I had a paper route. I delivered the Boston Herald-American, now known simply as the Boston Herald. In the late 60s and early 70s, they had merged with the old Record American, hence the name. Didn't make much money at it, but I cherished what I did earn. Had some great customers, and a few real Turkeys. I rode around on my old hi-riser-banana seat bike, and yeah, sometimes the weather did not cooperate.
They don't have paper boys around here anymore. Heck, very few people read newspapers at this point.
Heh, remember those ads in the back of "Boys Life" magazine, the ones that wanted you to sell a newspaper called "GRIT"? The ads always depicted
a smiling young male, wearing a GRIT newspaper bag, and grinning wildly as he held out a handful of cash. Wonder how many fell for that one?
The only thing I ever heard about the newspaper was that it was popular in the rural midwest.
Last edited by trackhub; 03-04-11 at 07:05 PM.