{"id":14248,"date":"2013-08-26T06:18:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T11:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=14248"},"modified":"2019-11-26T06:34:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:34:07","slug":"when-a-kid-needs-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/08\/26\/when-a-kid-needs-money\/","title":{"rendered":"When a Kid Needs Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"when-a-kid-needs-money\"<\/a>Sung to the tune of When a Man Loves a Woman?<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"when-a-kid-needs-money-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What is this remarkable commodity that young Mr. Roy is unloading so quickly and easily?<\/p>\n

\"xmas-packs-ad\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Christmas card packs, of course!<\/p>\n

This was an ad similar to the ads that were regularly featured in comic books aimed at young entrepreneurs looking to fill their piggy banks or to score some really nifty prizes. This particular ad came from something called Junior Scholastic<\/strong><\/em> which was a classroom time waster from the 1970s.<\/p>\n

\"10-23-1972\"<\/a>It was filled with news and civics types of stories where kids could read while the teacher stepped out for a cigarette. This particular issue is from October of 1972 and featured a cover story about kids in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sung to the tune of When a Man Loves a Woman?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,120],"tags":[595,590,2774,86,726,2776,2773,2772,2775,2040],"class_list":["post-14248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blast-from-the-past","category-curious-clutter","tag-595","tag-cards","tag-cash-or-prizes","tag-christmas","tag-comic-book","tag-crazy-eyes","tag-ireland","tag-junior-scholastic","tag-money","tag-scary"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-3HO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46848,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2026\/01\/08\/one-for-the-money\/","url_meta":{"origin":14248,"position":0},"title":"One for the Money","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"January 8, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"In honor of what would have been the King's 91st birthday, I'll be carrying my moolah in my Elvis change purse. 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