Time Machine Trip to August 1932

 

Kaukauna Times - August 1932

By Lyle Hansen

August 5, 1932

 

Plans have been completed for a “Marty Lamers Day” to be held next Sunday in honor of the Kaukauna manager.

 

Ten families were added to the city poor list during the month of July, according to the report of the poor commissioner, R. H. McCarty. A sum of $1,496.81 was spent for the city poor.

August 12, 1932

Bass fishing on Lake Winnebago is better now than it has been for many years.  Fishermen are catching smallmouth and black bass in large quantities.

 

Luedtke’s Specials is named champion of the 1932 city softball league after attaining top position in both first and second halves of the season.  

 

August 16, 1932

Boy Scouts camping 1932

Six Boy Scouts from troop 20 left Saturday for camp in Waupaca where they will spend this week camping. The scouts attending the camp are Orville Yingling, Norbert Vanevenhoven, Floyd Driessen, Robert Mooney, George Hatchell and Stanley Dix.  

 

August 19, 1932

Arthur M. Schmalz was elected one of the four vice commanders of the state group of American Legion at the annual convention at La Crosse this week.

 

August 23, 1932

Donald Grebe, Clarence Leithen, William Nelson, and Harold Noie, who are attending the citizen’s military training camp at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, qualified as marksmen in the automatic pistol event held at camp last week.

August 30, 1932

Eddie Schuler rules supreme over caddy golfers on the local course.  Schuler hit two fine rounds of golf Monday, 41-42 for an 83.  Melvin Heinz was runner up with 93.

 

A pigeon from the Reuter Bros. loft won first place for the owner in the 126-mile young bird race from Merrillan Sunday morning. 253 birds participated in the race.