M'GUIRE BOYS RISE IN SERVICE Joseph F. McGuire, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John G. McGuire, has arrived safely overseas, according to word received by his parents yesterday. He went from this city on Sept. 5 to Camp Greenleaf and was placed in the M.D. Replacement unit No. 66, A.O.R.D. The young man, while in the city, was employed by the Morgan Drug company, at the Twelfth avenue and Sixteenth street store. He is 22 years of age and married. Another son of the McGuires, Raymond, aged 24, has been commissioned a lieutenant in the ordinance corps, and detailed for service at Dover, Del. He entered the service Jan. 27, and was sent to State College. From there he was transferred to Rock Island and then to Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., at which place he received his commission. Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Saturday Morning, November 9, 1918 LIEUT. ROWAN THOUGHT KILLED It has been rumored in this city for some time that Lieutenant Charles R. Rowan, of Company G, 110th regiment, had been killed in action some time in October, but the truth of the rumor was never verified. According to a letter received yesterday by Master Mechanic W. H. Bennett, from Captain John R. Dunkle, former commander of Company G, Lieutenant Rowan was killed in action prior to October 18, the date on which the letter was written. Lieutenant Rowan was a veteran national guardsman and advanced from the rank of a private in Company G of the old Tenth regiment. He served as a second lieutenant on the Mexican border and was commissioned first lieutenant before the unit left for Camp Hancock last year. He was an inspector for the Pennsy and was a member of St. Mark's Catholic church. Despite the report of the death from Captain Dunkle, members of Lieutenant Rowan's family still hold out hopes that he is alive "over there." The family endeavored to quiet the rumors of the death early this week when a telegram was sent to Washington. An answer was received, stating that the officer was not reported as being absent from his post. Nothing has been heard from Washington, however, since Wednesday. Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Saturday Morning, November 16, 1918 Judy Banja Blair County PA USGenWeb Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/blair/