May 2, 1930
Little Chute – Work on the new filling station at
the corner of Main street and Grand Avenue is progressing rapidly.
May 6, 1930
The city of Kaukauna has increased in
population during the past ten years to the number of 631 persons according to
the completed returns of the census. The new population for 1930 is 6582.
Norbert Vandenberg, 17 years of age, was
instantly killed Monday afternoon when a premature explosion of a charge of
dynamite exploded. Vandenberg was blowing up stumps in a field on the Jansen
farm when the accident occurred. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Vandenberg Augustine Street, Kaukauna.
May 9, 1930
The village of Kimberly had an increase of 874
in the census now having a population of 2256 persons. Combined Locks has a
population of 545 residents according to the 1930 census.
May 13, 1930
The windstorm last week
caused thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to this section of the states.
Harry Beach farm lost a large barn and many other farms and business suffered
damages as well.
Rev. Norbert Rank of this city
celebrated his first solemn high mass Sunday morning at the St. Mary’s Catholic
church before a capacity crowd of worshippers.
Raymond Paschen, senior at the Kaukauna High School
was unanimously elected captain of the 1930-32 basketball team at a meeting
last Friday. Paschen played center and forward on the 1929-30 team.
Little Chute – Members of the Little Chute High School
board, at a meeting last week, decided that the special election held ten days
ago voters decided by a vote of 188 to 72 to abolish the high school. The board
stated the wishes of, the majority of, voters would be carried out.
May 16, 1930
Green Bay – A small steamer, the Ansterberg, with
a cargo of Canadian beer and ale valued at $80,000 was captured last Wednesday
by the coast guard off Plum Island. The ship, the first one to be captured in
Green Bay since prohibition went into effect.
Little Chute -The Little Chute flour and grist mill.
A landmark of the village was completely destroyed by fire Wednesday morning.
The mill was owned and operated by Anton Hietpas for about 12 years with a loss
of $8,500. The mill was built in 1862 on the Fox River, the first of its kind
in this section of the state.
May 20, 1930
Little Chute – Commencement exercises of the class
of 1930 of Little Chute High School will be held Wednesday evening at the
Little Chute theater. Members of the class of four will receive their diplomas
from Rex Rendall, principal. Members of the class are Jack Lamers, Edythe
Hammen, Joseph Vander Velden and Bernice Verstegen. Jack Lamers was named
valedictorian and Edythe Hammen is salutatorian. This will be the last class to
graduate as voters had decided to abandon the high school.
May 27, 1930
Leo Rabideau, the only member of Kaukauna High School
track team entered in the state track and field meet in Madison Saturday, won
one point on fourth place in the half mile run for the Kaukauna school.
Roland Beyer Robert Grogan
Competing against the top speakers of the state
of Wisconsin, Kaukauna High’s two representatives in the forensic meet in
Madison Friday did well. Roland Beyer taking third place in extemporaneous
speaking and Robert Grogan winning fourth in oratory.
May 29, 1930
Graduation exercises for 44 pupils of Holy
Cross parochial school will be held on June 8. Rev. Msgr. P. J. Lochman will
present the diplomas.
The Little Chute band,
which was organized six years ago, will play a concert on Friday May 30 in
Little Chute.
John
D. Lawe, Kaukauna’s grand old 93 year old resident at the right and David I.
Graham, 82 years of age, Green Bay’s premier baseball fan and director of the
Green Bay ball club on the left. Kaukauna played the Green Bay Sox last
Saturday. Mr. Lawe throwing out the first ball and Mr. Graham receiving it.
Kaukauna trimmed Green Bay Sox team 9 – 5 with more than 200 Kaukauna fans
cheering at the ball game.
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