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Long Banking Career Second Half A Better Tale For Womacka
William F Womacka vice president at Merchants National Bank retires after 47 years in banking recounts a tough early period and a rewarding later phase. He joined Cedar Rapids National Bank as a messenger in 1928 witnessed the 1933 bank run and the 1931 merger creating a large Iowa bank, and rose to VP by 1968. He recalls wage growth, transit desk changes from manual to machines, the move to the motor bank, and future checkless payments. He helped found the Cedar Rapids chapter of the American Institute of Banking and remains active in community groups. He plans woodworking classes at Kirkwood Community College after retirement.
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William F
Bill) Womacka
Merchants National Bank
Bill Womacka
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Womacka
Cedar Rapids National Bank
MNB Motor Bank
Old Washington High School
Bill
Toledo
Federal Reserve
Laurance Press
Transit Department
S. E. Coquillette
Iowa
Roosevelt
Fdr
Louise Baxter
William Waite
Thirty-fifth Street
Womackas
Crestview Drive
Leonard Broulck
Motor Bank
Vomacka
MNB
Cedar Rapids National
Cedar Rapids
American Institute of Banking
Chamber of Commerce
Coe College and Hospital
Calvin- Sinclair Church
The
Elks Lodge
Canopus
Kirkwood Community College