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Show 4 SUNDAY HERALD"S!r ""if 5 pub 19 ?t r!?!fT?"tr?!T?r ' National Newspaper Week Oct. 6 Focuses Attention on Papers Rote 7-- !i -- sjsrisa; . VH ?,f fcmprj iv;?cfcr rI I ejBJ Mil I fill i ill WJKl Dili a :t ?ifl wtkt jNMN vS&y ' t, - ;. Jt4w -- iajt wfcrw-,5- 'i'"'w - i "T-;- r urn . ' : I r,Nj r : r I it J O ' LIKE OLD TIMES' Glen A. Gardner, left, Orem, certified public accountant and partner in Provo CPA firm, and his old friend, Dr. D. Creed Brimhall, Provo dentist, reminisce on the years they were newspaper carriers for the Herald. Both agree that the "little merchant plan" under which the carriers operate can be of great value in developing good business habits that carry over in adult life. -- Many Business Leaders Got Start as Herald Carriers JONES By WINIFRED newspaper is many things to many people. "A miracle," says Rob Consi-dins reporter. . . an institution ". decvloped by modern civilization to present thr news of the day, to foster commerce and industry, to inform and A e, world-famou- WRIST ACTION DOES IT Arthur L. Duckett, president of A. L. Duckett Sales and Service Company in Provo, who pot his first business experience as a carrier for The Daily Herald, demonstrates to Herald cameraman that he can still "toss a mean paper." Mr. Duckett says dependability is one of the most important things young men learn from being a newspaper carrier. -- ' 1 (lead public opinion, and to furnish that check upon government which constitution has ever been able to provide," according io the Chi- cago Tribune. "Consort; of kings . . . partner of capital . . . brother of toil . . . inspiration of the hopeless . . . champion of the oppressed . . . conscience of the criminal," says str y , j j Joseph H. Finn in more poetic style. The modern newspaper m aU these things and more and among its many attributes is that ct pro- viding a training school for to morrow's business and professional men. In recognition of National Newspaper week, which will be ob- - f(fW: s fir 1 Vv x I) " V - f n't y IT'S A FASCINATING BUSINESS Bailey A. Lindstrom, office man-ang- er of The Daily Herald who started his newspaper career as a carrier Press Unifax and worked up through the ranks, explains Herald-Unite- d wirephoto machine to son Robert. Following the pattern set by his father, Robert is now a Herald awier, getting in on the ground floor in preparation for a business career. ' x t ' , t, V J - ' ' is '" ' s ' i: ' V n"$ t i VM ..ii ' tl A. W. (Art) Adamson, president of Provo Plumbing and Hating Company, sits astride bieycle of son Jay, who is a Herald carrier. An old newspaper carrie-i-, himself, the senior Mr. Adamson swaps FATHER-SO- N TEAM ideas on the business of paper delivery and business techniques with his son. Salesmanship, integrity and initiative are some of the qualities a boy learns from being a carrier, says Mr, Adamson. (Herald staif photos by M. Grant served nationwide from Oc. 1 tm t this particular phase at The Dafky Herald's contribution to the is being enbasiced em this page. f Many of the leading citizen Provo and Utah County were one listed on the carrier staff which for many years has delivered promptly and efficiently the dally and Sunday newspaper to the door of residents throughout the county. "Representative of these men mi many varied professions and careers are Glen A. Gardner, partner in the firm of Gardner and Hawkins, accountants, and Dr. D. Creed Brimhall, dentist, who wera carriers together during their junior high and high school days. Mr. Gardner, remembering those days as a young business man says, "I recall very vividly the e periences that I enjoyed during the years as a Daily Herald earner, and particularly I am reminded of the- - times when the carriers' "little merchants" plan was first initialed by this newspaper . This put us carriers in business for ourselves. I still appreciate that early training I had in working for myself, and learning to control my own earnings and expenditures. "My earnings then were dependent on my own initiative and they still are today. I like it best that way. I hope my boys have the opportunity to be newspaper carriers under similar conditions. To Dr. Brimhall "learning to do what you don't want to do" is the most important lesson taught by a route. Learning to be responsible is one of the most important factors in getting on the right track to success, according to Dr. Brim hall. Learning to work, to be responsible to do what must be done when someone else Li relying on you this training, K. goes without saying, is of the utmost value, he emphasizes. Dependability is one the most important fundamentals that any young man can learn. To be dependable is an essential in the life of a newspaper carrier that is the principal lesson that A. L, Duckett, owner of A. L. Duckett Sales and Service, has retained from his days as a Daily Herald carrier. Mr. Duckett carried papers for four years beginning when in tibe sixth grade. Mr. Duckett aaid, Continuing, "The knportance ct delivering the dally newspaper to customer at approximately the aarot time each day tf the week Is legend in the industry, Any boy who SS to COST-mun- ity |