Tuesday, June 22, 2021

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 92nd 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.


 

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