MARRIAGE: Walter H. SNYDER to Grace FORTON, 1918, Blair County, PA

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SNYDER - FORTON.

  Corporal Walter H. Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Snyder of 1111 
Walnut street, Hollidaysburg, stationed at the aviation field at Mt. 
Clemens, Mich., was married on Oct. 5 to Miss Grace Forton, of that 
place, according to a message just received by the parents.  They will 
remain at Mt Clemens until the young soldier is transferred.  Corporal 
Snyder, a former Pennsy machinist in the Altoona shops, enlisted in the 
army seventeen months ago, selecting the aviation section.  He was sent 
to Mt. Clemens as a motor mechanic and attached to the Fortieth Air 
squadron.  While there he met Miss Forton and they soon became fast 
friends.  The young soldier is one of the best known residents of 
Hollidaysburg and has a host of friends in this vicinity.  Miss Forton, 
born in this country of French parents, is one of Mt. Clemens' most 
prominent young ladies and since American entered the world struggle, 
has been extremely active in war work and [it was] while on a mission 
of goodness among the boys in the Mt. Clemens camp that she became 
acquainted with Corporal Snyder.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Friday Morning, October 11, 1918