Friday, April 27, 2018

Time Machine Trip to April 1968


April 3, 1968




Gilbert J. Anderson was re-elected to the post of Mayor of Kaukauna by a total of 2623 to 1437 vote over challenger Russel Dix. Anderson won every ward for his victory. City Attorney Donald Green retained the post by 2,104 votes to challenger Emmet Rohan’s 1,924.






April has been designated as the month for the National Cancer Crusade which will be headed in Kaukauna by Lester Forde of Giddings and Lewis.

The Outagamie County Draft Board has announced the inductees that entered the armed forces on the 28th of March. The only draftee from Kaukauna is Dennis H. Wittman of 7th street.

Tom Ashauer bombed a 257 singleton and fired a 641 series to set the individual scoring pace in the KC league at the Bowling Bar. 
  
April 5, 1968
Kaukauna Utility employee Mark Romensko suffered burns Tuesday morning when 34,000 volts arched through him at the Island Sub Station. Romensko was leaning over to read a plate on the machine when the arch occurred.



April 10, 1968
Miss Kathleen Lappen was fatally injured in an auto accident Saturday morning on Highway 96 east of Appleton. Kathleen was a passenger in the car that collided head on with another vehicle. Three other young people remain hospitalized.






April 12, 1968
Two Holy Cross students, Edward Van Zeeland and Doug Van Dyn Hoven were among the eight contestants in the Optimist Oratorical Contest held in Appleton. Edward finished first and received a $25 savings bond. Doug placed second and received a pen and pencil set.  


April 17, 1968
Leo H. Schmalz, Kaukauna Savings and Loan Association has been appointed to the 1968 Committee of FSLIC Law and Regulations of the United States Savings and Loan League.














Army Second Lieutenant Bernard F. Micki, Kaukauna, is participating in “Operation Truong Cong Dinh” om Vietnam with other members of the 9th Infantry Division. The operation is designed to drive the communists away from the major population centers.





April 19, 1968
Striking workers at both the Kaukauna Badger Northland plants returned to work Thursday morning following meeting Wednesday with Union officials. The unauthorized strike began Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm when workers walked off their jobs.   

April 24, 1968
The new president of the Kaukauna council is alderman James McDaniel who succeeds alderman Lloyd Kloehn.






Lieutenant Robert Main of the Kaukauna Police Department submitted his resignation from the force to Mayor Gilbert Anderson last Tuesday. The resignation is effective immediately after almost 31 years of service in the Kaukauna police force.





April 26, 1968
The sale of Coffey Motors Inc., a Ford automotive agency here for 26 years, to Les Stumpf Ford of Sherwood was announced this week by Leo Coffey and Stumpf. The Ford dealership in Kaukauna was started by William Van Lieshout in 1913. After his death in the 1930’s it was operated by De Brue and Ives. Coffey took it over in 1942. 


Patty Ashauer and Dick Vandenberg have been elected king and queen for this years’ Junior Prom coming up Friday, May 3. Representing the sophomores will be Lee Schwalenberg and Kathy Walsh while the senior representatives are Dan Siebers and Bonnie Borchardt.





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