Now everybody that takes the paper will know it!
Last night’s video: Be a Neighbor and You’ll Have a Neighbor – Aunt Arie 16.
Tipper
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I would loved to have Aunt Arie as a neighbor. She would have been sick of me visiting so much!
I wonder if that phrase came from the fact that most local newspapers use to put everythig everyone did in the newspaper (er go ‘local’ news). Some included a little national and world news but it was mostly who was getting married who visited who whose crops did what and who either went into or was released from the hospital. Back then women had all manner of groups and organizations that met in one another’s homes do discuss things and either eat a meal or have ‘tea’, there were weekly Bible studies in their homes the WMU, etc etc. Naturally all the small local schools had columns telling everything that had gone on or is going to go on in each school. At any rate that is just my humble opinion of where possibly the phrase came from, some of my family still uses it to this day but not as often.
I feel I should clarify that by “big” paper, I just meant it hasn’t been whittled down a few pages like so many of the smaller local papers I see. My parents live in a very small town, and many years ago a few small local communities that are next to each other joined together in contributing to the paper, even though most of the news is from my hometown. I think that has what has helped it thrive and stay robust and not peter out.
This is a perfect post as Aunt Arie said last night,” I’m a paper bug!” 🙂 I could relate to that. I love reading the local weekly paper from my hometown-it dates back all the way to 1873! There is a section in it called “The Good Old Days” with excerpts from different papers over the years. I like reading the old news the most. It’s still a big paper that does well. My parents are kind enough to give me their week-old news, as it’s $1 a paper. Not horrible, but it adds up. They’ve been longtime subscribers and rather than recycle their old editions, they give them to me! I never mind being a bit behind on the paper. I’ll usually get a stack of 3 or 4 at once after they have collected a few. I also loved to read the weekly local paper as a child and similar to what Drama said, helped young friends with paper routes in delivering the paper often. Special memories.
My little sister co-won an award in 6th grade with another student for highest grade point average for all 6 years of elementary school. It was a big deal! My sister was so low key that she did not tell my mom or dad about it. She missed the bus because our local paper took pictures at the ceremony. My mom sent me out to find her. I did find her lugging a trophy as tall as she was, walking down our country road toward home. The next day, there was a front page spread in our local paper with pictures of the other boy who won with his whole family and the widow of the teacher that the scholastic award was named after. Then the picture of my sister standing alone like a poor orphan with the widow. My parents, who cared so much about us and our education were mortified, to say the least!
The good old days of the daily newspaper or the weekly community news. Both were so enjoyable to take a few minutes to read through. Now everything is done ‘online.’ They call it ‘progress.’ I am not so sure about that. Now with all the ‘fake news’ one really doesn’t know what they are reading. The first ‘jobs’ my sons had were paper routes and they have good memories of doing that and of the folks they would meet when collection day came. They walked their lengthy routes at first until they earned enough money to buy themselves bicycles.
History is a thing of the past!
First of all I just want to say thank you for the many kind words as I read yesterday’s comments before coming here this morning. I can honestly feel and see what the power of these heartfelt prayers are doing for my family and me. On days that I mow, everyone gets “extra” prayers from me. Plus I do a lot of talking to those I’ve lost over the years. I’ve referred to my mower as my little church on wheels since moving here in 1993. It takes several hours(only 2 since I got my used zero turn a couple of years ago!!!!) for some reason as I’d start mowing and enjoying this peaceful, productive time, I’d start chatting with my people I’d lost and it felt so good. It then led to thoughts and prayers for those that I’d heard were in need. Now, after so many years I feel (like Tipper said, I know this isn’t real but it makes me smile thinking of the reactions I know they’d have if they were still with us or the little things I see that I’d like to take as a sign)when “they” see me head to the mower, they pull up a seat and wait for me to stop in and say “hey” before moving on to my prayers list♡ As I’ve said before, I’m not what I consider a religious person but I am a person of very strong faith. I feel that the loving power of prayers from the Acorns is a force to be reckoned with ♡ I had a beautiful rain overnight that landed on my freshly mowed lawn and my flourishing patch of veggies. I’m getting ready for a visit with my cousins today and as I prepare for my short trip(45 minutes to the capital of IL 🙂 ) I’ve got Little B, Papaw Tony, Corie, Barbara, Ed, Nancy and Norman strongly on my mind.
Many years ago when we first married, I read the community news that we had visited her folks one weekend and other exciting news about record size vegetables grown in the garden. Our paper is still local owned and enjoy it.
Yep, that’s the way it was in our small town Kentucky newspaper when I was growing up. One thing that I didn’t think was unusual then was columns from out-of-state correspondents. There were likely to be items from Muncie, IN and Sydney, OH and Cincinnati, OH from folks who had “gone north” to find work. A lot of families got shuffled all over the US during and after WWII.
I along with many others canceled our subscriptions to our area newspaper (Greenville News) a good many years ago , one reason being the cost and poor delivery service. I was curious and tried to look up the cost of a 7 day subscription. They offer many short term perks but the best I could tell it is around $60 a month for a 6 day no longer 7 day delivery subscription. There is also a $6 surcharge for special editions they print throughout the year and another $5 if not having the payment drafted each month from your bank account. The subscription does include digital access along with the printed paper. I may not be entirely correct about these cost. Many years ago the newspaper would be delivered in my rural area by the mailman (post office) each day not early in the morning by someone only delivering the newspaper.
Lucky often talks about his paper route when he was a young boy. He delivered the newspaper all around his Neighbourhood. He covered most of the streets around his house he grew up in. This is how he earned his money as a young boy. The Daily Times is still in business and so is The Mountain Press in SEVIERVILLE where I grew up. The pages are few and the price has really gone up to receive the paper. I can remember seeing my daddy lay the paper down in the floor and him bending over and reading it every day. He always kept the Bible beside his desk and the paper on the floor. I think modern technology has taken over and to me, it’s not a good thing. I still love holding my Bible in my hand and the books that I read. I like smelling the old pages I think modern technology has taken over and it is hard for publishers to stay in business because of phones and Internet and TV. It’s great to have these things, but I love to pick up my books and my Bible and read it for myself. Everybody have a blessed day.
Hi Tipper and Acorns. TY so much for your readings Tipper. I look Forward to all of your videos and blog posts. Our little weekly newspaper, The Tomahawk, ain’t what it used to be. Some news outfit bought it after the hometown folks that owned it died. No more “Shady Valley Goin’s On” cause Mrs. Bowling died too. The man that was the historian for the county died, so his articles won’t be there either. We hardly get news from the county and city government meetings. Since my BFF died, I don’t hear about anything going on in our community. She knew everybody’s business. It was all kind of like gossip anyway. I keep everyone here and up Wilson Holler in my prayers. TY for allowing me to pray for you. It brings me joy to go to our LORD to ask for HIS Grace, Mercy and Blessings for all of us. HE loves our prayers and praises. I love y’all.
I have heard people say similar things about making or being in the paper. I can remember a time before today’s technology when a newspaper was the main source of news and information for many. Now many of the local newspapers in my area have went out of business. I once enjoyed getting my newspaper each day and could help pay for it by the coupons that were in the Sunday edition, but now it is old news by the time it gets printed in the paper and I don’t know about having coupons but don’t see anyone using coupons in the grocery store like they once did.