December 1, 1939
A court of honor ceremony will
be held December 4 for Boy Scout troop 31. Feature of the program is presenting
of the Eagle Scout award to Tom McCarthy and Glen Vandehey. This award is the
highest that can be granted to any Boy Scout. A star Scout badge will be
presented to William Van Lieshout. Tenderfoot badges awarded to Leon Ashauer,
Dean Bayorgeon, James Kramer, Joseph Faust, Donald Brown, Lawrence Gerend,
Francis Yingling and Eugene Vandehey.
Benefit movies, will be held
in Kaukauna again this year to obtain articles for the Christmas good cheer
baskets, according to an announcement made by Anton Berkers, general chairman
of the good cheer committee. Benefit movies will be presented at the Rialto
Theatre and the Vaudette theater. The public is cordially invited to attend
these movies and instead of a cash admission, each person attending is asked to
bring one item which can be included in the baskets which will be distributed
to the poor at Christmas time.
Charles Schell was one of the
you Kaukauna residents who returned from the Northwoods with a deer. Needless
to say, Charlie was proud of the fact that he was one of the fortunate deer
hunters to get a buck. But here is a sad ending to the story Charlie must tell
about his kill. It so happened that
Charlie hung up his deer and during the night dogs or wolves ate half of the
deer, he doesn’t know which. Another proud hunter is Leo Hennes who was the
only one of a group of six to return home with a deer.
Green Bay police caught a
burglar in the act this week but don't know what to do with him. In the
meantime, they are seeking the owners of a nightshirt, sweater and a pair of
pants, which are found when the thief was trailed to his secret hiding place.
The thief is a large dog of nondescript ancestry, which runs about the
southside of Green Bay snatching laundry off clotheslines as a matter of
sport.
December 6, 1939
Coach Guy Krumm's high school
cage team open the Western division conference race Friday night with a 37 to
23 victory over Clintonville at Clintonville. Swedberg and Alger lead the Kaw
offense, although Biselx and Bloch were not far behind. Giordana didn't break
into the scoring column but played his usual great defense game.
Tom McCarty and Leland Scherer
received Eagle Scout badges at the court of honor held at Holy Cross troop 31
Boy Scouts of America at the K of C hall Monday evening. Lester J. Brenzel past
grand knight of the local K of C was in charge of the Eagle Scout award
ceremony.
GREEN
BAY
– The championship of the National Football League will be decided Sunday
afternoon at State Fair Park in Milwaukee when the Packers, winners of the
Western division give battle to the New York Giants, Eastern division titlists.
Green Bay went through the season winning 9 of 11 games. The Cleveland Rams and
the Chicago Bears are the only clubs to defeat the Bays. The Giants were
successful in nine contests. They tied with Washington and suffered a defeat at
the hands of the Lions in Detroit. This game promises to be a football fracas
which will give the fans something to talk about for months to come.
Fans saw a good game last week
as Little Chute St. John defeated Kimberly 23 to 20 after two overtime periods.
The Kaukauna High School student body could have learned something about
cheering at that game as about 200 followers of each school nearly raised the
roof off the Little Chute gym.
December 13, 1939
Don Biselx
The Kaukauna High School cage
team dropped an 18 to 15 decision to the strong Neenah Red Rockets at Neenah
Friday night. Don Biselx played his best game of the season to push in three
field goals to lead the Kaws in the scoring column. Carl Giordana counted 4 of
6 from the free throw line.
Erection of the community
Christmas crib on the library grounds will take place this week by a committee
of the Knights of Columbus. Caroling will again take place at the crib this
year.
Close to 2,000 children and
adults greeted Santa Claus when he came to visit Kaukauna Saturday via a
special Chicago and Northwestern train at 9 a.m. Santa was welcomed by the
mayor and members of the advancement committee.
December 18, 1939
William Gloudemans, 21 left and Robert Specht, 18, right, are two of the Kaukauna boys who have joined the United States army in the present recruiting program. Both boys are in the 61st coast artillery anti-aircraft at Fort Sheridan, Ill.
The Mayflower sisters, nationally known vocal and instrumental entertainers, will appear on the stage at the Vaudette theater this evening and Saturday evening singing new and old songs favorites. Gene Autry will be the screen production offered on this outstanding program.
December
20, 1939
Joseph
R. McCarthy a 31-year-old circuit judge, youngest ever to
take the bench in Wisconsin, will take the bench on January 1. McCarthy, young
Shawano attorney, becomes judge of the tenth judicial circuit. Included in the
circuit are Outagamie, Shawano and Langlade Counties.
L. Lambie toppled a total of
631 pins to pace the Major league keglers at Schell Alleys Monday evening. C.
Hilgenberg cracked out a 614 series.
December 28, 1939
Bill Lambie, city truck
driver, was instrumental in averting an accident on the Lawe Street bridge
Tuesday afternoon. Lambie had just driven his truck into the city garage and
was walking up the Lawe Street bridge on his way home. He noticed a large sedan
coming backwards down the bridge at a rapid pace. Realizing there was no driver
in the machine, Lambie jumped into the car and stopped it before it traveled
much further. The owner of the car and several others were chasing the car in effort
to catch up but were unsuccessful.
150 baskets will be distributed to the poor of the city
Saturday by the Christmas good cheer committee, according to Anton Berkers,
general chairman. At the time we go to press $285 has been collected with which
to furnish baskets.
E. F. Rennicke has been named general chairman of the sesquicentennial to be observed in Kaukauna next year. Elaborate plans will be made for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Kaukauna.
A petrified fish, or fish fossil, measuring 5 feet in
length was found by three Kaukauna NYA youths. Robert Promer, Fred Hammen and
Vern Myron, while quarrying stone on the famous Grignon estate when they made
the discovery. Professor Lanzmeyer of the Lawrence college states that it is a
prehistoric fish and expects to identify it. The Grignon mansion, Homestead in
Wisconsin, was built in 1790 by Dominic Ducharme was sold to Augustine Grignon.
Only a shell of the old mansion remains, and nothing will be done to change the
original appearance except to reinforce the structure and build a new
foundation. Lumber for the home came from Mackinac island and was sawed and
planed by hand. Carpenters were brought in from the east to build the mansion.
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