Thur» , Jan 8. 1981 (S e c 2 ) S A N D Y ( O r e ) P O S T
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The 1st Loosely United Cash Box a banking alternative
One friendly teller with a big smile and a bigger gun
would be all the personnel needed. The night shift of
fering 24-hour service would also ca rry a flashlight.
There is always a u tility pole near a drop mail box and
this would be the central point of the bank.
nate for people in today's financial bind. It should be
something simple, requiring little , if any, backing Yet
it should be flexible enough to suit people's needs It
should have a place to deposit and w ithdraw money and
a place to lock up valuables, but no paper work, checks,
pink slips, loans, nor statements of any sort It could be
called. The 1st Loosely United Cash Box.
Ranks don't have much going for them to distinguish
one from another
They all have the same interest rates, the same sty le
of accounts, the same size safety deposit boxes, and the
same teller windows with little pens on leashes. Banks
are just as competitive as other businesses so when one
comes up w ith a clever idea to attract depositors, such
as the drive-in teller or the 24-hour deposit box, all the
big banks soon boast the same.
As the dollar becomes more scarce, the competition
becomes keener to see which bank can attra ct the
floating greenbacks. Buildings are redecorated to be
more inviting and comfortable. Gifts, ranging from
green stamps to china, are offered to anyone who can
afford to deposit large sums. Free money is flaunted as
a come-on to other depositors. The piggy bank stuffers
of today are tom orrow’s clientele, and,so, children too
are attracted by little gratuities. Anything to foster
friendly relationships between banker and depositor.
The Ixxisers, as the depositors would be called, would
not have to worry about the federal government taxing
their money because the closest government agency the
bank would be involved w ith would be the post office.
There would be no actual building to m aintain, the bank
would operate near the closest m ail drop box. Banking
would be handled by either walk-in methods or drive-in,
but not by m a il as the closeness of the post office might
suggest.
turn of the century. The feeling that a person was on
hallowed ground once inside the bank’s front door no
longer exists. The fear of banks going broke is almost
erased from people’s minds who lived through the Great
Depression. The extra dollar that people had to entrust
in the banking system is also gone.
The standard form of banking should have an alter
Gone are stiff-necked bankers and rig id form atilities
that used to sirro u n d the banking profession around the
The Ixwsers would sim ply walk or drive up to this pole
and impale their deposit on a large nail protruding from
the pole. A small note saying, “ This is my money” and
the signature would, of course, accompany the money.
A withdrawal would be just the reverse and it would be
up to the individual to keep track of how much he had at
any one tim e in the bank. The money intended for
savings would be snugly stuffed into a large wool sock
personalized in embroidery with the depositors name
and nailed to the back of the pole The person would have
the option of using his own mattress at home.
The large blue drop box would be the communal safety
deposit box. Once valuable articles were placed in the
box there would be no more worries for the owner. He
would have no need for keys, w aiting in line for
assistance and no rental fee. A withdrawal would have
to coincide with m ail pickups
Children would like the convenience of being able to
ride their bikes past the deposit window.
Once the idea caught on, the 1st Ixiosely United Cash
Box could be a huge success financially and a great
place to hang around and meet people.
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IRS changes
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H E A L TH & B E A U T Y A ID S
DINNER NAPKINS
C hiflón
Planning for the Mount St.
Helens volcano area of the
G ifford Pinchot National
Forest is progressing well,
and the U.S. Forest Service
w ill issue a d ra ft en-
viornm ental statement for
public review early next
month.
The public w ill have a wide
range of alternatives to look
at in the statement being
developed by the Mount St.
Helens planning team and by
the recovery personnel who
have been studying the area.
A
final
environmental
statement in June w ill
display public comment and
recommend the course of
management.
Considerations for the area
w ill include setting aside a
large portion for geologic
and educational purposes,
tim ber salvage in the face of
unpredictability of the active
volcano, and other actions
that must mesh in any final
plan.
ADDITIONAL AT » I«
BEEF STEW
FROZEN FOODS DEPT
Mt
Hood
Community
College w ill continue late
registration
for
winter
classes through Jan. 19.
Students must register in
person at the college’s
Gresham campus, 26000 S.E.
Stark. Hours are 8 a m. to 8
p.m.
Monday
through
Thursday and 8 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. on Friday.
There is no additional
charge fo r late registration,
according to M arilyn Ken
nedy,
MHCC
registrar.
Tuition for d istrict residents
is $16.50 per credit for part-
tim e students and $150 per
term fo r full-tim e students.
Day and evening classes
are offered at the Gresham
campus and at the MHCC
Maywood Park Center, 10100
N.E. Prescott St.
College evening classes
also are offered at high
schools in the MHCC d istrict,
including Sandy, Centennial,
David Douglas, Parkrose,
Gresham,
Sam
Barlow,
Reynolds, Columbia, and
Cascade Ixxrks.
F or details, call 667-6422
and ask for registration
information.
Draft due for
volcano area
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Employers
who
are
required to deposit withheld
income taxes and Social
Security taxes for their
employees may need to
change
their
deposit
schedule.
Under the old require
ments, an employer with
$2,000 or more of tax lia b ility
w ithin a seven or eight day
period had to deposit the
taxes w ithin three bankir^
days.
The new
requirements
raise the accumulation to
$3,000, but lowers the holding
period to three or four days
This means there could
possibly be eight deposits
required within a month's
tim e instead of four.
Corresponding
changes
raise
monthly
deposit
requirements from an ac
cumulated tax lia b ility of
$200 per month to $500 per
month
Employers falling
into this category have 15
days after the end of the
succeeding month if it is for
the last month of the quarter
Details on the employer's
responsibility for with
holding, reportuig, and pay
ing over federal taxes can t*
found in the free IRS Public
atton 18.