Military News - 1941
George Vitzthum, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George Vitzthum received word Friday that the son George Jr. had passed physical examinations at Des
Moines and been inducted into the army. He left Algona Wednesday with 24 other draftees. All were to be sent
to other camps in a few days. George had been employed on the Armour Lemkee farm near Irvington.
Michael William Matern
Among men lately sent to an armored force replacement training center at Fort Knox, Ky., was Michael William Matern,
son of Auctioneer and Mrs. L. A. Matern, Algona. The young man is a 1935 graduate of St. Cecelia's academy, Algona,
and since graduation had been in soil conservation employment in five or six states.
Richard Youngwirth
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Youngwirth, reported to Des Moines Tuesday for physical for induction into the army.
Richard and his wife, the former Ardella Hauptman, live at Corwith.
Lawrence Youngwirth was inducted several weeks ago, and is still at Fort Leavenworth, Kans.
Louis Simpson
Following a furlough recently spent with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carson Simpson, 2 ½ miles northeast of
Wesley, Private First Class Louis Simpson returned to Camp Bowie, Texas, where he has been stationed the past 18
months. He has recently been promoted to corporal technician and is now a radio operator. Louis enlisted in the
army March 22, 1921, out of Des Moines. ( Maybe March 22, 1941?)
Otto Wolf
Julius Matern,
Francis Hanig
Ray Schlenzig
Were among prospective army inductees who left Algona Tuesday night.
Frank Matern
Frank Matern, who had worked on a ranch near Cheyenne, Wyo. Came home last week. He went to Des Moines and enlisted
in the navy.
Wesley Family Sends Sons to Army and Navy
The service record of the Frank Wolf family, Wesley, is one that few families in the county can equal.
In the first World war two sons enlisted in the navy. Cornelius, who served on the Arizona off the New York coast
died of the flu in the fall of 1918. Julius, who was also in the navy, served many months overseas and came through
unharmed.
Last year (1941), in March, the son Harold enlisted in the army, and he has been at Camp Bowie, Tex., ever since.
His brother Leander enlisted in the navy, and is now somewhere on the Pacific Ocean,
The sons "Lou" and Otto, who have been on the farm with their father registered this spring and Henry,
Adam, and Julius will do so in the next registration.
Henry and his family live at Corwith; Julius unmarried, manages a large stock farm at Mahnomen, Minn.; and Adam,
who has a wife and one child, also manages a stock farm near Mahnomen.
Mr. Wolf has three daughters: Esther, who is Mrs. William Meyer, St. Benedict; Laura, who is Mrs. Urban Hammerding,
of Kimball, Minn; and Hertula, who is Mrs. Clare Wingert, Wesley. Mrs. Wolf died in 1932.
Wesley Church has 37 in the Army and Navy
A list of service men from St. Joseph's parish here has been prepared by the Rev. L. N. Klein, pastor, and hung
on a wall at the church. There are 37 up to the present time and they are:
Andrew Cosgrove, navy, 1928
Vernon M. Wingert, navy, 1935
Lawrence Goetz, army, 1941 died April 7, 1942
Lawrence Neuroth, army, 1941
Harold Wolf, army, 1941
Dennis Lickteig, army, 1941
Edward Lickteig, army, 1941
Ray Erdman, army, 1942
Cletus Stalzer, army, 1942
Mark Studer, air corp, 1942
Richard Lawson, army, 1942
John Cosgrove, army, 1942
Edward Froelich, air corps, 1929
Joseph Lorenz, navy, 1937
Matthias Hildman, army, 1941
Zeno Neuroth, army, 1941
Donald Cosgrove, army, 1941
George Vitzthum, army, 1941
LeRoy Ricke, army, 1941
Urban Richter, army, 1941
John Weig, army, 1942
Russell Lawson, army, 1942
Rudolph Hauptman, army, 1942
Merle Loebig, army, 1942
Paul Garman, army, 1942
John Froelich, army, 1939
Gordon Loebig, army, 1940
Donovan Lickteig, army, 1941
Irwin Hildman, army, 1941
Ambrose Youngwirth, army, 1941
Fay Ward, navy, 1941
Leander Wolf, army, 1941 (navy)
Bernard Hauptman, army, 1942
Harold Breen, army, 1942
Frank Matern, navy, 1942
Charles Gollner, army, 1942
Clair Hildman, army, 1942
George Kunkel
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kunkel have received word from their son George, who wrote that he is in Australia. This was
the first word since early in April. He wrote three pages, and none of it was censored. He was glad the boys
can talk there with natives who speak English.
Albert Grandjennett
Mr. and Mrs. John Grandjennett have heard from their son Albert, who is in the Hawaiian Islands.
John A Penton
Now serving with the U.S. Navy is John A. Penton, 21, son of Mrs. Mary Penton, St. Benedict. Ia., who was received
at the U. S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, Illinois and is undergoing recruit training. The new recruit
will be given a series of aptitude tests to determine whether he will be sent for further instruction at one of
the navy's many service schools, or assigned for duty at sea.
Eugene Huber
Eugene Huber of Algona, a former Wesley resident, has enlisted in the navy. He served as a seaman in the first
World War, Mrs. Huber is a daughter, Helen, of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Froehlich.
Lawrence Youngwirth
Paul Schrauth
Franklin Fox
Elmer Dornbier
Were among the group of draftees who left Algona Wednesday evening.
