Time Machine Trip to April 1932

 

Kaukauna Times – April 1932

By Lyle Hansen

April 1, 1932

Mayor Burt W. Fargo defeated W. C. Sullivan in the race for mayor of Kaukauna by a vote of 1318 to 963.

Anton Jansen defeated Ralph E. Lowell for the position of president of the Village of Little Chute.

 

The first six days in February saw 475 persons used the swimming pool in the municipal building.

Nearly 1209 children of Kaukauna were inoculated on Tuesday with toxin-antitoxin in the Park and St. Mary's schools according to Miss Ceil Flynn, city nurse.

April 8, 1932

Spring is here! The vets and rookies will be out at the ballpark Sunday limbering up for the 1932 baseball season. Light practice will be engaged in and Marty Lammers, manager, will get his first glimpse at the material from which he must build a team that would go places in the fox River Valley loop.

April 12, 1932

Robert Mayer was named valedictorian of the Class of 1932. He has an average of 93.88 percent for the four years of work in school. Evelyn Miller was named salutatorian of the class. Her average was 93.4 percent. Other high average students were Mildred Chopin 91.85, Wilma Jansen 91.46, Lucille Rademacher 91.32, Lorraine Regenfuss 90.31 Dorothy Trams 90.31, and Cletus Schaefer 90.31.

A warning is being issued by Chief of Police R. H. McCarty to parents of children regarding the use of air guns in the city. Shooting of birds or any other promiscuous use of guns will not be permitted.

April 19, 1932

Harold Engerson, night patrolman on the south side, has been promoted to a day position. It is understood that Engerson will work part-time as a motorcycle policeman.

In a classroom in Park School there is a class of seven pupils who answered the teachers’ questions with remarkable promptness and with a high average of accuracy. There would be nothing startling if the situation was not that none of these children can hear a sound that is made by the teacher. The deaf school is maintained by the state and conducted by Miss Maude McGinty of Appleton, who is paid by the state and Park School merely provides it with the room. Two of the students from Kaukauna and the balance being from surrounding towns and villagers.

April 26, 1932

Reverend Peter Joseph Lochman, pastor of Holy Cross church, passed away Monday evening at his home. Reverend Lochman had been in poor health for several months, but a stroke suffered Saturday evening was the cause of his death. He was transferred to Holy Cross in February of 1908 and served here for 24 years.

Bernard D. Rice, vocational school instructor, lost two fingers on a power saw at the Park School this morning while conducting a manual training class. He was immediately taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton.

April 29, 1932

Phil Zwick, Kaukauna native, battled Babe Paleco, of New York, in Cleveland over the weekend. After the opening bell Zwick smashed Paleco in the stomach and Paleco went down. Referee Matt Brock took up the count and when Paleco refused to get up tolled off the fatal ten.  Commissioner Manus McGaffery was at ring side and ordered referee Brock to give Paleco a rest and resume the fight.  Paleco got his rest and came back again and was again dropped to the mat by Zwick. Brock began the count but ended at eight when there was no indication that Paleco was able to get up. That made two knockouts, but the fight was not over. The commissioner again ordered the fight to continue after Paleco was revived again. With the house in an uproar, Zwick and Paleco came out again. This time Zwick smashed him with two blows sending him to the floor for the third time. Referee Brock immediately raised Zwick’s hand and the fight was over.