Kaukauna Times – July 1931
By Lyle Hansen
July 7, 1931
An unusually interesting wedding dress was donated to Neville public museum of Green Bay by John D. Lawe, of Kaukauna, is attracting a great deal of interest in the collection. The dress was fashioned on the finest English melton for Therese Rankin, granddaughter of Ashwaubemis, an Ottawa chieftain, by young squaws at the time of her marriage in 1806 to John Lawe, a fur trader in Green Bay.
Hugo Weifenbach, John Schmidt, and L. F. Nelson
were the first officers of the Farmers and Merchants bank when it opened on
July 11, 1911.
July 10, 1931
A record of thirty years’ service in the United
States Coast Artillery corps will end this November when master sergeant August
Rink of Kaukauna will retire. Sergeant Rink commented that he still in good
health and adds that he could do thirty more years. In November will be due for
retirement with full pay of $137.50 per month.
July 14, 1931
Kaukauna motorcycle officer Harold Alger
suffered cuts and bruises when his machine was thrown against the bridge rail
by a driver who did not stop. He was pursuing the driver when the car turned
into him.
Twenty-three Kaukauna young men are registered
to attend the citizens’ military training camp at Fort Snelling, Minn., during
August.
July 17, 1931
Urban Behler and Norman Foxgrover for several
years co-partners of the barbershop on Second street, have parted ways. Mr.
Foxgrover taking over the place. Mr. Behler plans to leave for Milwaukee
Tuesday.
With excessive heat causing a “frozen motor”
some excitement was had at the farm of Joseph Garceau near Little Rapids
Thursday morning when a Northwest Airways mail plane was forced to land. Mr. Garceau drove pilot Harold Westfahl and
the mail to Green Bay. A repair crew was sent from Milwaukee with a replacement
motor for the downed aircraft.
July 21, 1931
Although possess have been searching throughout
the north it appeared this noon as if the six bandits who held up the South
Side State bank at Green Bay Monday morning have escaped with more than $6,000
in currency. The assistant cashier and
teller were both beaten, and Detective August Delloye was seriously wounded.
The police officers arrived at the bank as the bandits were leaving the bandits
opened with a machine gun mounted on the dash along with several handguns. All
three officers went down at the first volley but were able to return fire and
wounded two of the bandits.
July 24, 1931
We believe the state of
Wisconsin miscalculated the results of the program of unemployment relief. Thus
far the only part of the program that has been noticed has been the collection
of the gasoline tax. Kaukauna will pay $25,000 in additional taxes this year.
If the state would return this gas tax to Kaukauna, we would not have an
unemployment problem.
Charles T. Gerry, an 86-year-old
resident of Virginia, a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil War was in
Kaukauna Tuesday and addressed members of the American Legion post on life in
the Confederate army. While in Kaukauna he visited John D. Lawe, local Union
army veteran and the two enjoyed an interesting time “swapping” army stories.
Mr. Gerry has been making a tour of many states.
Federal prohibition agents destroyed 285
gallons of alcohol taken from a truck seized by police in New London. The
driver gave his name a Raymond Vande Hey, Little Chute. Vande Hey was
transported to Milwaukee for a hearing.
A large crowd of people welcomed the motor caravan of 17 cars, including the Twenty millionth Ford automobile at Van Lieshout Ford garage Thursday afternoon on Lawe street. The caravan was met at the city limits by Mr. Van Lieshout, Mayor B. W. Fargo, Chief of Police R. H. McCarty and led by Motorcycle Officer Harold Alger through the business district.
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