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Victor Kelley
Following a Pittsburgh Duquesne University 1957 degree (in English), Kelley, who was ripe for being drafted by the Military, accepted a job as a General News Reporter with a newspaper in the small ...view moreFollowing a Pittsburgh Duquesne University 1957 degree (in English), Kelley, who was ripe for being drafted by the Military, accepted a job as a General News Reporter with a newspaper in the small town of Somerset, Pennsylvania that doubled as a pit stop along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Duties included coverage of Civil and Criminal Court, Sheriff’s office, State Police station news, Church groups, Ladies’ social meetings, Hospital happenings, and some very mundane events around town, making sure to mention as many names in the articles as possible. It was even common for recipes to be printed on the morning newspaper donated by prominent local residents.
The 21year-old reporter soon learned to join a morning coffee klatch of old men that roosted at a large round table for hours at the town’s favorite restaurant, commenting on every event that had happened in the past day along with personal remarks usually comic in content. They covered just about every aspect that Kelley found newsworthy for the paper. Oftentimes there were problems selecting which stories to submit for publication (without attribution, of course.) The newspaper’s circulation increased noticeably, attributed by the Editor to the articles submitted by the reporter covering a beat that often included a humorous side to a story. Most of the articles submitted were short stories that easily fit on the front page of the newspaper and caught the eye of the public with fascinating headlines that often included a comic touch.view less