Kaukauna Times - December 1950
By Lyle Hansen
December 1, 1950
Quick thinking five-year-old twin brothers
prevented a near-tragedy last Friday afternoon. Ronald and Donald Straus
and their brother Milo, 8, were playing on the ice of the river when without
warning the ice cracked and Milo slipped into the water. The twins grabbed the
hands of their brother and after two attempts pulled him to safety.
Private First-Class Robert Agen of Kaukauna has been recommended for the Presidential Citation for heroic action in Korea. In a letter home he told of his field artillery battalion being trapped by the North Koreans and Chinese forces. The fighting, some hand to hand, lasted about 3 hours before the enemy was driven back.
Completing the list of 16 boys employed by the Kaukauna Times as carriers is Jack Schuh of Oviatt street. At the time of the pictures Jack was in the hospital recuperating for an appendectomy.
December 6, 1950
PFC. Clayton
Arnoldussen, who was wounded on 1 September in Korea arrived Friday night to
spend a 45-day leave with his parents on Dodge Street.
Ghost Co-captains are ready for tonight’s opener. John Diestler passing the ball and Ken Roloff, on defense, have been the two chief scoring threats this year.
December 8, 1950
Sergeant John W.
Peterson, Ninth Street, Kaukauna, has been transferred to the Percy Jones Army
Hospital at Battle Creek, Mich. He is working as an assistant in the hospital
diet kitchen.
December 13, 1950
Sergeant William P. McCormick, Jr. Lincoln Avenue, Little
Chute, who was serving with the First Marine Battalion in Korea has been
wounded in action and is now aboard a Naval hospital ship. He received a bullet
wound to the abdomen and his condition is reported as serious.
December 20, 1950
Three of the five ice skating rinks in Kaukauna
are now open. They are located at Park and Nicolet schools and at Reichel’s
pond near the ballpark.
Phil Haas, former Lawrence College cager and
now a center with the Athletic Club, banged home 36 points to set a new high
individual scoring record. Haas broke a record set by Ray Heim here in 1946.
December 28, 1950
Chief of Police Harold Engerson told the Rotary
meeting at the Hotel Kaukauna dining room yesterday of the unsung mark done by
the Police Department. He said the six-man force in Kaukauna made over 1700 investigations
in 1949. He mentioned that there were 76
miles of roads and streets within the city limits and it was hard to do all the
police work necessary with only two men on duty each eight-hour shift. Engerson
said that the surrounding towns of size comparable to Kaukauna have as many as
20 policemen in their police departments.
Jerry Kobussen, 6, Tobacnoir street, Kaukauna, suffered
fractures to both legs when he was struck by a car at 3:00 o'clock Sunday
afternoon near the intersections of Lawe and Tobacnoir Streets. Jerry was
crossing the street on his way home from a movie and the car was traveling south
on Lawe St when the mishap occurred.
James Otte is the top scorer in the grade
school league after three games. Otte of Holy Cross topped the individual
scores with 39 points. Joe Van Linn of St. Mary’s is second with 31 points and
Bruce Kemp of Lutheran is in third place with 24 points.
DECEMBER BRIDES – 1950
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