To Beatle Bailey . . .
Linotype operator?

Was a printer for about 20 years and among other things ran a Linotype. Finally was fast enough to 'hang the elevator' and even did stereotyping and making pigs for the lino.
A 4-year GI-Bill apprenticeship that got me the coveted ITU union card at twice the pay!
Yes, did have a paper route in the late 1940s for the long-ago defunct Detroit Times.