But, the Beaumont Enterprise and Journal would let 11 year o

But, the Beaumont Enterprise and Journal would let 11 year olds have paper routes. It worked out that they needed a carrier for route 100 which was about a mile from my house. The Enterprise was the morning paper and the Journal was the evening paper. A carrier had to deliver both.

My first job was as a paperboy. I had a route that included the morning Beaumont Enterprise and the afternoon Beaumont Journal. I think I had around 75 subscribers, some to the Enterprise, some to the Journal and some to both. Monthly subscription prices were $1.75 for one paper or $2.80 for both. Part of my job was to collect the payments – and it was a colossal pain, trying to find people home, waiting for them to write a check and so on.

The morning routine was to wake up about 4:30, and get dressed (warmly in winter), I rode my bike to the Pinecrest Dry Cleaners at the corner of Magnolia and Pinecrest. Mr. Daigle, the distributor, would show up there about 5 AM and give us our papers.