Eric Hoffer to retire from writing and public life
Longshoreman turned author Eric Hoffer announces retirement at age 70. He plans to finish a volume titled First Things Last Things and may decline publishers who urged a compilation of his columns.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1970
Page
15
Longshoreman turned author Eric Hoffer announces retirement at age 70. He plans to finish a volume titled First Things Last Things and may decline publishers who urged a compilation of his columns.
The Middletown Senior Citizen Center hosts its monthly dance with the Chapman Trio at 7 p.m. on Thursday at 1905 Columbia Ave. Other activities include a chorus rehearsal Monday at 10 a.m., Women’s Discussion Group at 1 p.m., Needlework Group at 10 a.m., Service Circle and Dance Committee at 1 p.m., a 1:45 p.m. Wednesday meeting and 2 p.m. skit. Neil Gamertsfelder of the Social Security office speaks on Social Security and Medicare at 3 p.m. Thursday also features Sewing Group sessions and 1 p.m. dancing practice. bowling returns Friday at J & J Lanes at 1 p.m.
The United States Air Force Thunderbirds aerobatic team will perform at Miami University on June 20 during the alumni reunion weekend. The event was announced by Col. Robert J. Hullar, USAF, Miami's ROTC commanding officer, and Douglas M. Wilson, Miami alumni affairs director.
Mid dletown High School Band Associates will hold a meeting tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the Central Elementary School Cafeteria at First Avenue and Garfield Street. Peter Calmus, president, says a brief business meeting will precede a musical program.
Multiple obituaries list veterans and residents from Webster Groves Missouri and nearby Middletown Ohio. Names include Lance Cpl James E Burke and Paula Kay Carter along with John T., Jr., Charles Oscar Davis, William P. Gravett, Mary Hertel, Mabel Anna Lackey, Clarence Frank May, Orville Peyton, Alvin Schrock, Geraldine Short, Troy Edward Spencer, Flossie Stroud, and Joetta Zook. Services from McCoy Leffler Funeral Home and Woodside Cemetery interments noted with military honors and church rites.
Expressions of gratitude from the Fuller, Montgomery, and Wells families for support during illness and death. Acknowledgments name Herbert Fuller Harry Montgomery Stella Wells and their survivors, plus thanks to doctors, pallbearers, churches, and the McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
Five notices advertise discount offers for a Koscot party and gift reading services with phone numbers. A not responsible notice releases personal responsibility for debts contracted after February 21 1970 by Harlan Marshedl of Middletown Ohio, with address at 1716 Orchard Street.
Local tax service runs evenings with a three dollar minimum fee and no waiting. Open weekdays five to nine by appointment with contact at 4230459. Saturday and Sunday hours extend to nine.
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