Delta National Bank, Delta, PA (Charter 14201)

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Delta National Bank, Delta, PA (Chartered 1934 - Open past 1935)

Town History

Delta is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States, and one of the southernmost communities in Pennsylvania. The population was 706 at the 2020 census. In 1890 the population was 565, peaking at 881 in 1910.

Delta is at the heart of the Peach Bottom Slate Region. Slate quarries opened in Delta in the 1840s, as quarrymen arrived from Wales.[9] At the Crystal Palace Exposition of 1850, Peach Bottom slate was judged the finest in the world. Most of Delta's houses still have slate roofs, and remnants of the original blue-black slate sidewalks still exist throughout the borough.

The Peach Bottom Railway entered Delta in 1876, and shipped slate along its line to Red Lion and York, Pennsylvania. From the south, the Maryland Central Railroad reached Delta in 1883 and began operating trains from Delta to Bel Air, Maryland and Baltimore in 1884. Both lines were later succeeded by the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, which operated until 1978. The slate quarry was a major freight customer until 1971, when Delta’s Funkhouser Quarry closed.

Delta had four National Banks chartered during the Bank Note Era, and all four of those banks issued National Bank Notes.

Bank History

Organized May 21, 1934
Chartered June 22, 1934
Succeeded 5198 (Peoples National Bank, Delta, PA)
Bank was Open past 1935

In June 1934, the officers of the new Delta National Bank were: president, Dr. W.E. Arthur of Cardiff; vice president, Wilson A. Heaps, Pylesville; secretary, Guy N. Westerman of Slate Hill, Peach Bottom Township; cashier, William A. Hoke formerly of the York Trust Co. of York; teller, J. Curtis Johnson, and bookkeeper, Robert W. Jones, both of whom were formerly employed in the Peoples National Bank. The attorney was former Judge McClean Stock of York. The directors were: W.E. Arthur, Wilson A. Heaps, Harvey Stewart, Samuel B. Foard, Charles H. Schuster, Guy N. Westerman, William J. Fisher, and Guy W. Scarborough.

On January 8, 1963, stockholders re-elected all directors and officers, including Wilson A. Heaps, who was retained as president for his twenty-first term. The other officers were: vice presidents, Samuel B. Foard Sr. and Guy N. Westerman; executive vice president, William A. Hoke; secretary, Guy Scarborough; directors, Heaps, Foard, Westerman, Hoke, Scarborough, William R. Brown, William J. Fisher, Emory M. Kilgore, Harvey Stewart and H. Smith Walter.

On Tuesday, November 19, 1963, shareholders of the Delta National Bank of Delta and the First National Bank and Trust Company of Red Lion approved the merger subject to approval by the Comptroller of the Currency. Wilson A. Heaps was president of the Delta bank and Paul S. Raub was president of the Red Lion bank. The First National Bank and Trust Company of Red Lion also had branches at Stewartstown and 2055 S. Queen Street, York.

Official Bank Title(s)

1: The Delta National Bank, Delta, PA

Bank Note Types Issued

1929 Type 2 $5 bank note with printed signatures of W.A. Hoke Cashier and W.E. Arthur, President. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing prepared the overprinting plate used to produce this note. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.ha.com

A total of $25,800 in National Bank Notes was issued by this bank between 1934 and 1935. This consisted of a total of 5,160 notes (No large size and 5,160 small size notes).

This bank issued the following Types and Denominations of bank notes:

Series/Type	Sheet/Denoms	Serial#s	Sheet Comments
1929 Type 2	5	1 - 5160

Bank Presidents and Cashiers

Bank Presidents and Cashiers during the National Bank Note Era (1934 - 1936):

Presidents:

Dr. William E. Arthur, 1934-1935

Cashiers:

William Anthony Hoke, 1934-1935

Other Bank Note Signers

There are currently no known Vice President or Assistant Cashier bank note signers for this bank.

Wiki Links

Sources

Delta, PA, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta,_Pennsylvania
Don C. Kelly, National Bank Notes, A Guide with Prices. 6th Edition (Oxford, OH: The Paper Money Institute, 2008).
Dean Oakes and John Hickman, Standard Catalog of National Bank Notes. 2nd Edition (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1990).
Banks & Bankers Historical Database (1782-1935), https://spmc.org/bank-note-history-project
The York Dispatch, York, PA, Mon., June 25, 1934.
The York Dispatch, York, PA, Wed., Jan. 9, 1963.
The York Dispatch, York, PA, Wed., Nov. 20, 1963.