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Harry Reeves Loves
His Paper Boys
Harry Reeves, the man behind
the delivery of 45 to 50 million
copies of the Griffin Da 11 y
News, retired today after 25 ye
ars as the newspaper’s circula
tion manager.
Mr. Reeves joined the newspa
per staff in June, 1943, as its cir
culation manager. He held the
same position until his retire
ment.
During his 25 years w’ith the
Griffin Daily News, he saw the
circulation nearly triple.
**l believe the circulation was
about 3,500 when I joined the st
aff,” Mr. Reeves said.
The Griffin Daily News circula
tion is well over 9,000 now, or
nearly triple what it was 25 ye
ars ago.
”I’ve seen a lot of young car
rier boys come and go,” Harry
recalled.
He estimated that some 2,000
carriers had delivered the news
paper during his 25 years of ser
vlc.
MAGAZINE
Griffin, Go., 30223, Sat. and Sun., Oct. 26-27, 1968
(Griffin Daily News Staff Photo)
Harry Reeves at his familiar desk in the Griffin Daily News.
25 Years As Circulation Manager
“Most of the carriers were yo
ung boys, usually 12 to 15-years
old.
“Generally they were dedica
ted young boys. Only a few cau
sed trouble,” Harry said.
Harry and his hundreds of pa
per carriers had a mutual admi
ration.
They respected and admired
him and he, in return, respected
and admired them.
Harry became something of an
institution to them.
“Where’s Harry?”
Employes of the Griffin Dally
News have heard that question
thousands of times.
Usually it Is asked by a boy in
his early teens. Not always,
though.
It’s not uncommon for a sold
ier, sailor, marine or a young
business executive to ask it.
What they were asking in two
words was: “Where is Harry
Reeves, and may I speak to
him?”
GRIFFIN
NEWS
Harry’s paperboys, and some
times, papergirls, just shorten
the question.
Ex-paper carriers continuously
come by the News office to see
Harry, and thank him for help
ing them out when they were
youngsters.
Many boys, who were consid
ering dropping out of school,
have been talked into continuing
their education by the Griffin
Daily News circulation mana
ger.
Some of his former carriers
are now doctors, school teachers
and young businessmen.
“I’ve lost track of a lot of
them,” Mr. Reeves said today.
“I know one is a dentist, sev
eral are school teachers, and
one just recently received a
good advancment by the Geor
gia Power Co.
“Some boys who carried pap
ers for me years ago are now
fathers of paper carriers,” Mr.
Reeves said.
Recently a GI, serving in Viet
nam, sent Mr. Reeves $lO to
buy his wife a dozen red roses
for her anniversary. The soldier
wanted the roses to be a surpr
ise.
Mr. Reeves handled the mat
ter and when the GI returned to
Griffin he came to the News
office and thanked his former
boss for the favor.
Mr. Reeves’ patience with
youngsters always amazed other
employes.
As one employe said: “It tak
es a special kind of person to be
a circulation manager. Harry
was one of the very few who had
the patience to handle the job.”
Mr. Reeves Is an avid fisher
man and that’s one of the things
he hopes to enjoy more during
his retirement.
The native of Coweta County,
but resident of Griffin since 1903,
will be missed by his fellow em
ployes but not as much as by
the paper carriers.