He could have owned the thing outright. But he didn't. He went door to door and sold shares so the community could share in the bank and own a part of it.

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My granddaddy was Man of the Year for Agriculture in 1950 for the whole county. He blended the socialism from his parents with capitalism.

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We could have sold that property and made a lot of money, selling it to some distribution center that would just mean a lot of trucks going in and out.

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