P1FCU now operating: Hometown Colfax grad heads new credit union in old bank building

Potlatch First Federal Credit Union opened its new branch in Colfax last week with a hometown manager at the helm. Anne Ellithorpe McRae, who has been in the banking business for the last six years, has been named to head the new branch.

The daughter of the late Gene (Bud) and Carolyn Ellithorpe, McRae has resided in Colfax for the past two years and has been commuting to Spokane where she was employed at Bank of America and later at Alaska USA Federal Credit Union.

When she learned Potlatch First Federal Credit Union was opening a branch in Colfax and seeking local job applicants, she decided...