Time Machine Trip to April 1961

 

Kaukauna Times – April 1961

By Lyle Hansen

 

April 5, 1961

A total of 13 candidates for public office in Tuesday’s election spent a total of $213.13 in pre-election campaigning according to City Clerk Karl Martzahl. Seven candidates reported no expenditures.

 

April 11, 1961

Interesting aldermanic races in all five Kaukauna wards on Tuesday was credited for the 53 percent turnout of voters in the spring election.

 

April 14, 1961

The Kaukauna Klubbers baseball team will begin preparing for competition in the Fox Valley league Sunday when manager Jerry Klarer holds his opening drill of the campaign at the Dodge Street diamond.

April 19, 1961

One Hundred and sixty-eight miles per gallon must be a world’s record. The achievement was made by a team using a 1924 coupe that was highly modified. The rules set by the Shell Oil Company required that all vehicles have four tires on the road and weigh no less than 2000 pounds. Additional requirements stated the vehicle must have at least 100 cu. in. displacement motor.

Students at Kaukauna High School are planning to attend school in their “Sunday Best” Friday according to Hope Goetzman student council president. The dress up day is not a competition of new fashions, but it is merely an opportunity for the teachers as well as the students to observe the change in attitudes if any that can be produced.

 

April 21, 1961

 

The fourth annual Open House for potential students and the general public is scheduled at the Outagamie County Teachers college in Kaukauna on Wednesday April 26.

 

The Outagamie county board Wednesday voted 28-26 not to approve the construction of a multi-million-dollar airport in the county. On Thursday it was learned just before press time that the board voted again and approved the measure 32-22.

 

April 26, 1961

Incomes to the two trust funds out of which social security benefits are paid exceeded out go by $648 million during the year of 1960. The fiscal calendar estimates for the long range up until the year 2025.

 

April 28, 1961

Twenty-five years of cooperation between Kaukauna High School journalism students and the Kaukauna Times in publication of the weekly broadcaster page was observed at the annual dinner Tuesday at the Elks. Miss Francis Corry paid tribute to C.J. Hansen, publisher of the Times.