Saturday, June 22, 2013
We moved to Hopewell in the summer of 1960. My first job was delivering newspapers for the Hopewell News. Fred brought them every day to the Gulf gas station on City Point Road just down from the then High School. We rolled them and then bicycled around nearby neighborhoods.
He sponsored a trip to Va. Beach for anyone who got two new subscriptions. I got a couple and went with Fred and some other paperboys to the beach. We drove down on a Saturday morning, rented floats, rode waves all day, and drove back that evening. It was my first of many trips to Va. Beach. I still read the Hopewell News (on line, of course) and I still love riding the waves when I get the chance. Thanks, Fred, for introducing me to the beach. Rest in peace.
