Saturday, June 8, 2019

Time Machine Trip to June 1919


Kaukauna Time - by Lyle Hansen

June 5, 1919
Elmer Vandeyacht, who was with the 9th Division A. E. T. and left here last April, returned home Monday having received his discharge for the Army. Charles Peterson, also an overseas soldier, arrived home Tuesday evening.

George Hahner, a deaf mute of this city nearly lost his life last Saturday while crossing from one side of the Lawe street bridge to the other. He failed to notice an automobile filled with young girls approaching at breakneck speed, the party being over eager the cross before the draw opened for a boat. The machine brushed against him as it whizzed by.





Rev. R. M. Peil, formerly of the U. S. Army is now the assistant Pastor of St. Mary’s Church Kaukauna.










Sergeant Eugene Nagan arrived here Friday after landing in the states after almost two years’ service in France. During his time in service he collected a large number of rare souvenirs of various foreign countries. The items are on display in the Nagan store window and will worth an inspection.


Louis Gantter of this city is with Company A, 332 Machine Gun Battalion, Blackhawk division of the A. E. F. was one of two men selected from his company to participate in the great rifle and pistol shoot in France on May 4.



Aeroplanes have almost lost their novelty in this section yet their appearance overhead never fails to attract attention.




Don McDonald, who for some time past has as the office “devil” made The Times office force “stop and listen,” leaves tomorrow with his parents for Denver where he will remain. Our “devil” was a great favorite and he will be missed around The Times.

June 12, 1919
Kaukauna is assured of at least one paved street having received notice from the county highway commission that paving will be laid from Little Chute road down Draper and Diedrich streets to Wisconsin avenue.


The draw on the Lawe street bridge was opened for the first time by electricity last Thursday afternoon. A neat little framed building is attached to the side of the draw in which is housed an electric motor.

June 19, 1919
Alexander G. Weise, a member of the 32nd, Red Arrow division 120 Field Artillery A. E. F., returned home last week after fourteen months spent in service in France. Although in several of the big battles he escaped unwounded and reached home in good health.

Corporal Arthur Burns of the 5th Marines arrived in Kaukauna on a 30-day furlough. He has been on service 1 ½ years.

Little Chute certainly must contain the fountain of youth for it has more you old men among its inhabitants than any other village of its size. One of the men is Adrians Gloudeman, who is 97 years of age but is a steady worker in his garden. The venerable Peter Johannes Peters, father of the pastor of St. Nicholas church Freedom, who is 87 years old is a neighbor of Gloudeman and they enjoy fishing together.



John E. Hale, principal of the Outagamie county training school in Kaukauna has died last week. He was born here and spent his entire life in Kaukauna. He was principal for the past six years and his passing removes from amongst us a man who always stood for personal and civic righteousness. 









June 26, 1919
The dedication of the handsome new church building of St. Nicholas parish Freedom will take place Tuesday, July 1, at which time the Rev. Paul Rhode, Bishop of Green Bay diocese, will have charge of the ceremony.


















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