Time Machine Trip to November 1929

Kaukauna Times - By Lyle Hansen

November 1, 1929

The old Lawe street bridge closed for some time to all traffic was reopened this Friday morning for light vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Special policemen are placed at both ends of the bridge to direct heaver traffic to the Wisconsin Avenue bridge. Word has been received from the state of Wisconsin that aid is forthcoming because Hwy 55 is routed over this span.  

For the first time since the completion of the new cell house five years ago, inmates of the Wisconsin State Reformatory were sleeping on cots in the corridors Thursday night due to overcrowding of the facility.

Green Bay – An overnight hop to Minneapolis is the next thing in store for the Green Bay Packers. Captain “Curly” Lambeau is giving the team a stiff dose of practice for the tilt against Herb Joesting’s Red Jackets. They also remember the 24 – 0 setback handed to them in Green Bay at their last meeting.

Since its existence here since 1894, the railway Y. M. C. A. is no more. The closure was the result of the membership expired in the Y. M. C. A. organization throughout the state of Wisconsin. It was founded by F. F. Thomson of New York who donated $25,000 for the construction of the building.

November 5, 1929

Green Bay – The Green Bay Packers takes their seventh straight win with a 16 – 6 count over the Red Jackets in Minneapolis. Red Dunn to Johnny Blood counted the first touchdown for the Packers in the first quarter of the game. 

Two Kaukauna young men, John Jansen and Robert Reardon were seriously injured after their machine left USH 41 and rolled over at the corner of Ballard Road east of Appleton. 

November 12, 1929

Martin Van Roy, 23 years of age, was seriously injured Sunday night when the car he was driving left the road and crashed into the telephone pole at Rose Hill. Van Roy was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital for a fractured injured hip and other injuries.

November 26, 1929

The Green Bay Packers, pride of the state of Wisconsin on the football gridiron, scored a smashing 20 – 6 victory over the New York Giants.  

Elmer Senso, 19 years of age, was killed instantly Monday night in the wax room of the Thilmany Pulp and Paper company here. This was the first fatal accident at the local company in the last 19 years.

November 29, 1929

Little Chute – Ten students at the Little Chute High School are included on the school’s honor roll for the second six weeks of the first semester. They are Margaret Jenny, Harry Arnoldussen, Joanna Gloudemans, Delia Van Handle, Vincent Kromer, Sylvester Langedyke, Harold Van Dyke, Jack Lamers, Eva Van Sustern and Gladys Smith. 

A report from the office of county clerk at Appleton stated that Kaukauna’s share of taxes to be paid to Outagamie County will almost double in 1930. The cost of the new Lawe Street bridge is estimated to cost $300,000 of which the City of Kaukauna will pay $40,000.