Clackamas Review - Banks

Article Title Newspaper Date Page
Bank deposits show big gain 23 Nov 1916 1
Local bank is awarded bonds 7 Jul 1927 1
Two bandits loot Milwaukie Bank 23 Apr 1930 1
Banking goes on as usual here 2 Mar 1933 1
New banking act insures deposits 4 Jan 1934 1
Bank teller faces default charges 19 Sep 1940 1
Local bank paid for funds stolen 5 Dec 1940 1
Glass heads bankers 4 Dec 1941 1
Machine method for receipting deposits installed at bank 21 Aug 1946 1
First State Bank to build immediately 24 Jun 1948 1
Milwaukie State Bank celebrates 40th anniversary this month 17 Feb 1949 1
First State plans grand opening for this Saturday 23 Jun 1949 1
First State Bank edition 23 Jun 1949 1
Thousands visit new bank building on Saturday 30 Jun 1949 1
First State announces interest hike 28 Jun 1951 1
Local bank tab shows good times 30 Oct 1951 1
First look at Pioneer Bank draws big crowd 13 Dec 1951 1
Higher interest rate, steady growth told in year’s end summary 3 Jan 1957 1
Community welcomes new Pioneer Bank 10 Jan 1957 1
Mitchell named bank manager 10 Jan 1957 Supp.
50th anniversary party set for 1st State Bank 29 Jan 1959 1
Portland Federal opens Milwaukie branch 19 Nov 1959 4
New banking institution opens doors Wednesday 7 Apr 1960 1
Milwaukie’s Mr. Banker enjoys long service in his chosen field 15 Feb 1962 1
Security Bank names Cordova as manager 3 Oct 1963 1
Coursey Eckert named to new post by bank 23 Jan 1964 2
First State changes name 30 Jan 1964 1
Bank deal -- $37 million 21 May 1964 1
Portland Federal opens house Friday 17 Nov 1965 5
Million dollar expansion due in Milwaukie (1st State) 26 Oct 1966 1
Milwaukie’s State Bank builds branch (Hillsboro) 6 Dec 1967 6
Milwaukie’s State Bank progresses in “half stages” 30 Jan 1968 4
Milwaukie’s State Bank tells assets for 1967 30 Jan 1968 4
First State plans grand opening 6 Nov 1968 1
Milwaukie’s First State Bank expands offices, shows gains 26 Feb 1969 10
Merger of First State proposed by directors 13 Aug 1969 1
Local bank merger ok’d 7 Jan 1970 1
Banks debits increased 11 Feb 1970 5
Four key men promoted, First State announces 25 Feb 1970 2
First State Bank names advertising P.R. agent 25 Mar 1970 3
Agency approves merger of First State Bank 14 Oct 1970 1
Milwaukie Bank president foresees gloomy business year ahead 30 Dec 1974 2
A new bank on city’s parking lot 16 Jun 1976 2
Drive-in bank plans unveiled 25 Aug 1976 A9
The first new bank in years 8 Feb 1978 1
Corbett is key to new bank’s success 15 Feb 1978 1
Metropolitan to bank on “personality” 22 Feb 1978 1
First locally-based bank since 1908 4 Oct 1978 5
The Oregon Bank opens branch 25 Oct 1978 15
Numbers get bigger at First State Bank 17 Jan 1979 6
First State buys out McMinnville 31 Jan 1979 1
Donald Finley named First State Bank president 14 Mar 1979 A8
Big bank wants part of First State’s turf 28 Nov 1979 1
First State Bank of Oregon grows and grows 20 Feb 1980 13
State okays bank charter 27 Feb 1980 1
John Olivers to take bank helm 2 Jul 1980 2
Bank profits take nosedive 13 Aug 1980 5
Bank headquarters to leave Milwaukie 27 Aug 1980 7
First State to start interest checking 10 Dec 1980 6
Bank profits climbed fast during 1980 6 Feb 1981 3
Our hometown finance hub ushers in electronic banking 25 Feb 1982 8
U.S. Bancorp said not coming to Gladstone 15 Dec 1988 1
New town center bank coming to Clackamas County 7 May 1997 1
Town Center Bank to open doors by end of month 11 Jul 1997 8
Town Center Bank opens 1 Aug 1997 11
40th Anniversary tips $100 million mark for Credit Union 3 Oct 1997 14
Wells Fargo moves inside Oak Grove Safeway 17 Oct 1997 12
Merchants Bank shoots for ‘one-on-one’ service 17 Feb 1999 10