BIO: The First National Bank of Osceola, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 498 & 501.
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  THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OSCEOLA, Clearfield county, Pa., which occupies a 
high place among the safe and sound financial institutions of Clearfield county, 
was incorporated in 1902, with a capital stock of $50,000.  The bank opened for 
business on December 15, 1902, with the officers who have ever since directed 
its policy and conserved its interests.  They are the following capitalists and 
men of high pensonal standing:  John McLaren, president; H. W. Todd, vice 
president; and E. C. Blandy, cashier.  The following are the directors of this 
bank:  C. R. Houtz, of Philipsburg; James S. Moore, of Houtsdale; W. A. Gould, 
of Brisbin; H. W. Todd, of Philipsburg; John McLarren, of Osceola Mills; E. C. 
Blandy and Frank Craig, of Brisbin, Pa.
  This bank has always occupied its present site but in 1908 the old building 
was torn down and in its place was erected the present handsome two-story 
structure.  It is finely finished, equipped with all modern conveniences and 
especially fitted for the banking business.  This institution has made wonderful 
strides forward in the comparatively short period of its existence and has paid 
its twelfth dividend.  The surplus is $40,000 and the undivided profits total 
more than $4,000.
  T. C. Blandy, cashier of the above bank, was born at Osceola Mills, but when 
about eight years old was taken by his parents to Lewes, Dela., and from there 
to Huntingdon, Pa.  In 1890 he entered the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, 
Md., where he continued for four years.  In 1896 he returned to Osceola Mills 
where he has been in the banking business practically ever since.  He was 
assistant cashier of the Osceola Banking Company, a private enterprise, until 
1902, when he was largely instrumental in the organization of the institution of 
which he now is cashier.