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Show i'SlNCE 1902-RESPONSIBLE Management of the "state bank of provo iflie marriage of the Stace 'ft'Bank of Provo with the Spring-i Spring-i ie Banking Company followed m f courtship that began many tyars before, and in May of V-pjj the "engagement" was an-injwnced an-injwnced and formal declara-, declara-, S (Ions of intent to merge were fubmitted. r , The backgrounds of the two thanks are similar; both have K-Jiitories of strength and relia-t relia-t jility that was tempered in the (K,pression years. Both can ( j Last of pioneering in the field finance. . The State Bank of Provo was "Vi'inally formed by 16 stock-elders stock-elders of amazingly diverse a; Grounds. Of the 16. one tomers from every part of the state. In the fall of 1955, plans were underway to completely modernize the old building and architect Willard Nelson made preliminary sketches. The contract con-tract was finally let in June of 1959, and in April of 1960, an Open House celebrated completion comple-tion of the present beautiful and convenient facility. More than just a "face lifting", lift-ing", the Bank's program in-. in-. eluded the addition of electronic electron-ic data processing equipment llvat makes State Bank of Provo one of the most modern and best equipped financial institutions insti-tutions in the West W'o.::;:-; i ' ' ' 1 ' : t , s -r t -." t4 -4-111 Vl -i"--'! J 2 ' ' f rf- " " 4 f -? ij j ; .ZZIl - - -'w'' ' -A wfl muw, , i . - 1 "" " UJ STias a sheep man, another a Cumber, another an attorney, i! they had the common de-ire de-ire to found a stable, safe jlact to save or borrow. Of the t. ff. H. Ray was named President and member of the Board; W. H. Brereton, Vice President and member of the bard; and John Marwick, Miier. The first Board of Sectors in addition consisted ( Kitty A. Hines, H. A. Barboti, touch Young, C. H. Wood and I. X. Hawk. Ed Bedford was rincipal stockholder and Elmer '? t. Corfman, Frank Tucker, lenry Feldscher, Henry Blum-) Blum-) Hial and Sidney Cook cont-i cont-i eted the roster of original J Korporators. 1 From its founding until 1954, ft fcate Bank of Provo g r e w ;; Jowly but consistently. Ttve ! .fifers and Board members jj!ert content to be loiown as a ij, M that knew every single isomer as a friend. Then, r the directorship of J. W. bmtall and with knowledge-assistance knowledge-assistance from his son, bank began an aggressive ;. fWn it modernization and fansiop which won new eus- 1 ' THE MODERN and spacious lobby of the Provo branch. . . and "Etienne Provot.' |