November 2, 1956
There were about 50 KHS seniors, juniors and
sophomores on hand Monday as head basketball coach Fred Barribeau and his
assistant Harold Kobin issued the 1st call for players for the 1956-57 Kaukauna
cage team. Two of the 1955-56 season’s letter winners, Jack Coenen and Karl
Frank are expected back for the team. Three others who were pictured with the
varsity team in last year's annual include Dave Mayer, Bob DeBruin and Cal
Walsh may be back this season.
The first meeting of the new board of directors
of the Fox Valley golf course Monday evening and Gary Van Abel was elected
president, Bernard Bongers of Little Chute was named vice president and Victor
Haen was re-elected Sec. Treasurer.
November 7, 1956
485-pound hunk of bruin was the trophy brought
back late Sunday evening from a Canadian hunting expedition by Barney Hietpas.
The huge black bear was hung on display near the intersection of Taylor and
Gertrude Street's through the hour on Monday. Hietpas reported that he and Clem
Romenesko had planned on trying to bag a moose. “When we came to a clearing and
waited this big black fellow came out of the woods and stood about 40 yards
away looking over the scene. I fired at him and dropped him with one shot in
the neck.” Hietpas said.
Kaukauna's freshman football team this year annexed
its fifth Fox Valley freshman league football championship since the loop was
organized in the fall of 1946. The first four championships came as a result of
undefeated seasons, all this year the ghost yearlings suffered one setback
still emerged victorious.
Outagamie County came very close to a
Republican clean sweep in Tuesday's election. President Eisenhower and vice Pres. Richard Nixon, carried all but
the Town of Kaukauna, where the voters showed a 4-vote preference for Stevenson
and Kefauver.
November 16, 1956
Orv Tracy, fired a 273 singleton and a 583
series, Monday in the south side businessmen's bowling league at the Verbeten’s
alleys.
Jack Coenen, regular starting fullback for the
Kaukauna Galloping Ghost football team in 1956 and Les Schultz, regular tackle
during the past season, were honored Wednesday at a meeting of the mid-Eastern
conference coaches where they were named to the all-conference starting team.
The Kaukauna Post 3319 of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars will be embarking tonight on a community service project in the
form of the Friday night dance, which will be set up to provide supervised
entertainment for the teenagers and youth of the community. A five-piece
orchestra has been obtained to provide dance music and refreshments will be
available to all persons attending the event.
Packer fans of Kaukauna will get their last
opportunity to see their favorite team in action in the familiar surroundings
of Green Bay’s City Stadium Sunday afternoon as they play host to the San
Francisco 49ers. According to present work schedules, the Packers will kiss the
Stadium goodbye in this, the last home game of the 1956 season. By the time
they are ready to renew play in the National Football League in 1957, the new
Packer Stadium will be a reality.
Packers still lead NFL
and 3 departments
- Billy Howton, of the Green Bay Packers, is still the league's leading pass
receiver with 805 yards on 32 receptions for 9 touchdowns. Howton also has an
excellent chance to break his touchdown record 1952 of 13 touchdown passes.
Bobby Dillon has forged ahead of the rest of the league in interceptions with 6
for 210 yard returned. Dick Deschaine has moved from 3rd to 1st place among the
punters with a 44.4 average.
November 20, 1956
John Mau shot in the
leg while hunting near Poysippi - the 1st casualty of the 1956 hunting season
was John Mau, Klein Street, who was shot about 6 inches above his right knee
approximately 15 minutes after season started as he was walking along a road.
After being hit Mau called for help of the person who fired the shot apparently
did not hear his call. Fortunately, a man from Milwaukee came along the road a
short time after the accident and took Mau to the office of the Fremont
physician where he was treated.
November 22, 1956
Dick Boyd, a member of the senior class, has
been named the new Uthrotar, according to superintendent T. H. Boebel. Boyd has
membership in the student Council, the national honor society, athletic Council
and the Quill and Scroll. Outside the school that has long been interested in
science. Some of his projects have been entered in the conference for young
scientist held annually at Lawrence college.
He hopes to enter the University of Wisconsin next fall.
Sergeant Oscar Jahns, a member of the Kaukauna
police department since May of 1932, last week submitted his resignation.
Jahns, who has lost an eye in 1952, gave that disability as his reason for
resigning from the force.
Five Kaukauna High School students have
succeeded in maintaining a straight “A” average throughout the first nine
weeks’ period. They are Jean Bauer, Gladys Mollen, Janet Oettinger and Ann
Teske, all seniors. And Patricia Doering sophomore.
November 28, 1956
First Lt. Gene F. Schiedermayer of Kaukauna, a
jet pilot of the Strategic Air Command’s 12th Wing flew to Offutt
Air Force Base, Nebraska to take part in SAC’s first fighter competition. Lt.
Schiedermayer flies the F-84F Thunderstreak out of Bergstrom AFB, Texas.
November 30, 1956
The home of the
Saving & Loan office from July 17, 1935 and shared with a jewelry store. We
took over entire building in 1945.
The present building was moved into on Memorial Day 1953.
Tomorrow will mark the
open house of the newly rebuilt and remodeled Kaukauna Savings and Loan
Association at 109 West Second Street. Every part of the building has been
improved, both inside and out; and the facility now offers the best in modern
business furnishings. The open house will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
1956 Plymouth Fury
The beaming face of
Santa Claus was among the decorations recently put up in Kaukauna for the start
of the Christmas season.
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