(transcribed by: L. Johnson)
Gerald Bywater was born on a farm near
Sherman City, July 29, 1910, where he lived till
he
was 16. He passed the eighth grade in
Sherman City, started in the ninth at Barryton, but
removed
to Weidman with his parents and graduated from Weidman High.
Gerald was never afraid of work, and the
neighbors were glad to get him to work for them
because
he did his work well and stuck to it until it was done.
He went to work for the Isabella County
State Bank a year ago last March, after a course
in
the Ferris Institute. His employers
have noticed the same fidelity to duty and the same
thoroughness
that characterized him when a lad. We
hear Gerald is to be transferred to the
Weidman
bank soon, where he will be at home to all the home folks. We shall all be pleased
to
have Gerald with us again, and predict an increasing success in his chosen
profession.