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Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing
Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington",
published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
GEORGE BANDY. Born near
Catawba, Lincoln county, North Carolina, April 4, 1879, George Bandy is
now a prosperous druggist and a promising young business man of Wilbur,
Washington. Both his parents, Robert H. and Amy E. (Beal) Bandy,
were born and reared among the same surroundings as himself. The
family consisted of five children, whose names, besides that of our subject,
are: Mary A., wife of A. F. Johnson, manager of the Hayden Lumber Company
of Govan, Washington; William G., Edward, and Robert E. The family
home is situated two miles west of Wilbur.
George Bandy came with his parents to Wilbur
in the spring of 1889. He at once entered the public school, from
which he was graduated in due course of time, and in September, 1899, he
entered the Washington Agricultural College, graduating in pharmacy in
1901. He was also at the same time registered by the state board
of pharmacy. He returned to his home town and entered the employ
of the proprietor of the Wilbur Pharmacy, and in 1903 he purchased the
store, since which time he has been its sole owner and manager. He
carries as complete a stock of such articles as are usually found in establishments
of this kind, as is carried by any drug store in the Big Bend, and by his
wide acquaintance, accommodating traits of character, and strict honesty
he has succeeded in building up a business of which he is justifiably proud.
As a secret society man, Mr. Bandy holds membership
in the B. P. O. E., of Spokane, the A. F. & A. M., of Wilbur, in which
order he has taken the master Mason degree, and in the Eastern Star.
He owns a valuable pressed brick building,
one of the handsomest structures of the town, in which his store is situated.
He is regarded by the entire community as being an honorable, industrious,
and capable young man.
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