In March, former newsboy Russ Wetterstrom, 84, caught up with his old customer, 104-year-old Harry Miller, when Wetterstrom moved to Willow Glen Villa. Upon moving to the assisted-living facility, Wetterstrom quickly discovered that Miller had already lived there for 11 years.

The two men met in 1932, when Wetterstrom sold the San Jose Evening News for 3 cents a copy to downtown San Jose haberdasher Miller.

Wetterstrom remembers visiting Miller's shop almost daily from 1932 to 1934 to sell the evening paper. He says the pair formed a formal but cordial relationship.

In 1934, Wetterstrom left behind Miller and his newsboy post at the San Jose Evening News to work as a business messenger until 1942, when he answered the call to duty and was drafted. While in the military, Wetterstrom served in China, Burma and India and later enjoyed a more than 30-year career as a sales representative for Oral B.

Wetterstrom never thought he would run into Miller again, but after he arrived at Willow Glen Villa, all his fond newsboy memories instantly came flooding back. He still remembers the names of the businesses and residence owners that he sold the newspaper to. And he's kept and still treasures his No. 54 badge from his newsboy days.