Time Machine Trip to August 1930

 

Kaukauna Times - August 1930

August 1, 1930

The new route on highway 55 out of Kaukauna over Delanglade Street to the junction with Rose Hill Road to Freedom is being surfaced with gravel this week.

 

A miniature golf course is being constructed by Dale Andrews at the junction of USH 41 and state highway 55 at the end if Lawe Street near the new Andrews Oil gasoline station. The course is expected to be ready for play by the end of next week.

 

Chief of Police R. H. McCarty has issued a warning to not engage in selling draw card chances in the city. The cards are drawn from a board for prizes. This practice is absolutely prohibited.

 

August 5, 1930

Residents of communities in the northeastern part of Wisconsin will be in Kaukauna Friday and Saturday for the gigantic Ford Motor company show which will be held at the baseball park. The local Van Lieshout garage is in charge of the event. The show will be held in a 80 x 100 foot tent. A full line of Fords will be on display. Thousands of visitors are expected to attend the event. 

 

August 8, 1930

 

Green Bay – It has been said that the Valley league baseball hitters have seen their averages melt like ice in the summertime. Harry McAndrews of Kaukauna continues to set the pace with .429 average. Sonny Tornow, Appleton is second with .417.

 

 

 

 

August 12, 1930

Before a gallery of two hundred golfing fans, Billy Sixty, Ernest Killick, Hunt Elder, Gordon Kummer, and Chuck Lange, all-star golfers around the state, played an 18 hole exhibition featuring the formal  opening  of  the Kaukauna's Golf club's new nine-hole course here Sunday.

 

The Galmbacher Bros. store at the corner of Hendricks Avenue and Seventh Street has been sold to Edward Matchett according to manager Wm. Galmbacher.

 

Madison – Reports state the 48 drunken drivers had their licenses revoked during the month of July in Wisconsin.

 

August 22, 1930

Arthur M. Schmalz, commander of the Kaukauna Post No. 41, was named commander of the ninth district of the American Legion at a district meeting held last Wednesday.

 

Hilbert – Hilbert was defeated Sunday 11–7 by Reedsville after one of the wildest frays ever witnessed here. With the bases loaded in the fifth Jensen of Hilbert hit a home run which Reedsville claimed was foul. Two Reedsville players attacked the umpire along with some of the fans taking a hand. The mob was quieted, and the umpire returned to the resume the game.

 

August 26, 1930

Tuesday at LaFollette Park, under the direction of playground supervisors Mrs. T. Clark and Miss Agnes Egan, several hundred enjoyed kiddies’ day in Kaukauna. The affair started with a parade at Park School and marching across the Fox river to La Follette Park where the day’s event was held. Gaily decorated doll buggies, tricycles, kiddie cars and scooters were in the parade which passed the review of many interested citizens. The children were dressed in out of the ordinary costumes and seemed to be greatly enjoying the affair. 

August 29, 1930

Twenty-four amateur football players from Kaukauna and surrounding villages attended a meeting held at the municipal building last evening. Plans were made to organize an amateur football team to represent Kaukauna. According to Warren “Bugs” Brenzel, who was elected to serve as manager, it appears that Kaukauna will have a squad of about thirty men to pick from. Bill Glasheen who coached the “Flying Dutchmen” team at Little Chute, has accepted the position of coach. 

 

The New Kaukauna Golf Course – Opened August 10