Image provided by: Friends of the Sandy Public Library; Sandy, OR
About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1980)
P a g e 2— Section II B — Sandy Post T hurs., Fob w 1900 Benj. Franklin’s new president here for Sandy grand opening Benj. Franklin president and chief operating officer R o b e rt E . Dow nie w ill participate in the special opening celebration of the Benj Franklin Sandy office this Friday , Downie stepped in as p res id e n t of The B enj. Franklin Jan 1 when Robert H Hazen retired Hazen will continue as board chairman and chief executive office. Dow nie joined B enj. Fran klin in 1M5 following las graduation from Oregon State University and service during World War H . With more than 30 years with The Benj Franklin, he knows the association from ground up. He has served as teller, b ookkeeper, acco u ntant, treasurer. and far 10 years be served as executive vice president in charge of operations and ad ministration of the fir m ’s 50 offices throughout the state He is immediate past chairman of the Oregon Savings and Loan League, trade association for the state's 38 th rift institutions, and is a farm er national president of the Financial Managers Society for T hrift Institutions He also has served as president of the Uptown Ki warns Club Dowme’s association with Bob Hazen goes back to Grant High School where they both were students In fact, fellow student Louis Scherzer also became one of the Benj. Franklin fam ily. Scherzer, now executive vice president in charge of the lending division, joined Benj. Franklin in 1946 The three opened Benj. Franklin's first branch in the Hollywood district in 1951 with Hazen as manager, Scherzer as loan officer and Downie as savings officer Benj. Franklin president Robert Downie 30,000 Oregon families: Firm is committed to home ownership Savings and home- o w n ership is the whole idea behind The B enj. Franklin Since it was founded in 1925. Benj. Franklin has held a commitment to personal home ownership and has helped thousands of Oregonians achieve thus goal There are nearly 30,000 Oregon fam ilies living in homes currently' financed by T h e Benj. Franklin In the tri-county area, Benj. Franklin made 61,855 m o rtg ag e loans to talin g f 1.798.882.781 in volume from 1959 through 1979 For 20 of the past 22 years, Benj. Franklin has topped all other private lenders by wide margins in the tn-county area of Washington. M ult nom ah and C lackam as Counties, the m a jo r population state. center of the This is made possible through the savings of thousands of Oregonians channeled into funds for building our growing towns and cities through loans for hom es, a p a rtm e n ts and other business properties. “ The B e n j. F ra n k lin provides loans for home building in addition to loans to purchase homes,” said Donald H. M cIntyre, senior vice president in the firm ’s lending division “ Home construction provides good quality jobs for thousands of Oregon people ” Benj. Franklin has been involved in a number of planned residential com munities inthe Pacific North west in addition to a growing number of manufactured housing (m o b ile hom e) loans. The association also has a strong commitment to inner-city lending. The p res ervatio n of historical buildings has been extended to lending activities through loans to finance the renovation of buildings in the re v ita liz e d sections of s e ve ral Oregon com- m in ities The savings and loan association also is one of the leading lenders in home improvement loans Home improvement loans are for the repair or alteration of an existing stru c tu re . This includes landscaping, room additions, swimming pools and m ajor appliances. The Benj. Franklin has participated in the State of O re g o n w e a th e r iz a t io n program since 1978. Through this program customers receive below m arket in terest rates on qualified w e a th e r iz a tio n im provements if these im provements meet the criteria of the state program The firm has played a m a jo r ro le in the en couragement of th rift aud homeownership to thousands of Oregonians and their economic well-being that has strengthened our state. ‘‘But it ’s the thousands of Benj. Franklin savers who help provide the funds that make it a ll p ossible,*’ said M cIntyre. Benj. Franklin offers free customer services Way back w hen . . . . Standing outside Benj Franklin'« 194k bome office and current location of the firm r S ta rt Street office are (from left past president of K E X Radio J.B Conley. Benj Franklin Chairm an Robert H. (Bobi Hazen, and Chairman Emeritus and associate founder Ben H. Hazen. Savers have always been very important people at The Benj Fran klin, and that's why some very handy ser vices are always available with the company 's com pliments For instance, if you need a document notarized, your Benj Franklin Sandy branch will notarize it for you without charge Or if you need money or ders or travelers checks, these are available without charge Check cashing is another convenient service Your Prestige Saver’s card also provides instant iden tification for you at any of the other 45 Benj Franklin branch offices around the state. You can also redeem Senes E Bonds at any time without charge When you find it more convenient to save by mail, Benj. Franklin provides you with postpaid envelopes, and, of course, mails you a receipt of the transaction. If you haven’t tried the c o m p a n y 's a u to m a tic payment service, you may be running when you could be relaxing The automatic savings plan provides a carefree convenient w ay to pay yourself first. E ve ry week or month a certain amount can be drawn autom atically from your checking account at your c o m m e rc ia l bank and deposited to a Benj. Franklin savings accoint No trips to the bank, no expense, not even a trip to the new Benj. Franklin Sandy branch is necessary A telephone tra n s fe r deposit works for you in reverse You can put those idle funds in a checking account earning interest that is compounded constantly Then, when you want to increase the amount in your checking account, a telephone call to your Benj. Franklin branch will trans fer the desired amount to your checking account. In the m eantim e, your hard-earned money is hard at work earning interest for you from the day of deposit to the day of w ith d ra w a l. Color T.V. door prize Don’t forget to fill out an entry blank for Benj. F ra n k lin 's d oo rp rize drawings for an RCA 13- inch color television set and two nights for two at G earhart on the coast Drawing w ill be held at 5 p.m ., F rid ay, April 4. Branch Manager Sandy Carlon says if you can’t be there in person, don’t worry She will contact the winners by telephone The television set is on display near the entry box* in the new Sandy branch of The Benj Franklin.
