Story and photos by Monty Siekerman
Ron Zimmerly (left), president and CEO of Liberty National Bank, welcomes Mary Bowden and Charles VanDyne, to the bank’s open house on Wednesday.

LNB has been celebrating its 125 anniversary this week. Mary and Charles are directors emeriti of the bank, both having served many years as directors.

Mary, as a bank director, cut the cake for the bank’s centennial 25 years ago.

Liberty National Bank’s open  house on Wednesday featured an historical display of the bank’s past, a buffet luncheon, and an opportunity for customers and business leaders to gather together.

The bank began in Ada in 1893 as a state bank and was later chartered as a national bank. Today it operates offices in Hardin, Franklin, Logan, and Union counties.