December 1, 1939
A court of honor ceremony will be held December 4 for Boy
Scout troop 31. Feature of the program is present of the Eagle Scout award to
Tom McCarthy and Glen Vandehey. This award is the highest that can be granted
to any Boy Scout. A star Scout badge will be presented to William Van Lieshout.
Tenderfoot badges awarded to Leon Ashauer, Dean Bayorgeon, James Kramer, Joseph
Faust, Donald Brown, Lawrence Gerend, Francis Yingling and Eugene Vandehey.
Benefit movies, will be held in Kaukauna again this year to
obtain articles for the Christmas good cheer baskets, according to an
announcement made by Anton Berkers, general chairman of the good cheer
committee. Benefit movies will be presented at the Rialto Theatre and the
Vaudette theater. The public is cordially invited to attend these movies and
instead of a cash admission, each person attending is asked to bring one item
which can be included in the baskets which will be distributed to the poor at
Christmas time.
Charles Schell was one of the you Kaukauna residents who
returned from the Northwoods with a deer. Needless to say, Charlie was proud of
the fact that he was one of the fortunate deer hunters to get a buck. But here
is a sad ending to the story Charlie must tell about his kill. It so happened that Charlie hung up his deer
and during the night dogs or wolves ate half of the deer, he doesn’t know
which. Another proud hunter is Leo
Hennes who was the only one of a group of six to return home with the
deer.
Green Bay police caught a burglar in the act this week but
don't know what to do with him. In the meantime, they are seeking the owners of
a nightshirt, sweater and a pair of pants, which are found when the thief was
trailed to his secret hiding place. The thief is a large dog of nondescript
ancestry, which runs about the southside of Green Bay snatching laundry off
clotheslines as a matter of sport.
December 6, 1939
Coach guy Krumm's high school cage team open the Western
division conference race Friday night with a 37 to 23 victory over Clintonville
at Clintonville. Swedberg and Alger lead the Kaw offense, although Biselx and
Bloch were not far behind. Giordana didn't break into the scoring column but
played his usual great defense game.
Tom McCarty and Leland Scherer received Eagle Scout badges
at the court of honor held at Holy Cross troop 31 Boy Scouts of America at the
K of C hall Monday evening. Lester J. Brenzel past grand knight of the local K
of C was in charge of the Eagle Scout award ceremony.
GREEN BAY – The championship of the National Football
League will be decided Sunday afternoon at State Fair Park in Milwaukee when
the Packers, winners of the Western division give battle to the New York
Giants, Eastern division titlists. Green Bay went through the season winning 9
of 11 games. The Cleveland Rams and the Chicago Bears are the only clubs to
defeat the Bays. The Giants were successful in nine contests. They tied with
Washington and suffered a defeat at the hands of the Lions in Detroit. This
game promises to be a football fracas which will give the fans something to
talk about for months to come.
Fans saw a good game last week as Little Chute St. John
defeated Kimberly 23 to 20 after two overtime periods. The Kaukauna High School
student body could have learned something about cheering at that game as about
200 followers of each school nearly raised the roof off the Little Chute gym.
December 13, 1939
Don Biselx
The Kaukauna high school cage team dropped an 18 to 15
decision to the strong Neenah Red Rockets at Neenah Friday night. Don Biselx
played his best game of the season to push in three field goals to lead the
Kaws in the scoring column. Carl Giordana counted 4 of 6 from the free throw
line.
Erection of the community Christmas crib on the library
grounds will take place this week by a committee of the Knights of Columbus.
Caroling will again take place at the crib this year.
Close to 2,000 children and adults greeted Santa Claus when
he came to visit Kaukauna Saturday via a special Chicago and Northwestern train
at 9 a.m. Santa was welcomed by the mayor and members of the advancement
committee.
December 18, 1939
William
Gloudemans, 21 left and Robert Specht, 18, right, are two of the Kaukauna boys
who have joined the United States army in the present recruiting program. Both
boys are in the 61st coast artillery anti-aircraft at Fort Sheridan,
Ill.
The
Mayflower sisters, nationally known vocal and instrumental entertainers, will
appear on the stage at the Vaudette theater this evening and Saturday evening
singing new and old songs favorites. Gene Autry will be the screen production
offered on this outstanding program.
December
20, 1939
Joseph R. McCarthy a 31-year-old circuit judge, youngest ever to take the bench in Wisconsin, will take the bench on January 1 McCarthy, young Shawano attorney, becomes judge of the tenth judicial circuit. Included in the circuit are Outagamie, Shawano and Langlade Counties.
L. Lambie toppled a total of 631 pins to pace the Major
league keglers at Schell alleys Monday evening. C. Hilgenberg cracked out a 614
series.
December 28, 1939
Bill Lambie, city truck driver, was instrumental in
averting an accident on the Lawe Street bridge Tuesday afternoon. Lambie had
just driven his truck into the city garage and was walking up the Lawe Street
bridge on his way home. He noticed a large sedan coming backwards down the
bridge at a rapid pace. Realizing there was no driver in the machine, Lambie
jumped into the car and stopped it before it traveled much further. The owner
of the car and several others were chasing the car in effort to catch up but
were unsuccessful.
150 baskets will be distributed to the poor of the city
Saturday by the Christmas good cheer committee, according to Anton Berkers,
general chairman. At the time we go to press $285 has been collected with which
to furnish baskets.
E. F. Rennicke has been named general chairman of the sesquicentennial to be observed in Kaukauna next year. Elaborate plans will be made for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Kaukauna.
A petrified fish, or fish fossil, measuring 5 feet in
length was found by three Kaukauna NYA youths. Robert Promer, Fred Hammen and
Vern Myron, while quarrying stone on the famous Grignon estate when they made
the discovery. Professor Lanzmeyer of the Lawrence college states that it is a
prehistoric fish and expects to identify it. The Grignon mansion, Homestead in
Wisconsin, was built in 1790 by Dominic Ducharme has sold to Augustine Grignon.
Only a shell of the old mansion remains, and nothing will be done to change the
original appearance except to reinforce the structure and build a new
foundation. Lumber is Mackinac island and was sawed and planed by hand.
Carpenters were brought in from the east to build the mansion.
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