Milford chronicle., 1930-07-04
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SEE HOW MODERN
BANKING IS DONE
Party Was Arranged For
Children By The Off
cials Of The Milford
Trust Company.

hank building, last weekend, par
ty was arranged for school children
tn attend the bank on Friday morn
ing between the hours of nine and
twelve.
The party was a huge success
there being 46S children to visit the
bank and to be shown through the
various departments by the special
committee in charge. The many fea-
tures of the bank were explained in
detail. in which much interest was
shown.
Each child that attended the party
was given a ticket to the Milford
Trust Company's theatre party held
in the Plaza Theatre on Saturday
afternoon.
The 46S children that attended had
a royal good time.
All of the tickets for the theatre
party were numbered, and in the lot
were a number of duplicate num-
hers. Each child that found an
other child holding a number the
same as his own, went to the bank
with his partner, and each received
a dollar bill. So far, $6 has been
given to the children in cash prizes.
One of the educational features in
connection with the children's party
was that a $5 gold pieces was offer
ed for the best essay not exceeding
200 words, written on the subject,
what Interested Me Most On My
Visit to the New Milford Trust Com
pany Bank Building" Eighteen es-
saws were received, all of which
were most interesting. The judges
have awarded the first prize to Miss
Kitty Clements of Milford, for writ
ing the most interesting essay COM
ing within the 200 word limit, and
which essay follows:
ION going through the new bank
of the Milford Trust Company l
found the burglar alarm to be the
most interesting thing. 1t is much
like the light meter. Alongside of the
light in the money room is a small
tin box through which the noise
passes, through wires, to hand on
the meter. 1t is so delicate that it
catches the slightest noise in the
room. To prove this, the man who
was telling us about it had us clap
our hanks, talk, and stamp our feet
and it made the hand shake. When
it is connected to the electric wires,
the shaking of the hand makes a
bell ring otitside the building, for a
signal to a policeman that someone
is in the rOom."
The Board of Directors wish to
give honorable mention to the writ
ers of two other essays, namely Miss
Elva Davis of Milford and Miss Isa-
bel Hunt of Houston, for their in
teresting essays, but which were be-
yond the 200 word limit. For these
essays, the bank is giving prize of
$3.50 each.
Miss Davis essays follows:
There were manly lovely and in
teresting things in the Milford Trust
Company's bank building, but the
most interesting of all to me was the
large window above the door.
"As you come near the bank, you
will see a large window in the shape
of an inverted ". The clear window
is curtained by tan curtains drawn
back and overhung with a triangu-
lar drape of green and rose bars.
This window is the heart of the
bank. 1t seems to smile at you. In
fact, there is no doubt in mind; |
am sure that it does.
"As you look, it shows you its in
ner feelings. You see a large chan
delier with two circles of candle
lights which light up the heart with
their golden rays, making you see
the smile of the window. Below
these, you see a little blue with gold
stars. From the shape, you can cas-
lily guess that it is a ball with the
stars, representing the thirteen or
iginal states. Just above the circles
you see a golde neagle, the emblem
of our Nation, with its wings out
stretched, ready to fly. In its mouth
you see a golden eagle, the emblem
of links of friendship, holding the
chandelier. If you move a little to
the left, you see the American flag
in all of its radiant beauty. Moving
to the right, you see the soft, glow
ing flag of our State. All of these
things have a background of warm
green wall, green of understand
ing.
"As you see all of these, you want
to go in and put all of your money
in the care of the people and the
bank. Certainly the people in it are
smiling and friendly, for bank with
a smile like the large window LAS
on the outside is sure to have kind,
smiling people on the in. You may
have only few cents or dollars to
put I'm its trust, yet you know the
smile for you will be as lovely as for
the person who comes to deposit a
hundred or a million times the
amount you have to place there"
The following is Miss Hunts es-
say:
Friday morning l went to Mil
ford to visit the new bank building
of the Milford Trust Company. 1t is
very beautiful building, and the
furnishings are certainly pretty
"The most interesting features Of
the bank to me were the safe and
the burglar alarm.
"The safe is massive cOnstruc-
ton. 1t has a great number of lit
tie drawers for the purpose of rent
ing to people for their valuables.
"The burglar alarm is certainly
great. In the middle of the safe
there is small box attached to the
ceiling and this little box is 6ttach-
cd in some waV to a large boy on