Friday, December 13, 2019

Time Machine Trip to December 1969


Kaukauna Times 

December 3, 1969
The resolution of Kaukauna’s disposal problems was nearly abated Monday night when Town of Buchanan chairman Joseph DeBruin and dumpsite manager James Lehrer were denied attendance at the Board of Public Works meeting in city council chambers. All others were admitted but not DeBruin and Lehrer who were invited guests. When the doors were opened George Simon chairman of the board offered Lehrer an additional $200 a month. Lehrer rejected the offer stating that this would not cover the additional services required.


Keith Kuehl, 12 years old, of Kaukauna bagged this four-point buck while hunting with his dad in the Sherwood area. Keith is a graduate of the Hunter Safety Course offered by the VFW.


December 5, 1969
When Karen Klister, a Kaukauna student nurse, shot a deer on opening day of the season she placed a challenge before her mother who had never had such luck in twenty hunting seasons. Her mother, Bette, met her the challenge later that same day and shot a deer of her own.


The Selective Service version of “Let’s Make A Deal” has worked wonders for some draft aged young men. Under the previous method men were drafted between the ages of 19 and 26. The oldest went first. Thus, for seven years, they wondered when they would be drafted. The Selective Service has now created a lottery pool that only effects men born between January 1, 1944 and December 31, 1950 for the year 1970.


His first solo flight in a jet airplane this week placed Air Force 2nd Lieutenant James Kahler in the cockpit just as his father used to be. Harold Kahler, his father, flew planes in the Army Air Corps in WWII. Jim is a 1963 graduate of Kaukauna High School and a 1969 graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

December 17, 1969





Mrs. Kathleen Davis, long time Kaukauna schoolteacher, has died suddenly Sunday morning. She taught at Kaukauna High School and was dean of girls for 22 years.






December 19, 1969
A former resident of Kaukauna now living in Oregon, sent a note with a renewal of his subscription of the Times. He is Charles Bloch, who has a special interest in The Times as he was a carrier boy when home delivery began on May 18, 1926. Carl Hansen remembers the day well. “I drove past Holy Cross school grounds and saw a group of boys playing ball I stopped and asked if any of them would like to peddle papers for The Times. Four of them volunteered and Charlie was one of them.

Somewhere in the confines of northern Kaukauna a cookie thief is lurking. Sometime while the owner was away the thief struck the refrigerator in the garage and hijacked the entire amount of Christmas cookies. Only a couple of crumbs remained on the floor. Authorities are looking for anyone who suddenly gained several pounds of weight before Christmas.

December 24, 1969




William Haupt, retired Kaukauna Fire Chief, died at his home Sunday morning following a short illness. Haupt retired in August after serving thirty years of service with the Fire Department and was 56 years of age.  










                                                   1969 Ford Mustang

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