Apr 24
Mary Simon
Return deposit bottles to cornerstore Granada and Garfield
3 cents for smalls 5 cents for large
Mary was a sweet womand , her husband Joe was not social.
Mary had a collection of National Geographicd and Life magazines covering the late 30's and 40's Great education on th epopular hisotorey pf WWII
MAry died of Cancer. First real sense of losing a friend.
Mary made a living from winning contests.
1957 - 1960 +/-
Mary and Joe Simon
In about 1960 My Neighbor Joe Simon had one of those paper wasp nests on his front porch under the eve. A lot of kids used to torment Joe who was a lonely widower (to one of the nicest ladies I ever met) so one day as those tormenting kids were passing his house throwing stuff at Joe's place he hit that nest with his high pressure water hose from a distance it blew up and a cloud of wasps started stinging every thing is sight. Joe had retreated inside the house I guess to watch the kid show outside.
THe corner store owner was compassionate THey mad sandwiches the least epensive was 10 cents a slice of cheese french roll a few thin slices of salami.
I could often convince theowner to give me the small ends of Salami to chew on.
The corner store kept a credit book for most families in the neighborhood.the store owner got paid up on Saturdays since most paydays were Friday
I tried to mow lawns , just too tough for a reel mower and a little kid.
News paper boy News Call buliten ( was ther efor the merger Sunday examiner Chronicle and Folding of th eNews Call Bullitin. )
30+ afternoon customers and 140 +/- Sunday 4:00 AM the sunday news inserts were dropped off.
6 stacks of 25 papers. . It was a tough route since it was steep hills. I struggled but made it in time to get my extras down to Ocean ave to sell before the Drug store opened.
I made from $30-$60 / month depending on collections and Sunday extras. THis was decent money for a 10 -11 year old.
Playland and the toy store got a lot of my Money.
Slot cars Stingrays sicycles Skateboards were a new thing.
