Kaukauna Times December
1951
By Lyle Hansen
December 5, 1951
Thilmany Pulp and Paper company Tuesday donated
$10,000 to the city of Kaukauna to be used “in the best interest of the general
public.” The letter referred to the development of the recreational area below
the ballpark.
Private Jack Metz of Little Chute, who recently
returned to his base in Hawaii, has been assigned to attend the Military Police
Training school at Oahu.
Richard J. Van Der Loop of route 3 Kaukauna
again won honors at the international livestock exposition last week at Chicago
in the hay competition show. He took 2nd place in the contest. Lynn
Kissell of Springfield, Ohio was the winner.
December 12, 1951
Thomas Lancour is undergoing recruit training
at the US Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Ill. Word has also been received
that brother Richard Lancour who is stationed at Fort Hood, Texas has recently
been promoted to the rank of Private First Class. The Lancour brothers live on
E. Ninth street.
December 14, 1951
A number of Kaukauna persons have taken the
suggestion made recently in a national weekly to send Christmas cards to Joe
Stalin. Miss Mary Margaret De Clercq has thus far sent about a half a dozen
cards. Christmas has been eliminated in the Soviet Union and in its place,
people are celebrating Stalin’s birthday on December 20th.
Pfc. David Pomeroy of Florence Street has
arrived home from Korea for a 30-day furlough after serving fourteen months in
Korea. After his furlough he will report to Camp McCoy for discharge. He has
been on the army three years.
December 19, 1951
James Kussow, route 3 Kaukauna, is an airman
apprentice at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Memphis, Tenn.
December 21, 1951
Corporal Kenneth Hopfensperger, formally from
Kaukauna and now living in Appleton, has arrived at San Francisco, California.
Kenneth served 15 months of service with the 304th Single Operations
Radio company in Korea.
Christmas for the four children of Sherwood
farmer Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schwalbach will not be a joyous occasion this year.
The family was left homeless due to a fire Wednesday night. The family is
currently staying with relatives The family escaped uninjured but lost
everything. Donations are being collected in the city as a good will gesture.
Coach Guy Krumm presented 26 members of the
1951 Kaukauna High school football team letters yesterday afternoon in a
program. Krumm announced the team has elected Junior Dick Otte and Gene Noonan
co-captains for the next season.
December 24, 1951
Three Kaukauna soldiers are now receiving their
training at Fort Riley, Kansas. They are Pvt. Clayton Vanden Broek, Duane
Hennes and Richard Verfurth. The youths are members of the 10th
Infantry Division.
December 28, 1951
Sergeant Robert Vander Loop arrived home
Christmas Eve to spend a 21-day furlough with his family on Maria street. He
has been stationed at Camp Hanford, Washington.
A M. Lang, 61, retired jeweler died at his home
in Wisconsin avenue after a short illness. In the summer of 1919, he bought the
jewelry business in the north side of Kaukauna. Retiring in 1949. To a
generation of Kaukauna High school students, he has been known as the donator
of the annual “Lang Trophy” given at graduation for the last thirty years to
the boy or girl chosen by the facility as the best all-round student of the
graduating class.
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