[BC] DST for the rest of you

[James B. Potter]

That is indeed a classic!  In my hometown of Glenside, Pa, northwest of
Philly, one fire station sounded the noon whistle and the other one across
town sounded one at 5 PM.  There were no factories in town.  Nobody had an
explanation, it was just always that way.  When I moved away it seemed odd
there were no time whistles in town.

Regards/J

>The dependence upon the fire whistle at noon continued well into this
century. In 1967, Allegheny Ludlium made a new steel plant in Johnstown
Pennsylvania. For years, the townspeople set their clocks and watches
according to the blowing of the fire whistle in town at noon. After the new
steel plant started up, the townspeople started to complain that the clocks
were no longer correct. This problem was brought up in a town meeting. The
fire chief was asked how he determined to sound the noon siren. He explained