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BANK BODY INTO GROCERY STORE Commission Finds Itself Engaged in New Business at Brayton LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 24.-The state bank guaranty commission has unexpectedly gone into the grocery business. The Brayton State bank in the village of Brayton, a town of eight or ten inhabitants, was turned over to the commission by the department of trade and commerce Wednesday. When a representative of the commission took charge he found that he also had a grocery store on his hands The bank had loaned money to R. V. Brown, a groceryman and the owner of the stock of goods gave the bank a bill of sale and deeded the store building to the bank. The owner of the stock desired to quite business. The bank then moved in to the grocery store and has been operating the bank and the store for some time. Mrs. P. J. Kerrigan is president of the bank, her son, P. J. Kerrigan, jr., is cashier and L. A. Liennemann is vice president. The owners of the bank live in Greeley, ten miles away. The bank guaranty commission finds that it may be unable to close the bank and put it into the hands of a receiver until it can sell the grocery store. The capital stock is $10,000 and the deposits $60,000. It is estimated that there will be a loss of from $35,000 to $40,000 for the guaranty fund. The bank and store will continue to be operated by the guaranty fund commission until further arrangements are made.