This reminiscence by Dorothea (Pfister) Nordstrand (1916-2011) is about the colorful characters she met while working at Green Lake State Bank. Dorothea was a frequent contributor to Northwest Prime Time. Her essays also appear in http://www.historylink.org’s “People’s History Library.” Dorothea was given an award for contributing her vivid reminiscences to the community.
This is Part XXI of an ongoing series by Dorothea, who often wrote of her life in Seattle in the 1920s, 30s and beyond. This essay was written in 2005
I was employed by Green Lake State Bank from 1934 to l944. During those years, there was a unique experience we tellers shared. Bert Navone’s company, North End Garbage Disposal, paid their 30 or so employees each Saturday morning and every garbage truck in the north end of Seattle parked as close to the bank as possible while the men flooded in for their money. Saturday mornings, the district of Green Lake was the undisputed Rotten Smell Capitol of the Universe…