Hey, Larry, Remember "The Grit"??? I sold Grit, weekly. At my subscriptive height, I had 52 customers and won a pony named "Blackie". Well, not really. It was more like 47 customers and no pony. Originally based in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Grit is still available as a bi-monthly magazine but no longer in Williamsport. A comic strip named Henry featured a bald boy who never spoke. Grit was my Miricle Salve type of money maker starting at 10 cents an issue, 3 cents for the paperboy. Gary A. Johnson Chicken Thieves & Whatnot Lubbock, near Kelsey's Woods, TX Message: 7 Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 06:47:45 -0800 (PST) From: Larry Hamrick <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Opie's Newspaper Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hey, Mayberry friends. While watching "Opie's Newspaper" I thought about a paper from my younger days called "The Grit". It was a national newspaper sorta' like "USA Today" containing general interest stories and news that was usually several months old. It seems the paper's main objective was to lure kids like me to become neighborhood salesmen where you could win all sorts of goodies, toys and maybe even a pony! Sounds kinda' like the Miracle Salve business but I don't know if they ever blacklisted anyone. Does anyone else remember this? Opie's paper cost 3 cents but the student rate was a penny a piece. Larry in Lincolntn _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
