Time Machine Trip to January 1951

 

Kaukauna Times - January 1951

By Lyle Hansen

January 3, 1951

Ted Smits is retiring after 33 years with the post office and happy to say that he was looking forward to it. “I’ll miss my patrons’ friendliness along with their kindness.” Ted entered government service in 1917 at the post office in Freedom, his hometown. He later took the job as rural carrier on north side of Kaukauna. “Many the time I led the horse through knee deep mud by contrast to tires with chains on paved roads of today.”        

 

 

New and more complicated driver’s license requirements went into effect this year according to Police Chief Harold Engerson. Applicants are required to take a 1-hour examination before receiving a temporary driver permit.

January 5, 1951

Mayor Joseph “Doty” Bayorgeon announced Thursday that he had vetoed the new salary ordinance passed by the Kaukauna Council. He objected to the increases taking place at this time. The increases should not take place until after the election. He also said he would not except an increase in his pay.

January 10, 1951

 

 Clarence Smith         Bob Whitman             Rich Giordana

In 1951, for the first time in history, there will be three Kaukauna High School football co-captains according to Coach Guy Krumm during the special assemble program honoring the NEW grid champions. Two juniors, Clarence Smith and Bob Whitman, and sophomore Rich Giordana, were the trio named by their teammates.

January 12, 1951

Kaukauna’s over-all accident rate for 1950 climbed 47 per cent above the 1949 figure, according to Police Chief Harold Engerson. The 1950 total was 182 compared with 124 accidents in 1949. 

 

January 19, 1951

Kaukauna today mourned the untimely death of one of her most loved, most colorful citizens, Dr. William C. Sullivan. The former mayor and political figure died suddenly at his home, 401 Dixon Street, at 1:40 p.m. Wednesday. He was 73. Sullivan was a constant booster for Kaukauna, took pride in the city and in his family background here. His father was a member of the first council here and later became mayor. Sullivan, as mayor, did much for Kaukauna, always seeking new ways to improve the city. During his administration, several bridges were erected, and La Follette Park was acquired for a municipal park. Services will be Saturday morning at St. Mary's Catholic Church.

 

Burglars went in a lot of hard work to steal $25.00 from a safe at Sasnowski Pontiac Garage, Lawe Street Saturday night.

William Glasheen of Kaukauna has resigned as captain of the Outagamie County police, effective February 1. Glasheen had served seven years as captain and fifteen years on the force.

 

January 24, 1951

Joe Van Linn and his St. Mary’s grade school teammates erased just about every record in the book Saturday morning as they rolled to a 50-29 win over the Park school squad. St. Mary’s 50 points was the highest ever scored by any team in the league’s history. Van Linn scored 32 points in the game just 4 less than Phil Haas set earlier this year. What made the record more startling was that the quarters were just changed to six minutes from 10 minutes in the past.  

January 26, 1951

William G. Schultz, 19, of Kaukauna, has been promoted to Corporal. He is stationed at Unityville Air base in Korea.

 

Two Kaukauna seaman recruits, Mark Kalupa, Whitney Street and Stanley Lizon, Sixth Street are undergoing recruit training at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill. 

 

Kaukauna soldier Donald Mohr has been promoted to Corporal while serving in Korea.

City Attorney H. F. McAndrews announced yesterday that the pay increased passed by the Kaukauna City council were illegal. The law requires that pay can only be changed after an election. He also stated he would not except an increase in his pay.

Pvt. James S. Lehman, 22, Doty Street Kaukauna is a member of the 847^th Artillery battalion has completed his basic training at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin last week. Sub-zero temperatures and heavy snow made the training more rugged than expected for the battalion.

January 31, 1951

With most of the thermometers in Kaukauna reading 32 degrees below zero yesterday morning many residents were voicing that winter was officially here. Among the first to fall victim to the weather were the workers at the Thilmany Paper Company who found their cars had developed “winteritis” and were unable to start when they left from work.

An experimental automotive sports car was recently unveiled in full-size model. The 1951 General Motors Le sabre XP-8 is only 3 feet high at the cowl and has a 6-inch ground clearance. The auto has a 300-horsepower V-8 engine and weighs 3000 lbs.  The styling follows the lines of a jet aircraft. 

  

January 1951 Weddings – Announcements