The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-06-29
Y Alterations In Knox County
: Savings Bank To Be Of
Great Service
TURNER WILL QUIT
RESTAURANT BUSINESS
Bank Will Occupy Handsome
Quarters In The Base
ment Of Building


County Savings bank, located on the
west side of the public square of this
city. will be equipped as few institu
tions are in this part of the state for
both banking and general civic work.
:Remodeling Of the building com.
mences on July 5, and the work is
expected to be finished by the end of
August.
J. F.. Turner, owner and manager of
the Turner restaurant, which has oc-
cupied the basement rooms of the
bank building for 20 years, announces
that he will close the doors of his
restaurant on July 3. In the future
he will conduct lunch counter for
the general public in the basement
room under the Dever drug store.
In making the needed improve
mehts the Knox County Savings bank
will take over the basement of the
building. The iron railing and the
stairway now in the front will be
abolished. The entrance will be at
the side Of the building where it is
now and access to the basement will
be-. by stairway on the interior of
the building. This stairway will go
down at the end of the corridor in the
space now occupied by Mr.. B. d. Her
ron's Office, which office will be To-
Gated in the rear of the building. The
wall in the front of the building will
be rebuilt entirely.
For the present, the rooms in the
basement, now occupied by the res
taurant, will be turned into large
public rest room, with parlors for
both ladies and gentlemen These
rooms will be open at all times and
will be accessible to the public
through, the bank building. The. .ta-
bles and chairs in the rooms will be
left for the use of the public. Farm
ers can eat their basket dinners here
whenever they choose. Every pos
sihle. equipment will be placed in the
ladies' parlors for the care and at
tention of little children. ~
This auditorium space will also be
used by County Supt. j. c. Marriott
and County Agent S. l.. Anderson, for
conducting the many meetings they
ha1s throughout the year. The rooms
are,darge enough to accommodate a
large representative audience from
thk surrounding country. This new
auditorium will also be the meeting
place Of the board of directors of the
Farmers. Exchange, which now meets
! in the small room in the rear of the
bank building. There will be a stere
Opticon equipment for facilitating the
giving of educational lectures.
Another and very interesting fea
ture of this auditorium is that it will
be the scene of many small exhibi
tions of farm products throughout the
year. An attempt will be made by
the officials of the bank to have
something of interest of this kind III
the auditorium at all times.
Herman Cochran of this CITY, has
ISCoN0u IHC Soii'i"oS i0A ASHiouCiAit
the building. The SuperHeating Fur
mace Co., successors to the Black Fur
mace Co., received the contract fol
putting In the new heating and ven
tilating plant. The ventilation sys
tenn which will be installed IN tn,
building will be something entirel,
new in, Mt. Vernon and will insur
absolutely pure air in the who'll
building .at all times. All the building
materials have been ordered and tn
work will commence within the mex
few days. The several small room
in the basement will be usedtby tn
bank for various departments of thei
business. @