NEWS: George A. POTTER Enters Training Camp, 1918, of Altoona, Blair County, PA

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GEORGE A. POTTER TO ENTER TRAINING CAMP
Well-Known Young Man Will Take an Artillery Course at Camp Taylor

  George A. Potter, one of the city's well known young men and residing at 
1506 Thirteenth avenue, will leave the city on Thursday to begin training for 
war service.  He has been accepted for the artillery training class to open 
at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., on September 1.
  Mr. Potter has been engaged in the realty business in the city and in 
addition has been interested in the development of the coal lands in this 
vicinity.  He applied to the war department a few weeks ago to take the 
course for officers in the artillery service and was accepted.  He bill be 
inducted into the service by Local board No. 1 and entrained for the training 
camp on Thursday.

Altoona Tribune, Monday, August 26, 1918, page 7