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Closing thoughts

2 segments from 2 interviews touch on this subject.

Interview with Dorothy Pearce and Linda Whitlock

Credit and Trust 3:01–3:17

Dot, last question. What did the store teach you about this town? That credit is just another word for trust, and this town always paid its debts. You can carve that over the door if you like. Maybe we will. Thank you bo…

Closing thoughts Small-town life

Interview with Harold Vickers

Closing Reflection 3:24–3:47

The fall of 1974, after the canal breached that spring. Everybody was behind, everything was mud, and the Ostergard boy, Glen, he's the fire chief now, or was. He organized it, so we dug each other's beets in a big rotat…

Closing thoughts Family life