November 1, 1957
Frederick R. Steger, fittingly dubbed “Pee
Wee” by his fellow Times carriers and classmates at Kaukauna high school has
been covering his route for two years. Both Fred and his brother Jim are Times
carriers with Fred doing route 11 on the northside of town. Fred has a great
deal of enthusiasm at sports being a starter as left halfback on the Holy Cross
Green Ghost football team.
A general leveling off absenteeism at the
Kaukauna High school due to the siege of flu which hit the city about three
weeks ago was noted by Principal Julian Bichler.
November 6, 1957
Two punts by the Two Rivers Raiders and a pass
interception by Kaukauna’s Tony Van Zeeland helped the Galloping Ghosts to
their sixth win in the 1957 season as they shut out their hosts 10-0. On the
first play from scrimmage halfback Bill Britten bulled for two yards and then
halfback Tom McAndrews circled end for eleven. McAndrews and Britten alternated
to the five then McAndrews went through for the touchdown.
November 8, 1957
The first buck of the season was bagged between
Kaukauna and Wrightstown by Miss Rosalie Coenen, 18, as she was returning from
work she hit the 125 pounder with her car. Miss Coenen’s, car a 1952 Plymouth
had a broken headlight as result of the impact.
November 15, 1957
Edward N. Weber, just plain “Ed” to his friends, will soon complete his first year as a carrier boy at the Times. His route is the entire Strassburg area being route 14. Ed is 13 years of age and is in 8th grade at Holy Cross school. He is a Boy Scout and is very fond of outdoor sports including hunting and fishing.
A 14-year-old Kaukauna boy, Steven Brem, Jr.,
was burned critically last Friday afternoon after he threw gasoline on a fire
on leaves which he was burning. He suffered third degree burns over his face
and hands.
November 20, 1957
The funeral services for Cletus Nytes, 25, Seventh Street Kaukauna, who was killed early
Saturday afternoon in a hunting accident was held Tuesday morning a St. Mary’s
church. Nytes was killed while hunting in northern Wisconsin. He was struck by
a bullet fired by a Kenosha man, not in their party.
The first nine weeks of study at Kaukauna high
school ended October 31. Seniors earning straight “A” for the period are
William Campbell, Doris DeBruin and Judith Vils. Juniors with straight “A” are
Sally Hertz, Patricia McGrath and Florence Schmidt. Straight “A” sophomores are
Dwight Bastian and Karen Grebe. The only Freshman straight “A” was Karen
Lindemuth.
November 22, 1957
At a regular meeting of the football coaches of
the Mid-Eastern conference seven members of the 1957 Kaukauna grid squad were
elected to the first-string team for all-conference honors. Offensively the
first stringers from Kaukauna were guard, Bill Campbell, end, Roger
Vanevenhoven, center, Bill Simon and backs Jack Pomeroy and Tom McAndrews. Defensive
unit are end, Dale Kemp and linebacker, Ed Wettstein.
Dr. Willard C. Verbrick, 56, Little Chute died
unexpectedly of a heart attack Tuesday afternoon at Waupun. He was on the
medical staff of the Central State hospital at the time of his death. He had
been a doctor in Little Chute for the past sixteen years.
The Kaukauna Community hospital completed
another busy year this month with 2840 patients admitted for the year. Over the
past year 587 babies were born 323 were boys and 264 little girls.
Gary L. Wolf, is another of the more recent additions to the Times staff of carrier boys. He delivers the Times newspapers on route 9 on the north side of the city. He is in seventh grade at Holy Cross school. His main interest is Boy Scouting and is a member of the Falcon patrol. Gary enjoys hunting and has bagged two squirrels and four rabbits.
November 28, 1957
Charles “Chuck” Dorn, 14, of Sherwood is
thankful for his Boy Scout training as he feels it was very helpful to him in
finding his way out of the woods west of Melon, Wis., after being lost there
for 22 hours last week while deer hunting. He was hunting with his father and
two brothers when he became separated. The group fired shots in the air and
searched through the night. Chuck backtracked in the snow which was up to his
knees and found his way back to camp.
Football Captain Ed Wettstein was termed “most
valuable player” in a recent poll by his teammates, Coach Fred Barribeau
announced at a program Monday. Tying for the honor was Bill Simon, while Tom
McAndrews was named “most improved player” of the 1957 season. Gary
Vanevenhoven was named Captain elect for the 1958 squad.
William J. Conrad, or just “Bill” as he
is known to his fellow carriers has delivered the Times for the past seven
months. Bill’s route is 16 on the north side of the city. He is 15 years of age
and is a sophomore at Kaukauna high school. Bill’s hobby is collecting
phonograph records and has a sizable collection. Bill was one of the stalwarts of the 1956
freshman football team which brought home the Fox Valley League championship to
KHS.
Kaukauna police this week received a telegram
from authorities in Detroit, Mich., reporting that two youths had been
apprehended while attempting to crack a safe had admitted to the robbery of
Larry’s Piggly Wiggly store in Kaukauna on September 19. One of the youths, 19,
lived in Appleton and the other, 20, is from Detroit. Police Chief Harold Engerson reported that
the youths will be brought back to Kaukauna for trial.
Kaukauna head coach, Gerry Hopfensperger, is
expected to start the same roster he used against Green Bay East last week
against Two Rivers. Glenn Hinkens, Bill Simon, Jim Walsh, Borcherdt and Gary
Vanevenhoven starting with Ron Busse and Leroy Weyenberg on deck as
replacements.
Five young men with ten
deer they bagged during a recent hunting trip to Wyoming. The hunters left to
right are Ray Van Zeeland, Ken Van Zeeland, John Van Zeeland, Carl Bowers and
Gerald Ederer. They used a small trailer to transport the ten deer back to
Kaukauna.
Working out in
preparation for the boxing show to be held at the Holy Cross gymnasium is a
group of first and second graders, from the 140 youngsters who turned out for
practice. Left to right is trainer, Elmer Vandenberg, Elmer Jansen, two
unidentified lads, trainer Don Kroll, Robert Masiak, Danny Van Wychen and Chris
Driessen.
1957 DeSoto Fireflite
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