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Former Bank Teller Returns to Manage New Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Branch.

By George C. Ford, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 18--When Irma Wendt walked into Westdale Mall 24 years ago next month, she was a teller at Peoples Bank.

Today, Wendt has returned to the mall as manager of Community Savings Bank's new Westdale office.

As a couple of longtime customers waited to talk with her, Wendt recalled the excitement of opening Peoples' branch at Westdale.

"I helped set up the teller drawers when we opened the bank," Wendt said. "We had four tellers at that time and we

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