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The Common Equity Tier One Risk-based Capital to total risk-weighted assets ratio required to be categorized as "well capitalized" under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.

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Amount of undistributed earnings of bank subsidiaries.

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The Total risk based capital ratio (total capital divided by risk weighted assets) required to be categorized as "well capitalized", in the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.

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Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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The number of shares authorized to be repurchased by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan.

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Note J - Shareholders' Equity (Details Textual) - USD ($)					2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	13 Months Ended
	Nov. 08, 2019	Apr. 24, 2019	Sep. 26, 2018	Apr. 25, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Jan. 01, 2019	Dec. 08, 2017
Undistributed Earnings of Bank Subsidiaries					$ 13,703,377
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Value							$ 1,907,000
Dividends Payable, Amount Per Share	$ 0.02	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Dividends Payable, Date Declared	Nov. 08, 2019	Apr. 24, 2019	Sep. 26, 2018	Apr. 25, 2018
Dividends Payable, Date to be Paid	Nov. 25, 2019	May 10, 2019	Oct. 15, 2018	May 10, 2018
Dividends Payable, Date of Record	Nov. 20, 2019	May 06, 2019	Oct. 09, 2018	May 07, 2018
Subsidiaries [Member]
Capital Required to be Well Capitalized to Risk Weighted Assets					10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Common Equity Tier One Capital Required to be Well-Capitalized to Risk Weighted Assets					6.50%	6.50%	6.50%	6.50%
Tier One Risk Based Capital Required to be Well Capitalized to Risk Weighted Assets					8.00%	8.00%	8.00%	8.00%
Tier One Leverage Capital Required to be Well Capitalized to Average Assets					5.00%	5.00%	5.00%	5.00%
Capital Conservation Buffer Rate									2.50%
December 8, 2017 Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Stock Repurchase Program, Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased										110,000
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares								110,000
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Value								$ 1,477,000
September 26, 2018 Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Stock Repurchase Program, Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased			70,000
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares						70,000
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Value						$ 933,000
November 8, 2019 Share Repurchase Program [Member]
Stock Repurchase Program, Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased	65,000
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares					0