Friday, August 4, 2017

Time Machine Trip to August 1967

August 2, 1967
Little Chute shut out Monona Grove 2-0 to annex its first Wisconsin State Semi-Pro Baseball championship in Madison. Earlier in the day the Chuters edged Madison American 8-7 to enter the championship round. In both games Hank Peerenboom entered the game as a relief pitcher and preserved the victory. Hank garnered three hits in the semi-final victory including a two-run home run.

August 4, 1967
Kaukauna National Guardsmen members of the 32nd Division were those called up for duty in the Milwaukee riot control. Those called are James and Frederick Steger, Ron Donnermeyer, Robert Schaefer, Jack Donnermeyer, William Jakl, Larry Greenwood, Lance Goetzman, Arthur Koehne, Don Wenzel. From Kimberly are Robert Munes and Leon Ebben.

August 9, 1967




Sgt. Thomas Pahl of Kaukauna was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with V for heroism in the Republic of Viet Nam theater in April of this year. Sgt. Pahl served as a Rifleman on a night waterborne assault mission near the village of Phu Due, Vietnam.






August 16, 1967 




Ronald Rademacher, Kaukauna, entered the Air Force undergoing basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.









Wayne Hull set a course record for other golfers to shoot at when he fired a five under par 68 Sunday at the new Fox Valley club. 

The Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs will battle it out for the pro football championship in the Super Bowl for the second straight year, according to a pre-season poll of sportswriters. The Packers are also predicted to win it.

August 18, 1967
Hospitalman Robert W. Joosten, USN, Little Chute, is serving with the Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment in Vietnam. The unit is engaged in search out and destroy the enemy forces. The unit is also engaged in civic action designed to assist the Vietnamese people in completing building projects.

August 21, 1967

Alderman William Rogers, left and utility commissioner member Norbert Gerend, center, discuss “Operation Riverbank” activities while grader operator Harry Young of Fox Valley Construction looks on. 

August 25, 1967
Awards were won in the newspaper competitions recently by the Kaukauna Times are displayed by staff members. Left to right are Gary Schriver, news writer, Ron Kappmeyer, advertising staff man, Glenn Hansen, general assignments and Fred Kailhofer, news staff man.




 Van Dyn Hoven Buick 

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