Name/Title
Saugatuck Township Honor RollEntry/Object ID
2022.03.61Description
B/W photo of a monument or sign that listed the names of Saugatuck, Douglas and the Township residents serving in World War II. According to the August 15, 1944 "The Dope" the monument was located between the Saugatuck tennis courts and Wilson's [ice cream shop, aka Santa Fe Traders in 2022].
The monument is shaped like a Greek temple with an eagle and shield insignia in the pediment. Star and stripes banners flank five columns for names. Two and 2/3s of the columns are filled with hand-lettered names on individual planks. The top of the monument displays the text "Honor Roll / Saugatuck Township" in neon letters. The base of the monument displays the text "We fight for a better world".
Behind the monument is a chain link or wire fence and trees.
The Honor Roll was described in the August 15, 1944 / No. 40 issue of "The Dope" (a newsletter for Douglas vets):
"Did you know that you men have made another Honor Roll? Saugatuck has erected one, beside the tennis court north of Wilson's, & has listed thereon the one hundred and thirty-six men & women now serving from Saugatuck township. It is a handsome Roll, with neon lighting, a gold shield, and red-white-&-blue decorations. But the thing that gives it particular distinction, of course, is the inclusion of Douglas names."
Compare very similar Douglas monument at 2007.06.09Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Print, photographSubject Person or Organization
Saugatuck Village Square/GreenCollection
Military, wars and veteransAcquisition
Accession
2022.03Notes
In June 2022, this photo and two others were discovered in the 2011.32 folder but none were listed in the accession paperwork. The photo has been presumed to be misplaced and so has been cataloged as "found in collection."Dimensions
Height
6-1/2 inWidth
4-3/4 inGeneral Notes
Note
Names in First Column
Robert O. Anderson
Cleo Arndt
Hugo Arens
Horace Alexander
Howard Arndt
Charles Ash
Harold Berry
Everett Bekken
Gerald Bekken
Eugene Bieler
Henry Brady
William Brady
Henry Baker
Richard Brown
Hilton Brown
Donald Bryan
Franklin Bryan
George Breckenridge
Harold Bartholomew
Everett Comey
Max Campbell
Jack Campbell
Robert Crawford
William J Clough
Terrence Costello
Harry Costello
Heath Crow
James Chase
George Chase
Charles Daily
June Dieke
Gordon Durham
Robert Dempster
Donald Davis
Bud Edgcomb
Theodore Engel
Junior Edgcomb
Harold Furst
Junior Force
Johnson Fox
Leslie Furst
Burton Furst
Ben Fisch
Roger Ferry
Norman Force
William Goshorn
James Green
Charles Gilman
Arnold Gerrelts
Charles Greenhalgh
Bruce Gates
Second Column
William Hacklander
Stephen Hamlin
Donald Hall
Richard Hoffman
Dale Inderbitzen
George Inman
Maxfield Johnson
Clem Jorgensen
Hugh Jones
Harold Jones
Harmon Jones
Milton Jennings
Loyal Jennings
M.F. Kaston
Donald Kingsley
Fred Koning
Suzanne LeLand
Eugene Lundgren
Max McCarn
James McVea
Braman Metzger
Louis Mueller
Robert Mueller
Donald Moore
Paul Moker
Stephen Millar
Orville Millar
William Miller
Neil Miller
Richard Newnham
Paul Newnham
Robert Olsen
Buran Osterberg
Charles Petill
Alfred Pshea
John Peterson
Jack Powers
Matt Sabo
Kenneth Sargeant
James J. Shrock
Clair Schultz
Lester Seats
Erwin Sewers
Donald Scott
Harold Scott
Joseph Sheridan
Lawrence Shuemaker
Jean Shumaker
Jean Simonson
Third column
Louis Statsic
Lucille Slater
Russell Skinner
Norman Skinner
G. M. Staples
Allen A. Staples
Allen Stickle
Arnold Stickle
Beverly Standish
Charles Ten Have
Avard Thomas
Everard Thomas
Devere Thomas
Floyd Thomas
Franz Thompson
Allen Valleau
Andrew Van Leeuwen
Dale Van Leeuwen
Maurice Van Os
Alexander Waddle
Arthur Waltman
Wayne Weed
George Weed
Lawrence Welch
Carl Wicks
Jack Wicks
Armou Wiegert
Allen Wrightman
Raymond Wilson
Harry Wilson
Howard Wilson
William Wilson
William Woodalll
Darwin Woodalll
Donald WoodallCreate Date
June 23, 2022Update Date
May 5, 2025
