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Subject: [NJHUNTER] More Tidbits of Hunterdon County Newspapers Part III 1945
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:34:04 -0800


More Tidbits of Hunterdon County Newspapers 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 Wester 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.

WHITEHOUSE REVIEW TUESDAY APRIL 24, 1945

Soldiers At Home - Flight Officer Alfred Garowski, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Stefan Gorawski, is home on a short furlough from Texas. Sgt. Henry
Alpaugh, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Gorawski is also home form O'Reily
General Hospital, Missouri. Flight Officer Gorawski was inducted on March
1, 1943 and Sgt. Alpaugh on January 29, 1943. It is the first time in tow
years that the soldiers have been reunited.

Mark 26th Anniversary - Postmaster and Mrs. Walter W. Lance were
entertained at dinner Thursday evening by their children, Miss Elizabeth J.
Lance, and Walter W. Lance Jr., at Brick House, Centerville, in honor of
26th anniversary of their wedding. The couple were married April 19, 1919
at the home of Mr. Lance's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William
C. Lance, Whitehouse Station. Mr. Lance has been postmaster at Whitehouse
Station for the past seven years. Mrs. Lance is the former Miss Sadie
Hoffman, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Hoffman of Cokesbury and the late
John C. Hoffman. Guests at the dinner party included Mrs. John C. Hoffman
and Miss Shirley Voorhees.

Completes Army Nurse Training At Texas - Second Lieut. Helen A. Craig,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Y. Craig of Oldwick, was one of the 450
nurses who were graduated recently from the Army Nurses Training Center at
Camp Swift, Texas. Lieut. Craig is a graduate of New Jersey College for
Women, New Brunswick, and is a graduate of the Columbia Medical Center of
the Presbyterian Hospital, New York. Lieut. Craig's first assignment is at
Brook General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. Last Sunday
Lieut. Craig was among the nurses who were guests for tea at the mansion of
Gov. Coke Stevenson in Austin, Texas.

Need Old Clothing - Everyone is asked to bring old clothing to the
Whitehouse Station Firehouse on Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28
between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. for the Used Clothing Collection which is being
made by the Whitehouse P.T.A. for relief of suffering in liberated countries.

Now In Mississippi After Return From Aleutions - Sgt. Philip Robinson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Robinson, Readington Road, is now stationed at Camp
Shelby, Miss., according to word received by his parents. He recently
concluded a 30 day furlough at his home here after being stationed in the
Aleutian Islands for one year. Sunday marked the fourth year of service of
Sgt. Robinson who enlisted April 22, 1941. When Pearl Harbor was attacked
in December of 1941, his battery was sent to safeguard the California coast.

PFC. Harry Sutton Jr. Liberated From Nazis - Pfc. Harry Sutton, a German
prisoner of war since December 20, 1944, was liberated by American soldiers
on April 5, from Camp Bad Ord, Germany, and is en route home, according to
a letter received Thursday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sutton Sr.,
Cokesbury. The letter stated that he was well and would write details
later when he was permanently situated. The missing soldier was with the
110th Infantry, 28th Division. He entered the Army October 13, 1943, and
had been overseas since last July. Before entering service he was employed
by the Taylor-Wharton Iron and Steel Company in High Bridge.

Hunterdon Surrogate Grants Estate Papers - The will of John Willard Ramsey
of Readington Township, who died January 7, 1945, admitted for probate by
Hunterdon County Surrogate J. Knox Felter, gives his entire estate to his
widow. Upon her death the estate is to go to three
children, Carrie/Garrie C. Ramsey, Lester J. Ramsey and J. Willard Ramsey
of Lebanon, who are named executors of the will.
The will of Andrew B. Rittenhouse of Lebanon, who died October 11, 1944,
gives a gold watch to a grandson, Andrew B. Rittenhouse. The rest of the
property is to go to five children of the deceased: George B. Rittenhouse
of Linden, Rufus B. Rittenhouse of Clifton, Nellie R. Sharp of Aubudon,
Jeannie Leigh of Clinton and Mallie P. Sharp of Morristown. George B.
Rittenhouse and Rufus B. Rittenhouse are named executors of the will.

Tendered Birthday Party - A birthday party was tendered Edwin M. Sutton of
North Branch Sunday at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Willard L. Pickell, Mountain Avenue, Lebanon. Guests were present
form Endicott, N.Y., Plainfield, Somerville, and North Branch, Annandale
and Lebanon.

Vroom's Dog Places Second At Trials - Vroom's Micky, owned and handled by
J. Robert Vroom of Oldwick, placed second in the 15 inch class at the
spring all-age beagle hound trials of the Long Range Gun Club, held April
15, on the public hunting grounds at Clinton. Brookgrove Flash, owned and
handled by J. T. Gordon of Red Bank, was first. About seventy dogs
completed in the trials. Silver loving cups awarded for the first place
hounds and ribbons to the other winners.

Scouts Will Collect Papers And Magazines - Whitehouse Boy Scout Troop 84
met Friday night at the Methodist Church. Meeting was called to order by
Richard Van Fleet. March was led by Lloyd Hoover. The beginning of the new
council was planned. The Scouts will collect papers and magazines on
Saturday afternoon. People placing paper at the curb are urged to tie them
securely.


Mark 50th Anniversary - Friday, April 20, marked the 50th anniversary of
the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Philhower of Oldwick. Before moving to
their home in Oldwick, the couple owned and operated a farm near
Bissell. Mrs. Philhower, who is not ill, is the former Miss Margaret
Hildebrant, daughter of Mrs. Mary A. Hildebrant of Oldwick, and the late
Edward Hildebrant. Mr. and Mrs. Philhower had two sons, both now
dead. Abraham died in France during World War I and their son Charles died
many years ago. Their only daughter is Mrs. Leroy Fleming of
Oldwick. They have three grandchildren, Miss Elinor Fleming, Leroy Fleming
Jr., and Robert Fleming.


Around Town

Mrs. John C. Hoffman has returned to her home in Cokesbury after a visit
with her son-in-law and daughter, Postmaster and Mrs. Walter W. Lance.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ewing of Stanton entertained at dinner Thursday evening
Mrs. John McCloughan and son Seaman third class William Schenck.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Orts and family of Flemington were Sunday guests of
Mr. Orts brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. William Edlinger, Main Street.
John H. Sylvester of Whithouse is in the Bound Brook Hospital with a broken
leg. Mr. Sylvester sustained the injury Friday while at work at Belle Meade.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Staub of "Brook Lane," Whitehouse R.D., entertained
their son-in-law, William G. Birmingham of Washington, D.C., over the weekend.
Mrs. John H. Yawger has returned to her home on Main Street after visiting
two weeks with her son and daughter -in-law Mr. and Mrs. Russell Yawger and
family in Paterson.
Mrs. L.H. Whitenack was visiting last Wednesday by her brother-in-law, the
Rev. Earl B. Williams of Port Allegany, Pa., and by her granddaughter, Miss
Phyllis Schmidt, Plainfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Liechte, who sold their property here a few months ago
and moved to Treadwell, N.Y., have returned to Whitehouse Station and are
residing on the Readington Road.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Berger and daughter, Patricia Ann and Master Roger
Hoover attended Saturday afternoon the performance of Barnum and Baily
Circus in Madison Square Garden, New York City.
Henry Galick, 80, of Whitehouse Station fell from a wagon Wednesday and
fractured his ribs and right ankle. Somerville Rescue Squad took him to
the Somerville Hospital, where he was admitted.
A dance will be held in the Whitehouse Station Firehouse on Friday evening,
May 18, under the auspices of the Whitehouse Grange. A cowboy band will
furnish the music, featuring "Cy and His Sod Busters".
Mrs. Lester Landon, who has been undergoing treatment for pneumonia and an
abscess on the lung, returned from Somerville Hospital on Friday. She will
have to return to the hospital weekly for X-ray pictures.
Louis Ekholm, Miss Cora Emmons, Main Street, and Mrs. Harry Lare of South
visited Monday in New Hope, PA., Mr. Ekholm is enjoying a week's vacation
from his position with Eastern Aircraft, Linden.
Mr. and Mrs. Linden Lambert, Pulaski Road, received word Sunday that their
daughter, Mrs. John Jordan, is in a Chicago hospital suffering from scarlet
fever. Mrs. Jordan and her eight month old son left here about a month ago
to live with her husband, Sgt. Jordan, who is stationed there. Mrs. Jordan
is the former Miss Elizabeth Lambert.

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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