NEWS: Pennsy Veterans Retired as of June 1, 1918, Blair County, PA

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PENNSY VETERANS RETIRED.

Forty-One Placed On Pension Honor Roll.

  Forty-one employes of the lines constituting the Pennsylvania railroad system 
were retired from active service as of June 1, 1918, and placed on the "Roll of 
Honor."  Twenty of these employes had worked more than forty years each, and two 
had exceeded fifty years' service.  Included in the list were five firemen and 
assistant foremen, four conductors and four enginemen.  The Pennsylvania "Roll 
of Honor" now totals 5,070 names.
  Among the employes living in this district placed on the retired list were: 
Randolph Peale, foreman, (continued on page 9)

Pittsburg, 51 years 7 months' service; George A. Lewis, conductor, Wilkinsburg, 
49 years 10 months; Frederick C. Gerhardt, assistant foreman, Altoona, 47 years 
5 months; Benjamin S. Caum, machinist, Altoona, 43 years 9 months; Albert 
McCrea, conductor, Turtle Creek, 40 years 10 months; William N. Weight, 
conductor, Altoona, 39 years 9 months; Revilow N. Spohn, attendant Y.M.C.A., 
Pittsburgh, 34 years 2 months; William H. Douglas, tender repairman, Altoona, 23 
years 1 month; Michael McCaulley, helper, Altoona, 33 years 11 months; George M. 
Landis, stockman, Altoona, 30 years 11 months; John W. Blake, blacksmith, 
Altoona, 26 years 5 months; John W. Keys, passenger engineman, Beaver Falls, 49 
years 8 months; Edward F. Woodward, passenger conductor, Ben Avon, 48 years 7 
months; William Smith, boiler inspector, Freedom, 34 years 2 months.

Altoona Tribune, Wednesday morning, July 24, 1918, pages 5 and 9