Time Machine Trip to August 1929

Kaukauna Times - By Lyle Hansen

August 2, 1929

Twelve professional football teams were given franchises in the National Professional Football league at the annual meeting held in Atlantic City, N.J., Saturday and Sunday with Green Bay being one of the twelve. Other teams are New York Giants, Boston Orange, Staten Island, Minneapolis, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cardinals, Dayton, Philadelphia Yellowjackets, Providence Steam Rollers and Buffalo. 

Theodore Pequin seated in his hack at the South Kaukauna railroad depot.

For his first 10 years Mr. Theodore Pequin drove the 12-passenger horse drawn bus to and from the three hotels to the two train depots on the north and south sides of Kaukauna. The bus was later replaced by a hack and finally the automotive age. All this has been seen by Ted who Thursday celebrated the forty-first anniversary of the line.

August 6, 1929

Governor and Mrs. Walter Kohler had a narrow escape from possible injury in Green Bay Monday morning when in taking off from the Green Bay airport their plane crashed into a tractor. The plane suffered a broken prop and one landing wheel, but no one was injured.

A De Pere man last week ran his auto into a telephone post on Third Street. His wife was thrown into the dash and suffered head injuries. Witnesses stated that the accident occurred when his wife slapped his face causing him to lose control of the machine.

August 9, 1929

Michael Calnin, assistant fire chief and member of the department for 34 years. Calnin died as a result of burning grease which caught fire as doughnuts were being fried at the Service bakery in Appleton. The fire department was called to the bakery when the grease caught fire. A lid was placed over the kettle and firemen were carrying it out of the building when it overturned, and the burning grease covered the firemen.

Charles Gorschals of this city was found guilty on the charge of owning slot machines taken in a raid by officials. He was fined $100 and costs.

August 13, 1929

Charles M. Liethen, Whitney Street, Kaukauna, a member of Company E, made one of the high scores on the rifle range at Camp Dailey, citizen military training camp. Charles out shot 200 other boys. 

Corporal Leonard Ryan of Kaukauna has been for the past two weeks with the National Guard at Camp Douglas in western Wisconsin. Corporal Ryan’s company has been rated as the finest machine gun combat unit the inspector has seen in his years in the military.

August 20, 1929

The installation of the latest type of complete alarm protection has just been completed by the Bank of Kaukauna according to C. D. Towsley, cashier of the local bank. The alarm is given by the sounding of a large gong on the outside of the building. 

Robbers pried the lock on the office of Dr. R. J. Van Ells, local dentist, Saturday night. They escaped with gold valued at approximately $175 according to the police.  Police in Green Bay and Appleton believe these may be the same burglars that struck in their cities.

Phil Zwick, local featherweight boxer who has been making his home in Cleveland, Ohio, lost in the first round of his bout with Joey Thomas on a foul.  

What is believed to be a record in quick sale of lots in Kaukauna was established here Saturday and Sunday when thirty-nine lots, ranging in price from $10 to $150 were purchased by local people. The lots were formally owned by Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company. The sale was handled by an Appleton real estate firm.

August 27, 1929

St. Mary’s will have a real center on their hoops team. Six-foot-eight Richard “String” Landreman was welcomed into the portals of the California institution. I’ve come from Kaukauna Wisconsin to play basketball for St. Mary’s Landreman announced to the coach. 

August 30, 1929

Formation of a temporary organization for the Kaukauna Golf club was perfected at a meeting of local golf enthusiasts held here Wednesday evening, and a committee of five was appointed to complete plans for a permanent organization and to view sites and make a report to the new club at a coming meeting. The elected committee consisted of Ed Rennicke, Dr. E. J. Bolinske, Arthur Look, Hugo Weifenbach and W. R. Harwood.

After about forty-five years of service the Chicago and North Western passenger depot on the Ashland Division on the cities north side is just about no more as workmen are engaged in leveling the structure. A fire destroyed part of the depot last winter now the rest is coming down.

Funeral services for Leonard Weiss, 16 years of age, who drowned at Little Chute in the Fox River were held in Appleton Thursday. Young Weiss is the fourth victim of drowning in the Fox River this summer.