Working in High School

Edwin also worked for National Laundry when he was still in high school.  His job was to clean out the washers, wash down the floor, and starch the railroad workers' uniforms.  When he was cleaning out the washers he would find surgical tools from the hospital.  He would clean out the drain when he was done and would usually find fifty cents or as much as two dollars.  That would be his spending money.

(1948 Edwin Perkins)