I have had a lot of jobs. I sold donuts door to door and delivered newspaper while in grade school and Junior High School as it was then. But Glenn’s Custard was my first “real” job the summer I was 15 and the next summer at 16. It is still going well - with very good custard, under the ownership of Glenn’s grandson. I worked at a slot track at the same time for 50 cents an hour when I could get there 8 miles away by bike. I also sold lots of things, which brings up the Gulf building. I was in school downtown post HS and had at that point three jobs but that was not enough so the USPO started the ZIP Code process at that time. Unlike today where there are more zip codes than anyone can count they started with a few thousand and no one knew what they were. So enter the small ZIP Code directory. And I started selling them with .40 cents profit per book. One day I went into the Gulf building and came out with an order for 200. I was wealthy.
Yesterdays question: The other building by the way is the Koppers Tower, an Art Deco design with a copper roof that is now quite green.
