Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 12, 1994 Page: 3 of 14
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First Prosperity Bank opens
Banking Center in Bay City
1994 Fall Sale
First Prosperity Bank has live via president. “With the will support the efforts of the
announced that it win open its presence and commitment of a newly organized county-wide
newest full-service Banking complete banking center, First Economic Development Cor-
Center in Bay Gty during the Prosperity will provide full po rati on.
first quarter of 1995. First banking service, offering all “We cater to the fanner, the
Prosperity has considered loan and deposit products, with medical community, the ev-
tng a bank in Matagorda an emphasis on the agricultural eryday worker. We want to
Prosper
opening
junty for some time' and and small business market, make loans, and that’s what
made initial steps toward that We’re here to help the com-
Jackie Holt celebrates 25
'CITY STATE Bank President Jack Leslie presents Vice-
-President Jackie Holt with a gift honoring her 25th anniver-
><sary at the bank. After a morning of well-wishers, cake and
snacks, Jackie was back to work again, trying for 25 more.
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goal in late summer with the munity grow."
opening of a Loan Production In a gesture of commitment
Office. to the community, the First
"The opening of the Loan Prosperity Bank became the
Production Office was a con- first corporate donor to the
vincing move that the presence Matagorda County Economic
of First Prosperity was timely Development ; Corporation
and beneficial to the commu- (MCEDC). The contribution
nity.” said Dan Rollins, execu-
Laughlin presented NFIB
award for business support
Texas U.S. Rep. Greg Independent Business.
Laughlin has been named NFIB, which represents
"Guardian of Small Business” more than 600,000 small and
by the nation's largest small- independent firms in all 50
business advocacy orgairiza- states including more than
lion, the National Federation of 37,000 in Texas, honors U.S.
lawmakers who provide consis-
tent support for free enterprise
by voting favorably mi key
smalt-business issues a major-
two-
we’re going to do,” said David
Zalman, president of First
Prosperity Bank, "The open-
ing of our newest full service
bank in Matagorda County
helps us complete or>c of the
bank’s strategic goals—to
provide top quality banking
services to a market area that
extends from Houston to Vic-
toria along Hwy. 59, smith to
the Gulf Coast and to the
neighboring cities within the
area.”
BERKSHIRE!
HOSE SALE
Oct 13-29
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Market Place
311 Mol*™. * P*ck>
Compass
completes SSSjiSi:
* Rep. Laughlin's small-busi-
mifionafiOfi ness voting record during the
IW-JT-lidSCO 103rd Congress, based on 10
recorded votes, was 70 percent
Compass Bancshares, Inc. Among crucial issues for
has announced the completion entrepreneurs this session were
of its purchase of 22 offices of legislative proposals dealing
Hist Heights Bank, fsb in the with balancing the federal
Houston area and nearby budget, reducing government
counties, including the First regulation, protecting small
Heights Bank, fsb in Palacioa. businesses from unfair
Compass purchased the de- bankruptcy laws, limiting taxes
Hon ey 's CH li
i Al Saturday October 15th j
**} Ellen Miller >
posits and assets of die First and restricting government in-
Heigl
ights Bank office in several tervention in small-business
area counties from die Pulte operations.
Corporation for $6.8 million in t
cash. The transaction lifts
Compass’ total Texas assets to
approximately $3 billion and
the number of bank offices to
59.
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1994
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West, Nicholas M. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 12, 1994, newspaper, October 12, 1994; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth724872/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.