Newspaper carriers, in particular the paper boy, were the lifeblood of The Daily Progress from the end of World War II to the late 1980s. The job was also the first source of income for many of the citys teenage boys.

The Daily Progress was an afternoon publication and it rolled off the press just in time for these hearty young men to deliver their neighborhood route after school. On this date in 1976, The Daily Progress named Kevin Lee as its Bicentennial Newspaper Carrier of the Year.

Kevin is an example of our carriers who have learned the value of effort, outstanding service, and reliability. The young people who deliver your Daily Progress are busy with school, family, and sports as well as delivering and managing their newspaper business. Bad weather and unchained dogs are familiar and humorous elements of a newspaper carriers day. Record Keeping, economizing time, non-paying customers, and service errors are less publicized but more important parts of his route work, for it is these aspects which teach a carrier the foundations of business management and public relations.

Lee is shown with a likeness of Benjamin Franklin, believed to be Americas first newspaper carrier, for delivering newspapers in Boston when he was 12 years old.

The Daily Progress switched to a morning publication in April of 1990, effectively bringing an end to the era of the paper boy.

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'Paper boys' were the lifeblood of The Daily Progress - The Daily Progress