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The late morning hours
before lunch time are a fairly
quiet time ai any one of the
three bank inches in the Back
Mountain area.
Only a handful of customers
pick that time to conduct their
business. Employees are busy,
utilizing the lull to catch up on a
variety of chores and prepare
for the busy period they know
will be starting at noon.
For managers, Dorothy K.
Heslop, Shavertown Branch of
Wyoming National Bank;
Robert D. Richardson, Dallas
Branch of the First National
Bank of Eastern Pennsylvania;
and William Baker, United
Penn Bank, allas Brnach, the
slow a | afford an op-
portunity to review a satisfying
1971 and a look forward to an
even Stronger 1972.
“Bob’’ Richardson, believing
that the personal touch is im-
portant to a banker, talks with
some of his customers in the
attractive new office located in
a modern shopping center with
spacious parking area.
While remodeling of the main
structure and construction of
two new drifgie:in windows goes
on at United’ Penn, Bill Baker
continues to conduct bank
business at his unenclosed desk
and greets customers and
friends.
The woman banker of the
area, Mrs. Heslop, has served in
that capacity at ‘Wyoming
National for four and one-half
years, and is one banker who
believes financial institutions
should not be cold, impersonal
places. Her all-female staff
enjoy dressing in costume for
Halloween, and evidently
customers enjoy this too as they
Three Separate
Lodged Against
Within the time of 11 days, a
Dallas young man was arrested
by Dallas Borough police on
three charges—one for
malicious awmischief, one for
larceny at®\ one for alcoholic
consumption by a minor.
Police records show that
Robert E. Lee, 20, of RD 4,
Dallas, was picked up March 9
by Patrolman Ronald Dudik for
allegedly throwing a beer bottle
through a 7-foot-by-7-foot
window at Red Head Service
Station, Memorial Highway.
On March 15, Jack Vino,
manager of Sunoco Service
Station, Memorial Highway,
made a complaint to Magistrate
Leonard Harvey that Mr. Lee
had taken money from a cash
register at the station.
According to the complaint, a
station attendant and a
customer ‘‘saw the suspect
reach into the cash register and
take money and then leave the
station.’”” This occurred at
approximately 11 p.m.
On the idence supplied by
Mr, Vino, Magistrate Harvey
issued a warrant for Lee's
arrest. At about 2:45 p.m.
March 16, the suspect returned
to the service station where he
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‘April Dividend
Harold J. Rose Jr., president
and chief executive officer of
the Wyoming National Bank of
Wilkes-Barre, announces that
the bank’s 329th regular divi-
dend, in the amount of 50 cents
per share, was declared at the
board of directors’ meeting,
March 17.
The dividend is payable April
March 31, 1972.
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keep insisting that the tellers
wear their costumes each year.
This has become a tradition,
therefore, with this particular
branch office.
Population growth in the
Back Mountain area, as well as
some business growth, brings a
heavy influx of residential
customers to the branch banks.
In 1970, Mrs. Heslop recounts,
deposits increased by 28 percent
and home mortgage loans in-
creased by a healthy 45 percent.
The outlook for ’72 appears even
better.
While sharp: business in-
creases are typical at branch
banks these days, each
manager concedes the upsurge
in a year’s growth exceeded
“our expectations.”
Mr. Richardson estimates his
chief consumer borrowers are
getting. money to buy
automobiles, snowmobiles,
appliances and, peculiar to this
area at this time, sewer loans.
The bank, of course, made a
substantial number of mor-
tgage loans.
The average resident, ac-
cording to Mr. Baker, is ear-
marking his funds for bread and
butter items—and not so much
for frills and luxuries, such as
travel. Automobiles, home
improvements, bill consolida-
tion loans and sewer loans are
major sources of business.
The branches are all full-
service:banks and can provide
anything locally that a large
bank in a city can—as well as
some friendly, neighborhood
touches.
Shavertown’s Wyoming
National has a free checking
account for senior citizens. As a
convenience for residents, they
accept payments of bills for
Complaints
Robert Lee
‘was apprehended by Patrolmen
Dudik and Sev Newberry. He
was arraigned before
Magistrate Harvey and 'com-
mitted'to Luzerne County jail in
‘default of $4,000 bail.
Information via a telephone
call, alerted Dallas Borough
police March 19 that someone
was ‘messing around Caddie
LaBar’s store and Richardson’s
trailer lot’ at about 10:10 p.m.
Special Patrolman Timothy
Carroll answered the call, and
according to his report, he
found Lee ‘‘in among the
trailers.” The charge cited by
Patrolman Carroll was
alcoholic consumption by a
minor.
Commonwealth Telephone
Company, UGI Corporation,
Pennsylvania Gas and Water
Company, and the various Back
Mountain water companies.
Of special interest are the
diverse displays Mrs. Heslop
permits to be exhibited in the
branch office.
“As our way of playing an
important part in the com-
munity, we offer the bank for
displays for any good purpose,’
relates the softspoken manager.
“This includes the Kingston
Township drugs display, Cub
Scout crafts, art exhibits, the
Episcopal church antiques
show, and Back Mountain
Memorial Library Auction
items.”
The First National’s bright,
compact, crisply modern but
thoroughly utilitarian branch,
Mr. Richardson, who is also an
assistant vice president, states
he believes his office has hours
designed to meet the needs of
customers in this area. Open
Mondays through Thursdays, 10
a.m. to 4 p.m., and Fridays, 10
a.m. to 7 p.m., these hours have
proven, he says, to be ex-
tremely convenient for women
who must take their children to
and from school. He adds that
women customers outnumber
the men at this office.
“Our Dallas Village office is
known as a friendly bank
staffed by area residents,” says
the young manager, ‘“‘and we
think people enjoy visiting the
bank where they are known and
receive personal service.”
Upon completion of new
drive-in windows, scheduled for
the near future, United Penn
Bank’s Dallas office will offer
the advantages of three win-
dows where customers may sit
in their car and conduct a
greater portion of their banking
business. Mr. Baker explains
that the bank’s parking area is
being enlarged also.
Centrally located in the heart
of Dallas, this bank was
originally the First National
Bank of Dallas. In 1953 it
merged with Miners Bank,
Wilkes-Barre, and in July, 1969,
the name was changed to the
present one—United. Penn
Bank. Mr. Baker became
associated with the local bank
in 1945 after his discharge from
service, and continued with
Miners and United Penn. He
took over the manager’s
position in 1968.
All three managers are
conversant with the banking
needs of the communities they
serve, and they express an
optimistic outlook. Mrs. Heslop
sums it up for the three with
“We expect to look to the future.
Each year has been better.”
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John N. Conyngham, vice
president, Eastern Pennsylvan-
ia Supply Co., was elected as
president of the Wyoming
Valley United Fund, succeeding
Eugene H. Goldstein, president,
Golden Quality Ice Cream Co.,
at the 50th Annual Meeting
Luncheon, held last week at the
Hotel Sterling.
Other officers elected are
first vice president, Edward J.
Boltz Jr.; second vice
president, Gilbert D. Tough;
vice presidents, Frank Cardoni,
Noel B. Caverly, Henry DePolo,
Alois Knoll, Robert J. Leonardi,
Elias L. Namey, Joseph A.
Quinn Jr., and Roman A. Ru-
binstein; treasurer, Richard F.
Laux; assistant treasurer,
James. F. Lee, secretary,
Richard H. Demmy, and assis-
tant secretary, Thomas L.
Peeler, III.
These persons were elected as
directors for a ' three year
period: Mr. and Mrs. Frank W.
Anderson, David M. Baltimore,
Rabbi Abraham D. Barras, J.
Archbald Brooks, Kenneth F.
Byrnes, Paul F. Cadden, John
Churnetski, M. Keen Cornell, J.
Muir Crosby, Frederick J. Eck,
Eberhard Faber, Mrs. Sidney
Friedman, Lawrence Green-
spon, Elmer Haigh, Charles A.
Hardwick, Frank Harrison,
Hourigan Jr., Jack Jones,
Horace Kramer, Russell W.
Lackie, Richard Maslow,
Sheldon Mermelstein, Charles
H. Miner Jr., Charles Nelson,
Robert E. O’Brien, Richard
Pearsall, Harold J. Rose Jr.,
Harold Rosenn, Thomas P. Sax-
ton, Louis Shaffer, Andrew J.
Sordoni III, Frank Townend and
Samuel M. Wolfe Jr.
Two-year term = director,
Msgr. Joseph A. Madden, P.A.,
and one-year term, Paul G.
Strongin.
Mr, Conyngham is a past
campaign chairman of United
Fund 1966, and served as vice
president, and as a member of
the allocations conference
group. He was graduated from
Yale University with a bachelor
of arts degree, is chairman of
the local USO committee, and is
on the board of directors of
Wyoming Seminary. He is a
veteran of World War II and the
Korean War, during which he
served as a lieutenant in the
United State Marine Corps.
‘He is married to the former
Bettie Lou Carpenter. They are
the parents of four children and
reside at Box 340, RD 5, Shaver-
town.
Mr. Conyngham'’s uncle, John
N. Conyngham, served as the
first president of the Commun-
ity Welfare Federation in 1921,
the predecessor of the United
Fund. The nephew now is at the
helm of the organization which
the uncle headed when it was
organized.
First National Bank
Lists Stock Dividends
Following the March meeting
of the Board of Directors of The
First National Bank of Eastern
Pennsylvania, Horace E.
Kramer, president, announced
that the regular quarterly
dividend of 50c a share was
declared. The dividend is
payable April 1 to shareholders
of record March 24.
Bob Richardson
Manager
Dallas Village Office
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The recently formed Dallas
Area Environmental Group has
initiated a paper drive for this
area. The paper drive is part of
a concerted effort to improve
the area and to organize efforts
of all residents concerned with
the environment and improving
the community.
The paper drive will take
place April 8. Local citizens
who may wish to unload ac-
cumulations of paper may drop
them off at the barn near the
American Asphalt Company on
Chase Road. The management
of the American Asphalt has
given the group permission to
use a recently purchased barn
as a storage area until the paper
is picked up by a recycling
agency. ]
March 25 and April 1. On the
latter two dates, persons are
asked to take the paper to the
pick-up point on Chase Road
where the boys will be glad to
put the paper in the storage
area. The members of the group
will have signs posted on the
road denoting the pick up spot.
With the confiscation of two
BB guns from boys living in
Dallas Borough, Police Chief
Ray Titus, Dallas Borough,
served notice he and his
department would tolerate no
more vandalism caused by
shooting BB guns.
Chief Tiuts said, ‘There is a
borough ordinance prohibiting
BB guns. Storm doors and
windows at private homes and
have been broken with BB
pellets.”
The police chief stated that
one of the problems has been
that parents of the gun-carrying
boys did not want to pay for the
damage caused by their sons.
‘“We are going to enforce the
borough ordinance which calls
for a fine and confiscation of
gun,” declared the police of-
ficial.
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