re: Huey's legendary deduct box never found

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So how were people supposed to pay their deductions? It's not like they could just pay online or from a credit card?

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So how were people supposed to pay their deductions? It's not like they could just pay online or from a credit card?

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My grandmother's 1st cousin was the Head Pharmacist (and only pharmacist until almost 1970 when she finally got some assistance) during the Long Admin. at a state charity hospital. She personally related to me and my dad how it all happened....

Every payday she received her paycheck from personnel. She then HAD to take the check to the cashier on the 2nd floor and cash it (I remember asking her, "why not just keep it all", her answer, "I like having my job".). Her next stop was the Hospital Administrator's office where she dropped her percentage in cash into a Dr.'s black bag on his desk (think Gunsmoke and the old doctor's kit). At precisely 5pm the Hospital Admin would board a train to Baton Rouge with the full black bag. Around midnight he would return with a brand new black bag. Every payday the same thing played out.

Keep in mind, this relative of mine was 1 of the 1st 3 women ever admitted to Tulane and graduated with a Pharmacy Degree in 1921.