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6 Month Fifteen After Marlin Bank Resumes Operations Pages of History Turned Back With Bank Reopening Original Records of Marlin National Show Establishment of the Firm in 1900 suspended activities After having business will about 15 months for Marlin by the Marlinbe resumed at bank with its new Citizens National to Marlin National being the name records of the From the original has served which county and large Falls is found area for over 30 years, ing National bank to have the Marlin on Sept. 1900, been organized with capital stock. First Stockholders who subscribed to the time were R. capital stock at that H. HerA. S. H. Spencer, W. W. ron, R. B. W. T. Price, T. H. z. Harlan, C. CrisHairshon. Royal W. Flinn, D George Wardlow Adams, Wm James W. H. Rogers and R. Scott, Miss Lula Sam DeBarnes, the latter six only are ported to still living officers and directors The first bank that named for the were R. A. Reed, Johnvice and Herron, sistant cashier L. B. Herron, direcSeley Herron Takes Office Johnson was the first H. ficer to resign due to after the bank about one year and was succeeded assistant cashier at the Herron, time Mr Johnson remained active board of directors until the on the time his death m 1911. shown to have Others who are been elected to serve the bank are shown to be H. Rogers as president 1905 and the same year Edgar Smith was elected the latter second vice serving only few months, resigned vacancy filled by J. A. and the Pierce of Honey Grove. New Directors Harlan was elected In 1908 president, Torbett vice and Frank M. Burkhead director cashier. H. T. named from the board. In 1909 resigned the Hoke was elected to the board and later became vice president. In 1910 the same officers and directors of were retained. sier, G. first became ated with the bank in the early part of assistant cashier and as and for 1914 was elected to the board made cashier. In 1912 A. W. Flinn was made director. Flowers on Staff E. A. Flowers was named as assistant cashier in elected to the board in resigned in 1926 moved Waco, where became vice president of the Provident National bank and later vice president of the First National bank, which position holds president. 1905 W Steele became member the board. W. E. Johnson in W. who the cashier at time the bank suspended business in 1933, was elected its assistant cashier in 1917. John of Reed. son of R. Reed, was elected to the board in 1923. Served Till Death R. A. Reed. president of the MarNational bank, served from the beginning of the organization that capacity from 1900 until the time of his Jan 24, 1924. Mr. represented possibly of the most interesting individuals bank- in ing business in the state during this time. Being reared in an atmosphere of farm home surroundings and possessing large acreage of farm property in Falls county gave him the knowledge of individual problems of farm to his institution His combined knowledge of business and tural interests made his judgment exceptionally well qualified in to serve bank and this the for over 20 years. pacity as president Son Succeeds Him his John Following named from the board he member of president, to sucthe his elected the board and member of in served as president After John almost exactly Mrs and his Reed, named she the in 1933. the band another son the Mrs member of the board who died. A. W. Bank There Marlin National At the the in Marlin bank second banking the being stitution In bank was organized Citizens State In in
