Inc. pointed out that his company had accidentally picked up the property tax tab on equipment and merchandise they purchased from Scott U.S.A. during Scott U.S.As bankruptcy proceedings. City Attorney Rodney Page said the Scott U.S.A. property had been sold free and clear of state and county ties and recommended that the commission approve the rebate. The spokesman said that his company had no connection with the Scott U.S.A. Commission Chairman Ernest Eberhard said the rebate check was to be available Aug. 1. Utah-base- d One of a Kind Barnes Bank Oldest in Davis County growth, he said. It has remained independent of ranchise and multiplication. The Barnes bank in Kaysville is still the only Barnes bank there is. The bank was started by John R. Barnes, the grandfather of present bank president Alan B. Blood. Blood says his grandfather was an influential man in the community. He started several businesses in the area, including Barnes milling company and canning company. The bank is just one of many, Blood said. Barnes originated in England and had come to America and then to Utah for religious purposes in 1852, Blood said. He settled in Kaysville and began his first business, a grocery store, the Kaysville By MAGGI HOLMES Staff Writsr KAYSVILLE Although they are experiencing what the bank president calls keen competition, Barnes bank in Kaysville, the est bank in Davis County, has I mained a good, strong bank. The bank first opened its doors in 1891. At that time it was made of adobe mud. Carol Collett, Kaysville citys historical committee chairman, said it was one room and just a shed that leaned on the It was the first Kaysville bank in Davis County. The bank has developed from only a few thousand dollars in holdings to a $35 million operation, the president said. The bank has managed to survive many events, including the Great Depression, without faltering in its steady Co-o- SECOND building put up for the first bank in Davis County stands just north of the new building now used. This Barnes bank was built in 1912 and was called Barnes Block. THE still oldre- p. That store has since disappeared along with the first bank building and Barnes first home. The home was also made of adobe. The second bank building is still standing on the corner just up from the newest building at 33 S. Main. The second building at Main and Center went up in 1912. Alan Blood began working at that bank in 1932. At that time the bank had three employees, he said. Now the bank has about 30. That building was made of natural stone. The newest building, the brick building now used, was built in 1958 and was expanded just six years ago. e It is entirely a different now, Blood said, as he compared the new bank to the older ones. Originally the bookkeeping was done by hand. Now compu ball-gam- 5GGOOQXE)0G0QOO0OQGQc5 $2.00 banks, he said. The bank is owned by stockholders. Many of these holders are descendants of Barnes, but there have always been people from the community on the board of directors, Blood said. Barnes was a polygamist and he had more than 13 children, Blood said. Several of the homes these children were raised in are still being lived in. His most home is at 10 S. 100 W. It was built by an architect that was famous in the area at that time, William Alan. It is now a historical site, Mrs. Collett said. well-know- 3 .o O Coupon fHonth m gust buck E. Cheeses Place Ol :y r OQ Q Our ResturcXnt was designed and built especially for children; Clip out the coupon below and bring the kids in for some great pizza and entertainment from the Pizza Time Players. 'V v i: , $200 "kt7ianr Coupon " Tr w . ZOOOffTargeinS. With I dan cci r Cheese's Pizza - - J&igy I r . 3344 South d 300 East ' 1 0" V SJ - Large.Pttza You I Order at One Time. 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