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May 20, 2026
50 YEARS AGO in the Standard

Hill Country Savings and Loan Association celebrated their grand opening on May 22, 1976. Manager Peggy Ernst, President J.D. Patton and head teller Barbara Boening were pictured at the ribbon cutting on 206 West Main.

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