I was born in Hollidaysburg, PA., on August 24, 1934,
the second son and third child of Pearl and William Wentz.
My older brother and sister were Melvin and Alma Wentz.
Alma was killed in an automobile accident in 1942, at which time I was a third grade student at the Gaysport Elementary School of Hollidaysburg.
During my eighth grade year (1947) at Hollidaysburg Junior High School, my parents moved back to the nearby area in which they were born and reared - a region known as Morrison's Cove.
Our home was in the Taylor Township area, outside the town of Roaring Spring, which had a population of about 2,500 at that time.
I finished eighth grade at the Taylor Township school and then attended four years of further education at Morrison Cove High School, located near Martinsburg, PA.
I graduated in 1952 and was hired immediately out of school as a cub reporter in the editorial department of the Altoona Mirror newspaper in Altoona, PA.
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