Time Machine Trip to May 1972

 

Kaukauna Times – May 1972

By Lyle Hansen

May 3, 1972

The Kaukauna Hall of Fame added six new names at the All Sports Banquet. Newly installed members include (seated) Gerald Vils, Guy Krumm and William Alger. Standing are Carl Giordana, Art Koehne, Alvin McCormick and Master of Ceremonies Clifford Kemp.

John Jardine, football coach of the Wisconsin Badgers (right) talks with Dave Anderson, and KHS football coach Ken Roloff.

 

May 5, 1972

The 26^th Annual Kaukauna Bowling Association “City Championships” tournament is now history. The Bowling Bar Lanes hosting the team events and Verbeten’s Lanes handling the singles and doubles competition. The high team game in the tournament was turned in by the Bowling Bar team with a 1098. Dick Schelfhout had the highest individual game and series in the five-man event with a 286-633 scratch game and a 705 series with handicap. Emerging as the winner from the 209 entries in the individual event was Gene Van Camp with a 692 total.

 

May 10, 1972

What would happen if our area was suddenly struck by a terrible earthquake or a devastating tornado or some other calamity? According to Norm Meinert, Emergency Director for the City of Kaukauna, “the emergency Mortuary Service would go into effect.” Meinert also said that “the Director of Emergency Government in our county would appoint a local director to head the emergency Mortuary Service

 

A Kaukauna girl has entered the Miss Teen-Age Wisconsin contest and will compete in the pageant at Madison on August 18th and 19th. Kim Kromer, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.  Art Kromer. Thelen Ave, will participate in the statewide event, consisting of high school age girls from throughout the state. She is sponsored by several local businesses.

 

Kaukauna Police reported several thefts over the past week. A radio valued at $30 was stolen from a car that was parked in the Kaukauna High School parking lot. A car owned by Kenneth Van Zeeland, an employee of Thilmany, was broken into while he was at work.

Poppy Day will take place in Kaukauna tomorrow. Mayor Robert LaPlante started it off by buying the first poster. With him are Mrs. Oliver Wheaton and Mrs. Norman Meinert of the Auxiliary of Post 41, American Legion.

May 12, 1972

State representative William J Rogers (D-Kaukauna) has asked the State Medical Society to take immediate action in investigating the advertisement by an abortion clinic doctor in Milwaukee. Rogers has claimed that Medicine ethics prohibit any doctor from advertising his services.

May 19, 1972

International Multifoods announced today that it will build a $2 million Kaukauna Dairy company plant in Little Chute. The 90,000 square foot plant will be built in two stages with the first scheduled for completion by mid-September 1972.

May 24, 1972

Police are seeking a thief who took about $66 and change in a break in at the McCormick grocery and service station on 10th Street sometime Sunday night. The burglar was reported by Alvin McCormick, the operator of the business. Entry was gained by breaking a back window. The burglar must have cut himself as blood was found throughout the store.

Ray Hamann, 3rd St Kimberly, added his name to the hole in one record books as he sank his tee shot on a 188-yard 8th hole at Mid Valley Golf Course last Thursday.

May 26, 1972

Alfred W. Michel, 67 years old, a former newsman of the Kaukauna Times died at his home in Green Bay. Michel was 24 years old when he came to Kaukauna in 1926 to write sports and news stories for the newspaper. Carl Hansen, publisher of the Times, recalls Al as a very talented writer and a great person to work with.

A Kaukauna High School shotput record of 54’9” set in 1946 by Pat Flanigan was shattered Tuesday night when Rick Vanden Heuvel launched a 55’1/4” chart buster, placing him first in the event at the Appleton East regional track meet held at Witte Field.

May 31, 1972

Paul H. West, Grignon St., Kaukauna, died unexpectedly Saturday morning. West was vice president in charge of manufacturing for Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. He died at the age of 50. He was employed at the Thilmany mill for 35 years.

 

Michael L. Rogers, Green Bay Road, will be ordained into the ministry of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, June 4 at Zion Lutheran Church in Colby, Wisconsin. Rogers attended Trinity Lutheran Elementary School in Kaukauna and graduated from Kaukauna High School in 1961.

The Prom Royalty look on as King Jeff Heindel crowns his Queen Julie Borree, at last Friday’s night festivities at the high school gym. At left are sophomore representatives Dianne Deering and Bill Newhouse, Right, Mike Otto last year’s king and Sue Halbach and Marty Schuh senior representatives.