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Linda H shared this:

Not about collecting, particularly, and not of great value; but interesting to
me...the things you can find!

    When my mother died several years ago, there was an odd, old
    (and not in very good condition) jewelry box that had "odds
    and ends" but no real jewelry in it.  This was included
    among the few memories I could bring home in a suitcase.
    Going through the odd trinkets, I found a 25-year pin from
    St.  Louis Union Trust Company that must have belonged to my
    dad.  Adding up the years: he had received this pin some
    time before I turned 4 years old in 1951--we'd left IL just
    days after my birthday that year.  I'd known Dad had worked
    at St.  Louis Union Trust Company before we moved, and that
    he started as an "office boy"--in his early teens.  He'd
    have been 38 years old when we moved.  What a surprise to
    figure my dad had started working at 13 years old!  We'd
    heard the company had sent him to "AIB" [American Institute
    of Banking--a night school (the student paid for the classes
    and if the grades were good enough, the money was reimbursed
    by the employer)--that was still available in the mid '60s
    when I attended AIB for shorthand classes.] It would seem
    companies felt some responsibility to their employees and
    received some loyalty in return.  Times have certainly
    changed.

And added:

"A friend has (unfortunately, I don't have the details, but) a better story
about buying an empty purse at some sort of sale and later she put it out to
sell herself.  No one was interested, so she put the purse away and some time
later got it out again, this time finding a lump in the lining.  The lump
contained a piece of jewelry that sold for an impressive amount!"

Thanks Linda!

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