NEWS: Blair County Soldiers, August 12, 1918, Blair County, PA

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NEWS OF SERVICE MEN AT HOME AND ABROAD
Flying Cadet Byron Hutchson (sic) Has Thrilling Experience at Kelly Field

  Cadet Byron Hutchison, of the U. S. aviation branch, in a letter to his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hutchison, of 2600 Broad avenue, related a 
thrilling experience he encountered recently.  He was 4,200 feet above Kelly 
field when a sand storm struck that region and it was impossible to see the 
field.  He executed a 900-foot tail spin and came down safely.
  Mrs. H. Rea Selby, of 2600 Broad avenue, yesterday received a cable from 
her husband, Lieutenant Selby, dated Monce, France.  The message was 
particularly opportune, coming just when his parents were visiting her.
  John Parish, of 1615 Fifteenth street, according to a letter received by 
his brother, A. Parish, of the Altoona Overall company, has arrived safely in 
France and likes the country.  He is in the ordnance department and he stated 
that he expected to take up his permanent duties in the very near future.
  Sergeant Calvin H. Noel, formerly employed by the West Virginia Pulp & 
Paper company at Tyrone, has sent word to William F. Ajohn of his safe 
arrival overseas.  He is a member of the Seventh battery, light field 
artillery.  He was trained at Camp Jackson, S. C.
  Melvin Willis, aged 23 years and residing at 631 Eighth avenue, Juniata, is 
now stationed at East Boston and a member of the U. S. Meade.  He enlisted on 
August 2.  He is a former Pennsylvania railroad brakeman.  He was married on 
June 26, 1917 to Mill Ruth Mollie Settle, of 1716 Second avenue.
  Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Burkholder, of 1711 Tenth street, have received a letter 
from their son, Ray, who has arrived overseas on the U. S. Shawmut, a mine 
laying vessel just completed for service.  It was his first trip across the 
Atlantic.  A brother, Homer, is a member of the crew of the U. S. Minnesota.
  Edward Delaney, a corporal of Company A, 322th Machine Gun battalion, has 
reached France according to word received by friends in the city.  He was 
formerly employed in the Twelfth street shops.  Delaney has a brother, 
Charles A. Delaney, at Camp Merritt, with Company A, Seventh division motor 
supply train.
  Dan Carey, formerly desk sergeant at the police station, has written the 
officials at the police headquarters that he is now a member of the 408th 
squadron, bureau of airship production at Vancouver.  He like the work and 
the country and is enjoying good health.  He says that he desires to get 
overseas but is not certain as to his chances to make the trip.
  Charles E. Yokum, of Company D, 109th infantry, in a letter to his aunt, 
Mrs. S. R. Beswick, of 901 Eighth avenue, says that he expects to be back 
home by the end of the year.  His command is now in France.  He was trained 
at Camp Lee.
  Stanley Winter, a well known young man of the city and now in the United 
States naval service, spent the week end with his parents in the city.  He is 
located at Philadelphia.

Altoona Tribune, Monday morning, August 12, 1918, page 12