Published October 31, 2009

Column: There was plenty to bank on in Nobles County in 1920 chat

By Ray Crippen, Worthington Daily Globe

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Gordon B.
Jamesville, NY     10/31/2009 8:43 AM

Sure, gunny sacks were common back then--"burlap" now. Coarse hemp loosely woven. Working at the Red Owl in the late '40's, I often had to carry a 50 lb. gunny sack of potatoes to a car--usually about closing time on a Saturday night. But for Martin Leonard, what a change from Montana's wild west to head the bank in Worthington where tellers were mostly men dressed in suits and ties, and when you did business there it was in a hushed atmosphere, almost like being in a church. No longer the case today when you can access an ATM in a drive through. Nice piece of reminiscene, Ray, as always.

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