Time Machine Trip to June 1961

 

Kaukauna Times - June 1961

By Lyle Hansen

June 2, 1961

        

    Karen Lindemuth                David Foxgrover

Karen Lindemuth became the 11^th consecutive girl to win the Lang Trophy. Valedictorian David Foxgrover received the Thilmany scholarship for the next four years at the college of his choice.

 

June 2, 1961

An estimated 75 top boat racing drivers from four area states are expected to be on hand Sunday afternoon at the Kaukauna Boat Club.

 

June 7, 1961

A total of 215 Kaukauna High School seniors were awarded diplomas last night as the 68^th annual commencement was conducted at the civic auditorium. A total of 114 of the graduates were girls and 101 were boys.

 

June 9, 1961

The common council went on record Tuesday evening favoring a proposal of the Outagamie County highway committee to lay out a new highway from the east of the college Avenue bridge in Appleton to highway 55 in Kaukauna.

 

Julie West will spend her summer months as an exchange student in Barcelona, Spain. She will sail from Canada to Netherlands from there by bus to Spain on June 19^th. She is expected to leave there on August 14^th and arrive home August 24^th.

 

June 14, 1961

Tom and Matt Courtney received their Eagle Scout awards at a ceremony held at Holy Cross Troop 31 Court of Honor. They were presented their awards by their Grandmother Mrs. Michael Courtney. Pat Simon second from the right was presented with his award by his mother and father Mr. and Mrs. Roman Simon.  

June 16, 1961

The Farmers and Merchant Bank is celebrating its 50^th Anniversary today with an open house all day. The bank was organized by a group of businessmen and area farmers with assets of $60,000. The bank was located at 212 Main Street in 1916. In 1922 it was moved to the NE corner of Main Street and 2^nd Street. In 1933 the bank consolidated with the First National Bank and moved to their location across the street to the SE corner of Main and 2^nd Street. In 1955 the bank moved into a new building on Dodge Street where it is today. The current assets of the bank have increased 100 times from the beginning in 1916 and now stand at $6,000,000.

June 16, 1961

How come we are known as the Galloping Ghosts? The pioneer “Papyrus” of 1927 had a write-up in it telling of the football season that year opened on Saturday September 27^th. Oshkosh was the first of the team’s opponents. The Kaukauna team went on into the game with all odds against them, but they won 10 to 6. Next, they faced Shawano and again won 34-0. Due to their wonderful speed and scoring ability the team acquired the name of “Galloping Ghosts’.

25^th Annual Alumni Rally of Kaukauna High School attracted persons from many areas. The Rev. Percy Gibson, of the first class to graduate from Kaukauna high in 1893 signs the register.   

 

June 21, 1961

Close to 300 attended the Kaukauna Alumni Association Rally at its 25^th annual meet. Among the notables was Rev. Percy W. Gibson of Waseca, Minn. Rev. Gibson is only living member of the first graduating class of Kaukauna High School the class of 1893. The rally master this year was T. Foster Miller of Milwaukee. He graduated from Kaukauna High School with the class of 1916, 50 years ago.

 

June 23, 1961

 

Three exchange students gathered recently at the home of Dr. and Mrs. George Boyd. Pictured left to right are Miss Betty Boyd, an exchange student in Germany last year, Miss Heide Lammers an exchange student from Nurnberg, Germany. Miss Barbara Boyd, who lived at the Lammers home in Germany as a summer exchange student. Miss Marit Hatleskog of Norway, who lived at the Boyd home during the past school term as she attended Kaukauna High School.

The Rev. and Mrs. Robert Edwards and family will be honored Sunday morning at a reception to be held at Kaukauna Methodist church. The Rev. Mr. Edwards succeeds the Rev. Pail Stevens as pastor of the Kaukauna church. Pictured left to right with their parents, are Gary, Steven and Mark.

 

June 30, 1961

William Ranquette will retire as manager of the Kaukauna Utility after 41 years of service. He says that he always followed the advice given to him when he took the job as manager. “Whenever you have a decision to make, just ask yourself whether or not it is going to be good for Kaukauna in the long run”. That was pretty good advice and I followed it.

 

June Brides 1961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time Machine Trip to June 1951

Kaukauna Times - June 1951

By Lyle Hansen

June 1, 1951

“If we only pay lip service to the meaning of Memorial Day, we have missed the purpose of the day,” Attorney John Esler told the people gathered at the services at the Honor roll Wednesday afternoon. “Memorial Day has a two-fold purpose, that of remembering the dead and to realize the task before us and assure that “these honored dead shall not have died in vain.”

 

June 6, 1951

Members of Cub Pack 27 received awards at the pack meeting Thursday evening at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Bobcat pins were awarded to Steve Brem. Jr., Larry Sharon, Jerome Kern, Jerome Haen and David Pankratz. Wolf badges were awarded to David Van Denzen and Mike Pendleton. Bear badges went to Lee LaRock, Paul Berens, Danny Ryan, Terry Sharon, Richard Liethen, Matthew Mitchell, Billy Britten, Glenn Hansen, Lance Goetzman, David Mau, Dick Lemke and Lorrie Greenwood. James Lettau was the only cub receiving his Lion badge.

June 8, 1951

In seeking relief of the city’s parking problem, the city council passed an ordinance limiting parking on certain street. There will be a 90-minute parking limit on three northside streets and five southside streets. The restrictions will be from 9 o’clock in the morning to 5 o’clock in the evening.

June 13, 1951

Five Members of St. Mary’s Boy Scout Troop No. 27 were presented the Eagle award during a court of honor last Wednesday evening. Mrs. Gilbert Jaeger is pinning the award on her son, Richard. Other Eagle award winners looking on are left to right, Mark Reichel, John Schultz, Boniface Mitchell and Gerald Nytes. 

Members of post No. 41 American Legion elected Fred Mason as the new commander at a meeting at the Legion hall. Robert Grogan is the retiring commander.

After ten months of fighting the Chinese Reds and North Koreans, Staff Sergeant Theodore Hermans of the US Marine corps has returned home Friday to visit is family. While in Korea Hermans served with a tank battalion of the First Marine division. He has been in the Marine corps 11 years.

June 15, 1951

Genial Jack Staley, the master Magician, has turned the trick again, but instead of pulling rabbits out of a hat he has pulled a host of wonderful buys in fine quality foods. He has recently remodeled and improved Staley’s Buy-Rite Grocery Boyd avenue offers to the public high-quality foods.    

James J. Ashauer, Kaukauna, has been promoted to corporal. He is stationed with a combat unit at Fort Hood, Texas. 

Orville Bongers was elected commander of the Jacob Coppus Post No. 258, American Legion of Little Chute. Joseph Hietpas is the retiring commander. 

June 20, 1951

Three Kaukauna youths who have been friends for many years and now serving in the armed forces were recently reunited in California.  They are left to right Arthur Look, Lee Klister and Charles “Chuck” Kilawee. Both Look and Kilawee are stationed in the army at Fort McArthur, California and Klister is with the navy at Port Hueneme, California. 

Pfc. Robert Agen, Kaukauna, who has been serving with the army in Korea is being sent back to the United States under the rotation plan.  Agen has been serving with an artillery battery and has seen a lot of action in the war.

First prize in a state competition contest was won by Sarah Brenzel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brenzel Desnoyer street. Miss Brenzel’s drawing entitled “Labor Day in La Follette Park”.

Brownie wings and Girl Scout pins were awarded members of Brownie Troop 103 in a fly-up ceremony held at La Follette park. Those receiving awards were Muriel Mongin, Susan Mayer, Janet Walsh, Diane O’Dell, Rite Ann Kilgas, Darlene Vils, Pat Robedeaux, Florence Schmidt, and Janet Donnermeyer.

June 27, 1951

Eugene A. Siebers Kaukauna, communications technician second class, who was a member of the inactive naval reserve has been recalled to duty. Siebers enlisted in the navy following graduation from Kaukauna high school, He served three years during World War II. 

 

Time Machine Trip to June 1941

 

Kaukauna Times - June 1941

By Lyle Hansen

June 4, 1941

Robert Garat of Green Bay paid a fine of $1 and costs to Justice Abe Goldin’s court Saturday on a charge of disorderly conduct.

 

The Milton grocery store located at 1002 Lawe Street was entered and robbed Monday evening according to police reports. Among the items stolen were 10 cartons of cigarettes, a box of cigars, 50 pounds of sugar, candy bars and various food products. 

 

June 6, 1941

 

Miss Jo Ann McCarty and Miss Anne Nelson presented a joint piano recital at Peabody Hall in Appleton Sunday night under the sponsorship of Lawrence conservatory of music. The girls are friends and both juniors at Kaukauna high school.

 

Twenty-eight youths on the NYA and vocational school program received jobs in private employment during May, according to William T. Sullivan, director of the school.

 

Members of the Kaukauna Irish squad at Camp Livingston, Louisiana spent a few minutes sending a little news of their activities. Biddy McMahon is on K.P. steady in the kitchen and is now known as ”Pots and Pan” McMahon. Our sergeant, Mose Dougherty, of the weapons platoon, has a newly acquired man being Corporal Donald “Duck” Milton. The rest of the Kaukauna boys are now all promoted to Private first class.

 

Thirty sets of flags to decorate the streets of Kaukauna will be purchased by the city this year.  Dave Hartjes of the Advancement association appeared before the council to ask that the city purchase the flags at $9 a set.

 

Dave Egan was elected commander of the American Legion post No. 41 at the annual meeting held Tuesday evening.

 

June 11, 1941

 

     LaVerne Schiedermayer            Lynn Angevine 

LaVerne Schiedermayer, valedictorian maintained an average of 95.45 and Lynn Angevine, salutatorian maintained an average of 93.77 during their high school careers at Kaukauna high school. 

 

The largest class in the history of Kaukauna high school, 135 seniors, walked across the stage at the civic auditorium Friday night to receive their diplomas and enter the responsibilities and accept the challenge of the adult world. 

 

June 13, 1941

Wisconsin motorists, a majority of whom earn less than $39 a week, would be hard hit if Congress adopts the proposal to increase the federal gasoline tax of 2 ½ cents per gallon.

 

June 18, 1941

Clarence Eiting of Hollandtown was named “king” of the 92^nd annual schut held in the little Dutch community of Hollandtown, Sunday morning by bringing down the last piece of the wooden bird atop an 80-foot pole.

 

June 20, 1941

Mayor William J. Gantter appointed Joseph Lehrer to the newly created position of poundmaster.  The poundmaster has the authority to take into custody all animals found running at large in the city. He will receive $2 per animal he takes in  25 cents a day board for each animal boarded not to exceed five days.  

 

June 25, 1941

Paul Wearly of Marion, Indiana, won the Governor Heil trophy race feature of the fourth annual regatta professional outboard motorboat races held here Sunday before a crowd estimated at 12,000 spectators. The affair was again sponsored by the Kaukauna Post 3319 Veterans of Foreign Wars.

 

June 27, 1941

Miss Irene Busse demonstrates how to file a saw on the saw filling machine at the NYA workshop. She is one of 30 girls employed at the shop.

 

One hundred fifty youths are engaged in the NYA program of Outagamie County which has headquarters in Kaukauna. Of the group 30 are girls who have graduated from high school this month.

 

Time Machine Trip to June 1931

 

Kaukauna Times - June 1931

By Lyle Hansen

June 2, 1931

Miss Lucille Johnson, 17, was fatally injured and three others injured in a one car accident on highway 55 south of Sherwood Monday early morning.

Frederick W. Giese, former Outagamie County sheriff, was found not guilty by a jury in federal court at Milwaukee Thursday afternoon after a week’s trial. Giese was charged with conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. Giese was ousted as sheriff by former Governor Walter Kohler in January of 1929. Many people called the charges a frame up.

June 9, 1931

Rt. Rev. Msgr. P. J. Lochman, V.G., Prot. Ap., is being honored today by members of his congregation, Holy Cross Catholic Church, along with hundreds of other friends, and scores of Catholic priests from throughout the Green Bay diocese—the occasion being the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination into the Catholic priesthood.

 

Seventy-four member of the high school senior class received diplomas at commencement exercises held Friday evening at the auditorium. J. F. Cavanaugh, superintendent of schools presented the class and awarded the diplomas.

 

June 12, 1931

Michael Verstegen, 36, post commander of the Jacob Coppus post American Legion, Little Chute, died at his home Wednesday evening after several days illness with pneumonia.

 

Mr. M. A. Wertheimer of this city recently returned from a trip to Europe and spoke at the Rotary club meeting held at the Kaukauna Hotel. He stated the Europeans blame the depression there on the American depression. He further stated that the conditions in England are not as bad as the other countries although the unemployment is a problem.  Germany is in a bad state of affairs with the country carrying a heavy debt load. He said the younger generation does not feel they should be required to pay a debt they had nothing to do with. Germany is not trending toward communism but rather towards socialism. 

June 16, 1931

Phil Zwick, popular Kaukauna featherweight, won a knockout over Jimmy Slavin at Madison Square Gardens, New York. Phil knocked Slavin down four times in the second round before he stayed down.

 

June 19, 1931

Workmen on the government dam and Lawe street bridge are progressing rapidly. Both crews are taking advantage of the good weather.

June 26, 1931

A congratulatory message was received by Rev. Msgr. P. J. Lockman, pastor of Holy Cross church, from Pope Pius XI on the fiftieth Anniversary of his ordination. 

June 30, 1931

A statewide heat wave, which seemingly reached its peak Monday afternoon, included Kaukauna in its clutches, and residents have been suffering intensely. The temperature, though it has cooled somewhat, had reached the 100-degree point in the shade, causing many local industries to give their workmen at least part holidays.

Many applications have been filed with the Kaukauna police commissioner for the position of city motorcycle officer.

 

1931 Ford Model-A coupe.