NEWS: Blair County Soldiers, May 14, 1918, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ TWENTY-FOUR BOYS SOON GO TO CAMP Seventy Young Men Will Be Sent to Camp Lee by District Board No. 2 Seventy young men will be sent to Camp Lee, Petersburg, Virginia, the latter part of this month, by District Board No. 2 of Blair county. Of this number twenty-four will be from Tyrone or the immediate vicinity. The list which follows is subject to slight changes: Spencer W. Jewett, Bellwood. Walter M. Miller, Bellwood. Philip Patrick, Tyrone. Avery M. Irvin, Bellwood. Walter F. Green, 101 Park Place, Juniata. Paul C. Ermine, Tyrone. John A. Shoop, 2904 Fifth avenue, Lakemont. Clarence J. Gority, Park Place, Juniata. Charles H. Love, 712 Logan avenue, Altoona. Budd H. Foust, Mt. Union, Pa. Porter R. Riley, 710 E. Harrison avenue, Altoona. Charles Schwarz, 1220 Harrison avenue, Altoona. James French, 300 Elm street, Lakemont. Chester T. Rose, 1627 Fourth avenue, Juniata. Ralph H. Hamilton, 619 Eighth avenue, Juniata. John W. Ross, 1462 Logan avenue, Tyrone. Charles W. Hoover, 513 Walton avenue, Altoona. Ira D. Confer, 1802 Pleasant Valley avenue, Altoona. John Angermier, Route 3, Altoona. Charles A. Garber, 728 Fourth avenue, Altoona. James E. Ross, 608 Seventh street, Juniata. James J. Flanagan, 922 Fifth avenue, Altoona. Percy I. Williams, Tyrone. William A. Davidson, Washington avenue, Tyrone. Charles W. VanScoyoc, Washington avenue, Tyrone. John W. Denisar, Wells Tannery, Pa. Milton Reicher, 161 Barclay street, Newark, N.J. Raymond B. McCoy, 104 Chestnut avenue, Altoona. John K. Livington, Tyrone. William T. McDonald, 945 Jefferson avenue, Tyrone. Joseph D. Diehl, General Delivery, Tyrone. Blair A. Davison, Tyrone. Arthur R. Rutledge, 1504 Sixth avenue, Juniata. George H. Murtiff, 2902 Sixth avenue, Altoona. John B. Keatley, Logan avenue, Tyrone. S. H. Glassco, Robison P.O., Bolivar, Pa. Willis R. Irvin, Tyrone. William C. Hammel, 201 First avenue, Lakemont. Frank Rusterholz, 212 Sixteenth avenue, Juniata. Robert E. Gutschall, R.D. 3, Altoona. William H. Young, 333 Logan avenue, Lakemont. David L. Bartlebaugh, 920 Third avenue, Juniata. Giambotti Carlo, 622 Second avenue, Juniata. Roy P. Mosel, Tyrone. David M. Langham, R.D. Lakemont, Altoona. Walter Hardy, Tyrone. Abe Solomon, Vintondale, Pa. Robert H. McNeal, Tyrone. Warren A. Burns, Bellwood. Edward G. Detwiler, 402 Eighth avenue, Juniata. Virgil C. LaPorte, Logan avenue, Tyrone. Samuel A. Bressler, Fifteenth street, Tyrone. Joseph M. Smith, Box 3, Tyrone. Howard G. Helley, 801 Boulevard, Juniata. David B. Rampling, R.D. 3, Altoona. Fred B. Burns, Bellwood. William Morgan, Tyrone. Homer A. Ale, 615 Fifth avenue, Juniata. Ralph W. Haupt, Fifteenth street, Tyrone. James C. Dixon, Tyrone. Harry T. Byrne, 524 Second avenue, Juniata. Ralph P. Noel, Tyrone. Charles E. Sharp, R.D. 1, Altoona. Benjamin H. Dollinger, Vandegrift, Pa. Clark G. Ginter, Columbia avenue, Tyrone. Wilbur J. Decker, 303 Harrison avenue, Altoona. Alternates Stephen C. Cooper, Box 252, Lilly, Pa. Albert Tartaglione, Tyrone. Albert J. Becker, jr., 2310 Sixteenth avenue, Altoona. Charles M. White, 1511 Sixth avenue, Juniata. William M. Aichelman, 1201 Second street, Juniata. John E. Gates, Thirty-fourth street and Beale avenue, Altoona. Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, May 14, 1918, page 7 LOUIS FEINBERG ENLISTS. Louis Feinberg, of Thirteenth avenue and Twenty-second street, will leave the city today for Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., to enter the service of the United States in the medical corps. He is a pharmacist and for some time was employed at the Sitnek pharmacy, Eleventh avenue and Thirteenth street. He was inducted into the service by local board No. 1 yesterday afternoon, having volunteered his services at Washington, D.C., a few days ago. Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, May 14, 1918, page 8 HOME GUARDSMEN DRILL Company M, Juniata and vicinity home guardsmen, met in the Juniata Young Men's Christian association rooms last evening for their first drill. Captain W. V. Wester lined the guardsmen up for an introduction to military movements and in a brief business session announced a few appointments of non-commissioned officers. They are W. E. Roy, first sergeant; John Sandin, sergeant; K. W. Karlson, first corporal; Earl Henderson, first musician; Nathan Shoemaker, second musician. First and second lieutenants will be elected by the company on the evening of Wednesday, May 22, and from that date the regular meetings and drills will occur on Wednesday evenings of each week, instead of Mondays, as was first planned. Many of the members have had previous experience in military drill and the company showed up well in footwork last night. The men are entering into the patriotic movement with enthusiasm and company M gives promise of rapidly shaping up for any emergency. The Home Defense rifle team had a tryout at the Y.M.C.A. to qualify for the team to shoot against the big "Y" team. They accepted a challenge. Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, May 14, 1918, page 8 JAMES VANZANDT LANDS. Altoona Sailor Boy Has Made Dozen Trips Across Atlantic. James VanZandt, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. VanZandt, of 1017 Eighteenth avenue, has landed once again in the gold old United States. He is back in Brooklyn, completing his twelfth trip across the Atlanta. Few sailor lads have seen more experience than VanZandt, but despite the narrow escapes and thrills he continues to love the sea. Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, May 14, 1918, page 10 JOINS ARMY ENGINEERS. George S. Brantlinger, of 1210 Sixteenth street, was accepted for the army engineers yesterday and forwarded to a training station. Sergeant Smith, of the local recruiting office, will leave for New York this week to take a test prior to being made a first lieutenant. Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, May 14, 1918, page 10 CARL AUKER, TWELFTH WARD BOY, IN FRANCE WITH ENGINEERS PRIVATE CARL AUKER [photo] Carl Auker, of 2809 Oak avenue, is one of the numerous Altoona boys who are now serving their country "somewhere in France." Some moths ago he became fired with the patriotism that has caused a thousand or more of the young men of the city to volunteer for service and he enlisted in the Thirty-fifth Engineers on December 11, 1917. A short time later he went to France with his command. Recent letters from the soldier boy include his praise for the army, that the boys are well fed and quartered and that they are doing a great work at their calling. Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, May 14, 1918, page 12 DR. WHITTAKER COMMISSIONED. Dr. Ralph Whittaker, of Williamsburg, one of the best known physicians in the county, has been commissioned as first lieutenant by the army service in the medical corps, according to announcements by Major General McCain. He is a graduate of Mercersburg academy and of the University of Pennsylvania, and prominent medical colleges. He will leave soon. Herbert R. Moffat, this city, has also been commissioned. Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, May 14, 1918, page 12