and renamed First Bankers Trust Company, N. JFirst Midwest Bank of Quincy bank is sold to First Bankers Trustshares Inc. Re-opened the day after it closed as a branch of First Midwest Bank of Quincy.ĪugFirst Bankers Trustshares Inc., the holding company, was formed under the leadership of Donald Gnuse for the purpose of raising money to by First Midwest Bank of Quincy. Joined an affiliation with First Midwest Banksįirst National Bank changed name to First Midwest Bank of QuincyĪugMendon State Bank in Mendon, Illinois was closed by regulators. Opened an additional new branch on the south end of Quincy at 24 th & State.įirst National Bank and Community National Bank merge Building completed in 1972.īroadway National Bank name changed to First National Bank Gnuse becomes President, started with the bank in 1956.Ĭommunity National Bank opened a temporary bank in a trailer on the east end of Quincy at 34 th & Broadway.īranch Banking wasn’t legal at this time so Community National Bank was considered an affiliate bank of Broadway National Bank. Reopened on Fridays from 4-6:30.Ĥ TV Drive-up windows in a building North of the main buildingĭonald K. All work was manually handled and receipted then sent to a local data processing center.īankers Hours: The bank lobby closed at 2:30 to allow the tellers to balance and manually file checks. Outgrew the small bank building and needed to expand to the vacant lot to the east.įaçade of existing building covered with brick and a more modern style with addition of front and back walls made of framed glass.Īddition of a bookkeeping department and a loan departmentĬomputers were used for records but not used by the tellers. Opening day for the new Broadway National Bank at 1201 Broadway in Quincy, Illinoisģ Tellers ($1,500 - $1,200 annual salary) Kline was hired from a bank in Liberty and eventually became the first President of Broadway National Bank. Board was made up of business men, who quickly realized that they needed a strong banker to run the bank. Among them was attorney Delbert Loos who later documented the history of the bank’s beginning into a book “A Bank is Born”įormer Peoples Bank building was purchased for $18,000. Great Depression, bank closures, people lost money depositedįriendly competition between Southside Businessmen’s Association and the Northside Businessmen’s AssocationĪ large group of businessmen and farmers met to discuss the need for a bank on the North side of town. Timeline of Important Events in the History of First Bankers Trust Company Prior to 1946
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