Kaukauna Times December 1930
By Lyle Hansen
December 9, 1930
Coal made up 84 per cent of the tonnage routed
over the Fox River and according to N. Wightman, federal engineer. The tonnage
was 325,734 valued at 1.5 million dollars.
Word received from Germany of the death of Mrs.
Oscar Thilmany, widow of the late pioneer paper manufacturer of Kaukauna. The
Thilmany family came to Kaukauna 45 years ago and Mr. Thilmany founded the
Thilmany Pulp and Paper company, obtaining the old Doane and Hutchinson Mill in
Kaukauna.
December 12, 1930
Work on leveling the proposed athletic field to
the rear of the high school is progressing at a rapid pace, A crew of thirty
men having been given jobs after registering with the unemployment committee.
The work is being paid for by the city and the utility department.
December 16, 1930
Several new 1931 license plates have been
noticed in Kaukauna.
Parents of the city are warned by the local
police department not to allow their children to use the main traveled streets
as coasting places. Chief McCarty pointed out that there are several side
streets hills which might be utilized.
December 19, 1930
Twenty-four hours after he had held up the
Shiocton bank and escaped with $178.69, Cutis Herferd, 23, of Northport, was
receiving a sentence of from 15 to 25 years in state prison. He was captured on
a Northwestern train Wednesday morning; the bank was held up Tuesday at noon.
A party of hunters came through the valley with
a robe covered figure in the back seat which they told gasoline station
attendants was one of their party who had been shot to death in the woods. They
were stopped at the state line for speeding and the real story came out. The
body under the robe was a buck, one more than the law allowed.
December 26, 1930
In Kaukauna as in other cities, unemployment
during the depression seemed for a time to make a Christmas anything but happy
for many residents, but remarkable work on the part of relief committees will
no doubt make for a very happy holiday season. More than fifty baskets heaped
high with foodstuffs and Christmas articles were distributed today.
December 30, 1930
A transient, who was arrested in Kaukauna
Thursday night, was sentenced to seven days in the county jail in Appleton
Friday after he was unable to pay the $10 fine.
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