George R Bates

Bottoms Rats Survivor: The Beginning George R Bates

This is a true story about the many times my guardian Angel has been by my side all though my life especially in dangerous times. I was kept calm and stayed alive because of his protective arms around me And in one incident that protective covered over 40 people that witnessed everything that happened that morning. Born September 4th 1938 in Omaha, Nebraska and after a divorce mom and
her 2 sons lived very poor. There was no help coming from the government
in any form of financial help, and also no financial help from our
father, (who had left our lives in those years) All support came from
the little money we two sons (below the age of 10) could earn and mom's
baking pies to sell. Plus that church that kept delivering some
groceries on our front steps when we was really in need of help. When
mom remarried it was to another man who worked very little and was also
very poor. My first real job under social security was in the 5th grade
sitting pins in the Ricketts, Iowa bowling alley. This was also my
younger brother's first job as a 3rd grader. Had to have a job all
through school years and graduated from high school and took the civil
service test for my future job with the post office.