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Subject: [NJHUNTER] More Tidbits of Hunterdon County Tidbits Part III 1945
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 09:21:20 -0800


More Tidbits of Hunterdon County Newpapers Part III 1945

Whitehouse Review, Whitehouse Station, N.J.Tuesday, April 17, 1945. Pg. 1


Nazi Flag Caputred in Germany, Sent Home By Pfc. John Shikoluk - Pfc. John
Shikoluk Jr., son of Mr.and Mrs. John Shikoluk of Kline Boulevard,
Whitehouse Station, an anti-tank gunner attached to 29th Division
Headquarters with the 29th Infantry Division on the Western Front, recently
sent a large Nazi flag to the Hunterdon County Chapter American
Legion. Shikoluk picked up the flag in Munchen Gladbach, then the largest
city to have fallen to Allied soldiers, on March 1. He mailed it to
Commander Parker. A graduate of Flemington High School, lass of 1937,
Shikoluk went overseas with the 29th in October, 1942. He was married in
Salisabury, England two years ago. Shikoluk has served newspaper
correspondents in Germany as Russian interpreter when they interviewed
Russian laborers liberated by our troops. He was also lightweight champion
of the 29th Division boxing team, which won top E.T. O. honors. John
landed on the Normandy beaches, D-Day and wears the E.T.O. ribbon with
three stars, denoting participation in the Normandy, Brittany and German
campaigns.

Hunterdon Hills F.F.W. Installs New Officers - Officers of Hunterdon Hills
Post 1553, Veterans of Foreign Wars, were installed by Henry Baumgart,
chief of staff of the 11th district, Tuesday night in the Annandale
School. Officers are: Post Commander, Joseph R. Potter; senior vice
commander, Joseph Weitzel; junior vice commander, George R. Lawrence;
quartermaster, Clarence H. Hale; chaplain, Henry Hornung; judge advocate
Carl E. Gardner; surgeon, Dr. Alexander B. Timms; trustee for three years,
Carroll M. Allen, trustee for two years, Ralph Landis; trustee for one
year, Theodore Pickell. Also adjutant, Clarence H. Hale; officer of the
day, Henry F. Baumgart; post historian; John P. Ryan; quartermaster
sergeant, Joseph Weitzel; patriotic instructor, George Geschwind; publicity
service officer, Gerald P. Hanford; guard, John Riley; unemployment
officer, Floyd R. Hoffman, sentinel, Theodore Pickell; color bearer Emil
Unorski/Uporski; color guard, Floyd Potter.

Completes Course - John Allyn Conover, seaman first class, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Russell Conover of Oldwick, was recently graduated from the
parachute Riggers School at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station upon completion
of the three months special training courses. The graduating class
included both sailors and marines. Rigger trainees learn to pack and
repair all types of Naval Parachutes and are assigned to duty after
completing training. A jump from a Navy blimp with a parachute packed
personally by each trainee is one of the graduation prerequisites. Seaman
Conover enlisted in the U. S. Navy April 20, 1944

Visits at Whitehouse - Mrs. Fred Dempsey of Middletown, Conn., formerly of
this place, visited Sunday wither her mother-in-law, Mrs. Louise Dempsey
and other friends in town, Mrs. Dempsey is now manager of one of the
largest Nugent clothing Stores.

John B. Pickell Marks 50 Years With One Firm - John B. Pickell has
completed fifty years of service with the Nevius store in Flemington, J.
Howard Nevius, President of the Nevius Bros. Inc., presented Mr. Pickell
with an anniversary gift in appreciation of his long and faithful
service. Mr. Pickell is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adam Pickell of
Whitehouse and a brother of Mrs. John J. Park. Mr. Pickell went to the
Nevius store as a clerk in 1895 at the age of 16 years and for the past 21
years ahs been manager of the store. Mr. Pickell attended Miss Kennedy's
private school and worked after school in the J.H. Davis store in
Whitehouse Station. In 1903 he married Miss Estella Dankel, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Dankel of Whitehouse Station.

Former Resident Dies - Mrs. LeRoy Mitchell died at her home in Elizabeth on
April 6 and interment was in Grace memorial park in Elizabeth. Mrs.
Mitchell was the former Miss Jennie Alpaugh and resided in Whitehouse
Station about 25 years ago. She is survived by three sons and two daughters.

Former Whitehouse Boy Is Honored In Virginia - George Reading Cited AS
Outstanding Citizen - George W. Reading 36 years old, born at Whitehouse
Station, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reading, was honored at
Winchester, Virginia recently as the City's outstanding young man during
1944. Mr. Reading, and assistant chemist of the Virginia Woolen Company of
Winchester, was presented the Distinguished Service Award at a Founder's
Days banquet of the Winchester Board of Trade. Dr. Raymond H. Kerlin,
chairman at the banquet said, "Mr. Reading's character was beyond reproach
and his ability the envy of all who knew him best." In tribute to Mr.
Reading, Mr. Kerlin submitted his record of approximately 1,118 hours
service with the Red Cross is worthy of the honor which was bestowed. Mr.
Reading has taught 21 classes in Water Safety involving approximately 246
hours and attended by 404 people. He has taught 45 First Aid classes
representing 860 hours and attended by 379. This does not include many
classes with wich he assisted. He has also concluded three accident
prevention classes. In submitting a list of activities performed for the
Winchester Frederick County Chapter of the American Red Cross, Mrs. Susan
Kabler, executive secretary, stated: "Mr. Reading has given some of his
most valuable personal time to the promotion of this work and it is
impossible for the chapter to really estimate the value of the service he
has rendered. He has done so with a continuous smile and willingness at
all times. It would be impossible to state the number of hours actually
devoted to the work even though hour credit is given to each class. Mr.
Reading spent many hours outside of the class work in preparation and
promotional work. He served as chairman of first Aid, Water Safety and
Accident Prevention for the year 1944. In 1943 Mr. Reading was awarded
both a certificate of appreciation and a five year volunteer service medal
for his time, energy and service rendered the community in First Aid and
Water Safety." Mr. Reading is a graduate of Whitehouse Consolidated School
and Somerville High School. He attended Penn State College, New York
University and Rutgers University at New Brunswick, where he majored in
advanced chemistry. He married Miss Gaynel Triplatt of Winchester and left
here in 1930, shortly after the wedding. The couple has resided there
since that time.

Recovering From Wounds Received On Iwo Jima - Pfc. William Burns Jr., U.S.
Marine Corps, injured in the fighting on Iwo Jima on February 20, has been
returned to the United States from a Naval Hospital in the Pacific. He
arrived in San Francisco April 9 and was sent from a hospital there to the
Naval Hospital at Portsmouth, Va. He sustained wounds and broken bones in
his right hand and left foot. It was expected that as soon as he has
recovered sufficiently to enable him to travel, he will be sent home on a
furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. William Burns, Whitehouse Station.

Sgt. Geroge P. Young Jr. Ends Leave At Lebanon - Sgt. George P. Young Jr.,
a member of the 14th Air Force, known as the Flying Tigers, has ended a 21
day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Young at Hillside
Farms, Lebanon, and has reported at Atlantic City. He will complete five
years of service on August 6. Sgt. Young enlisted and was with the U.S.
Cavalry at Fort Bliss, Tex., and later was transferred to March Field,
Calif., and to Chanute Field, Illinois. He was sent to Iceland where he
served eight months, returning to the United States in April, 1943, when he
was transferred to the Arms Air Force. Before being sent to China in
August, 1944, Sgt. Young was graduated from a gunnery school at Fort Myers,
Fla. He observed his 32nd birthday on March 7. Sergeant young was
graduated from High Bridge High School in 1931 and is also a graduate of
Mt. Herman School, Mt. Herman, N.Y. and attended Syracuse, N.Y., University.







Marietta Pickell

"Oh beautiful for heros proved in liberating strife, who more than self
their country loved, and mercy more than life. America, Sweet America, may
God thy gold refine, til all success be noblest and every gain divine"

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