Wednesday, March 11, 2009

A bit of Koh-I-Noor Montblanc history 101

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  1. LindaMarch 11, 2009 at 7:38 PM

    Boy how many years did this plant in Bloomsbury keep our females employed. Well I should clarify that a bit. Russell Singer was the accountant in the office. I have one sweet story of Russell.
    Jerry and I had been married 3 months when he was called away for his six months active duty in the National Guard 1966. We had nothing, not even a home. We lived with my folks. So when I was notified they were changing our pay day I panicked. We had one valuable asset a brand new 1966 Fairlane 500 XL convertible. But with Jerry gone I was left to make the payments. His credit was so bad back then the salesman co-signed the loan for us. I had never established any kind of credit and the salesman Drew Rupell of Smith Motor Company in Washington new Jerry. He took a chance on us. Well anyway I said to Mr. Z my boss I don't know what to do. I was counting on my pay to make my car payment. I can't be late. He late approached me and told me to go see Mr. Singer. I guess he didn't know that I had known him all my life. But I never realized either that he was the bookkeeper for the compan either. I went up and talked to Russell. He reached in his pocket and handed me my pay. I didn't give it a lot of thought till I was quite a bit older when I realized it was not Koh-I-Noor money, but rather his own. I will never forget him for his generosity.

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  2. LindaMarch 11, 2009 at 7:40 PM

    Oh I forgot to mention. My mother had also had a job there. Not the best place for a woman to work, some of the men had roaming hands, but it was a paycheck. The problem with the men seemed to travel from generation to generation. ;( Too bad.

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