BANKING: Boys from Rochester

The Johnstown Flood was the big U. S. news when Robert Charles Watson and his twin brother, William George, each five-foot-four, alike as two Dromios, set out from home one summer morning in 1889 to look for their first jobs. They met at noon at "Four Corners" in downtown Rochester, N. Y. Rob had landed a $10-a-month job as messenger for the Rochester Trust & Safe Deposit Co. Bill had a $10-a-month job as messenger for the Commercial National Bank.

Last week, contriving to avoid all the fuss & feathers they could, Rob and Bill celebrated their 50th anniversary in Rochester...

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