Kaukauna Times - June 1961
By Lyle Hansen
June 2, 1961
Karen
Lindemuth David Foxgrover
Karen
Lindemuth became the 11th 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 68th
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 19th.
She is expected to leave there on August 14th and arrive home August
24th.
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 50th 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 2nd
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 2nd
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 27th. 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’.
25th
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 25th
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
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