Arthur Busch, does some storytelling by once again sharing an entertaining story about his Dixieland Subdivision of Flint, Michigan.  He recounts the fine art of collecting from his customers, avoiding grouchy dogs, eating too many cookies and much more.  He tells of the lessons he learned as a newsboy for the Flint Journal.  While technological change has nearly wiped out home delivery of newspapers.  But the lessons working class kids learned were important to their success later in life.  In an entertaining essay, Arthur learned to be nice to people who aren't always very nice.  He discussed the valuable lesson of being responsible everyday.  Arthur delivered newspapers during the tumultuous 1960's when news carriers were delivering the body counts from Vietnam, reports of riots and racial division, the moon landing and the Detroit Tigers winning the World Series in 1968.

In a factory town like Flint, Michigan the paper route was a ticket to learning about work and people.  In Arthur's case, he tells of learning how to deal with difficult people and how those skills and others helped him become a political leader serving his community.

In this episode and others before it, Arthur Busch explores his working class neighborhood, Dixieland subdivision located  in a GM company town. Listen in for a few laughs and some thoughtful storytelling about life in Flint during it's golden age.

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