watch out for errors Mr. HLM

Dad had a very nice and clear handwriting. One day, he gets a letter from the editor at that time, HL Mencken (HL was always written that way) I think his name was Henry Louis. I shall look it up and he says to dad in a typewritten letter, "Mr. Sohmer, we no longer will accept handwritten letters due to the possibility of erros." Dad then proceeded to continue to hand write them with his trusty Schaefer ink pen and they kept on publishing them until the day before he passed on. Dad could not afford to buy a typewriter. Dad also had his own weekly or bi weekly column in the Baltimore Jewish Times very nice and clear handwriting. One day, he gets a letter from the editor at that time, HL Mencken (HL was always written that way) I think his name was Henry Louis. I shall look it up and he says to dad in a typewritten letter, "Mr. Sohmer, we no longer will accept handwritten letters due to the possibility of erros." Dad then proceeded to continue to hand write them with his trusty Schaefer ink pen and they kept on publishing them until the day before he passed on. Dad could not afford to buy a typewriter. Dad also had his own weekly or bi weekly column in the Baltimore Jewish Times and it was called Comments and Opinions by Joseph B.Sohmer..When Dad died, the Sunpapers called up because they wanted to write him up and they mentioned that he was a prolific writer.

Rest in peace HL and Dad rests in Peace too and both of you did not have the computers because it was not invented when newspapers were about to get them.

Erros or errors, you both were good guys.

Elita Sohmer Clayman Writer for Patch online newspapers and I am his daughter living now in Clifton, Virginia