Time Machine Trip to July 1962

 

Kaukauna Times - July 1962

By Lyle Hansen

July 3, 1962

Glen Miller night was observed at Goodland Field in Appleton Saturday. Glen is the director of the Chicago White Sox minor league organization.

July 3, 1962

The unofficial "swan song" for the Dodge Street baseball diamond will be played on Sunday as the Kaukauna Klubbers play host to Fond du Lac in what is expected to be the final adult game in the park as it now stands. The present field is the same field used when the sport of baseball was introduced in Kaukauna back in the 1890's, and the grandstand that will soon be razed was built in 1922, following a major storm that destroyed the original. The changes are due to the erection of the new addition to the high school, which is on the grounds of the old football field. The ball diamond is being moved to make room for a new football field and track, and a new diamond will also be constructed, in addition to tennis courts, an outdoor basketball court and three softball diamonds, according to the present plans, which call for a long-term project, covering a number of years.

July 11, 1962

 

The Kaukauna high school band preceded by its color bears and high stepping majorettes lead the VFW parade Sunday afternoon.

Thousands of residents of Kaukauna and the surrounding Fox River area were on hand Sunday afternoon to witness the annual parade, conducted in conjunction with the Veterans of Foreign Wars picnic sponsored by the Electric City Post 3319. The parade consisted of 200 units lasted about two hours with units from throughout the surrounding areas.

July 18, 1962

Demolition of the De Witt Shoe Store is underway this week to make room for a large addition to Look Drug Store on 2nd street.

July 20, 1962

Miss Frances Nelson is the Winner of $2,000 Education Grant from the National Foundation of Health. She is a 1962 Kaukauna High School Graduate and will be attending nursing school.

 

ALL-STAR TEAM SELECTIONS from the Kaukauna Klubber organization are pictured. Left to right are Leigh Wachel, pitcher, Karl Frank, short stop and Jerry “Bugs” DeBruin outfielder.

ROTC Cadets Paul R. Berens, left, Ripon college, Ripon WI. and Joseph D. Cable of Kemper School, Boonville, Mo., check their positions during a map exercise problem at Fort Riley, Kansas. Cadet Berens from Kaukauna lives on Klein St., Kaukauna.