The Paper Route

The Paper Route

The brothers always had newspaper routes.  If they went out of town then the sisters would have to do the newspaper route for them.  They'd get up about 5 and we'd get home about 6:30 in time to go to school. If it was snowing, Craig would wake up Richard and Betsy to go with him.  Craig would
drive and Richard and Betsy would have to run them up to the front porch because they didn't have plastic bags for papers back then  When they'd get home they would be so cold they thought they would die.  Craig would pay them about a buck for their help.

Pets

Not Your Typical Pets

All the kids worked for dad.  Once we got to junior high we'd walk down to the store after school (about a mile and a half).  I was in charge of dusting and vacuuming and once in a while I could file.  We started at 25 cents an hour.  The older kids when they got to 16 got to start delivering furniture.  When Craig was out delivering furniture and when he'd drive out in the country he'd always come back with animals.  He'd bring home pigs, rabbits, homing pigeons.  My mom about flipped out.  She didn't let us keep the pigs.  We even killed the rabbits once and ate them for dinner.