Hello Fellow
Time Travelers,
It’s that time again to fire up the old “Time Machine Chair” and
make trip back to March 1938.
The
big wheel is spinning Dave
Bruehl is
taking his place in the driver’s seat. The years are clicking back and in no
time we are back to Kaukauna’s south side.
We are out front of the Kaukauna Times on Main Street.
- A
deer spotted in Kaukauna area.
- Gustman
Chevrolet sales moves to Lawe Street.
- Jesse
Owens world’s fastest human at Kimberly
The
hit parade song of the month.
Thanks for
the Memory - Bob Hope & Shirley Ross
https://youtu.be/Ilchc9Ojhv4
Carl Hansen, the publisher, has left the newspapers for us by
the front door of the Kaukauna Times. Let’s see what’s in the news this month.
Your
old news man – Lyle Hansen
PS: Congratulations Kaukauna Ghosts on your first State
Basketball Championship.
March 2, 1938
The
high school glee club candy sale netted a profit if $2.65. Due to the fact that
there was not enough candy, another sale will be held in the near future.
Since
Principal Olin G. Dryer will be leaving soon for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to attend
military school, members of the senior class are preparing for the graduation
exercise which will be held early in June.
In a
free throw contest held Friday for the members of the Girl’s Athletic
association, first place was won by Anna Mae Nytes, who made 15 out of 25
shots. Second place went to Alice Thompson who made 13 and third when to Ivy
Wagnitz making 12.
Beginning
this morning anyone driving a car without the new 1938 license plates will be
arrested, according to Kaukauna police chief James E. McFadden.
Thomas
Brenzel and Michael Niesz were named co-captains of this year St. Mary's grade
school football team at a meeting held Tuesday evening at the school.
Kaukauna
high school easily defeated Clintonville Friday evening 27-10 in a conference
game at Clintonville. The game started slowly with each team making two buckets
to end the first period at 4-4. Truckers
were unable to score in the second. While Kaukauna came up with two buckets
lead 8-4 at the half. Alger of the Kaws was high point man for the evening with
four baskets for eight points.
March 9, 1938
Many
members of the Conservation club and other interested persons have been on the
outlook for a deer which was seen along the banks of the Fox River below the
sewage disposal plant over the weekend. It is unusual to see a deer in this
vicinity.
March 11, 1938
The site of the first Methodist Church between Lake
Michigan in the Pacific Ocean and north of a point 50 miles south of Chicago
was marked at a ceremony at Kimberly Sunday afternoon at which members of the
Outagamie County pioneer and historical society and prominent Methodist from
this vicinity were present. The site of the church built in 1832 is on the
field of the Kimberly-Clark mill at Kimberly and was discovered while studying
early government surveys of this region in a search for more data on the old
Grignon home in Kaukauna. An 1830 record showed a second group of Oneidas
settled near the river at what is now Kimberly. Two years later Rev. John Clark
was sent from New York, the chief Anthony John, called the Oneida tribe
together and selected a site for a combined church and school. This was
completed in two months. Rev. Clark formed a Methodist Society of 25 members
and on Sunday, September 1, 1832 dedicated the church 24 x 30' in the
dimensions. The following day a school with 30 children as pupils was opened
under direction of Miss Electa Quinney, a Stockbridge teacher who taught Sunday
school to adults and children as well.
The
largest crowd ever to attend a basketball game in Kaukauna witnessed the
tournament at the gym Thursday. New London defeated Kaukauna 26 to 21 last
night to go into the semi-finals in class B district basketball tournament.
Kaukauna finished the conference season with four wins and eight losses.
James
E. McFadden, chief of police, wishes to warn children to refrain from playing
marbles on the sidewalks about the city. This is a dangerous practice said the
chief.
Within
the next few days the city of Kaukauna will receive a check for $2,938 from the
state which represents the city's share of state’s annual contribution to
localities for the maintenance of local roads and streets. Kaukauna has 29.83
miles of streets.
March 16, 1938
An ice block was experienced at the Konkopot Creek
bridge over the weekend. The water from the creek overflowed the banks flooded
across the highway at the baseball park. It was necessary to blast the ice on
Sunday.
March 25, 1938
The
Gustman Chevrolet sales has purchased the William Van Lieshout garage and
property at 222 Lawe Street. Moving operations are now in progress and a formal
opening will be held on April 1, according to A. A. Gustman Pres. and manager.
The new quarters will afford about twice as much space as the former garage on
E. 3rd Street, Mr. Gustman said. Mr. Gustman has been in the garage business in
Kaukauna during the last 10 years.
March 30, 1938
Jesse
Owens, the world's fastest human and his all colored basketball team, will
appear at the Kimberly clubhouse Friday evening, April 1 against the Kimberly
AA cagers. The Kimberly team are winners of the state recreational tournament.
Besides playing with his cage team Owens will personally conduct a special
track clinic for the benefit of the coaches and athletes who may be interested.
The
girls of Nicolet grade school defeated the girls at Park school in a hopscotch
tournament held at the Nicolet school Monday afternoon. The tournament was
staged under direction of Clifford H. Kemp, physical education director. The
first place: sixth grade Betty Johnson, fifth grade Micky Rupert, fourth grade
Joan Gates, third grade Joyce La Plante.
The
story of the new Germany, as he observed in 1936, was told to the Kiwanis Club in
Chilton Tuesday night by Prof. John Stevenson of Lincoln High School,
Manitowoc. Mr. Stevenson said that during his visit he was treated with every
courtesy, cities, he said, were clean and slums are unknown. There were no
beggars, no hungry people. The Germany of today is more like the Germany of
old. He said, “Hitler will stay in power because he is the man of the hour and
the most capable man in the country to do the job he's doing. He's a man of the
people. Hitler is absolutely adored by every German under 30 years of age.
Hitler has built colossal housing projects in some towns. Another service he
has rendered has been to clean up crime. People are safe on any of the streets
in Germany at any hour of the day or night.”
In attending a trial in which a woman pled guilty to having rode on a
street car beyond the distance allowed, she was sentenced to a year and one
half of hard labor because the judge said he could not determine how much
revenue she had defrauded the government of. Thousands of German homes are
divided on the question of allegiance to Hitler. The young people are uniformly
for him, while many of the older people cannot bring themselves to bow to the
opposition. Jews are no longer treated to physical violence as they were some
time ago. The reason according to the speaker, is because their spirit is
completely crushed. Hitler, he said, is a completely irreligious man, he has no
use for Catholic or Protestant's or Freemasons he reasons these are groups that
threaten his complete domination over the nation. Sunday services find most of
the churches almost empty. It is not that the people have lost their faith,
they are not there because they cannot be. Mr. Stevens said a friend is afraid to talk confidentially to
a friend for fear of spying or betrayal. The Hitler salute is the prescribed
form of greeting when two persons meet, whether they know one another or not
they exchange the salute. Stevenson mentioned an incident where he and his sister, who
accompanied him on his tour, were sitting in a little out-of-the-way park. It
was a quiet place and there was no one about. As they sat there an old man
shuffled by on a pathway near their bench. He looked at them but said nothing
and passed on. A moment later he paused, turned around and walked back to the
point where he had first viewed them on the bench. This time gave the salute
and then went on his way.
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