It wasn't all bad
LaVerne and Beverly Maves of Edgerton, Wis., certainly know the meaning of dedication. LaVerne, 87, and Beverly, 82, have been handling the same newspaper route for 54 years, delivering the Wisconsin State Journal every single day—other than during a blizzard last year and LaVerne’s heart surgery in 1996. The couple began the pre-dawn route in 1953 to earn extra cash, with Beverly rolling and bagging the papers and LaVerne tossing them from the car. We didn’t think we’d do it very long— just to get over the hump, Beverly said. "Neither one of them can barely walk anymore," said one long-time customer, "but I’ll be danged if they don’t deliver that newspaper every morning."
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
Taking aim at Venezuela’s autocratFeature The Trump administration is ramping up military pressure on Nicolás Maduro. Is he a threat to the U.S.?
-
Comey indictment: Is the justice system broken?Feature U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan has indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges of lying and obstructing Congress
-
Government shuts down amid partisan deadlockFeature As Democrats and Republicans clash over health care and spending, the shutdown leaves 750,000 federal workers in limbo
