Friday, August 27, 2021

Time Machine Trip to August 1951

 

Kaukauna Times - August 1951

By Lyle Hansen


August 1, 1951

Fast thinking on the part of James Jaeckels a part-time lifeguard saved David Pankratz, 8, from possible serious injury at the Kaukauna municipal swimming pool recently. When diving from the high board he struck his head on the side of the pool. Jaeckels plunged into the pool and pulled the boy to safety. The youth required stiches and had knocked several teeth loose.


Private David Stuiber arrived home Friday morning to spend a 13-day furlough with his parents on Whitney Street. He was stationed at Camp Gordan, Ga. 


Smooth-swinging Bob Derus set his charmed golf clubs to motion Sunday and sailed through to a well-earned 6 and 5 victory in 30 holes over Dick Quella to become the 1951 President’s Cup champion at the Fox Valley Golf Club.


August 3, 1951

Private First-Class Carl Spindler who has been stationed at the Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Ill., is spending an 8-day leave with his parents on Klein Street. He will report to Griffins Air Force Base in New York.



Corporal Donald Sheehy of Brother Street, a veteran of combat duty at the age of 20 returned to his home in Kaukauna Wednesday after a year’s service on the front lines in Korea. This is his first-time home in two years.





 

 August 10, 1951

The South Siders will be hoping to make it three in a row as they clash with their North Side rivals Tuesday morning in the Kaukauna recreational department fourth annual Junior Olympics at the library grounds. While bowing in 1948, the “rebels” retuned in 1949 and 1950 to slaughter “dem Yankees” by wide margins.

 

August 15, 1951

“Honesty is the best policy”, in the opinion of Danny Sachs, a newspaper carrier boy. The Kaukauna Times carrier was peddling his route Friday morning, when he saw a $20 bill lying in the yard near a customer’s home. He brought the bill to the home to seek the owner. When the elderly lady appeared, he showed her the money and asked if she had lost it, she said no but to check with the couple in the next apartment. That call turned out to be a happy one for the couple as they had lost the $20 that evening. They presented the boy with a reward.

August 29, 1951

Putting their trust in a 1929 model car, three Kaukauna boys set out for Chicago, Ill., Saturday with plans to attend the White Sox-New York Yankee doubleheader baseball game Sunday. The youths Tom Robert, Dick Bayorgeon and Paul Maes, arrived in Chicago after six hours of travel.


Private Gerald Nytes, who has been stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., left Friday to be sent to Japan.


August 31, 1951

Master Sergeant Jerome Nytes has been released from active duty. Sergeant Nytes, his wife and daughter arrived Monday and are residing at their home on West Seventh Street.

S&B Alleys has a new finishing machine for their alleys.













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