Time Machine Trip to April 1931

 

Kaukauna Times - April 1931

By Lyle Hansen

April 3, 1931

Marty Lamers, one of the Fox river valley’s most popular baseball players and managers, for many years a mainstay of Little Chute and Kimberly squads, will manage the Kaukauna entrants in the 1931 Fox River Valley League race. Les Smith, last year Kaukauna pilot had signified his intentions to retire from the managerial duties.

April 7, 1931

Crews of the C. R. Meyer & Sons Company, in charge of work on the Lawe Street Bridge, have been busily engaged in preparing the yards and razing the old iron bridge. Up to yesterday evening one crew, at work dismantling the old bridge had finished ripping up most of the sidewalk on the draw, and the iron railings had been taken off that portion of the bridge.

April 10, 1931

Combined Locks - Malachi Ryan was re-elected village president and member of the county board of supervisors in Tuesday’s election without opposition.

Little Chute – Anton “Casey” Jansen was reelected president of the village of Little Chute at the Tuesday election, winning by 89 votes over Anton A. Hietpas.

Senator William Borah of Idaho has refused to except an increase of $2,500 a year as senator because “he had been elected to a $7,500 job.” Altogether he turned back $15,000 to the United States treasury.

April 17, 1931

Improvements being made in the Lawe park in front of the John D. Lawe residence between Lawe and Catherine streets. The old apple orchard planted in 1860 by George W. Lawe, father of John Lawe, is being removed. In their place will be planted some fine shade trees.  

April 21, 1931

A goodly number of men out of work are expected to register on the list compiled this week by the representative of the state employment committee who will be at the municipal building. The jobs to be for the construction of Highway 10 near Forest Junction with funds from the increase of tax on gasoline.

April 24, 1931

General construction work on the new concrete dam in the Fox River above the Lawe Street Bridge is expected to start between May 1 and May 5, according to word received today from the office of the United States district engineer in Appleton. Preliminary work is now being done on the project.

A press report taken from the Tacoma Washington paper sent to Kaukauna states: St. Mary’s college has a human skyscraper in the person of Richard “String” Landreman of Kaukauna Wisconsin. The 6 feet, 8-inch football player makes him the tallest young man whoever juggled a pigskin in this section. He will be playing the center position this season in basketball of St. Mary’s.

April 28, 1931

Petitions protesting the removal of the horse trough on the NE corner of Crooks Avenue and Third street were presented to the city council last Tuesday and the question was referred to the board of public works for study. The following morning city workmen began removing the water trough over the protests of citizens.

A derailed rail car, crashed in the yards of the Kaukauna Lumber and Manufacturing company on the Island Saturday afternoon burying Robert Schubring of this city, an employee of the lumber company beneath the debris of the crushed wall and demolished chimney and caused severe injuries. A locomotive, pushing three box cars came into the limber company.