Loans And The Allowance For Credit Losses (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013 contract
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Loans	$ 1,182,334,000	$ 1,166,233,000
Net deferred loan origination fees	734,000	618,000
Overdrawn deposit balances classified as loan balances	235,000	895,000
Past due loans	933,000	916,000
91 Days or More Past Due	470,000	542,000
Nonaccruing TDR's	63,000	235,000
Number of loans		0
Troubled debt restructured loans ("TDRs")	193,000	406,000
Commitments to lend additional funds to borrowers	0
Exposure threshold for loans subject to formal review	1,000,000
Real Estate Loans – Residential [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Loans	469,529,000	489,706,000
Real Estate Loans – Commercial [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Loans	412,447,000	371,319,000
Residential And Commerical Loans Serviced For Others [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Loans	13,530,000	13,830,000
Performing Financing Receivable [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Past due loans	414,000	0
Accruing [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
91 Days or More Past Due	0	75,000
Non-Accrual [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Past due loans	519,000	542,000
Commitments to lend additional funds to borrowers	0
Restructured [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Past due loans	0	42,000
Restructured [Member] \| Real Estate Loans – Residential [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Number of loans	1
Troubled debt restructured loans ("TDRs")	55,000
Restructured [Member] \| Residential Mortgage [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Number of loans	4
Troubled debt restructured loans ("TDRs")	147,000
Restructured [Member] \| Real Estate Loans – Commercial [Member]
Financing Receivable, Recorded Investment [Line Items]
Number of loans	3
Troubled debt restructured loans ("TDRs")	$ 46,000

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