Time Machine: Time Machine Trip to June 1942

Kaukauna Times – June 1942

By Lyle Hansen

June 3, 1942

Approximately 1000 NYA trained young men and women from Wisconsin’s 22 northern counties now are working in war production industries of the state and nation. These men and women are playing their role in the nation's industrial battlefront by helping in the manufacture and repair of tanks, trucks, planes, and ships.

The state of Wisconsin Supreme Court declared Monday that the state legislature, for some reason which is it is unable to understand, had failed to guarantee the police pension rights of retired officers in 4th class cities having a population between 3000 and 10,000. The court in effect upheld Kaukauna city ordinance of February 8th, 1941, under which the pension of former police chief Richard H. McCarthy was discontinued. McCarthy resigned May 12th, 1936, after 24 years of service to accept appointment as postmaster in Kaukauna. The city ordinance provides that no retired policeman was entitled to a pension if his earnings after retirement equaled the amount the city had paid him.

Patrick H. McMahon, West 7th St, Kaukauna, was ordained to the priesthood at 10:00 o'clock Saturday morning, May 30th. The ordination took place at the Pontifical College at Worthington, Ohio. Rev. McMahon will read his first solemn high mass at St Mary’s Catholic church here on Sunday June 14.

June 5, 1942

Lois Seggelink, valedictorian and Jane Verfurth, salutatorian of the class of 1932, will present addresses at commencement exercises to be held this evening.

Walter Lucht was named Post Commander to succeed Dave Egan at the American Legion Post No. 41 Tuesday night.

Over 700 persons attended the civil defense program held at the civic auditorium Tuesday evening sponsored by Kaukauna Civilian Defense corps. L. C. Smith, commander of the local civilian defense corps spoke briefly, and civilian defense movies were shown.

June 10, 1942

Miss Cordell Kempen, when she graduated from Kaukauna High School last week, set a perfect attendance record for her 12 years in school. The record stretches back to her first day of school in the fall of 1930.

The Thilmany Pulp and Paper company announced an increase in wages Friday. All hourly paid workers will receive a boast of $0.04 an hour and all hourly paid women will receive an increase of $0.02 per hour. The base rate for men is now 70c an hour and for women 59c per hour.

Mrs. Joseph Promer was elected president of the American Legion auxiliary at a meeting Thursday evening to succeed Miss Blanche Gerend.

June 17, 1942

Martin Ver Hulst, Forest Junction, was named “King” of the 93^rd Annual Schut held by the St. Francis Schut Society in Hollandtown Sunday.

All communities throughout the nation this week have launched a scrap rubber drive and an effort to salvage enough old rubber to ward off gasoline rationing and possibly collect enough for more extensive recapping of automobile and truck tires.

June 19, 1942

Dr. A. E. Bachhuber was installed as president of the Kaukauna Lions Tuesday evening at Rainbow Gardens.

Hundreds of Kaukauna men and women are now engaged in civilian defense work. Each week they devote several 100 hours to training. This is all being done in preparation for emergencies if enemy bombs should hit here.

City employees were granted a raise and pay by the common council Tuesday night. Salaried officials will receive $5 a month addition and hourly employees will receive an increase of 3c an hour.

June 24, 1942