Kaukauna Times
May 1, 1940
Mel Burkart, Kaukauna, completed 44 years of
service with the Combined Locks Paper company. Mr. Burkart started to work when
he was 13 years of age having been employed by the Union Bag and Paper Corp. in
Kaukauna working 12 hours for the sum of .66 a night. He then was employed in
the old Badger Mill in Kaukauna until it burned down. He started with the
Combined Locks Paper company in 1897.
Last Saturday Kaukauna High School concluded
one of the most successful forensic seasons in the history of the school when
three of its students participated in the state forensic association in
Madison. Clarence DeBruin received an A rating. Mary Lu Vanevenhoven received a
B rating. Maurice Rosenblatt received a C rating.
May 3, 1940
Six inches of snow fell Wednesday evening
covering Kaukauna with a blanket of snow. Most of the snow melted by
morning.
May 8, 1940
Wisconsin passenger car licenses for 1939 total
more than 721,800, according to the state motor vehicle department. On this
basis there is one car for every four persons living in the Badger state.
Wisconsin priding herself on being “America’s Dairyland” on its auto plates.
The Kaukauna High School
band will be part of more than 4000 high school competitors who will come to
Kaukauna from more than 40 schools in the district.
May 10, 1940
Ivan Schatzka was selected king of the junior
prom in an election held this week by members of the junior class. Lillian
Vande Yacht has been chosen by Ivan Schatzka to be his partner at the junior
promenade. The prom will be held Friday May 24.
May 15, 1940
Donald Keil was named captain of the 1941
boxing squad. Keil in finishing his third year with the mittmen and is
considered one of the best fighters on the squad. Probably his wicked left-hand
accounts for the fact that he has lost only one fight in three years. This
year’s squad went through the season undefeated.
Outagamie county authorities are continuing
their investigation into the deaths of Mrs. Samuel Van Camp and son, William,
who were found murdered in their farm home on route 1 Kaukauna early Sunday
morning. A shotgun was used by the murderer.
May 22, 1940
The population of Kaukauna during the last ten
years has increased 802 according the 1940 census which has just been
completed. The new population total is now 7383.
Arthur Hoolihan of Kaukauna announced in the
Times yesterday that he would be candidate for the office of assemblyman in the
second district on the Progressive ticket in the fall election.
May 24, 1940
The army has announced that the five recruiting
stations in Wisconsin are open for new recruits. Men enlisting now will be able
to benefit by faster promotion and higher pay. Rates of pay for enlisted men
extend from $21 to $157.50 a month with clothing, medical care, food and
quarters furnished by the government.
Top row: Assistant Manager J. Winn, J. Velte,
R. Johnson, C. Giordana, D. Nelson, N. Lambie, Manager, C. Domro, Coach C. H.
Kemp. Second row: W. Alger, R. Doering,
H. Stuiber, L. Cooper, H. Vandenberg, T. McCarty, F. Muthing, A. Meitner, R.
Helf. First Row: R. Danner, N. Otte, R. Knapp, K. Reinholz, C. Spice, E.
Peters, W. Steffens, R. Derus, A. Otte.
Coach Clifford Kemp’s school track team
defeated the Kimberly track team in a meet Wednesday afternoon by a score of 88
to 25. Kaukauna took first place in every event except for the 440-yard dash.
May 29, 1940
Two hundred fifty couples attended the junior
prom Friday evening and danced to the music of Don Strickland and his
orchestra. A huge crystal ball in the center of the floor rotated and cast
colored reflections on the floor.
Mayor Gantter ordered the superintendent of
public works to turn on the water at the water fountains. He criticized the
city on its economy program as far as drinking fountains are concerned, stating
that only $25 a year can be saved by discontinuing the use of the fountains.
J. W. Weyenberg was elected president
of the Kaukauna Lions club for the 1940-41 fiscal year. He succeeds Mike Klein
as head of the club.
1940 Chrysler New Yorker Convertible
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