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Show Page 2 Davis Iteflox-Jourm- il Barnes Bank: Its history recalled Published weekly by Clipper Publishing Co. Inc. 96 South Main, Bountiful, Utah 84010 Weekly newspaper published at Layton, Utah every Wednesday, in the interest ot Davis County and colonies formed by former residents. Address all correspondence to 197 North Main, Layton, Utah 84041 Subscription rate 25c per copy, $6.50 per year, mailed in county $7.50 per year outside John Stahle, Jr. Pres.Manager Vice President Advertising Manager NewsEditor SportsReporter Production Manager Lucile S. Stahle Noel C. Stahle Tom Haraldsen Keith Duncan Martin Lee 544 9133 ffwannim s be informed about the ot daily life, we present the Forum, in hope of aiding a more intelligent decision. That the community might behind-the-scene- Marriage season arrives Continued from page one everything lies in whom you know-- or that the government will always take care of you in the end. They're wrong-- as their disappointment and their tax bills will show. WISH you the gift of joy. In work, as in life, SECOND, most people wind up being about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Some foolish people go around insisting that they are forever unlucky, apparently thinking the the rest of the world is winning every turkey raffle it enters. An ancient story contrasts the miserable carpenter who grouchily blames his tools, his boss and his working conditions with his cheerful colleague, working on the next beam. While the one carpenter grumbles, the other carpenter declares blissfully. How lucky I am to have this chance to build a cathedral. On the job and in your marriage, I wish you both the enduring joys of life's lucky 1 cathedral-builder- s. Third, I wish you the gift of tradition. It was fashionable a few decades ago to sneer at tradition, to reject it automatically, to denounce whatever had gone on before as irrelevant at best and immoral at worst. Now smarter people like yourself are turning back to traditional weddings, traditional families and d traditional values. The country w ill benefit from this new so will you. stabil-ity--an- FINALLY, I wish you the gift of love which you already possess in such warm abundance. This love may even enable you to forgive a fathers sentimentality of his first daughters wedding day. Americas future is looking up, thanks to your 'remarkable new generation which is unafraid of embracing the past or challenging the future. Heres to you both, with admiration and Congratulations. . Dad" LOVE ALWAYS. And thank you, Harold, for describing marriage as more than punch and pettifores. Youve said it more eloquently than McMahon ever could. . Continued from page one Barnes Bank. A SHORT time after the bank opened, the offices were moved to the north end of the brick KCMI building nearby. In 1895 John Richard (Dick) Gailey, a grandson of John R. Barnes started working at the bank. He eventually became bank President, retiring shortly before his death in 1960. By 1910 Barnes Bank had once again outgrown the space allotted to it. The KCMI building was probably torn down and a new Barnes Block replaced the older building. This structure is still standing on the northwest corner of Main and Center Streets. The KCMI was the main tenant in this new building, designed by William Allen and constructed at a cost of $25,000. Barnes Bank was housed in the south front portion of the large building complex. THE DECEMBER 17, 1910 issue describes the successful Kaysville bank by saying, "In the official honor list of of The Deseret News Utahs banks, Barnes Banking company takes first place for no other bank has so large a surplus in comparison with its capital. The capital of the company is $25,000 while its surplus and undivided profits according to its last statement amounts to $57,915.55. This is a record not even approached by any other bank of the state. Ever since its organization the bank has had the advantage of the business experience of its president and largest stockholder John R. Barnes. ..Very soon the bank will be IN 1933, RICHARD Gailey, left, and Alan Blood ran Barnes Bank in the block building, erected in 1911. A in the finest business of Kaysville. ..The officbuilding ers of the company include John R. Barnes, president; L.S. Hills, vice president; John R. Gailey, cashier; Bruce Major, assistant cashier; Peter Bartor, John G.M. Barnes, John W. Gailey, William Blood and H.H. Blood, additional directors. The par value of the stock is $50 but it cannot be purchased on the market for the list price, $145, for there is none for sale. installed FROM THE beginning Barnes Bank Company has established a policy of making stock available to friends and customers. There are 27 stock holders at the present time. Many are Kaysville natives who now live elsewhere. Alan Blood, the current president of Barnes Bank and a grandson of John R. Barnes, started working in the bank in 1932. Even though the Depression was He serves Kaysville come up through the Little League programs in Kaysville and have been outstanding athletes at Davis High. Sports, hunting, fishing and music occupy much of his spare time, and you'll usually find him in his ward choir or a community Fourth of July choir, lending his talents to the group. Active in his church. Dr. Adams also currently serves as an instructor in his High Priests Quorum in the Kaysville 2nd Ward. He is a member of the Kaysville Rotary Club and has served as its president. He was previously a member of the Kaysville Jaycees. Continued from page one tered dental school at Baylor versity. Uni- REED GRADUATED from Baylors College of Dentistry in 1960, finishing in the top three percent of his class. He has since maintained his membership in the Omicron Kappa Upsilon honor dental society. Upon graduation, he set up his practice in Kaysville, where he had promised to return. His father was an assistant county agent and his mother a school nurse in Davis County, and they also returned to Kaysville 15 years ago. NOW SERVING in his new role in the city council, Reed believes in Kaysville, its people and its potential. He says that so far hes enjoyed the work on the council. HIS RETURN brought back many memories to Reed, including his youth as a singer. He sang solos throughout the county as a teenager, and had the dubious distinction of being able to sing higher than any of his peers because his voice was slow to change. 1 was grateful when it did finalhe ly change almost over night, recalls. Then I could move into the baritone section." threatening the existance of many banks throughout the U.S. and in Salt Lake and Ogden, Barnes Bank remained completely solvent. Mr. Blood says this was true of all Davis County Banks. IN 1958 Barnes Bank moved from the Barnes Block building to its present location at 33 S. Main. The new building offered up to date equipment, adequate parking exspace and room for additional pansion. About eight years later, the bank was enlarged. Drive-u- p windows were added to the north end. Other improvements fol- lowed--tellmachines, 24 hour banking services, the most equipment and additional qualified, dedicated employees. Today, Barnes Bank is once again expanding. A 3200 square foot second story addition will be ready by April first. According to the Kaysville Cit, building code. er te Meacham. I FEEL the paid employees in our city are extremely honest and go far above and beyond the call of duty. Its an honor and privilege to AFFECTIONATELY referred to as Doc" by friends and patients, Reed and Tommye Lou are the parents of six children, two of whom are now deceased. His sons have serve with them. DHS scholars named KAYSVILLE - Twelve Davis High School students have been named by the school as its nominees for the Sterling Scholar academic competition sponsored by the State Office of Education. -- THOSE NAMED were Stephanie VanDyke, daughter of Stephan A. and Rebecca VanDyke, Kays- ville, English; Christopher Watkins, son of W. Mack and Julie Watkins, Kaysville, in speech-dramJohn Williams, son of Ariel L. and Helen Williams, Fruit Heights, mathematics; Debra Anne Clay, daughter of Ronald and Adele Clay, Kaysville, social science; Steve Lore, son of Edward and Louisa Lore, South Weber, a; science; and Andrea Webb, daughter of Doug and Glenda Webb, Kaysville, foreign language. Other nominees are Jonathan Lloyd Guest, son of Vaughn and Audrey Guest, Farmington, visual arts; Crystal Noel Bell, daughter of Maj. Donald and Glenda Bell, Kaysville, industrial arts; Michele Saylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Saylor, Layton, homema- king; Theresa Jenny Murdock, daughter of G. Boyd and Gayle J. Murdock, Kaysville, business education; Michael David Roberts, son of David H. and Linda Roberts, Fruit Heights, music; and Scletha Dawn Shunn, daughter of Don and Ann Shunn, Kaysville, general scholarship, jw M. I. is an institution built on the belief the bank must have an elevator, perhaps the first in a Kaysville commercial building. WHAT WORKED 95 years ago is still working today. Barnes Bank that customers are good and honest and that service combined with the willingness to modernize and change is the way to be successful. The bank continues to offer stock to people in the community (cus tomers) and the policy of retaining adequate capital to expand is still in force allowing Barnes Bank to remain an independent, home-tow- n bank with a place high on the honor roll of Utah financial institutions. Adams retires from Mormon choir As long as we have a mayor like Jerry Purdy, who surrounds himself with outstanding people, well have a unique city, he says. He also praises the work of his fellow councilmen, along with John Thacker, Lee Cammack, Dean Story, Vance Garfield and Walt LATER, THE BANK was housed in the right portion of the Kaysville Coop LAYTON - In keeping with a policy limiting the length of service to 20 years, E. Harris Adams of Layton, recently retired from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir after 20 years, seven months. He began singing on the 1550th Broadcast and ended on the 2946th Broad-- cast. MR. ADAMS traveled with the Choir on concert tours to Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, France, England, Norway, Sweden, Fin- land, Netherlands, Denmark, Japan and South Korea. He sat at Presidential inaugrations, for commercial recordings, at General LDS Conferences, at funerals of General Authorities and at major cultural events in Salt Lake City and throughout the world. Mr. Adams was first introduced to music when his great- grandmother Layton loaned her pump organ to the Adams family so the children could learn to play and sing. HIS FTRST public performance was at the age of 6 or 7 in the Clearfield LDS Ward Primary, In the fifth grade, Harris sang the lead in Snow White," an operatta. This was the beginning of a continuing career of volunteer singing for thousands of civic, school and church functions. He sang in the high school musicals and the USU musicals. He was a member of the high school all state chorus that performed for the Days of 47 programs during the state centennial year. Although Mr. Adams studied the al difficult musical scores including WHILE SERVING an LDS Mission in the Central States, Harris had the opportunity to join a community choir that performedsever- - his home. Mr. Adams says he was very frightened and his performance reflected his fear. Mr. Condie wanted to hear Harris sing again at piano and viola when he was young, he always preferred singing. He took conducting lessons from J. Spencer Cornwell, Mormon Tabernacle Choir Director. "The Messiah. The famous opera star, Marion Anderson, sang in this same choir. He sang in the first production of All Faces West." INSPIRED by several Davis County people who sang in the Tabernacle Choir, Mr. Adams decided to audition. He contacted Choir Director, Richard Condie at LHS sets Shakespeare fest LAYTON - On Feb. 12, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Layton High School the annual Shakespearean Festival will take place. The school will be transformed into an Elizabethan village complete with all the shops, banners, vendors and dramas. INVOLVED IN the Festival are all of the sophomores at Layton High. The activity is part of Sophomore Week. Covering the walls will be banners, posters and Shakespearean quotes. Six short scenes with dialogue will be presented in the auditorium. In the Commons area -- there will be 12 wax muse scenes from different Shakesf rean plays. Also included in Festival will be jugglers, mi cians, minstrels, trumpeteers, v dors, dancers and puppeteers. DISPLAYS of student projc such as models of the Globe Th ter, costumed dolls, models Tudor houses, drawings, musi instruments and maps of Lond will also be featured. All sophomore students a members of their families are vited to take a step back in time a enjoy this exceptionally tival. fine f his office. This time, the Choir Director was so pleased that he told Harris to sing with the Choir the following Sunday without rehearsal except for the brief one preceding the radio broadcast. Choir members were seated by seniority and Harris ended up at the back next to the large organ pipes. His Tabernacle Choir service was interrupted between 1967 and 1971 while he served as Bishop of the Layton LDS Ward. DURING THE 20 years and seven months Harris has sung with the choir, he caculates he has traveled 148,000 miles from his Layton home to choir rehearsals and performances in Salt Lake City. Besides the many concert tours the Choir has taken, Harris considers the experiences he has had working with the great conduc- tors, orchestras and musicians of the world to be most beneficial to his life and his musical education. Mr. Adams is always willing to share his musical talent. He has sung at countless church, school and civic functions and at over 1200 funerals. CURRENTLY, Harris Adams is giving volunteer service in a different way. He is the 1986 Layton Chamber of Commerce president, dmg |