Time Machine Trip to October 1972

 

Kaukauna Times - October 1972

By Lyle Hansen

October 1, 1972

Outagamie County Teachers’ College President Elmer Gordon locked the doors of the school for the final time Friday morning.

 

The halls of area schools are filled with the sounds of students in classes, discussion of lectures and outside activities, but at one school, only silence fills the halls. The rooms are empty of all life and the walls are bare of the plaques and student art which once covered them. The Outagamie County Teachers College closed its doors permanently shortly before noon, Friday, after 60 years and more than 3,000 students.

 

October 4, 1972

Students in Kaukauna city schools’ number 3,585 as of September 15 of this year. This is 88 students over 1971 and 2,068 over the 1960 enrollment according to Superintendent of Schools Julian Bichler. 

 

A former Kaukauna High School football standout, Dick Promer, has signed his 10^th contract with the Manitowoc County Chiefs of the Central States Football league. Promer, a 6’4’’, 240-pound offensive lineman, came to the Chiefs in 1963 after tryouts with the Atlanta Falcons and the Green Bay Packers. 

 

October 11, 1972

 

It was a fruitful week for the Kaukauna High School volleyball squad. In addition to its third consecutive FVA title the team again also captured its fourth tournament title of the year.

Safe at home is how Todd Lunda plans to spend his birthday today. In addition to being 13 on Friday the 13^th he lives at 1313 Glenview Drive.

 

October 25, 1972

The Kaukauna American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 41 celebrated its’ 50^th Anniversary this year. The auxiliary was granted the charter on April 24, 1922. A group of legion and auxiliary members meet on promoting the golden anniversary. Seated are Mrs. Norman Meinert, Richard Bohm and Mrs. Oliver Wheaton. Standing are George E. Greenwood, Stanley Lizon, and Steve Andrejeski.   

 

October 27, 1972

Marvin Schumacher was elected President of the Heart of the Valley Chamber of Commerce to fulfill the term of Dave Flanagan who died, October 7. 

A cease fire agreement has been reached in the war in Viet Nam, it was announced Thursday noon. It was disclosed that the first beak in the deadlocked negotiations came on Oct. 8, when Hanoi agreed to the principle of the cease fire.