Word: boyertown
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thunderbolt has had a typical veteran U.S. air-force man's career. It varied from the norm only in details. In 1899-at the age of eight-redheaded Carl Spatz (later changed to Spaatz) was the youngest linotype operator in Pennsylvania. He operated the machine in the Boyertown, Pa. print shop where his Pennsylvania Dutch father and grandfather published the Berks County Democrat. Carl had a happier time playing the guitar, which Father Spatz taught him in the evening. Father Spatz, who became a state senator, got him an appointment to West Point, so off he went...