Looking back at the 1964 opening of the Royal Bank

By Joan Janzen

Doreen Walz, who was employed at the Royal Bank in 1964, recalled the day they moved the old brick bank on Main Street in Kerrobert to the new Royal Bank. The cash was all put into suitcases and the employees lined up for the walk. The RCMP were in the lead, with Mr. Knight and Gladys Nault following carrying the suitcases. The junior staff, which included Doreen, brought up the rear. She recalled the memory from sixty years ago in Kerrobert’s history book “Echoes from the Tower”: “I remember we got the giggles as it seemed we were in a scene from a movie.”

Opening of the Royal Bank (1964). Pictured l-r: 2 Head Office Personnel, Kathleen Draves, Gladys Nault, Delores (Rolheiser) Schlosser,  Mr. Knight, Lila (Neufeld) Muck, Doreen (Veness) Walz, Ron Rissling, Shirley (Hummel) Walz. Head Office Man, John Smith. Photo: Echoes from the Tower