1950—1985: Busting at the Seams

  By mid-century, BankTexas and Wood County were growing strong.  In 1964, we celebrated our fiftieth

  anniversary by opening a modern, concrete and glass building on East Goode Street in Quitman.  Less

  than  two decades later, we outgrew the building and donated it to the City of Quitman—the Quitman

  Public Library has been located there ever since.  Every year, we donate tens of thousands of dollars of

  our hard-earned profits to local causes.  It’s our small way of saying thanks.

  For Wood County, the 70’s meant growth.  Holly Lake Ranch opened its gates for   the first time, boasting

 18 holes of golf, swimming pools, tennis courts, and 4,300 acres of idyllic paradise.  At the other end of the

  county, engineers were hard at work on Lake Fork Reservoir, the “Big Bass Capital of Texas.”

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  A 1964 newspaper photograph (top)

  announces the opening of a new office,

  now the Quitman Public Library.  Employees

  (from left) Ernest McDade, Lloyd Sullivan,

  Troy  Robinson, and Billy Weems gather in

  1981 (bottom).