We’re a family bank, and we’ve been a family bank for 100 years. Thanksgiving is a time where families and communities gather to share gratitude for their good fortune over bountiful meals. We just wanted to take a moment, a brief pause in the hustle of our day, to tell you we’re thankful for your patronage.
One-hundred years of service only exists because you choose us over the others. We know you have several banking options. Over the past decade, the Andover community’s bank population have shot through the roof. And yet so many of you bank with us.
Thank you.
Andover State Bank has a strong and happy history.
You’ve been with us through two world wars.
You were there when FDR closed all banks for a national “banking holiday,” and our founder, Fred D., locked the front doors but opened the back doors.
You were there when the world went off to war.
You welcomed our second president, Max, back to Andover after his service overseas.
You built friendships with his wife, Harriet, who cheerily greeted whoever passed through our doors.
You celebrated us when we opened our ultra-modern hexagonal bank.
You were there when Andover split between boundaries in the 1960s.
You joined us to celebrate the first Greater Andover days, which marked a gainful resolution to both parties, north and south, to enjoin Andover proper into one community.
You supported us as our officers worked with local and state officials to bring utility services to the area.
You welcomed Harriet and Max’s son, Kirk, into the bank after his tenure in commercial banking in Kansas City.
You backed us when we told the state that changing interstate banking laws would hurt our community.
You mourned with us at the passing of the bank’s second chairman, Max C. McConachie.
You stood by us during the era of mega bank mergers, where former local banks became deposit vacuums for their corporate headquarters.
You were there when we branched out of our second location.
You welcomed Kirk’s daughter, Allison, into the banking community.
We were there for you when the Andover tornado thrashed through the area, wreaking havoc and destruction on everything in its path.
You celebrated with us when we opened our new bank at the corner of Central and Andover Road.
You recommended us during and after the financial crisis of 2008, when banks, regardless of their classification, became vilified for their treatment of Main Street’s money. You knew the difference between Wall Street financial firmsand the community bank on your neighborhood corner.
You held us up when Max’s wife, Harriet, the spirit of the bank, passed away.
You celebrated 100 years of banking with us.
You looked with, and continue to look, to the horizon.
Thank you.
