Time Machine Trip to December 1940

 

Kaukauna Times - December 1940

By Lyle Hansen

December 4, 1940

Coach Guy Krumm’s high school cagers scored and easy 33 to 13, win over Waupaca here Friday night for their second win of the season. 

Top row, left to right: Lloyd Wink, F. Zirbel, W. Stanette, James Helf, Frank Giordana, J. McGowan. Middle row: Kenneth Reinholz, William Knapp, Cal Spice, Mr. Krumm, R. Johnson, William Van Dyke, John Ryan. Front row: Carl Giordana, William Tessin, William Alger, Karl Swedberg, captain, Willis Ranquette.

The NYA program has received word from Washington Tuesday giving permission to employ 17-year-old youths on the out of, schoolwork program, who have graduated from high school.

December 6, 1940

Miss Mary Faust, Grignon street, was named Miss Merry Christmas in the popular contest concluded Wednesday noon. She received a total of 692,000 votes in the contest conducted by the Kaukauna Advancement association. Dorothy Zink received second with 428,000.  Miss Faust will ride on the lead float in the Santa Claus parade. Besides this honor she will receive a cash prize of $3.00.

Sergeant Gene Winn, one of the members of the 120^th Field Artillery band, at Camp Beauregard, La., writes the Times. There are four Kaukauna fellows in our unit, Pfc. Loyal Belongea, James Mayer, Richard Hoehne and me.

December 11, 1940

The air minded Green Bay Packers made three trips by plane to New York, Detroit and Cleveland, this season, and Coach E. L. Lambeau, and his players are thoroughly sold on the air route.

December 13, 1940

 

Kaukauna Deer hunters are successful.

 

Gun accidents of the current hunting season will exceed 80, a drop of about 20 from the 1939 season.

Two ice rinks will be constructed in the city. One rink will be at the Park School playgrounds and the other at Nicolet School playgrounds.

December 18, 1940

Although the Packers were not in the championship playoff this year, the team members will get a good-sized Christmas present as their share of the cut which went to the second-place teams in each division. According to figures the members of the Green Bay and Brooklyn teams will divide a pot of $4,456.45.

December 24, 1940

Generation of power in the new $600,000 hydroelectric power plant will begin Friday, according to an announcement received this morning from H.F. Weckwerth, general manager of the electrical and water departments. Work on the project was started two years ago. The plant will permit development of 100 percent of the waterpower in the Fox River at this point over that which was used for navigation. The plant is designed to develop 2,400 kilowatts of electricity at the present time, if there is an outlet for more power; it can ultimately develop 5,600 kilowatts.

December 27, 1940

A group of 13 Boy scouts of Valley Council left Thursday for Gardner Dam Camp to spend five days. Included in the group were three from Kaukauna, Tom and Dick McCarty and Jim Gustman.