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2.000 \ isitors Go Through Bank Mov ers I .ater Given To Hospital, Church More than 2,000 visitors a n d friends milled through the t, wly remodeled facilities of tin First National Bank Friday evening at the official reception and open-house staged by the bank. The bank di rectors, officers, and their wives were hostesses for the occasion. Bank President R. E. Garland and E. W. Sanford. Jr., executive vice-president, expressed their de light in the many compliments be stowed upon the handsome appear ance and many modern facilities of the new building. Besides an opportunity to register for $175 in savings accounts, each visitor was given a souvenir of the occasion. Orchids and coin purses were given the ladies, while the youngsters were given suitcase banks and the men fold-over coin purses. Mtss Sylvia Garland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Garland, drew the savings account winners Friday morning at 1(1:30. Winner of the Si no savings account was Betty Weils, daughter of Mr. and Mrs L A. Wells, of Farmville. Mrs. Lucille Reid, of Grace street. Farmville. won the $50 savings account. The $25 savings account was won by M’s Henry Vaughan. Rt 1. Farm ville. Flowers, sent by well - wishing businesses and individuals from the community, added a touch of gra ciousness to the walnut, cream and gray colors that are used exten sively throughout the inside of the building. The flowers were later given the Southside Community Hos pital and several churches. Prior to the formal opening Fri < Continued on page 7
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