I just finished watching the two episodes where Opie worked at the drugstore
and the grocery store. They sure brought back memories of how I got money
when I was a kid. I would be very interested in hearing how the rest of you
got money when you were a kid. Like Opie my friends and I would find pop
bottles and redeem them for two cents each. We would go to the town dump
and hunt around until we found some. Another source of money was cutting
out coupons in magazines for grocery items. Our small town grocer would
give us cash for the coupons. Of course back then there weren't many
coupons used and they were usually for very small amounts, but we could get
some extra dimes and quarters doing this. Then we also had Kool Aid stands
on hot summer days. Of course I tried selling numerous items like greeting
cards and flower seeds, but like Opie and his Miracle Salve, that usually
was a disaster. When I got a little older I sold the Sunday newspapers on
the steps of our drug store on fall days when the druggist and his wife
would go to Packer games. When I hit 13 I began my five year stint as a
pinsetter in our local bowling alley where we were paid ten cents a game and
we had to set two lanes at a time. I could actually earn as much as five or
six dollars a week doing this. However, my best source of money was a
parking lot outside the dance hall just down the street from where I lived.
There were wedding dances there just about every Saturday night so early
Sunday morning I would sneak out to the parking lot and walk up and down it
until I covered every square foot. It never failed that I would usually
find a few dollars in change each Sunday morning. I even found an
occasional dollar bill and one time had the great good fortune of finding a
ten dollar bill.
Now I would imagine many of you must have had some interesting and creative
ways to make money as a kid. It would be great reading all about them.
Ken Anderson
2906 May Street
Eau Claire WI 54701
715-839-8470
[email protected]
www.mayberryreflections.com
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