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Time Machine Trip to September 1969


Kaukauna Times - By Lyle Hansen

September 3, 1969


Ted Smits was approved by the Fire Commission last Thursday to the position of Fire Chief for the city of Kaukauna. Smits has served with the fire department since February 18, 1942.

Pete Benson likes to play golf in the wind, and it was just to his taste as he breezed to his second straight championship of the Fox Valley club last week thirteen strokes ahead of the field. His one-under-par 145 set a record for the event. 

The announced postponement of construction of a new assembly plant in Kaukauna will not affect any operations in existing Badger Northland plants here Badger president Glenn DeAtley announced Tuesday.


Tim” Vande Wettering - King of the Schut – Mrs. Clifford “Tim” Vande Wettering adjusts the silver bird, symbol of victory for her husband after he won the Hollandtown Schut Sunday.



September 5, 1969
Tom Bongers won the club championship in the annual Oakwood Hills members tournament Monday.


With Forrest Gregg out of retirement to bolster the offensive line at right tackle, the Green Bay Packers will meet the Pittsburgh Steelers Saturday night at Lambeau field.

Four high prospects for Coach Jensen’s Cross-Country team this year. They are Norm Van Wychen, John Courtney, James Sprangers and Bob Kneepkins.

September 10, 1969
With the opening of schools this year, the Kaukauna Youth Center will enter into the 25th year of operation. Its history goes all the way back to 1944-45 when youth delinquency was a widely discussed issue.  



Clarence Peeters Appreciation Day will be held in the village of Little Chute on Oct. 11. The event will be sponsored by the Drum and Bugle Corps and American Legion. Peeters has been active in the community in many ways. He has been a member of the Community Band for 45 years and director of the Drum and Bugle Corps for 20 years.

September 12, 1969
Two Kaukauna men completed advanced infantry training at Ft. Polk, La. They are Army Private Merle Lambie, Private Dennis Doering.

September 17, 1969
Ves Hanby, former champion at Fox Valley Golf Club, fired a hole in one on the 210-yard No. 12 hole Saturday.


Chief William Nagel was recently appointed police chief. William Nagel started his career as a patrolman and motorcycle driver in 1944. 


September 24, 1969
The new Wisconsin four percent sales tax has caught the paper industry unprepared for such added costs according to J. T. Thomas, president of Thilmany Pulp and Paper company. “That sales tax on the fuel that we buy is equivalent to a 46 per cent increase in our state income tax.” He stated.





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