Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1976 Page: 12 of 20
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Repairs
Phone
Mirrors
Tools
We Appreciate
Your Business
And Tail Pipes
Batteries
Auto Parts
Delco Products
Because you never know when an emergency will
arise, it's a good idea to keep your medicine chest
well-stocked at all times. See us for first aid
Mt. Vernon
Service Ports
STINSON BROTHERS
FINA STATION AND
COMMISSION
Welcomes
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AIR-CONDITIONING
FRANKLIN COUNTY
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MACHINERY
REPAIRS
MT. VERNON
FEED & FARM SUPPLY
Kemeth Cason. Owner
Best Mt Of Square
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Washing
Lubrication'
Service Department
Open Sat. Til Noon
PHONE 572-4434
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MT. PLEASANT
SPECIAL INTEREST
FEATURES ON PROGRESSIVE
MT. VERNON BUSINESSES
Barbecue Beef
Barbecue'Ham
Beans - Coleslaw
Potato Salad
DINE HERE OR
TAKE HOME
Better Deal
On
CADILLACS
GMC TRUCKS
And
Good Clean Used Cars
Sisk Pontiac -
Cadillac - GMC
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Mt. Vernon and Franklin
County area, both continue
to grow. (Optic Staff Photo*.
In The Building
With Western Auto
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South Service Road I-H30
At F.M. IIS
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Automobile Parts
• Muffler Service
• Oil
• Tire Balancing
• Fina Gasolines *
•Wrecker Service
• Mechanic On Duty
Phone 537-4044
Ply West Main
MT. VIRNON, TEXAS
first National bank
of Mt. Vernon moved into its
present facilities in 1*66.
Phone 537-4786
Highway 37
South Of The Curve
MT. VERNON
ployee parking is estimated
to be completed within the
next 39 days. (Optic Staff
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Complete One-Stop Store
For
Feeds And Animal Health Products
• WAYNE FEEDS
• SHAWNEE FEEDS
• Fertilizers — Seeds
THE BEST DEAL
Is
Competitive Price
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• Body Work On
All Cars
Phono 537-4321
FREE ESTIMATES
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EXPANSION of the parking
facilities of the First
National Bank of Mt. Vernon
are well under way. The
added customer and em-
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Safe Deposit Boxes
Protect Those Valuable Papers
Thai Cannot Be Replaced For Only
Pennies A Day.
WASHING
— LUBRICATION
BATTERIES
SHAMPOO
PHONE 537-4181
302 W. Main
Mt. Vernon
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Rutherford Rexall Drug
SINCE IM*
We Keep A Complete Family Prescription Record
For Each A Every Customer
Day Phone 537 2255 Nights & Sundays 537 3310
Fred Stanley, Owner Manager Mount Vernon, Texas
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DOUG HENEGAR
All Electric
HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING
LENNOX HEAT PUMP
Sales <8 Service
Doug Henegar Jr. Doug Henegar Sr.
Phone 537-4437 Phone US-7231
MT. VERNON SULPHUR SPRINGS
KINGFISHER MON ARK CHRYSLER PHANTOM
DECK BOAT RENEGADE
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The move was made
necessary by growth of the
town and the peoples'
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Before And After The Sale
Teague & Son Chevrolet Co.
PHONE 537-2242
COURTEOUS SALESMEN
* Gulf Batteries
And
Accessories
Phone 537-4030
•traffic from the bank's drive
. through window will be
Closed All Day Monday
Serving Alt Other Days
11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Phone In Order—537 4341
• PAT MILLER
PHONE 537-4003
Mt. Vernon
Ornamental Iron Work
Wrought Iron ,
Stainless & Aluminum Welding
• Front End Repairs
• Hunter Front t>
End Alignment
A Wheel Balancing
• Complete Disc A
Drum Brake Repair
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537-2325
IM West Dallas
MT. VERNON
Ladies. There's a most
exclusive offer for you at
your Merle Norman Studio.
It's a Trlna Cosmetic Bag
and three Merle Norman
beauty-makers: A coral
Lipstick, Creamy Powder
Shadow compact and a soft
scent purse-size fragrance
spray. They're all yours....
for only *2.00 with any
M.OO purchase of Merle
J orman Cosmetics.
100 S. Kaufmam
Phone 537-4134
MT. VERNON
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April 29. 1976
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RONALD DALE LAWRENCE
588-2262 Born Home 365-7144
1 Mie West of Mt. Vernon on IH 30
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J&U WELDING
than twice doubled This
growth came through much
work and, many transactions.
In recent years, being flooded
with more and more transac-
tions during the business day.
First National has adapted its
savings accounting system to a
more expedient method of
business, computers. Transac-
tions recorded during the
business day are transferred
daily by courier to a centralized
computer data processing
center in Tyler where they are
permanently recorded.
"We have made this adaption
in order to better serve our
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the building itself toward the
west within the next two to
three years in order to provide
space for additional tellers
Plans also call for increasing
(he number of drive-in windows
Street. When this is completed, from one to two
Saturday. May 1, will mark
the 76th anniversary of the bank’s ckpItaLstock has
HIGH PERFORMANCE.
LOW PRICE-MOBIL CB
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139”
IntiwX communication at an economy pi«' Fiye
Laid. 23 channel lighted did. letge. clear 4" tpeaket
Large S/RF meter thowi power output end incoming
ugnal it length Separate automatic none limiter switch
helps prevent ignition interference WV-23A
M. L. EDWARDS & CO.
Store Hour»*:Ma.m. To 5:30 p.m.
MT. VERNON
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Open5:30a.m. To5:30p.m.
Monday Thru Saturday
James A Marcia Hogan Phone 537-4431
Propr leters Mt. Vernon
banking needs. First
National continues to serve
the needs of the people of the
First National Expanding Parking Facilities
Parking expansion for the rerouted. Rather than drive First National Bank of Mt
First National Bank of Mt. through traffic exiting on Scott Vernon The bank was char-
Vernon is well under way. '-------*'--------* - -
according to J.H. Connelly,
bank president.
Expansion of bank parking
facilities to the west of the First
National Bank is expected to
be complete in 30 days Th4
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MT. VERNON COFFEE SHOP
TRY US FOR
• Lunches •Dinners
• Short Orders
BUSINESS REVIEW
Jack Stinson
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Meat Packers;, Inc.
Phone 537*2224 Mt. Vernon
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We Do Custom Slaughtering
ANTIQUES- PONIES- SADDLES
SADDLE BLANKETS - HARNESS
Hwy . 37 Phone 537-2553
rerouted. Rather than drive
through traffic exiting on Scott ___
Street as is presently arranged, tered pune 17. 1900. under the
drive through banking cus- ‘ — • - —
tomers will travel along the
fence, and exit on Scott Street,
by Stinson Brothers Fina
Station.
be complete in 30 days. TM:.According to Connelly, tenta-
parking area, when complHe ^tive plans call for expansion of
will be of hard surface asphalt
and will include landscaping of
the area ,*
A fence along the rear of the
parking area will extend from
the bank building to Rusk
hand of Charles C Dawes,
Comptroller of Public Ac
counts.
The first building occupied by
the bank butned in 1912 Soon
after, however, another build-
ing was constructed in the
same location. This facility now
used by NETO was vacated by
the bank in 1966 when it moved
to its present site and newer
accommodations.
With many years of wise
investment and continued g<xxi
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Bass, James T. Mt. Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 29, 1976, newspaper, April 29, 1976; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1281398/m1/12/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.