June 1, 1955
Jaycee tennis tournament finalists are shown. Left to right
recreation director, Bob Vanevenhoven, Miss Nancy Mathis, Jack Ludke, Dan Maes,
Mike Walsh, Carol Siebers and Miss Mary Jane Appleton recreation director.
The Kaukauna track team
members captured places at the WIAA state track meet in Madison over the
weekend. Ed Jaki copped second place in the mile run, while Jack Roome managed
a fourth-place finish in the low hurdles.
Park Grade school has 30 eighth grade students
advancing to high school this fall, according to an announcement made by
principal Clifford Hodgins.
The Thilmany Pulp & Paper Company has
announced the election of two new members of the board of directors. Elected
were Joseph T. Thomas and Charles L. Dostal.
A record of 35 wins in 41 starts for three
seasons of play was chalked up by the Kaukauna High School Baseball team last
Thursday afternoon when the Kaus were eliminated from the sectional running by
the Chilton Tigers by a 5-3 count.
June 3, 1955
St. Mary’s graduated 70 students from eighth
grade that will attend high school in the fall.
The Kaukauna Police reported that they have no
new developments in their investigation of a break-in at the Fargo Furniture
store over the weekend in which $249.90 in cash belonging to the Catholic Order
of Foresters was taken from the company safe.
Demonstrating the chin
carry in life saving at the Kaukauna swimming pool is Miss Celine Ryan with
Karen Frank acting as victim. Observing are left to right Morris Hella,
Siebers, Carol Siebers, Rita Vanderloop, Blanche Siebers and Darlene Kramer.
Fifth Graders at Park
School as a culmination of a unit on health recently had a dinner at the school
with their teacher, Miss Lorraine Dudley. The children left to right, seated,
Peggy Learned, Kay Welter, Dick Schmidt, Clayton Frank, Victor Van Grinsven, Mary
Ristau and Kay Kuchelmeister. Standing are George Gerrits, John Lambie,
Margaret Carr, Jane Jacobson, Fawn Pechman, Carol Urban, Jim Cotter, Billy
Jirkowic, Donna Van Stiphout and Kathleen Mooney.
The Lang Trophy, the oldest and most coveted
award at the Kaukauna High School Tuesday evening was awarded to Miss Mary
Bachhuber of the class of 1955.
June 8, 1955
Russ Torgeson, Combined Locks, scored a hole in
one on the 170-yard No. 9 at Fox Valley Golf club Sunday morning.
The Kaukauna Klubbers in their opening game of
the season came back from a 3-0 deficit in the second inning by scoring in the
fourth, fifth and sixth to take a 9-3 decision against the Appleton South Side
Athletic Club-Brewers.
June 10, 1955
A special program has been arranged for Sunday
at the Little Chute baseball park in conjunction with the game between the
Dutchmen and Greenleaf according to George Vanderloop, chairman of the event. A
program will be presented by the American Legion with the raising of the flag
with the Little Chute band playing the “Star Spangled Banner”. Following the
conclusion of the program, village president Ed Kostka will officially announce
the renaming of the Little Chute ball park to “American Legion Park”.
June 17, 1955
Boy Scout troop 27 of Kaukauna, under the
direction of Lewis Schultz, placed in eighth place with 122 points at the
recent Camporee held at Brillion last weekend. Little Chute Boy Scouts troop
51, under the direction of scoutmaster Lewis McCormick won six places during
the two-and-a-half-day encampment.
June 22, 1955
Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher are shown above with new
bicycles which were awarded to them last Saturday. Young Huck at left is better
known to his friends as Tom Wolf and Becky is Janet Reuter.
Seventy-five Kaukauna youngsters turned out for the annual
Huck Finn Day celebrated at Reichel’s pond Saturday afternoon. Best-costumed of
Huck and Becky were awarded.
Arthur Godfrey could not pronounce “Kaukauna”,
when Mrs. Louis Chizek, a Kaukauna housewife won a new electric clothes dryer.
“Here’s one from Wisconsin”, he said. “Did you ever hear of this town? I did
not know they had Hawaiian names out there “Ka-oo-ka-oo-na” as he announced the
prize of Mrs. Chizek. Godfey’s singer came to his aid, “That’s Kaukauna,” he
pronounced correctly, and it’s famous for some very wonderful cheese”.
June 29, 1955
The intensive program this year by the
Wisconsin Department of Resources has resulted with a removal of 1,300,000
pounds of sheepshead from Lake Winnebago. The fish were sold to mink farmers in
the state.
Three Kaukauna young men were listed among the
group ordered for induction into the armed services on June 15 according to a
release received from the Selective Service county board. The men include
Joseph A. Fischer, Clyde Romenesko and Thomas R. Niesen.
Pvt. Clarence F. Bowers is a member of the 24th
Infantry Division in Korea. He is a rifleman in Company E of the division’s 21st
Regiment.
Pfc. Gilbert Wettstein is currently serving
with a motor transport division of the U.S. Marine Corps in Korea.
A/B James Robedeaux and
A/B Paul Nettekoven
are stationed with the 4189th flight at Sampson Air Force Base, New York.
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