NEWS: Blair County Soldiers, August 20, 1918, Blair County, PA

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NEWS OF SERVICE MEN AT HOME AND ABROAD

Kenneth Redline Sends Mother Shoulder Straps Taken from German Soldier

  Mrs. E. J. Redline, of 2022 Fourth avenue, has received a pair of shoulder 
straps from her son, Kenneth, with Company G, First regiment engineers.  The 
straps are marked "C.P.R.S. 3," meaning Crown Prince Ruprecht's Third Royal 
Musketeers.  Kenneth has been on the front almost continuously since January.
  Corporal Ralph Hoyer, of 2020 Third avenue, and Privates E. Ralph Hepner, of 
2306 Fifth avenue, and Andrew A. Schreiber, of 2511 Third avenue, all attached 
to the Sixty-seventh company, coast artillery corps, left yesterday morning for 
Camp Upton, L.I., after spending a brief furlough with their respective parents 
in the city.
  Sellers Rollins, son of George V. Rollins, 1218 Seventh avenue, has arrived 
safely overseas.  He is a member of the Thirty-seventh Pennsylvania ordnance 
department company and underwent training at State college, Camp Hancock and Old 
Point Comfort, Va.
  Al Ashburn, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ashburn, of 214 East Fourth street, has 
arrived safely in France.  He is a member of the 262nd Aero squadron.  He has a 
brother, Charles, with Battery F, Seventy-fourth regiment at Fortress Monroe, 
Va.  Both boys were members of the Car Shop Baseball club.
  Paul Hicks, formerly employed at the McCrory five and ten cent store, now in 
the naval service of the U.S., recently visited his parents at 1404 Fourteenth 
avenue, on a several days' furlough.  He returned to his duties Sunday evening.
  Word received from A. Roy Isenberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Isenberg, of 
2525 Fourth avenue, with Company D, 109th infantry, states that he has been 
transferred to the intelligence service and is attached to headquarters of the 
First battalion.  The letter was dated July 11, just before the big drive about 
Chateau Thierry in which the Twenty-eighth division covered itself with glory.
  William Riley, of 121 Fifth avenue, Juniata, who enlisted in the navy at the 
training station at Newport, R.I., writes home that he is enjoying the bet of 
health and that he likes the service very well.
  Albert R. Hamilton, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hamilton, of 917 Sixth avenue, 
is spending a ten day furlough with his parents.  He enlisted as a private in 
the aero squadron, December 8, 1917, was sent from Altoona to Columbus, for 
training and from Columbus to Camp Grant, from Camp Grant to Texas and from 
Texas to Southern Americus, Georgia, where he is now stationed with the 501st 
aero construction squadron as a first class sergeant.  He is greatly pleased 
with the service and is in the best of health.  Before his enlistment he served 
his apprenticeship as a tinner in the Twelfth street shops, and was widely known 
by a large circle of friends who wish him success with the service in which he 
is now located.

Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, August 20, 1918, page 5

JOHN LEO ENGLISH, OF NINTH WAR, ARRIVES IN FRANCE

JOHN LEO ENGLISH [photo]

  John Leo English, of 2501 Maple avenue and a member of the 261st Aero 
squadron, has arrived in France.  Friends and relatives have been advised of his 
safe arrival overseas.  He enlisted in the service of Uncle Sam on December 8 
and previous to that time he was employed in No. 3 erecting shop of the Altoona 
machine shops.
  He received his training at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill., and later was sent to 
Bellville.  He has an Altoona boy for a comrade, Joseph Cauliflower.  He 
anticipates getting into active service at an early day.

Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, August 20, 1918, page 10

RHOSE THROWN UPON YANKS IN PARIS IS RECEIVED HERE

  A Parisian rose that once was pink and perfumed, and which with thousands of 
other fragrant French blooms gently smote the heads and shoulders of Yankee 
soldiers marching down the Avenue de Presidente Wilson, in the Fourth of July 
celebration, has arrived in the city.
  Private Paul W. Goetz, of the 105th Aero squadron, stationed near the French 
capital, participated in the Franco-American observance of the Yanks' national 
holiday last month, and picked up several of the roses as souvenirs.
  On of the flowers, now faded and dried but still bearing a faint trace of its 
once pungent aroma, was received by a friend of the soldier and is being viewed 
with much interest.  The rose was started on its American journey the day 
following the parade in Paris and was received last week.

Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, August 20, 1918, page  10