Time Machine Trip to August 1957

August 2, 1957

Kaukauna Packer Backers joined on the joined a former Kaukauna native and Packer director Marv Miller for a preview of the new home field of the Green Bay Packers. Left to right Mayor Joseph Bayorgeon, Art Mongin, Jr., Marv Miller, Abe Golden, James Lang and Carl J. Hansen.

Plans for Green Bay’s largest and most gala parade in the city’s history are shaping up, in connection, with the forthcoming Green Bay Packer stadium dedication this weekend. 

The second annual college All-Star basketball game for college ball players from the area will be held Aug. 6 at the Kaukauna High School Gym. The Kaukauna Recreation department sponsored the event. Fred Barribeau team supervisor stated the game will be open to the public at no charge.

Transportation problems for Kaukauna residents who have relied on the Appleton Intercity bus lines to bring them to and from Appleton has been solved. After the Appleton line was scheduled to cease operation Mayor Bayorgeon in some last-minute negotiations arranged with Elwood Kobussen who handles the school busses to set up a substitute bus line.

Pvt. Richard W. Nushart of Kaukauna recently graduated from the Army’s Automotive Maintenance School at Fort Chaffee, Ark.

August 7, 1957

Pat Coffey, Jerry Cotrell, Tim Femal, Dave Schommer and Bill VanderPas were the winners in the boys 1957 archery tournament by the recreation department.

The Kaukauna Community hospital was the recipient last week of some very welcome gifts. A $500 check was received from the Combined Locks Paper Company and a $300 check in memory of Jerry Thomas of Detroit, Mich.

August 16, 1957

New head football Coach Fred Barribeau of the Kaukauna high school announced that football equipment will be issued to candidates for the 1957 varsity squad this Thursday and Friday.

August 21, 1957

The Kaukauna Junior American Legion baseball team did an effective job against Neenah in a 6-3 win. Playing heads-up ball, the Kaws lead 5-0 going into the 6^th. Back-to-back doubles by Jerry DeBruin and Gary Senso in the bottom of the 3^rd and Tony Van Zeeland reached base by getting winged with a pitch. DeBruin’s double scored Van Zeeland.

August 23, 1957

The Green Bay Packers will travel to Austin, Texas to engage the Chicago Cardinals in the second  of two meetings. Last Friday the Packers defeated the Cardinals in Miami’s Orange Bowl by the score of 24-16. The Packers finished last year with a tie for last place with Los Angeles. Only nineteen players remain on the team from last year with sixteen new faces.

Four Kaukauna men are graduates of recruit training. Glenn Weyenberg, Robert Lamers, Robert Granger and Cletus Feldkamp all graduated from the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill.

Last year the Polio outbreak in the city resulted in a total of 12 cases. This year the city reports not a single case. In the 1955 outbreak which reached epidemic proportion the total number of cases were 42.

Royalty of the annual summer playground year were crowned at the Kiddie Karnival. Queen Linda Speener and King George Simon, Jr., were named from all the city playgrounds. In their court were the following Princes and Princesses: Front, Mary Derks, Christy Mengarelli and Susan Granger. Middle row, Sally Krueger, Bob Hennes, Dan Van Wychen, Eddie Jansen, Sandy Pomeroy, Jane Ann Vandenberg, Gary Pomeroy, Mary Kay Verbeten, Gary Anderson, Jackie Reichel, Glen Onkels, Chris Defferding and Tony Giordana.

 1957 Ford Fairlane