Vern Mangold
1 post
Jul 21, 2014
10:32 AM
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It was a very lucrative gig while it lasted. I would ride the bus from home in Kettering to downtown Dayton to pick up the papers. I would make the mile long trek with my little red wagon to the GM car plant located at the corner of Woodman and Forrer. The factory guys were so hungry for information that I sold out my whole load in mere minutes at the amazing price of 50 cents a copy! I never again made anywhere that kind of money on my morning Journal Herald route!
I believe that the year was 1968 and I was twelve.
PS: The UAW boys at GM did not have any problem with the notion of buying an over-priced newspaper from a scab newsboy!
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luv my dayton
669 posts
Jul 21, 2014
3:12 PM
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Many kids were able to work at a young age and have a nice chunk of change in their pockets. Then the days came where it became harder to collect from those that you delivered faithfully to. Next came the impersonal carrier you never saw and you paid the newspaper directly. Just another part of the past that many have missed.
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hawks46
15 posts
Jul 21, 2014
4:29 PM
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The sad part about kids delivering the paper is the the neighborhood were so crime ridden they didnt want them out in the dark early mornings delivery them. I was an adult carrier in the mid 80's and the santa clara, niagra, norman ave neighborhood freaked me out at 4am
When I was devlivering back when i was 12 there was never the threat
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FreedomWriter
91 posts
Aug 12, 2014
3:33 PM
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I used to deliver the Dayton Journal Herald, the Dayton Daily News as well as the Kettering, Oakwood times, and always wondered why the kids quit delivering those papers.I worked those routes back when you bought your routes also. Its sad indeed!
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Doug68
208 posts
Aug 13, 2014
6:02 AM
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As a small child in the Shiloh community during the 1950s, "Normy" and "Alan" were our paperboys. We thought they were really cool with their neat DDN or JH saddlebags on their bikes and silvery coin changers on their belts. When a knock on the door by one of them was answered, they would simply say, "Collect." The cost each week was 45 cents for the JH and 62 cents for the DDN. Now not only are the paperboys gone, so are most of the metal corner dispensers.
While we're on the subject, does anyone remember former JH sportswriter Jim Zofkie and if so, where he is today. I know of a local sports organization exploring the possibility of putting him into it's hall of fame.
Last Edited by Doug68 on Aug 13, 2014 6:05 AM
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FreedomWriter
96 posts
Aug 14, 2014
7:24 AM
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Used to say Collect, and then pay your newspaper bill each and every week. Sometimes if I needed some money early in the week I would start collecting early then make up the difference by the paper bill due date each week. Save me a few times when I wanted to buy something.
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