Akron, Ohio Part 2 From Connecticut back to Akron, Ohio for me and the Beginning of being a Single Mother
Akron, Ohio Part 2
About five years after my parents returned from CT to OH, I ended up returning too, first to my parent’s home in Wadsworth, then my own apartments first in Wadsworth when I worked for Ohio Injector Valve. And then to Cuyahoga Falls, when I went to work for General Motors, Euclid Division. GM had just moved from Cleveland to Hudson, Ohio, which is where I worked.
At GM, I worked as a statistical typist in the General Accounting Department. Most of the month, I didn’t have a lot of typing work to do, so I would help the accountants with their manual record-keeping and also help in the Cashiers Office. But at month-end, my work began. Again, this was before the days of computers, but great background for my future career.
I had to prepare the monthly General Ledger statements. This was before computer reports. There were thirteen of them on huge preformatted sheets about 12 x 18” and they were done with five carbon copies. Yes, actual carbon paper between the sheets, which were thin onion skin. Erasing was tedious, so I had to not make mistakes. The “guys” would tip-toe around me because I was always so tense.
When I was done, the sheets had to be proofed by another person with a comptroller. A comptroller was a strange machine, where a whole number including the decimal would be input all at one time. I never did learn exactly how they worked, but when I got a nod from the operator, it meant the sheet was okay. No errors. Whew!! Done for another month.
And Then Off to California
After about four or five years at that job, I got a letter from an old friend from Connecticut. Sandy had gotten married about a year before, had a second child, and with her new husband had moved to California. She had been married before and lived with my husband and me for a short time with her first son, who was about the same age as my son. She and I worked together at Pitney Bowes when we were in CT.
And so, I planned and took my first cross-country trip to California.
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