Saturday, June 4, 2016

Time Machine trip to June 1966

Hello Fellow Time Travelers,

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

For today’s trip Bob Wurdinger 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.  


·           Shooting range will open in Kaukauna   
·           Pastor of Holy Cross dies
·           Large group at 30th annual Alumni

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


“When a Man Loves a Woman” – Percy Sledge



The Times advertising salesman

Fred Kailhofer 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

June 1, 1966
The Chicago White Sox announced today that they will use Goodland field, the home of their class A affiliate in the Midwest league, as a teaching base for the various players under contract who are in the process of finishing their college semesters. 

Ves Hanby shot a par 36 to top the individual golfers in the first round of the Fox Valley Twi-Light league, Thursday at countryside golf course. The team play was topped by E. Z. Glide moved into first place with eight points turned in by his son, Tom Hamby, with a 37 and Bob McCabe each with a 39.

June 3, 1966
The pigeon of Julius Bosman’s loft of Kimberly won the 300-mile race from New Ulm, Minnesota, Sunday with a rate of 1259.53 yards per minute.  Finishing second was the pigeon of Mark Mullen loft, Little Chute, with a rate of 1256.60.

Leo Bronkalla, superintendent of Little Chute joined school district number one, has announced the appointment of 10 new teachers for the Little Chute public school system. Nine of these educators are slated to teach at the new Little Chute public high school which will open next fall.

Ms. Karen Klister was recently awarded the $1500 three-year scholarship to Bellin Memorial school of Nursing, Green Bay. The scholarship is provided by the Thilco foundation and is part of the Thilmany aid to education program. Ms. Klister is a June graduate of Kaukauna high school.

Drag racing will begin this Sunday at the KK sports arena. Clarence De Leeuw, manager of the arena, expects a good turnout of cars, adding that there should be some “rails” entered in the races. A “rail” is a vehicle specially designed for the quick acceleration involved in drag racing. The drag strip is 3000 feet long and 50 feet wide. KK is the largest sports center of this type in the Midwest, De Leeuw says. It covers 120 acres and stretches nearly a mile across. At present there is a 12,000 seating capacity.

Col. Olin Dryer paid homage to the thousands of men and women who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of this country at the annual Memorial Day ceremonies Monday at the VFW Park. Col. Dryer spoke of the violent times in which we live and said that freedom must struggle to survive. “Today is not a quiet Memorial Day for the United States of America”, he said. “We have troops on alert in Germany, France, Great Britain, Korea and Japan. We have 300,000 men and women facing possible death and mutilation in Vietnam.” 

June 8, 1966
Don Priebe won the 18 and under boy’s division singles title of the Kaukauna Jaycees tennis championships at Kaukauna high school tennis courts. Pat Baumgart took the 16 and under boy’s single crown. Dan Egan took the 14 and under boy’s title. Sue Schmidt took the 16 and under girls singles championship. 

The Kaukauna Klubbers held onto a 4-3 decision over Two Rivers in a Fox Valley league game Sunday at Two Rivers.  Kaukauna drew first blood in the game, scoring a run in the top of the fifth when Ed Schaefer singled and scored on a Terry Helding’s hit.  Two Rivers tied the count in the last of the fifth but the Klubbers fought back in the eighth with three runs. With one out Jim Steger reached first on a fielder's choice and Dick Mulry walked. Fred Steger then unloaded a three run home run to put Kaukauna in front 4-1.

June 10, 1966
Outstanding performances of the season for Kaukauna include trips to the State by Bob Promer, in the discus, and the 880-yard relay team of Paul Keefe, Bill Derricks, Tim Leatherbury and Mike Baisch.

June 15, 1966
Coach Vince Lombardi today announced that the Green Bay Packers will open summer training camp at St. Norbert's college in DePere on July 13. All rookies and veteran offensive backs, ends and centers will report on Wednesday, the 13th. All other veterans are expected in Sunday, July 17. Thirty-six veterans from last year's World Championship team are returning this year.






A young man who finished high school when the boys were returning home from World War II will serve as rally master at the alumni Association's big day June 18. He is Glenn P. Wilpolt, class of 46, now in the sales marketing department of Container Corporation of America.










June 17, 1966
  




William Rogers, Democrat assemblyman from Kaukauna, announced today he will seek re-election to Outagamie County second assembly District. Rogers, 35, was first elected to the state assembly in 1962.





  




Lt. Robert Main, 54, a 30-year veteran of the Kaukauna Police Department, announced today he will seek the Democratic endorsement for Sheriff from Outagamie County.






June 22, 1966
Funeral services were held in Appleton Saturday for Miss Florence E. Bounds, Latin and history teacher at Kaukauna high school for nearly 40 years until her retirement in 1949. After her graduation from Lawrence college in 1905, she entered a career of teaching coming to Kaukauna at the old high school in the Park school building in 1910. One of her former associates recalls said she came here when boys and girls attended high school for the purpose of self-improvement, often denying themselves the attraction of a job in the mill or railroad yards which were open to a lad of 14. There were no buses to ride and tuition for those outside the city was paid by the parents. 





A high mass was celebrated Tuesday for Rev. Andrew J. Quella, 77, pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church here for the last 19 years. The Rev. Stanislaus V. Bona, Bishop of Green Bay, was celebrant of the mass. The Kaukauna parish had been Fr. Quella’s first assignment as a young priest in 1917.





June 24, 1966
As a tribute to his service to the Kaukauna high school, the community and the school’s Alumni Association, the Alumni plaque, most coveted award of the Association, was awarded to Joseph T. Sadlier.

Pearle Ditzler Aufreiter and her husband Otto W. Aufreiter of Kaukauna were the earliest graduating class members present at the Annual Alumni gathering both members of the 1904 class. This year's rally marked the 27th time Kaukauna couple had attended an alumni function.

The jury is no longer out on the outcome of the Fox River Valley league baseball race. Little Chute-Kimberly settled the matter by stunning previous unbeaten Menasha 15-2 in awesome display of power. Gene Peerenboom put on one of the most brilliant one-man slugging displays in the history of the league for Little Chute-Kimberly as he cracked three successful home runs and his brother Hank powered two.

Miss Francis Corry’s white and silver award is called the “Lamp of Learning’ by Pres. Goetzman at the annual alumni gathering. Giving recognition to Miss Corey, the Association president stated that she has played an important part in the additions of the Alumni News. The one person who has contributed either directly or indirectly to the talent of the various Alumni News editors and the quality of the papers which they have produced. An estimate of 4,000 students have been taught by Miss Corry in her career. 

June 29, 1966



1966 Chevrolet Impala





1966 Chrysler 300

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