Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Time Machine Trip to December 1956

December 5, 1956
The Kaukauna City engineer's office Monday morning issued its 62nd new home building permit, thus exceeding the 1955 total by 2, according to a report released this week by assistant city engineer Lothar Kemp.

Traffic on Kaukauna’s Lawe Street bridge will be halted for the next 6 weeks or more, according to information received by city engineer John Stauss. The bridge will be closed to traffic Monday afternoon as workmen start preliminary operations towards replacing the left section of the span.



A New Post Office Truck was delivered to the Kaukauna Post Office last week and is currently in daily use according to Postmaster Robert Grogan. Outstanding among its features is the height where a delivery man can walk in without bending.




December 7, 1956
Kaukauna and its Savings and Loan association were saluted by a group of representatives of national and statewide financial organizations at the celebration of the open house for the new association building on 2nd Street over the weekend. H. Merle Smith, staff vice president and director of field service of the United States Savings and Loan league told the assembly that the new building was a great community asset of which all Kaukauna would be proud. He stated the first time I came from Chicago to visit Kaukauna, the office looked as if the shoe store had just moved out. Today I am charmed off my feet. I’ve never seen so much done so well in the amount of space available. 

December 12, 1956
One Little Chute and two Kaukauna youths were included in the latest list of men scheduled for induction into the armed forces December 10 according to information released from the local board 53 of Appleton.  The Kaukauna men are Theodore R. Sanders Ninth Street and Arnold J. Coenen, Route 3 Kaukauna. The Little Chute man was Richard Hietpas, Cleveland Avenue.



Officers of the Newly Formed - Junior Auxiliary of the Kaukauna Legion Post. Standing in the back are Karen Hostettler, vice chairman, Joyce Martzahl, chairman and Beth Belongea, secretary. In front is Joan Biersteker, sergeant-at-arms.




Presentation of three 50-year service awards was a high point of the annual meeting of the Thilco quarter-century club, held recently at the Kaukauna Elks club. 50 year awards were presented to K. E. Stansbury, chairman of the board of Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company: A. A. Klammer, superintendent Asphalt Department: and Joseph Muthig, retired, former paper machine tender. 
  
December 14, 1956
Are you a wacky walker? Because so many people are, the National Safety Council called on pedestrians today to stop walking themselves to death - especially during December, when pedestrian deaths are high. Last year 8200 pedestrians were killed by motor vehicles, the Council said and in many of these accidents the driver of the car was not at fault. Often at night the driver of the car traveling at a low speed cannot see the pedestrian in time to avoid hitting him.

December 19, 1956
Following a custom of many years standing, the merchants of Kaukauna will observe evening hours every night from today until Christmas except for Monday Christmas eve.

Specialist Third Class Richard P. Joosten, route 1 Kaukauna, recently was graduated from automotive maintenance course at Fort Leonard Wood Mo. Specialist Joosten entered the Army in July of this year.


December 21, 1956
The creation of a new Boy Scout troop to be sponsored by post 41 the Kaukauna American Legion was one of the principal items of business at the recent meeting of the veterans at the Oak Street club rooms. The new Boy Scout group will have the number 77 and the general chairman of the scouting program will be Stanley Lison of the Legion Post.

Army private Kenneth Driessen, Vandenbroek St., Little Chute, recently began six months of active duty military training under the reserved Armed Forces program at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. The 24-year-old soldier is a 1955 graduate of Marquette University and a former employee of International Business Machines.

December 28, 1956
The Kaukauna Klubber baseball team hit its stride about halfway through the 1955 season managing to cop the second half championship. The Little Chute Dutchman wound up on top of the first half of the season and in a two out of three play-off at the very bitter end of the season managed to defeat the Klubbers as the 1956 champions of the loop. The discontinuance of baseball in Kimberly accompanied by the addition of a couple of KHS coaches contributed substantially to Kaukauna's being the top contender on the Fox Valley loop diamonds this year. From Kimberly came Elmer Kobs one of the top first baseman and heaviest hitters in the loop, Jim Nirschl, another heavy hitter and very competent centerfielder and Ken VanderVelden, ace third baseman. The remnants of the high school state baseball championship team were also around to help. Some the lads were Joe Van Linn, Gene Wittman, Bill Lappen, Tom Hilgenberg, Dick Yeager and Tom Nytes.



The Holy Cross Christmas Carolers




1956 Chevrolet Belair

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