The family were members of Birmingham's Temple Emanu-El synagogue, whose founding president was businessman, poet, and humanitarian Samuel Ullman.
[1] Temerson finished school after the eighth grade, going to work at his father's dry goods store.
In 1914 Temerson was working as a "lawyer" (although he never graduated from the Chattanooga College of Law or passed the state bar exam).
[1] Returning to Birmingham after the war, he soon connected with his old synagogue's president's nephew, I. W. (Isaac Wise) Ullman (1873–1947), who was also in the distribution business.
Helnit published six issues of Green Hornet Comics, with the writing attributed to Fran Striker, starting in December 1940.
Pioneering female publisher, editor, and cartoonist Ray Herman started her career as an assistant to Temerson in 1943.