By Lyle Hansen
May 4, 1949
In a letter to the conservation department at
Madison, L. F. Nelson former mayor of Kaukauna, suggested that the state
consider the establishment of a park on the north shore of Lake Winnebago.
Nelson stated this area could serve the 30,000 or more people in the Fox Valley
during the hot summer days.
Standing: Pat Lehman, Gerald Lizon,
Robert Vondracek, Robert Berghuis, Thomas Morgan, Don Lemke, Don Buelow,
Kneeling G. Klarer, Ray Gerow, Dale Kilgas.
Coach Asher Shorey’s Kaukauna High School
baseball team was limited to three hits Thursday but still had enough to beat
Kimberly 4-1 in a tight pitching duel. It was John Kobussen’s long homer with
two on in the fifth that decided the contest.
Pat Lehman started on the hill for the Ghosts and was relieved by Don
Mahn in the third inning.
May 6, 1949
Today the dream of a blind youth for a guide
dog will begin for 13-year old Ronald Borland of Kaukauna. Ronald made the trip
to Minneapolis, Minnesota on Thursday. He was met by officials from the Master
Eye Institution and will receive instruction about his guide dog.
May 13, 1949
Plans are now underway for the Memorial Day
services sponsored by post 41 American Legion, post 2319 Veterans of Foreign
Wars and their Auxiliaries. The VFW will honor Kaukauna’s 212 War dead.
Recruit Robert G. Schiefelbein, Kaukauna, has
recently reported to the Second Armored Division at Camp Hood, Texas.
New City Council –
Meeting for the first-time last night, since the three new aldermen are added,
Back row: Michael Gerharz, Sr., Bert Roberts, John Haid, Donald Kenney, Ray
DeBruin, Ray Nagel. Front row: Jule Mertes, William Glasheen, Mayor Joseph
Bayorgeon, Emmet Rohan and George Luebke.
May 18, 1949
Did you happen to see a bull come running
through your yard lately? People in the vicinity of Wisconsin Avenue can actually
say they did. It all happened when a young bull escaped from a barn on Quinney Avenue
and started his merry trip down Crooks Avenue to Second Street and when
cornered by the police swam across the river. He came out the river by the St.
Paul Convent and began running down Wisconsin Avenue. He was finely caught by
the police as he grazed in a farm field off highway 96.
Leo Coffey was selected president
of the Kaukauna Lions club at a meeting at the Elks club hall.
Kaukauna’s Phil Zwick was the loser of a
10-round decision to feather-weight Pat “Tiger” Flowers, a New Orleans Negro,
at Appleton Saturday. Flowers punched hard and opened a cut over Zwick’s right
eye in the fourth round. Zwick bled profusely through the rest of the
fight.
May 20, 1949
Bobby Giordana,
fullback on Kaukauna High School's 1948 unbeaten football team, has received a
bid to play in the annual North-South high school football All-Star game next
August.
Reigning as King and Queen of the Kaukauna High school
junior prom held May 6 at the High school were Richard Myrhum and Miss Ruth Van
De Loo. The theme of the prom was a “Grape Arbor.”
Howard Christofferson - After 52 years of
serving Kaukauna residents, Dr. E. A. Mayer is retired. His drug store and
business has been sold to Howard Christofferson. The Mayer Drug store was
opened in 1897 in the same building where it is now located on the corner of
Crooks and 2nd Street. With $40 cash after paying expenses Mayer
began his business. The store housed a soda fountain and a showcase of candy,
cigars, drugs, school supplies and cigarettes.
Captain Lyle McGinnis lead the way by tying the
low hurdles record as Kaukauna High School’s track team qualified four men for
the state track meet next Saturday at Neenah.
Cliff Hinkens, right and Lyle McGinnis will be two of
Kaukauna High School’s top threats this afternoon when Coach Walter Rennebohm’s
cindermen travel to Neenah for a meet. Hinkens has been an outstanding miler
while McGinnis has been the Ghosts’ top hurdler.
May 25, 1949
Tuesday afternoon Mayor Joseph Bayorgeon turned
over the first shovel of dirt in the construction of Kaukauna’s new swimming
pool. Members of the common council, the city planning committee, the Chief of
Police, the Fire Chief, the city clerk and other officials were on hand for the
brief ceremony.
Joseph T. Sadlier – In recognition of faithfulness and loyalty to
the Kaukauna High School Alumni association, the 1949 edition of the Alumni
News was dedicated to Joseph Sadlier. He has served on the Alumni board since
1936.
May 27, 1949
Alphons Bachhuber, Jr., was awarded the Eagle
Scout award in a Court of Honor conducted by St. Mary’s Boy Scout Troop 27,
Wednesday evening. The presentation was made by Wallace Mooney, assistant
commissioner of the East District, Valley Council Boy Scouts of America.
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