John Schumann, Jr; Santa's Sleigh Was A Helicopter, Vero Beach Press-Journal, December 25, 1958

 August 27, 2023

Daddy and I talked about this article a couple of weeks ago. The article mentions a man named "Perk," who Daddy said was in advertising. 

Bill Wodtke, the author the letter, owned the department store in Vero Beach. Daddy said that Mr. Wodtke was always kind to him. "He was the father of a lot of little Wodtkeys." Daddy and Kay Wodtke were in the same class, and she married his good friend, Eddie Trent, so they were all very close. 

Daddy said he was assigned to advertising without a whole lot of experience in it and that Bill Wodtke helped him in advertising. One day, Mr. Wodtke handed him a bunch of product descriptions and pictures and said, "Lay me out a full page ad," and that Mr. Wodtkey's confidence in him had meant a lot to him. 



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