Time Machine to February 1966

Hello Fellow Time Travelers,

Well it’s time to fire up the old “Time Machine Chair” and travel back in time to February of 1966.

For today’s trip Bob Keough will be sitting in the front seat operating the Time Machine. Now the big wheel is spinning, the years are clicking back and in no time we are back on the corner of Third Street and Main Avenue.

·           Wrestlers finish undefeated season   

·           City is waiting for UW placement decision   

·           Thilmany reports record sales year for 1965     

For the music lovers the top song on the Hit Parade this month is:

“Cherish” – Association

https://youtu.be/9hysdyVGpsE

The Times employee “Lyle Hansen”, left the newspapers for us by the front door. 

Well let’s get the copies and see what is in the paper this month. 

Your old news man – Lyle

February 2, 1966

The Kaukauna Jayvee wrestling team finished their second consecutive undefeated season with a 12 win and no loss record for 1965–66 and a 24 win and no loss record since the start of wrestling in 1964. In this span the team has racked up 208 victories, 67 losses and eight ties.

Carol and Donna Wurdinger took the Mother-Daughter high series honors at the Recreation Department Tournament held Saturday at the Bowling Bar. 

The death of Peter Schuh Friday at the age of 80 marked the end of a generation, “the last of the rugged individuals”, as one person commented at the funeral home. A bachelor, he lived alone in the home of his boyhood on Taylor Street where he worked as a carpenter. His home had no electricity, no city water, no telephone. He had no insurance, no social security, no bank account, no accumulated money. Each year he borrowed the money from a niece for his taxes any paid off as he did carpenter work throughout the year.  

The ice jam at the railroad bridge serving Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company began to build up again Tuesday. The combination of cold weather and high water caused the jam at the railroad bridge.

February 4, 1966

Aldermen questioned authority of Kaukauna fire and police commission at Tuesday night's council meeting because of the newspaper advertising seeking men to serve as volunteer firemen.

Airman John M. Reinke, Kaukauna, has been selected for technical training at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois as an aircraft maintenance specialist. Airman Reinke is a 1964 graduate of Kaukauna high school. 

February 9, 1966

Sarah Berens, 20, Desnoyer Street, has been elected Queen of the seventh annual water Carnival at Wisconsin State University Oshkosh.

William Schiefelbein, Jr., and his father took the honors in the Kaukauna Recreation Department’s Annual Father-Son Bowling Tournament Saturday at the Bowling Bar. The dual combined for the day's top series, a 786 score.

The ordeal of waiting for a decision now plagues Kaukauna and the city members of the education committee, after the site selection group visited proposed sites for the northeastern Wisconsin University Tuesday.

February 11, 1966

Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company reported record net sales in 1965 of $44,187,705 at the firm's annual stockholders meeting Thursday. This represents a gain of 10% over 1964. 

February 16, 1966

The Kaukauna public protection and safety committee authorized the fire and police commission to advertise for two full-time firemen and disregard entirely of volunteer firemen for which the commission had been advertising.

Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company reported record net sales in 1965 of $44,187,705 at the firm's annual stockholders meeting Thursday. This represents a gain of 10% over 1964.

Pfc. Thomas Joosten, 21, Kaukauna, is participating in a four-week exercise in Grafenwehr, Germany. Joosten maintains switchboard communications and the 23rd armored. He is a 1963 graduate of Kaukauna High School.

Marine Lance Cpl. Dennis P.  Kroes, Kaukauna, is expected to arrive at Great Lakes naval hospital this week. He was wounded in Vietnam Saturday, February 12 on a patrol near Chu Lai. He is listed in good condition and seems to be in good spirits his mother told the Kaukauna Times.  Kroes is a 1962 graduate of Kaukauna High School and joined the Marines in July that year.

Guy M. McCorison, whose retirement as chairman of the board of Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company was announced last week, was honored Thursday for his service to Kaukauna and to his company. Mayor Joseph Bayorgeon, in the name of the people of Kaukauna, presented him with a plaque citing his work in community projects. 

February 18, 1966

Army Pfc. George L Gerrits, Kaukauna, took part in Flying Tackle II, a training exercise conducted in Korea. The 21-year-old soldier is assigned as a truck driver the 12th artillery. Gerrits is a 1962 graduate of Kaukauna High School.

Kaukauna experienced a total fire loss in 1965 of $42,954 a total surpassed only twice since 1954. Last year there were 136 fire runs.

February 25, 1966

The wrestling squad of Kaukauna high school finished their season over the weekend. Head coach Don Jensen, in his second year at the helm, used 29 wrestlers to fill the 12 slots necessary. In the two years Kaukauna had wrestling, they had 12 wins, nine losses and two tie records in dual meets finishing fifth in the conference. Wrestlers finishing either first or second in each weight division will be eligible to compete in the state meet in February. McCabe, 112-pound grappler currently is sporting a 14 win, four losses and one tie. Parker wrestles at 180 pounds and has recorded 10 wins, six losses and two ties.