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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter
Being the visionary man that he was , more likely tears of sadness.
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Harold was in it more from the social aspect. Harold lived here. He was a people and party person. It was his idea to build the first town square on the historic side by the post office. Before he built that first square he would walk around the neighborhood in Orange Blossom and ask where is the party this weekend ? If no one had volunteered he would have it at his house on the corner of Aloha Way and Tarrson Blvd (Al Tarrson was Harold's original partner). His son Gary Morse (at age 47) and family moved here to run the business. They were looking more towards the financial end. Harold donated a million dollars of his own money (not corporation) to build the Spanish Springs town square (the second town square). He named Katie Belle's after his mother. Harold said his mother would be proud to have a saloon named after her. No way if Harold was alive would he approve of closing Katie Belle's.