That’s a paraphrase of part of Psalms 90:12.
If you’ve
ever been charge of a payroll department, it could be your prayer!
Back before
auto-calculations and payroll computer programs, accountants and paycheck
figurers were forced to keep paper records.
Of course, in a world that ran on paper, there would have been an entire
section of industry dedicated to helping the hapless tracker-of-earnings.
Enter the
Two Weekly Time Book!
This
particular volume, according to a sticker inside the cover, came from Wesbanco,
an office supplier once located in downtown Oklahoma City. According to a Google search, this concern is
now part of Southwestern Office
Supplies.
Using this
handy-dandy Table of Wages, you could multiply how many hours an employee
worked, times a range of hourly wages from 25¢
to the lordly sum of $1.75 -- thus coming up with their pay.
That chart
was only the opener.
The rest of
the book was for recording the work of your employees. As indicated by the cover, a conscientious
employer would use one book for each two-week period (thus guaranteeing a market
for the supplier of these blank books).
Other than
the Wesbanco sticker, there’s no printer or publishing info anywhere in the
book. No dates either. I’m guessing that this book hails from the
1940s. Anybody a better guesser than
me? Do any of you know more? Let me know!
See you
next time.
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