above 1937 ad - Harry J Hoffman was the sales representative for the International Correspondence school. He lived in Delmar and was also an accountant.
The International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pennsylvania (ICS) was founded in 1891 in the pages of Colliery Engineer and Metal Miner, a mining journal published in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. Due to an excessive amount of mining accidents, Thomas J. Foster, publisher of the journal, insisted that miners be educated in mine safety beyond what they learned from their apprenticeships. Therefore, the state of Pennsylvania passed the Mine Safety Act of 1885, requiring miners and inspectors to pass examinations on mine safety.] The test was exhaustive and the language was incredibly confusing, especially for miners who spoke little or no English.
ICS was learning by mail and today we have colleges going to learning by the internet.
Harry Hoffman lived at 207 East Jewell St in Delmar in 1971. He was married to Hazel Bair who died in 1971 the same year he died. Their children were Jack, Alvin, Jo-Ann and Isabel.
above Harry Hoffman
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