November 1, 1939
Kaukauna will have a new paper manufacturing business to be
known as Outagamie Mills, Inc. The company was organized by Appleton and
Kaukauna persons and will do business in Kaukauna, making and selling paper
products. The new Kaukauna corporation will occupy the old Patten mill
building.
Traffic accidents during September cost 83 Wisconsin lives
according to the highway commission reports. This represents an increase of six
over 1938. For the first nine months of 1939 the traffic toll is 584
lives.
Fifty
years ago, 1889 the first paper manufactured by the Thilmany mill rolled off
its new No. 1 machine.
November 3, 1939
Green Bay – Will the Packers be able to stop four of the
most sought after backs in the National Professional league, who form the famed
“powerhouse” attack of the Chicago Bears? The two clubs meet next Sunday at
Wrigley field in Chicago. This is the question on the minds of all Green Bay
fans and more particularly Packer Coach Curly Lambeau.
Japan is purchasing Wisconsin cheese. Such an order came
recently from the American embassy in Tokyo, Japan. The order was for two and
one-half pounds each of Wisconsin American, Swiss and limburger cheese.
The bow and arrow bag of deer during the present season
still stands at three according to the Wisconsin Conservation department. Even
at that figure it sets a new record for a single season. The previous high mark
for a single season was one.
Coach Paul Little’s high school grid machine left no doubt
in anybody’s mind about the western division championship of northeastern
Wisconsin conference when they scored an impressive 31 to 13 win over West
DePere Wednesday for their sixth straight league win.
The Nicolet grade school gridders defeated the Park school
eleven 14 to 2 Monday afternoon at Park school.
The Nicolet girls defeated Park girls in a baseball game by the score of
45 to 10.
November 8, 1939
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilpolt of Kaukauna were listening to a
National Broadcasting radio program Tuesday evening during which $1,000 is
given away each week by telephone. When the time came for the awarding the
money, Mrs. Wilpolt remarked that “anyone in the United States can win.” Just
then the telephone rang and she answered it. The voice on the other end was
from New York and from the radio program and was informed that they had won
$2,800 and the money would be sent to the western union office in Appleton.
November 10, 1939
A bumper crop of gasoline taxes is being harvested this
year by the federal and state governments. The total value of this tax may
exceed $1,000,000,000 by the end of the year.
All cigarette, cigarette papers and cigarette tubes in the
possession of retailers after November 13 which do not bear a state tax stamp
will be subject to confiscation according to the Wisconsin treasurer.
The Kaukauna police department this week is discontinuing
the practice of housing transients, James E. McFadden, police chief announced.
Heretofore, the doors of the jail room in the municipal building were thrown
open to the knights of the open road. They came in droves and every night of
the week saw up to 15 “overnight guests” housed at the jail.
November 15, 1939
Carl Giordana and Bill Alger were elected co-captains of
next season’s grid team. Giordana and Alger have been regulars on the team the
last three years. Giordana is a halfback and Alger and end. Both are rated as a
couple of the best football players to ever don a Kaw uniform.
The Wisconsin state
committee on water pollution says that data collected from dissolved oxygen
samples at DePere and the mouth of the Fox river clearly show that these waters
could not support fish life at time of warm temperatures. The report says that the Fox river will
remain in its present highly polluted condition throughout its entire length
from Appleton to Green Bay.
The first 300 game ever rolled on the Kaukauna alleys was
hung up by Charles Schell Tuesday afternoon. The previous score rolled here was
290 by Warren Bugs Brenzel a number of years ago.
November 17, 1939
Ten mills in the Fox and Wisconsin river valleys will
finance a research program to develop methods of eliminating pollution of
streams with sulphite liquor, it was decided at a meeting in Appleton with
state committee on pollution.
November 29, 1939
Joseph T. Sadlier has been named general chairman of the
annual holiday party of the Kaukauna high school Alumni association to be held
in the school gymnasium Friday evening December 29.
These youngsters were winners in a baby contest that has engaged the
attention of all Kaukauna recently. Jimmy Funk, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Funk won the personality prize. Miss Patsy Siebers, 2-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Siebers was selected in the beauty division. The contest was
sponsored by F. J. Pechman studio and the Rialto Theater.
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