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Doc Helm

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Abstract

Eddie Winfred Helm was born on June 28, 1911, in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Growing up, he tried his hand at woodworking and for a time worked with his father at the Mt. Vernon Car Manufacturing Company. He also worked as an assistant at the local pharmacy as a young man. Times being tough in the 1930s, he observed that many people in his community could not afford their prescriptions, and he often took it upon himself to pay for those prescriptions out of his own wages. This is how Eddie Helm came to be known as “Doc” Helm. In 1934, Helm moved to Springfield to work as a janitor for the State of Illinois. He later transferred to the State Library, where he stacked books, filed documents, and later microfilmed documents.

How to Cite:

Popovitch, C., (2018) “Doc Helm”, MAC Newsletter 45(4), 14-16.