Friday, June 12, 2020

Time Machine Trip to June 1920


Kaukauna Times - June 1920

June 3, 1920
The graduating exercises of the high school class of 1920 were held Wednesday evening at which time twenty-nine young people were given diplomas. This is the largest class since 1912. The class comprised the following:
Gladys E. Bentrock, Norman G. Boettcher, Laure Corinne Boyd, Lester J. Brenzel, John N. Corcoran, Howard Norman Delbridge, James Edson Demarest, Lillian E. Glenzer, Joseph J. Gerend, Sybil LeuRue Griffith, Bessie Vivian Haas, Arthur J. Jones, Evert R. Lindstrom, Agnes C. Maher, Alice Lilian Martens, Bertram Joseph Mayer, Edith Grace Meyer, Catherine M. Miller, Selma H. Miller, Ethel Lilian Ozburn, Landa C. Rasmussen, Harold W. Redman, Lloyd H. Scholl, Floyd Franklin Schrader, Edmund J. Simon, Lester J Smith, Erna C. Specht, Melvin Albert Trams, and George Edward Wiggers.


Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Thilmany and daughter, Miss Elsa, formerly of this city and for the past eighteen years resided in Germany, arrived in Kaukauna Tuesday and are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Stribley. Mr. Thilmany founded the Thilmany Pulp and Paper company in 1889, and sold it to the present owners in 1902, and moved to Germany.





Chief of Police R. H. McCarty will forgive the party who removed his umbrella from the police station during the rainstorm of Saturday May 22nd if, now that the rain is over, the umbrella must be returned to its owner.  

June 10, 1920
An organization is formed by four Kaukauna men Joseph McCarty, Henry Killian, Ray McCarty, and Dr. G. J. Flanagan and is known as the Jos. McCarty Construction Co. Since 1908 Mr. McCarty has operated successfully in the contracting business as an individual.

Twas on a bright June morning on Tuesday of this week, that an ordinary postmaster fared forth from our city in a Ford coupe and at even-tide he returned to his home a king seated in a royal Sedan with medals and a royal cape. John Coppes our South Side postmaster, who’s mighty 38-70 artillery brought down the bird which St. Francis Hollandtown had selected as the trophy for the annual “Schut”.

June 24, 1920
Patrick Sullivan and Frank Sullivan, no relation, were fighting on a street corner. Policeman Sidney Sullivan, no relation, arrested them. Desk Sergeant Michael Sullivan booked them on a charge of disorderly conduct. Lockup keeper Jerry Sullivan escorted them to their cells. Warrant Clerk J. L. Sullivan issued the complaint. All no relation. They were arraigned before Judge Dennis W. Sullivan, no relation. He discharged them.


Theodore Eiting had a barn raising last Monday and forty neighbors were present and lent a helping hand. A bountiful dinner and supper were served to all. When completed Mr. Eiting’s barn will be thoroughly modern and suitable to his dairy herd.






Park School Third grade class 1919 – 1920



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