By Lyle Hansen
May 1, 1959
A bust of the late Senator Joseph R. McCarthy
will be dedicated May 2 in the Outagamie County Courthouse. The senator
presided in this court when he was a circuit judge before entering the United
States Senate. The bust which is “heroic” in proportions is bronze and will
stand on a five-foot pedestal of black marble being placed in the main lobby of
the courthouse. Senator McCarthy had died May 2, 1957.
Kaukauna High School's first home track meet in
13 years, the last one being in 1946, will take place at the high school
athletic field here this afternoon. Hortonville will provide the opposition for
the Ghosts. Head coach Wayne Welch has noted a certain amount of historical
significance at the meet.
May 6, 1959
Green Bay’s leading pass receiver, Max McGee
and rookie end Ken Higginbotham have returned their signed contracts to the
Packer office, according to General Manager and Head Coach Vince Lombardi. McGee
was the team's top touchdown getter with seven and was Green Bay's second-leading
scorer with 42 points. He is also the National Football League's fourth top
punter.
The six home track field records were set last
Friday afternoon as the Kaukauna Ghost toppled Hortonville 17 1/2 to 46 1/2 at
the first home meet here in 13 years. Merle Hammond set a new mark in the 880-yard
run completing the distance in 2:11. The relay set a new record with 1:37.1.
Roy
Wentzel, KHS chemistry and science teacher, has been named the recent
recipient of a National Science Foundation summer school scholarship. He will
attend a six-week long course at Ripon College this summer. Instructor Wenzel
stated his reason for attending summer school when he remarked, “I want to go
back to school and get a little more education, so I can be as smart as the
high school students.”
Ernest Verstegen, Little Chute, scored a
hole-in-one Sunday on the Fox Valley Golf Course. Using a No. 9 iron, the
hole-in-one was made with a 125 yard stroke on No. 3 hole. Verstegen finished
with a 39 score on a par 35 course.
Judith Haen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Haen,
Kaukauna, was notified recently she will attend Badger Girls this summer.
Badger Girls State deals with government and its activities and is sponsored by
the Legion and its affiliated societies.
May 8, 1959
Kaukauna Ghost batting has perked up in the
past two conference games, much to the aid of the hurling staff. The diamond
nine has recorded an unofficial .288 batting average on its five games this
season.
Green Bay Packer fans
of the Kaukauna area have been extended invitations to attend the second annual
“Packer Night” on Tuesday evening May 19. The get together with members of the
coaching staff and players will be held at the Fox Valley Golf Club according
to Arthur Mongin, Jr. of Looks Drug Stores, Packer ticket agent here.
Veterans of Foreign Wars recently installed
officers. Left to right, Richard Verfurth, Arthur Schmidt. Clarence Lamers,
Mark Hietpas, Clarence Sullivan, Fred DePatie, post commander, Leo Kostechka, district
commander, Arthur Gandt, James McDaniels, Ed Matchett, William Van Toll and
Rollie Geurts.
May 13, 1959
Seniors have chosen
Oliver Kruse and Mark Nagan to represent them as class speakers on the
Commencement Program May 29th. Other members of the senior class
will speak on the class night program. Karla Kuchelmeister, class President
will welcome the audience and Vice-president Mary Golden will introduce each of
the class individually.
May 15, 1959
A new wage agreement between local 298, Pulp
and Paper Mill workers and Badger Tissues was concluded Tuesday with a general
four percent increase in pay for hourly production workers and a maximum of
seven cents. Basic wages will be $1.71 to $2.16 an hour plus incentives.
One of the recent changes in the Social
Security Act now makes possible monthly checks for dependents of a person
between 50 and 65 who is receiving disability insurance benefits.
Baseball coach Wilson
has what most high school mentors dream of but never see-four capable starters
who can turn in excellent route going wins or pitch in top notch relief jobs. A
total of 53 innings this spring Wilson’s mound corps of Tom Frank, Jerry
DeBruin, Leigh Wachel and Tony Van Zeeland have allowed only 18 opponent runs.
May 20, 1959
One of the most critical traffic areas on U.S.
highway 41--the stretch between Appleton and Kaukauna, will be relieved with in
two to three years by the relocation of a four lane construction outlined in a
statement released by the Wisconsin Highway Commission. Roy Emphy, district engineer said that the
highway average is 6000 vehicles daily. By 1978 he has predicted the average
would rise to 13,000 to 14,000 per day.
A Mother’s Day tea program was presented by Girl
Scout Brownies of Troop 18. Left to right: Mrs. Noel Diffatte, Mrs. Bob Giordana
and Nancy Marsceau serving their daughters.
May 22, 1959
Fourteen members of the Green Bay Packers
football team came to Kaukauna Tuesday in tribute to the fans here. The fans
turned out – about 300 strong-to hear what the new general manager and head
coach Vince Lombardi had to say and to meet him and his staff at the “Packer
Night” at Fox Valley Golf Club. “One thing you fans can do to help us” Lombardi
said “is to put a stop to gossip about the players, to magnify and spread such
stories is unchristian and unfair to these players. To win in football you have
to follow the percentages” Lombardi stated. “What we want are football players,
I mean hard-nosed boys who like to play.”
Top golfer in the
opening night of the Twilight League at Fox Valley club was Wayne Hull, pacing
the field with a low gross of 35. Runners up were Jim Swedberg and Ray Morgan,
each with a 37.
May 27, 1959
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Niesen are home in Kaukauna after being contestants on a national TV network
show. Hundreds of Kaukauna housewives and others watched the Niesens appear for
three days on the “Big Payoff” recently. They were in New York for an insurance
convention. The couple was selected after they attended a performance of the
same show one afternoon where they filled out a questionnaire about themselves
and were chosen on the basis of that card. We were told to keep looking forward
as you never know when the camera will be on you. We were not told as to what
the questions were about. Mrs. Niesen had nothing but praise for the hostess,
Bess Myerson and emcee, Bob Paige. Bob correctly answered the three preliminary
questions but did not know the correct name of the 1921 Nobel Prize winner in
literature, who used the pen name of Anatole France. The answer was Jacques
Anotole Thibault. Prizes won, included three dresses, six pair of shoes,
jewelry, perfume, luggage, a blouse, six pair of gloves, a negligee, a dinette
set, a kitchen range, a set of electric cookware, a pressure cooker and a Dutch
oven.
May 29, 1959
Florence Schmidt
12 seniors receive
special honors in the form of trophies, certificates and scholarships to climax
class night exercises Tuesday. Oldest of the awards, the Lang trophy went to
Florence Schmidt. She is the ninth consecutive girl to win the award as the
best all-around student of the graduating class. Mark Nagan and Karl Anderson
received four-year scholarships to the college or university of their choice.
Thilmany also presented two-year scholarships to the Milwaukee school of engineering
to Oliver Kruse and Donald Feldkamp. Cash awards for the most outstanding boy
and girl determined by the faculty rating went to Patricia Doering and Daniel
Lamers.
Runs fell like
hail-stones on the Harrison nine as the Kaukauna Klubbers “rained out” a 25-0
victory on the Dodge street diamond. The
rocketing baseballs over shadowed the fine pitching of the Klubbers Joe Van
Linn who hurled a one hit game only giving up a single in the sixth.
Kaukauna high baseball team front
row Gary Kieffer, manager, Ken Kavanaugh, Fred Steger, John Borree, Robert Berghuis
and Gary McGoey. Second row, Jerome DeBruin, Don Feldcamp, John Kiffe, tom
Summers, Bruce Vanevenhoven and John Lambie. Third row Harry Wilson, head
coach, John Bloch, manager, Leigh Wachel, Leroy Weyenberg, J. Rabideau, Jim Stager,
Gary Vanevenhoven, Tony Van Zeeland, Ron Busse, Tom Frank, Joel Funk and David Hash,
assistant coach.
A sign erected on the
lawn of the Outagamie County Teachers college in Kaukauna was presented as a
gift to the school by the sophomore class Monday afternoon. S.W. Ihlenfeldt,
college president is shown spading the ground.
Kaukauna’s Poppy Princesses for 1959, Nancy Martzahl
and Karen Hostettler, received the first donation from Mayor Joseph Bayorgeon recently.
1959 Chevrolet Corvette
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