Forbes preschoolers visit Mountain 1st

Published 6:02pm Friday, June 15, 2012

Students in Mrs. Morse’s pre-kindergarten class from Forbes Education Center in Tryon recently visited Mountain 1st Bank in Columbus. The children sang a song for the bank employees and left with balloons, cookies, pencils and a little bit of banking knowledge. The branch manager, “Uncle Chuck,” treated each of the kids to a gold $1 coin. (photo submitted by Margeaux Lewis)

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