[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 44 (Friday, March 14, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO POCA VALLEY BANK

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                       HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 14, 2008

  Mrs. CAPITO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the Poca Valley 
Bank as it celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
  Poca Valley Bank's first branch opened in 1908 in Walton, West 
Virginia, situated along the Pocatalico River in Roane County. Since 
then, it has expanded its banking services to Clendenin, Elkview, and 
Sissonville in Kanawha County and Winfield and Poca in Putnam County 
and opened its latest branch location in Spencer located in Roane 
County in 2005.
  Poca Valley Bank gets its namesake from the Pocatalico River that 
originates in Roane County. Many of the branch locations are located 
along the Pocatalico River that flows through Kanawha and Putnam 
Counties.
  The bank has found its success in catering to West Virginia's rural 
communities with a strong foundation built upon personal attention and 
customer service. With its modest roots in serving small towns and its 
rural outlying communities, Poca Valley Bank has grown into one of West 
Virginia's larger banking institutions.
  It is an honor to pay tribute to Poca Valley Bank, a financial 
institution that represents the best of America's small town banks. I 
wish congratulations to Poca Valley Bank as it celebrates one century 
of banking in the Mountain State.

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