Langley bank given OK for branch at Freeland

“Langley State Bank has been given oral approval of an application to build a branch bank at Freeland.

“The word came Tuesday when the state department of banking phoned the local bank president, E.E. Noble, and told him that the application had been approved and that he should send in the necessary license fees. The checks were put in the mail that evening.

“Both the Langley State Bank and the Whidbey Island Bank at Coupeville had applied for permission to establish a branch office. Apparently, one of the turning points in the decision was that the Langley bank’s application included plans for a proposed new building.

“Tentative plans, still subject to change, call for construction of a 36’ by 44’ building next to the Freeland Hardware, with Everett Hays of Freeland to do the building…”