Union National Bank

Holmes, Thomas join Union National BankUnion National Bank has hired two new employees for its Westminster and Eldersburg offices.Robert Holmes will be the manager of the commercial lending department at the Westminster branch. He will be responsible for business development, department growth goals and profitability of the commercial lending area.Gary Thomas will work at the new Eldersburg branch, where he will be responsible for growth and business development in southern Carroll County.

John Nolte joins insurance agencyJohn Patrick Nolte recently joined Carroll County Insurance Agency as an account executive.The agency, at 78 W. Main St., Westminster, is a branch of Frederick Underwriters Inc., and offers both personal and business insurance coverage.Mr. Nolte, a Baltimore native, has more than three decades of experience in the insurance industry.He began his career in 1959 working for United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. in Baltimore.As an account executive with Carroll County Insurance Agency, Mr. Nolte is responsible for overseeing a variety of personal and commercial accounts.

Attorney E. Suzan Miller on list of Top 100 WomenCarroll County attorney E. Suzan Miller has been selected by the Daily Record as one of Maryland's Top 100 Women of 1999.Maryland's Top 100 Women is an awards program that recognizes outstanding women who play key roles in building the state's future.She has a juris doctor degree magna cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law, a master of science degree summa cum laude in biomedical science from Hood College in Frederick, and a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Western Maryland College.

Mercantile Bankshares Corp. said yesterday that it completed its acquisition of Union National Bancorp of Westminster in a transaction valued at about $70 million. The Baltimore-based Mercantile, which is the largest independently owned banking company in the state with $8 billion in assets, merged Union National Bank into Westminster Bank and Trust Co., a Mercantile affiliate. The deal gives Mercantile more muscle in the fast-growing Carroll County market, adding 10 branches and $310 million in assets.

A Sykesville family whose home was destroyed in a fire last Sunday may receive help from their neighbors, friends and the Town Council."I would surely want to know someone would help my family in a situation like this," said Councilman Eugene Johnson.Sykesville officials voted last week to open an account at Union National Bank in the name of Nancy Smith and her son, Michael Smith. Although the council declined to contribute town money to the fund, several council members said they planned to make personal contributions.

The county has opened sealed bids for several vehicles and found that each proposed contract had drawn only one vendor.Bare Truck Center in Westminster offered the only bid -- rTC $91,983.83 each -- for two single-axle dump trucks. Hertz Equipment Rental of Baltimore declined to bid.Bare also bid $66,391.42 each for two rollback diesel trucks.Finch Services of Westminster bid $31,796 on a general purpose tractor.S. M. Christhilf/Modern High Lift of Timonium bid $29,159 on a tandem roller.

Union National Bank, one of the few institutions that is older than the county itself, will celebrate its 175th birthday Friday with cakeand coffee for its customers in each of its seven branches.The bank also is inviting the media for a tour of its Museum Room."We have several extant documents and other memorabilia from those pre-Civil War days," said Joseph H. Beaver Jr., president."The old handwritten ledgers tell the history of Carroll County's familiesand their fortunes in a way no history book can capture."

Sew Business owners attend trade showSandra Hughes and Suzanne Greene, owners of Sew Business in New Windsor, attended the 13th annual International World of Window Coverings Trade Show, sponsored by Draperies & Window Coverings magazine in Washington March 31-April 2.This worldwide interior fashions forum demonstrated the growth in the industry with the newest products and home decorating designs available.More than 260 window coverings and interior fashions suppliers and distributors showed their products and services.

The Westminster-based Union National Bancorp announced yesterday that it was acquiring Barnes-Bollinger Insurance Services Inc., Carroll's largest locally owned insurance company.R. Wayne Barnes, who will remain president of the 12-person insurance firm in Westminster, said the acquisition won't affect customers' policies, and no layoffs will occur."If anything, we could gradually add people," he said. "We will still be locally owned."Union National Bancorp is the parent company of Union National Bank and operates 10 locations in Carroll County.

Wise and Burke promoted at Union National BankJames C. Wise has been named vice president, director of marketing and a member of the management team at Union National Bank.He joined the bank Oct. 13. He has 36 years' experience in the banking industry, many of those in Carroll County.Wise has a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa. He also is a graduate of the School of Bank Marketing at the University of Colorado and the Maryland/Virginia School of Bank Management at the University of Virginia.