Time Machine Trip to July 1932

 

Kaukauna Times - July 1932

By Lyle Hansen

July 8, 1932

The Fourth of July was fittingly observed in the city Monday. A huge crowd of local people and visitors crowded La Follette Park during the day and everyone enjoyed a two-day picnic and elaborate entertainment features presented by the Legion post.

 

Frankie, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. August Marx, was hit by an automobile on Lawe Street this afternoon. He is believed to have suffered a broken shoulder and a badly bruised head.

 

 

Charles E. Raught was elected president of the Kaukauna Building and Loan Association at a meeting held last Monday.

July 12, 1932

Operation was begun Thursday in the bag mill of Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company. The number of employees in the bag mill has increased to approximately 30. When all machines have been put into operation, this number will be increased to 50 or 60 persons.

July 15, 1932

Nearly one hundred pigeons were shipped by members of the Kaukauna Pigeon Club to Preston, Minnesota. The birds will be released from Preston early Sunday morning. The distance to be traveled is 200 miles.

 

July 19, 1932

Jos. Staidl successfully defended his title of club champion when he shot six strokes better than the runner-up Wm. Harwood. 

 

July 22, 1932

Due to the increased number of swimmers at the fourth government Locks daily, Louis Jirikowic has been engaged as lifeguard and is on duty until 10 pm. 

 

July 29, 1932

Twenty-two Kaukauna boys will attend the Citizen’s Training Camps at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. The boys will be guests of the United States Government for the month of August. Some of the boys are going by automobile and train the balance will hitch-hike. 

St. Mary’s Eighth Grade Graduates: Front row, left to right are Robert Schmitt, Gerald Siebers, Leo Weigman, Agnes Jonen, Anna Krisch, Amelia Vander Wyst, Marion Nickels, Paul Gertz, Matt Lennert and Loyal Belongia. Row 2, Eva Hoffman, Marie Schermitzler, Rosalia Wimberger, Mildred Hubeny, the Rev. Gerald Ilk, the Rev. Alphons Roder, Olive Van Gompel, Imelda De Bruin, Dorothy Wilpolt and Bernetta Schydzik. Row 3, Ruth Welhouse, Lorraine Derus, Mary Rauen, Martha Terry, Kenneth Liether, George Fleischman, Clarence Elsworth, Harvey Smith, John Feldmeyer, Mark Grafmeier and Francis Heinz. Row 4, Martha Conrad, Carol Smith, Evangeline Nettekoven, Josephine Tennessen, Lorraine Eppinger, Francis Hurst, Patricia Kiffe, Dorothy DeLeeuw, Helen Anderson and Virginia Hamer, Row 5, Eugene Brill, Leroy Schermitzler, John Graney, Paul Kauth, Jacob Grawitch, William Bedat, Alvin McCormick, John Niesz, Roman Berg, Norbert Becker and Melvin Mitchell.  Not pictured Francis McMahon, Paul Micholic, Kathleen Terry and Kenneth Vils.

Holy Cross 8^th Grade of 1932. Front row, LaVerne Hennes, Frances Hilgenberg, James Byrne, Father August Garthnus, Harriet LaBorde, Rosella Steffens, and Patrick Burns. Row 2, Harold McCabe, Milton Vande Hey, Floyd Driessen, Jack LaBorde, Vincent Steffens, Norbert Vanevenhoven, Paul Bauer, Joseph Lingle and Monroe Romenesko. Row 3, Beatrice Smits, Frances DeCoster, Mildred Ludwig, Catherine Nelson, Bernice Pendergast, Marie Schuman, Ruth Bay, Mary Giordana, and Rita Esler. Row 4, Jerome Heindel, Ed Kramer, Carl Minkebige, Francis Vondracek, Gerald Keller, Henry De Keuster, Francis Kuchelmeister and Edward Bloch. Not pictured Francis Wagner.