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THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolini
THURSDAY, APRI^J^ .962
Citizens Bank Officers Active In Community I bank board nowhas is members
N. L. Hodgkins, President
N. L. Hodgkins, president and
chairman of the board of the Cit
izens Bank and Trust Company
of Southern Pines, is a native of
Maine who joined the bank as
cashier in 1935. He was then
elected president in 1940; and be
came chairman of the board in
1942. He has since served contin
uously in the latter two offices,
in direct, active charge of the
bank’s operations.
Mr. Hodgkins came to Southern
Pines from Albany, N. Y., where
he had been with the Beconstruc-
ition Finance Corporation.
Growth of the bank under the
leadership of Mr. Hodgkins has
been steady and sub-stantial. De
posits first reached $1 million
ip 1940, increasing to $3,600,000
in 1955 and to $0,100,000 in 1961.
The first report of the Citizens
Bank for 1907, listed deposits of
$41,000.
The bank president has long
been active in the N. C. Bankers
Association, having been a group
chairman and held other offices.
Throughout his residence in
Southern Pines, he has been ex-
tiemely active in civic and church
work.
He is chairman of the Southern
Pines school board and has been
a member of the board about 25
years. He is a member of the
board of directors of Moore Mem
orial Hospital and a former pres
ident of that institution. He is
receiving treasurer for the Epis
copal Home for the Ageing, to be
built here soon, and a member of
the vestry of Emmanuel Church.
He is a former president of the
Sandhills Kiwanis Club.
N. L. HODGKINS
President
For many years Mr. Hodgkins
was active in Boy Scouting, serv
ing as Moore District Chairman
and president of the 12-cOunty
Occoneechee Council, winning the
high Silver Beaver award for
Scouting leadership.
Mr. Hodgkins was married, in
1925 to Mary Abraham, member
of a family associated with South
ern Pines since 1912. Their three
sons are Norris L. Hodgkins, Jr.,
executive vice president of the
Citizens Bank; Lewis, an Episco
pal minister at Anchorage, Alas
ka; and George, who recently re
signed as an officer of the
bank to become vice president of
a new small business investment
company n.sar Los Angeles, Calif.
E. Earl Hubbard
E. Earl Hubbard, vice president
of the Citizens Bank and Trust
Co., will be the bank officer in
charge of the new South Broad
Street Drive-In Office which is
to have its formal opening Mon
day afternoon.
Mr. Hubbard has been with the
bank since 1955, when he was ap
pointed assistant cashier. He was
later promoted to vice president
and was elected to the board of
directors in January of this year.
A native of St^man in this
state, Mr. Hubbard s<9rved with
the Marine Corps in World War
II and then attended Duke Uni
versity, Durham, graduating in
1950. He was a representative of
the U. S. Internal Revenue Serv
ice, in charge of a Southern Pines
office of the Service, before be
coming associated with the bank.
Mr. Hubbard is chairman of
the board of trustees of the
Southern Pines Methodist Church
and is a former chairman of the
Moore County Red Cross chapter
and former president of the local
Chamber of Commerce and the
Rotary Club. He has been active
in Boy Scout adult leadership
posts.
Mr. Hubbard was the 1960 win
ner of the Distinguished Service
Award of the Southern Pines Jay-
cees, recognizing his civic activity
and business accomplishments. In
E. EARL HUBBARD
Vice President
Branch Office
1961, he was graduated from the
Graduate Course of Banking at
Rutgers University, the second
officer of the Citizens Bsink to
complete the course. Executive
Vice President Norris L. Hodg
kins, Jr., is a 1958 graduate.
The vice president and. his wife,
Mrs. Ann Hubbard, live on Mass
achusetts Ave. Extension. They
have four children.
We Wish To Extend Our
CONGRATULATIONS TO
The Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
On The Opening of Their New and Modern
BRANCH BANK
We Are Happy to Have Had a Part in Rnishing
This Beautiful Structure
PAINTING BY
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Southern Pines
Norris L Hodgkins, Jr.
Coming to the Citizens Bank
and Trust Company in 1949 as
assistant to the president, alter
two years with the Chase Man
hattan Bank in New York City,
Norris L. Hodgkins Jr., became
executive vice president in 1954
and was elected to the board of
directors in 1955.
A native of Southern Pines and
son of the bank’s president, he is
a 1943 graduate of Southern Pines
High School and was graduated
from, Duke University, Durh£Lm,
in 1947. He served in the Navy
two years while a student at
Duke.
Mr. Hodgkins was graduated in
in 1958 from the Graduate School
of Banking at Rutgers University
in New Jersey, attending a sum
mer course there for three years,
along with home study and com
pletion of a thesis in the third
year. He is active in the Young
Bankers Division of the N. C.
Bankers Association, of which he
is second vice 'president, and
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has served as group chairman for
ithe organization in a territory of
seven counties.
Active in civic affairs, Mr.
Hodgkins is a member and former
chairman of the Southern Pines
Industrial Committee, is president
of the Moore County Historical
Association and is a director of
the Sandhills Kiwanis Club. He
w'as the first winner, in 1958, of
the Distinguished Service Award
NORRIS L. HODGKINS. JR.
Exec. Vice President
given by the Southern Pines Jay-
icees to a young man for outstemd-
ing community service and suc
cess in business.
He is a former president of the
Ja5'oee3, the Moore County Tu
berculosis Association and the
Sandhills Music Association, and
is a deacon in Brownson Memor
ial Presbyterian Church.
The, bank officer and his wife,
Mrs. Sara Hodgkins, have a young
daughter, Caroline.
C. H. Bowman
C. H. Bowman, vice president
and cashier of the Citizens Bank
and Trust Company, came to the
bank in 1949 as cashier, alter ser
vice as an officer with the Branch
Banking and Trust Company of
New Bern. He was elected vice
president in 1954.
A member of St. Anthony’s
Church and the Southern Pines
Lions Club, he is active in the
local Elks Lodge. For many years
he has served as local or county
treasurer of various eharitabte
and civic financial campaigns, in
cluding the March of Dimes of
the National Foundation and the
Heart Fund.
The bank officer and his wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth Bowman, live on
Orchard Road. They have two
daughters, Mrs. Morris Hitson of
Southern Pines and Mrs. Helen
Tyson of New Bern; and a son,
Charles H. Bowman, Jr., who is
teaching at Portsmouth, Va.
C. H. BOWMAN
Vice President
and Cashier
Billy G. McKenzie
Billy G. McKenzie, assistant
vice president, is the most recent
ly appointed officer of the Citi
zens Bank and Trust Co., assum
ing his duties with the bank April
1. He is one of two officers as
signed to the new South Broad
Street Drive-In Branch of the
Bank which will hold its open
house Monday from 4 to 9 p. m.
A native of the Sandhills, Mr. I
McKenzie had 11 years of experi- |
ence with the Carolina Bank, at
its Pinehurst and West End of
fices, before coming to the Citi
zens Bank.
A veteran of combat service
with the Marines in World War I
II, he has been active in civic and
community affairs at Pinehurst.
He is teacher of the Men’s Bible |
Class at Culdee Presbyterian
Church and has been active in
Boy Scouting for many years, re
ceiving the Scoutmaster’s Key
for his leadership.
He and his wife, Mrs. Myra
Elizabeth McKenzie, live at Pine-
BILLY G McKENZIE
Asst. Vice President
Branch Office
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hurst. They have two sons, 10 and
8 years old.
18 Persons Associated With Citizens
Bank Operations in Southern Pines
Directors Supervise Operation
A board of 15 directors super
vises operations of the Citizens
Bank and Trust Company of
Southern Pines.
Officers of the bank on the
board are N. L. Hodgkins, presi
dent, who has been chairman of
the board since 1942; Norris L.
Hodgkins, Jr., executive vice
president, who has been a mem
ber of the board since 1955; and
E. Earl Hubbard, vice president,
who was elected to the board in
January of this year.
Personal information about the
three officers who are directors
will be found in separate stories,
in connection with today’s an
nouncement of opening of the
bank’s new South Broad Street
Drive-In Office on Monday of
next week.
Other members of the board of
directors are:
John C. Barron, retired busi
nessman who joined the board in
1941, and has resided for many
years in Southern Pines.
Eighteen persons — including
officers, tellers, office personnel
and others—are associated with
the Citizens Bank and Trust
Company of Southern Pines. Five
of the 18 will be assigned to the
new South Broad Street Drive-
In Office which will have its for
mal opening Monday.
At the new South Broad Street
Office will be:
Vice President Earl Hubbard
who will be in charge of the new
office, also heading the install
ment loan operations for the en
tire bank.
Billy G. McKenzie, assistant
vice president.
Mrs. Ruth McRae, receptionist
and installment loan bookkeeper.
Mrs. Betty Guffey and Mrs.
Joyce B>. Stutts, tellers.
AU are being transferred from
the main office of the bank on N.
W. Broad St.
Bookkeeping operations for
both offices will be centered at
the N. W. Broad Street headquar-i
ters of the bank.
Citizens Bank personnel who
will remain at the main office are
N. L. Hodgkins, president; N. L.
Hodgkins, Jr., executive vice
president; and C. H. Bowman,
vice president and cashier.
Also: Mrs. Edna Patterson, Miss
Mary McDonald, Mrs. Juanita
Fields and Mrs. Betty Talbert,
tellers; Mrs. Myrtle Von Metzger,
secretary; Miss Ruby Hall, remit
tance clerk; Miss Mary Ann
Odom, proof clerk; and, in the
bookkeeping department, Jerry
Blue, Mrs. Barbara Whitaker and'
Mrs. Virginia O’Reily
Janitorial services Will be per
formed at the new South Broad
Street office, on a part-time basis,
by Victor Headen.
Mrs. Rose Harvey and Frank
Waddell, each working part-time,
do the janitorial work at the main
office.
John M. Howarth, district sales
manager for the Carolina Power
& Light Co. and former longtime
chairman of the Southern Pines
school board, who also joined the
board of directors in 1941, one
month after Mr. Barron, making
him the third longest-serving
member of the board.
George Pottle, elected a direc
tor in 1950, is proprietor of .the
Hollywood Hotel, a residence ho
tel for senior citizens, which has
been owned and operated as a
hotel in Southern Pines by three
generations of his family.
D. A. Blue, Jr., a director since
1956, who for many years has
been a partner in operation of the
Powell Funeral Home here and
has been active in civic and
charitable organizations.
Eight members of the board
elected in January, 1961, are:
Robert M. Cushman, executive
vice president of the Amerotron
Corporation, chairman of the
Moore County Industrial Com
mittee, active in numerous civic
and charitable endeavors and in
the Church of Wide Fellowship.
Dr. Joseph S. Hiatt, Jr., physi
cian who has practiced here for
nearly 10 years, president of the
Moore County 'Tuberculosis Asso
ciation and active in the South
ern Pines Methodist Church
which he helped to organize and
found.
James D. Hobbs who is associ
ated with the Occidental Life In
surance Co. and has interests in
Resort Realty and Insurance Co.
of Southern Pines and Pinehurst-
Sandhills Insurance Agency of
Pinehurst. He is mayor pro-tem
of Southern Pines.
Dr. R. M. McMillan, physician
who has practiced here since
World War 11. A native of the
Sandhills, he is a deacon in
Brownson Memorial Presbyteri
an Church. He was one of the
founders and first president of
the East Southern Pines Parent-
Teacher Association.
Dr. J. I. Neal, a partner in oper
ation of the Sandhill Veterinary
Hospital which he founded some
30 years ago. He is a past presi
dent of the North Carolina Veter
inary Medical Society, a state
wide professional organization.
R. F. Hoke Pollock, attorney
who has practiced here since
World War II, partner in the firm.
Pollock and Fullenwider. He is
a colonel in the Army Reserve,
a former senior warden of Em
manuel Episcopal Church and a
past president of the Sandhills
Kiwanis Club.
William P. Saunders, retired
textile manufacturing executive,
former director of the N, C. De
partment of Conservation and
Development, and currently gen
eral chairman of the building
fund drive of Moore Memorial
Hospital and an elder in Brown
son Memorial Presbyterian
Church.
Edwin W. Smail, president of
the United Telephone Company
of the Carolinas, Inc., a firm with
headquarters in Southern Pines
operating numerous telephone
exchanges in North and South
Carolina. He is active in the
Southern Pines Elks Lodge and
■in various civic undertakings.
Directors of the bank meet in
a board room on the second floor
of the main office of the bank on
N. W. Broad St. The room is made
available to the public for small
gatherings, on request to the
bank.
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Congratulations
To
The Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
On Their New
DRIVE-IN BRANCH
We Were Proud To Have Been Chosen To
Furnish The Plumbing For This Modern Build
ing.
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Midland Road
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CONGRATULATIONS
To
The Citizens Bank & Trust Company
On The Opening Of Their New
BRANCH BANK
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Phone 775-5222
Sanford. N. C.
Congratulations
To
The Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
On Their New
BRANCH BANK
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