"During the summer months while in college and while teaching in high school, I held several positions, none of which are particularly significant from an employment experience stand point, yet astronomically important from a writing perspective. They included serving as a cashier in the mutuals for the Beulah Park Jockey Club (Grove City, OH) during the racing season from 1936 through 1940; making ice cream for the Telling Belle Vernon Company; acting as a warehouseman at the Columbus General Depot; waiting table at Hennicks (OSU) and working as a painter on a bridge crew for the Ohio State Highway Department.
In September, 1940, I commenced teaching at the high school in
Grove City, Ohio. I taught history, civics and economics,
assisted with, and later coached the football team. In
November, 1942, I entered the military service, and was honorably
discharged in September, 1945. During this time I served as an
investigator in the Army Intelligence Section in Miami Beach,
Florida. My duties included interviewing foreign born military
personnel, establishing a counter subversive unit which included
personal investigation of potentially subversive civilian and
military personnel. I eventually was transferred to Wright
Field, Dayton, Ohio where I commenced supervising the supply unit
for the Post Utilities Office." If you have found these words
to be of intrigue and have a curious nature to as what occurred
after my honorable discharge, purchase my autobiography Torts and Dry Martinis
