Independent Tribune from Concord, North Carolina • Page 5

KIDAY, SiniMMR 30, 1955 Your THE DAILY INDEPENDENT Kannapolit; Ntrth Carolina FIVE TAKING PAPERS OFF CONVEYOR Carter Harris Independ CARRIER GETS ent Circulation department, is shown taking the belt W. "Tubby" is carries the papers from the press room into cifculatiori'foom: The papers are immediate-. ly issued to the motor route men and carrier NewsDaoerbov Dav scheduled tie area: 'tfThnmet: thrrmcfhotit Newspaperboy Day scheduled konaay at me nviwi. caom, D0s to iiomes, tm-ougnoui as jj anding Barrier letter on the post men for The Daily jndep.endfejit are shown Awaiting 'taeir or the off the 'route men are the first to get thenapers and rush the edition to the rural areas throughout Cabarrus and Rowan The motor route, men are, left to right, Wayne Lear, J. C.

-Bost, Carter.E.:Hams/ThepailyIndeperid-.:,; CARRIER TOSSES NEWSPAPER The scene above is a typical one that occurs each afternoon as the "little merchants" of The Daily In; dependent go about'delivering newspapers to subscribers throughout the Kannapolis city area. The carriers cover an average of seven hours per week in delivering and collecting, (Staff Photo by Graham) WRITER TAKES TOUR WITH CARRIER Frankie Patterson, staff writer for The Daily Independent, is shown riding with carrier George Barrier Jr. in order to get first hand material of the day's operations for a newspaperboy. To get the best possible information, a bicycle was the transportation used. Barrier has a' route covering the first two blocks north on fedge, East and Rose avenues.

(Staff Photo by Graham) Capital City Two Carriers Attend Newspaper Day Frank Parnell and Jerry Griffin, accompanied by Assistant Circulation Manager Clyde Moose, will represent The Daily Independent at the seventh annual "North Carolina Newspaperboy Day" activities to be held in Raleigh today. iVTewspaperboys from throughout the state and their chaperons will meet the governor, other 'stale officials, attend a luncheon given in their honor and tour the capital city during the day, Headlining the activities will be a visit to the office of Governor Luther B. Hodges. The governor will personally welcome each- of the carriers to the capital city. The program for the day includes a tour of the capital, state building, state museum and the Hall of History.

After the various tours, the newspaperboys will go to the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel for a luncheon and hear short talks from many of the state officials. A tour of. the stale prison and State College is scheduled during the afternoon. WRITER TURNS CARRIER FOR BAY Finds Independent Carrier Boy Must Be Versatile Youngster By FRANKIE PATTERSON Independent Staff Writer Pastor Pays Tribute To Carriers carriers the -capable supervision. of 1 Manager on Spuds; to deliver 11,000 of' Daily eath day theV- doorsteps ail boxes 1 6ver Ja" wide The; pendent.

operation boys ridiog. rriptor bikes'-'tb" 1 drivih.g-'i.aut^mobile^ in sectipns 1 -Ttifi the- ciraflaiion" department newspaper it; Js up to carriers-" and- 'motor r' route; get- tbiouighoiit tlie "ar.e^'-vregardje'ss. the" -goal: of. thV circulation department-is, to. get.

the. the homes-'pf the. subscribers as soon. as possible, after tbe: edition off prompt residents. far and near Deceive "copies, at about the same "time as' the.local subscribers assured employment, of.

seven route agents who use automobiles: ppers: to and homes. minutes, after the paper has been priiiled, the. circulation department takes charge the operations. The motor- route men are. the out with their and this clears way for the -carrier boys method foe gain- is a from.1927.

when 11 the -streets of-Kahnapolis. At, that. time, figuring- ionr- per, pehdent'now' serves, readers-bJtp per "daily 1 -assistant 'manager, of the veteran. 'Clyde Moose, Hvhp "is in charge' 6f the city carriers. 'Carter'E.

Harris 'and Jim- serve' as district managers in the, htenLi'; A Wording inserters are 1 'Wayne Williams. Michael- Viola, also serves -as "miil Carriers the. which includes the, com- port immediately close' 1 of school. tbe Another big job for the circulation department is the ever constant work of. gaining more This is done through' It takes a -ood right arm a pair tri was tile nne of strong knowledge Geor usetl vto tnfr (The following is a quotation the newspaper plant.

jdoes his collecting atter rom a serrn on by Dr Paul R. Another amazing thing about the the paper route on Wednesday Hortin. famed St. Petersburg. 1 -J i trip was the line right arm that papers I can attest to this since I Thursday afternoons.

i minister, who is pastor vi CBS llu Kn0 Bage or- Being a relatively now church.j bookke-Dlnz servp nafi-onto the porches of his customers. iGeorge has not encountered many Independent carrier boy a paper failed to bit problems. Others, however, Wnen you see a news boy. Up jporch, and this was seldom. lijstiU recall the big progress.edition your hat.

Already he is one ol the for a short stop in 19oO and call it thejy business men of your George hustled to the yard to pick ibiggest headache a carrier conimim le not wor ki 0r day afternoon and zot a i i lhe paper and that i a as as delivery is con-)the newspaper; he's working for 1 SS TT.ia'X "'ite bin. im The Daily Independent. moments of rest came I face every day," remarked "is puling up the big He contracts for the bundle of papers, or delivers them one by one. makes -his collections, keeps books, suffers a loss if he or can't collect, pays the rt From the time my tour started 1 George would stop and deliver the; George, on a bicycle borrowed to people sitting on their hill on East Third street. That is another carrier until it ended.

There was always time a pretty rough grind." I certainly was amazed at the efficient a brief chat with each of agree with that because, to of the carrier who has just round-; customers. make matters rough, it comes at cd out his eighth as a news- Then, it was back to the bicycle i the end of the route, paperboy. an( tj, continuation of the jour! George is a typical Independent has a route that sends ney. 1 newspaperboy. The remaining car- lo ri him to the-houses on the first two; George hits the two-mile mariners throughout the Kannapolis Ame ca great blocks of North Ridge avenue, each day because of being forced area have the same problems and you beat him out of a North East avenue and North Rose to double back and forth over-the same task to perform each! it is the boy's nickel, and avenue and to the homes on East; most of his route due to the big-'day.

He was selected for the the newspaper's five cents First street. East Second streeE gest hazard for a newspaperboy-- bv a staff writer solely kept. Be gentle and East Third street. He i his area was the nearest to and generous with a boy. and Carrier Boys Important To Newspaper Newspaper boys form; an important part of The Daily; Independent team.

Subscribers may Know them better as carriers but, whatever the name, it's big business for the Little Merchants. Over a 'year's period the carriers have a combined income of 561,000. This provides the youngsters not only xvith spending money but also with an opportunity to invest in the future. The job isn't an easy one. Aside from bad weather and other routine problems, carrier boys deliver 84 pounds of to a subscriber every year, A Daily Independent carrier must be on the job seven days each week, since deliveries take place on six occasions with the other day usually aside for collections and the paying of bills at newspaper office.

On Sundays, the carriers begin their work at 6 a. m. and remain at the job until each subscriber on the route has been issued the paner. On an averaee route of 98 customers, a Daily Independent newspaper carrier delivers 8.232 pounds of papers during the course of a year. munity.

Katmapplis-Jn. To F6ur. from the Concord Citjr as far north, as Landis are:" Larry. i Larry Brothertoh; 1 "Alexan dcr, Jerry. Cannpn George Ronald -Smith Hess.

Robert Wliitlejv Barry: Bostian Jerry: rBe.am Jimmy Anderson, Snipes. Baym6rid 3 Hamm.ett. -Anderson, Ted Godfrey; Jimmy Shinn, my Matthews, Kenneth Alexander. 3 H. Wayne McClannon, Phil ip Nelson i Patten, Sloop, Bobby Watson, Buddy Aus tin, Maxie' Cheek, Dan Stillwell Clyde Stillwell, Johnny Krimmiag Ned Bivens, Thurlow Hunsucker Charles Clawson, Jimmy Trou man.

Jimmy Kidd, Danny'Little Danny-Bost, BiHy Self, a Stircwalt, Joe Eric McKnight, Larry Cline, Ervin Griffin, DonaM Ditliams, William Lear, Douglas Perry, Williams, Wayne Wagoner. Tony MiUsap, Tony Ervin, Jerry Griffin Jimmy Beaver. Clark Holt. Curren Sheeks, Daniel McClendon. John Long, Steve Collins, and Jimmy McCuliough, i i-mnTipv'-fnr -his colleffe 1 gf(t Jtiore -mone 5nn i education, other; havtStteir.Sights others are "draws- nearv, the will as- If Vll i -L h.e big Such items 0 television radio-record players -various articles of 'thousand -other of-the carriers practically all of their clothes school are dependent absoMely.oa-:.^:;^ thmeselv'es when comes, to -SU11 others bave as mediate goal the purchase of a new bicycle or motor order to give their, customers, more service, The carriers are called.

"Little, Merchants" but when it comes to purchasing various other articles or saymg a person can readily see that it is "big Wffl Honor Paper Boys A The Daily Independent Paperboys will be honored Carriers in nearhy towns are: ouan Landis Gerald a I Larry Weaver, Frank a i vst) 2trerbov Franklin Kelly. China Grove vaTaie Tnhn Tricr-n "Pimov RoairAT- i 1 Circulation a a I Bonds Combs, i offiv Blake and Junms Bost. i Shers of tte newspaper sta.ff News dealers include meeting. Brug Store. Kannapolis prize won the Stand.

McKinley's Richfield Scrv- Jt-oj ice and Scarborough's Curb Mar- Lr UEea Iriif all ir. VoTinanntic- IViJlianlC 1 TflCm ket. all in Kannapolis: Williams Candy i in Concord: Brown's Drug Store in i a Grove and The News Center in Mooresville. Motor route men 'and the -area they cover include: houses on covers a few Fourth street. The first amazing George's tour of his route came when steadily pumped the bicycle at a clip too fast for a per- East; The longest stop on George's newspaper plant route comes at w.

Cannon! There are 112 subscribers ss man and citizen he will be part of Junior High school when, he has route and is "gunning i iney cover inciuae. get only 25 cents. The wind blew! Wayne Children East 1 menu and hamburgers, with trimmings. The group will assemble the YMCA cabin at 5:30 p.m. Softball, football, horseshoe pitching.

dodgebalE and will be help determine the kind of busi-i pa cr around jnapolis, Texas and Bethel; Char- to go into the school building to deliver the paper. George estimates that It takes for il3. However, he must wait for a while on the new one because the only house he does not son not accustomed to riding a about seven hours each week to; cover at the present time is un bicycle. This pace was maintained complete his duties as a Daily In- throughout the almost two mile; dependent carrier. He delivers radius until we arrived back at'papers six days per week and then occupied.

This is the goal for every newspaperboy for The Daily Independent. "One of the newsboys in our church, recently lost his father. On the afternoon his Dad died, the boy delivered his papers just the same, A certain person on his route roughly accosted this faith, lad with, 'This week you will "Could Jesus have, been thinking of these young entrcpreneus when he exclaimed: "Whosoever shall cause one of these little ones to stumble, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hanged around his neck, and he were cast into the Mark 9:42. Ics Childers Enochville, Gilead, Mt. Mttchell Ktmer- Landis, Five Forks, Concord i Bostian School Section.

Ebe- Prospect, Camp Wesley, a nezer, Phamcls Church Section; J- Ridsc and West China Grove: Bost Childers EnochviUe, Fisher- William Lear town, Bethpage, OdelU Creek and Winecoff; James Moss Center Grove. Concord Lake Section, Girl Scout Camp Section, Landis, North China Grove, 1 Bostian Crossroads, Shuping Mills, Pine Organ Church Sec-y Uon; John Hill Mt..