Time Machine Trip to August 1975

 

Kaukauna Times

By Lyle Hansen

August 1, 1975

 

Even at 8 am shoppers were on the streets for Kaukauna’s Sidewalk Sale Day yesterday and continued throughout the day despite the temperature in the 90’s.

 

The failure of a capacitor bank at the Badger Hydroelectric station caused a loss of power to a larger section of Kaukauna and part of Little Chute Wednesday night at about 11 p.m. Power was restored in about 30 minutes.

 

Residents that happened to be in Kaukauna bars between 11 and 11:35 Wednesday evening found out the hard way when a power failure plunged most of the city back to the pre-Edison days.  One thing you can always do, lights or no lights, is drink and according to random sample of 14 area tavern patrons did a lot of that during the blackout. 

 

Lights on the football field?

Against the Lights - The group opposing the lighted football field are running an ad in today’s Times urging citizens to attend next Tuesday’s council meeting. You should ask “Where are your priorities when it comes to spending your tax dollars?”

 

In Favor of the Lights – In an ad in today’s Times people are being urged to “Help Light up Night Sports in Kaukauna”.  

 

August 6, 1975

Q. My mother, who is ill and requires almost constant attention receives dependency and indemnity compensation from the VA based on the death of my father during WWII. Is she also eligible for benefits?

A. Yes, a $64 monthly aid and attendance allowance is available to widows.

 

August 13, 1975

 

King and Queen of the Hollandtown Schut – Mr. and Mrs. Hugo “Butch” Vande Yacht. The velvet cape and silver bird are the King’s to wear for a year. 

It was dark throughout Nicolet school Friday morning. In the building the victims of a boiler explosion waited for treatment from 30 or so firemen, police officers and other rescue workers. Rescuers using medical supplies from the Outagamie County Emergency Government moved from child to child treating injuries. It sounded real and it looked real when the teams went into action in a test drill.

 

August 15, 1975

The hassle over exactly what the population of Kaukauna is appears to have been settled. In January of this year the city was notified that its population appeared to have dropped from 1970. This drop resulted in the city losing an estimated $2,700 in shared revenue funds. The mistake was clarified using a computer analysis.

 

August 20, 1975

The last few weeks of practice paid off for the Kaukauna based Sea Explorer scouts. On Sunday they competed with 600 scouts and were awarded the Commander’s National Award after scoring higher than any other group in a ten-state area.

KHS first year head coach Bill Biekkole goes over the day’s practice schedule with assistant coaches Scott Bay, Bill Simon and Glen Hinkens.

 

August 22, 1975

Kaukauna Rotary’s contribution to furnishing the new Kaukauna library addition came in the form of a $300 check, the profits from the Rotary brat stand during Sidewalk Days. Librarian Craig Lahm and library board president Cliff Femal accepted the check from Rotary members Roger Anderson and Tony Klapperich.

 

Ted Voster of Route 2, Kaukauna, will be honored at Outstanding Farmer Recognition ceremonies today at the Wisconsin State Fait, Milwaukee. He and his wife, Dorothy, were selected as the Outstanding Young Dairy Couple of District 14 in 1974.  

 

All three Wisconsin entries will see action tonight in the I.S.C. World Softball tournament at Sunset Park in Kimberly.

 

August 27, 1975

Someone’s been doing a little illicit gardening in the city, police reported this week. Officers reported that they had found a small neatly tended marijuana stand near Konkapot Creek below Beaulieu Hill. The garden was discovered by a nearby resident curious was what kind of plant was growing there? Officers weeded the garden and destroyed the crop.

 

While golfing with her husband Gene, Sunday, Pat Lambie scored a hole-in-one at Mid-Valley Golf Course. The ace was scored on the 133-yard hole.

Summer vacation is over for these boys and it’s back to school this week. David Sachs, Steve Geiger and Barry Sachs took advantage of the last days of “freedom” by catching carp from the Fox River.  

 

Sports Pictures

 

Time MachineTrip to August 1965

 

Kaukauna Times

By Lyle Hansen

August 4, 1965

 

Funeral services were held Tuesday morning for Theodore H. Boebel, 71, superintendent of Kaukauna schools for 16 years, from 1944 to 1960. Death came at 12:20 a.m. Sunday at Boebel's home, 222 W. 5^th Street.  

 

Francis “Stack” Heesakker won the President's Cup Tournament at the Fox Valley Golf Club Saturday when he beat Jerry Heiting by one stroke on the first hole of the sudden death after both shot scores of 64.

 

DeDe's Diplomats participated in the twirling roundup on Sunday at the Eagles ballroom in Kenosha. They were awarded three first place team trophies. 

 

Mike Keberlein, 13, has been a southside Times carrier for two years. Mike will be in the eighth grade at St. Mary’s this fall. 

 

Charles Luehring, 13, has been a Times carrier on the north side of Kaukauna since the beginning of the year. He will be in the eighth grade at Trinity Lutheran School this fall.

 

Terry Kobin, 14, has been a northside Kaukauna carrier with the Times for one year. Terry will be a sophomore this fall at the Kaukauna High school.

 

August 6, 1965

A new five cent stamp honoring the late Herbert Hoover will be first placed on sale on August 10, 1965, at West Branch, Iowa, his birthplace.

 

The 8,500-seat edition to the Green Bay City Stadium has now been completed. Every seat has been sold for the Bishop’s Charity Game on August 14 against the New York Giants assuring a record crowd of 50,837. This is the largest crowd ever to watch a pro game in the state. This is the fourth consecutive time in the five-year history that the preseason charity game has been sold out.

 

More than 1350 people have paid admission to the Grignon Home so far this year. This number already surpasses last year’s one thousand for the entire season. 

 

August 11, 1965

Miss Jane Bambery, Grignon St., left last Saturday morning to take part in the national and international camping program of girl scouts near Andrews, North Carolina. Miss Bambery was one of two girls chosen from the states of Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois for all state Encampment.      

 

We read the “Times” in Vietnam waters, naval officer writes us. Naval Lieut. James R Henry, former Kaukaunan, assigned to an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, wrote to the Times with clipping from Lucerne and Tokyo. You might add the waters of Vietnam to your item of where the newspaper is being read. I enjoy reading the Times too; he writes enclosed please find four dollars for another year’s subscription. The Times reaches me about two months late, but it’s fun to read about classmates and friends and the activities of the old town. Thank you so very much. 

 

Art Lamers won the 1965 Fox Valley Golf Club senior tournament and a sudden-death playoff with Norb “Red” Fassbender and Earl “Sapp” Schuler. All three finished 18 holes with net 68’s. Lamers won on the 19th hole and Fassbender took second place on the 20th.

 

The Manitowoc Chiefs will practice on Sunday, August 15 in Kaukauna in preparation for the first Central States League game of the season. Football fans are welcome to witness the practice as a preview to the action that will follow next week. The workout will be held behind Kaukauna High School.

 

August 13, 1965

The Wisconsin Public service commission authorized the Kaukauna Bus Service Inc. on Tuesday, August 10 to operate under that name. The commission also authorizes the concern to operate in the Village of Combined Locks. The company is owned by Elwood and James Kobussen co-partners. The bus service is in the communities of Kaukauna, Little Chute, Kimberly and the village of Grand Chute. 

  

Registration for college students at the Outagamie County Teachers School will take place on Thursday, August 26 according to college president E. H. Gordon. Enrollment in the college classes total 96 students to date while there are 23 youngsters enrolled in the campus school.

 

Kaukauna’s first case of the dreaded Dutch elm disease has been reported and destroyed according to Victor Luedtke, superintendent of parks. It was located on the south side of the city. The Board of Public Works and Park Department crews have been alerted and are checking the city to determine if there are any other diseased trees Luedtke added. “Samples of suspected trees will be sent to Madison to be checked”. Residents are encouraged to check their trees.

 

Football Notes … The Packers play the New York Giants this weekend in the Bishop’s Charity game. If they play as hard against the Giants as they did against each other in last Saturday's scrimmage, they'll do all right. This Bob Long looks like a good ball player. He just might work his way up into the lineup although I don't know where; Caroll Dale, Boyd Dowler and Max McGee are still looking just as good as always. Looks like Uncle Sam wants Joe Namath, the investment of the New York Jets. When told he could avoid the draft if he got married, Namath quipped, “I'd rather fight those Reds in Vietnam than get married. There are too many pretty girls in this world.” 

    

August 18, 1965

 
Michael F. Brautigan, FTSA, Green Bay Rd., Kaukauna, received the United States Navy Commendation Medal August 10 for meritorious service to his country. On June 30 Brautigan, 17, as a member of the crew of the U. S. S. Piedmont was cited with saving the lives of many of his shipmates and possibly his ship. While a fire burnt aboard, Brautigan with complete disregard for his personal safety, carried hot ammunition from the heart of the ship and threw it overboard. The crew battled the blaze for 14 hours and for a while, he was the only one that stood between disaster and hope. Brautigan received severe burns to his hands and was confined to a hospital in San Diego for period of three weeks and was reported doing well after skin grafts were applied. He will be home on leave this week.

The National Rifle Association of America announced that John J. Bachhuber Main Avenue, Kaukauna, will be a competitor in the 1965 national high-powered rifle championships during the national matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. Bachhuber and his fellow shooters, who number more than 2600 represents this nation’s top high-powered rifle shooters.

 

The Grand Opening of the new Village Lanes   

Hy 41 and “N” - Little Chute

 

 

August 25, 1965

 

Funeral service will be held at 10 o'clock this morning at St. Mary's church for Barbara Biersteker, 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Biersteker, Klein Street, who died Sunday after a 10-day illness. She was in eighth grade at St. Mary's school. In addition to her parents, she is survived by four brothers and three sisters all at home.

 

A bird owned by Gary of God, have go, came in first in the second page in race of the summer held from Sparta, the hundred and 20 mile station. There were 37 loss participating in the race with 13 diploma winners.  Heindel of Kaukauna came in first in the second pigeon race of the summer held from Sparta, the 120 mile station. There were 37 lofts participating in the race with 13 diploma winners. Heindel’s bird was timed at 637.17 yards per minute.

 

“World Peace” will be the theme tomorrow night at 8:30, when an estimated 2000 to 5000 will gather at the lighted Kimberly athletic field for the start of the annual outdoor Prayer Hour sponsored by the Outagamie County deanery Holy Name Societies and Knights of Columbus councils. People of all faiths are invited to attend the devotion.

 

Kaukauna will be the recipient today of the AAA Motor Club’s award for pedestrian safety. The award is given annually to cities in Wisconsin that have gone the entire year with no pedestrian accidents according to the AAA news service director. Mayor Joseph Bayorgeon will receive the award in behalf of the city in his office this afternoon.

Paul “Dizzy” Trout 

The Fox River Valley Legion league will hold its annual baseball banquet at Van Abels this Sunday, August 29. The banquet awards will be given to division, the batting champs and the top pitchers in each division. Guest speaker will be Paul “Dizzy” Trout, the colorful ex-major league pitcher now with the Chicago White Sox public relations staff. Trout spent his entire major-league career pitching in the American League. During his big-league career, which spanned from 1939 to 1950, Dizzy registered 170 victories against 161 setbacks. 

August 27, 1965

 

Mrs. Kathleen Davis

The 1965 KHS papyrus was dedicated to Mrs. Kathleen Davis, Dean of Girls as KHS since 1958.  “Footsteps through the Year” is the theme of this year's annual publication. This year's book includes all sports activities from 1964-65 school year including graduation, prom and spring sports.

 

 

The Green Bay Packers 2-0 in preseason play travel to Dallas to meet the Cowboys at the annual Salesmanship Club game. The Cowboys have never defeated the Packers in the four-year series that began in 1961. To date the Packers have defeated the New York Giants 44 to 7 before the largest crowd watching pro football in Wisconsin. This was made possible by the addition of 12,000 permanent seats. The capacity of Green Bay is now 50,837. Last Saturday a record crowd turned out to see the Packers defeat the Chicago Bears 31 to 14 in Milwaukee. Three-dollar tickets are still available and may be purchased at ticket outlet locations. Tickets may also be purchased by sending a check or money order to the Green Bay Packer ticket office.

Kaukauna will be the recipient today of the AAA Motor Club’s award for pedestrian safety. The award is given annually to cities in Wisconsin that have gone the entire year with no pedestrian accidents according to the AAA news service director. Mayor Joseph Bayorgeon will receive the award on behalf of the city in his office this afternoon.

Tennis Champs Standing, John Mattek, Keith Coleman and Dan Morgan, 14 and under champs. Mark Kobin, Ricci Giordana and Mike Collins, 12 and under champions and kneeling, Reed Giordana, and Tom Martzahl 10 and under.

 

Airman Third Class Michael L. Borg, Kaukauna, has been selected for technical training at Lowry, AFB, Colo., as a missile electronics specialist.

Pvt. George L. Gerrits, Kaukauna, spent a 14-day furlough with his parents. He has left for field artillery training at Fort Sill, Okla. 

Marine Pvt. Paul D. Squier, Combined Locks, has completed individual combat training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendle, Calif.

Airman Third Class Jerome R. Martin, Greenleaf, has been selected for technical training at Chanute AFB, Illinois as a aircraft weapons system specialist. 

Airman Third Class Donovan L. Dain, Kaukauna, has been assigned to Nellis AFB, Nev. for training as a transportation specialist.