A second son named Bill was born to Joe and Barbara McCart in January 1903. He went to the St. James School. Young Bill was never expected to be as responsible as the rest of the children. There always had been a lot of sibling rivalry. Bill and his sister Barb and Margie looked liked their father while brother Andrew and sister Mary resembled their mother.
Bill moved out of the McCart family home on Ensor Street as a teenager in the early 1920's. He got a job working as an automobile mechanic at Schafer's Garage on Eden Street and lived with the King family (the owners) in the back of the garage. He was considered a crackerjack of a mechanic on Dodge cars. His older sister Barbara tended to dote on him. Anytime that he needed new clothes or a suit she would take him to the department stores downtown and pick them out for him. Later in life he worked with his brother Andrew at the Kopper's piston ring manufacturing company. He rented a room from Mrs. Gately in Highlandtown.
He was drafted into the U. S. Army on September 12, 1942 at the age of 38 ½ due to the American involvement in World War II and the fact that he had no responsibilities to a wife or children. His rank was that of a Private who worked in what was then the Army Air Corps as a motor vehicle driver. He was authorized to wear the Asiatic Pacific Theatre Campaign Medal and served in India for nine months. He was then transferred to Enlisted Reserves to the Headquarters of the Third Service Command in Baltimore. He received an honorable discharge on November 4, 1944.
He lived with his sister Barbara and family for a time after returning home from war. In 1955, Bill found out that he had cancer of the larynx and had surgery to remove his voice box. It was difficult for hear him speak thereafter but he learned to whisper by touching his throat. He died on August 15, 1957 of cancer. His funeral was held at St. James Church and he was buried as a war veteran at Baltimore National Cemetery.
Bill moved out of the McCart family home on Ensor Street as a teenager in the early 1920's. He got a job working as an automobile mechanic at Schafer's Garage on Eden Street and lived with the King family (the owners) in the back of the garage. He was considered a crackerjack of a mechanic on Dodge cars. His older sister Barbara tended to dote on him. Anytime that he needed new clothes or a suit she would take him to the department stores downtown and pick them out for him. Later in life he worked with his brother Andrew at the Kopper's piston ring manufacturing company. He rented a room from Mrs. Gately in Highlandtown.
He was drafted into the U. S. Army on September 12, 1942 at the age of 38 ½ due to the American involvement in World War II and the fact that he had no responsibilities to a wife or children. His rank was that of a Private who worked in what was then the Army Air Corps as a motor vehicle driver. He was authorized to wear the Asiatic Pacific Theatre Campaign Medal and served in India for nine months. He was then transferred to Enlisted Reserves to the Headquarters of the Third Service Command in Baltimore. He received an honorable discharge on November 4, 1944.
He lived with his sister Barbara and family for a time after returning home from war. In 1955, Bill found out that he had cancer of the larynx and had surgery to remove his voice box. It was difficult for hear him speak thereafter but he learned to whisper by touching his throat. He died on August 15, 1957 of cancer. His funeral was held at St. James Church and he was buried as a war veteran at Baltimore National Cemetery.
A second son named Bill was born to Joe and Barbara McCart in January 1903. He went to the St. James School. Young Bill was never expected to be as responsible as the rest of the children. There always had been a lot of sibling rivalry. Bill and his sister Barb and Margie looked liked their father while brother Andrew and sister Mary resembled their mother.
Bill moved out of the McCart family home on Ensor Street as a teenager in the early 1920's. He got a job working as an automobile mechanic at Schafer's Garage on Eden Street and lived with the King family (the owners) in the back of the garage. He was considered a crackerjack of a mechanic on Dodge cars. His older sister Barbara tended to dote on him. Anytime that he needed new clothes or a suit she would take him to the department stores downtown and pick them out for him. Later in life he worked with his brother Andrew at the Kopper's piston ring manufacturing company. He rented a room from Mrs. Gately in Highlandtown.
He was drafted into the U. S. Army on September 12, 1942 at the age of 38 ½ due to the American involvement in World War II and the fact that he had no responsibilities to a wife or children. His rank was that of a Private who worked in what was then the Army Air Corps as a motor vehicle driver. He was authorized to wear the Asiatic Pacific Theatre Campaign Medal and served in India for nine months. He was then transferred to Enlisted Reserves to the Headquarters of the Third Service Command in Baltimore. He received an honorable discharge on November 4, 1944.
He lived with his sister Barbara and family for a time after returning home from war. In 1955, Bill found out that he had cancer of the larynx and had surgery to remove his voice box. It was difficult for hear him speak thereafter but he learned to whisper by touching his throat. He died on August 15, 1957 of cancer. His funeral was held at St. James Church and he was buried as a war veteran at Baltimore National Cemetery.
Bill moved out of the McCart family home on Ensor Street as a teenager in the early 1920's. He got a job working as an automobile mechanic at Schafer's Garage on Eden Street and lived with the King family (the owners) in the back of the garage. He was considered a crackerjack of a mechanic on Dodge cars. His older sister Barbara tended to dote on him. Anytime that he needed new clothes or a suit she would take him to the department stores downtown and pick them out for him. Later in life he worked with his brother Andrew at the Kopper's piston ring manufacturing company. He rented a room from Mrs. Gately in Highlandtown.
He was drafted into the U. S. Army on September 12, 1942 at the age of 38 ½ due to the American involvement in World War II and the fact that he had no responsibilities to a wife or children. His rank was that of a Private who worked in what was then the Army Air Corps as a motor vehicle driver. He was authorized to wear the Asiatic Pacific Theatre Campaign Medal and served in India for nine months. He was then transferred to Enlisted Reserves to the Headquarters of the Third Service Command in Baltimore. He received an honorable discharge on November 4, 1944.
He lived with his sister Barbara and family for a time after returning home from war. In 1955, Bill found out that he had cancer of the larynx and had surgery to remove his voice box. It was difficult for hear him speak thereafter but he learned to whisper by touching his throat. He died on August 15, 1957 of cancer. His funeral was held at St. James Church and he was buried as a war veteran at Baltimore National Cemetery.
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