Time Machine: Time Machine Trip to January 1923 & 1933

Kaukauna Times 1923 & 1933

By Lyle Hansen

Ben Prugh lost the front lights of his automobile about four o'clock last Friday afternoon when the Appleton- Kaukauna motorbus stopped suddenly to take on passengers. Mr. Prugh was directly behind the bus and was unable to stop in time to avert a collision.

The Kaukauna Woman’s club and high school students have taken a petition to the city council asking for favorable action in the matter of adding a Gym to the new high school. The petition signed by more than a thousand citizens was presented at the last meeting of the council.

Jack Zwick, the Kaukauna Kayo man, added another to his long list of knockouts last Friday night, sending Young Neary of Milwaukee to sleep in the seventh round in Milwaukee.

January 11, 1923

The Southside post office which has been in existence for 30 years will be discontinued after January 31 at which time both the north Kaukauna office and south Ledyard office will be consolidated at the central office located at the Municipal Building on Lawe Street.

The door of the vault for the Farmers and Merchants bank arrived at the bank’s new building on the corner of Second Street and Main Avenue this morning. The door weighing six tons required the services of six men and all sorts of equipment to place it in position inside the bank building.

A group of young Kaukauna businessmen met with the district governor of the Rotary to assist in the formation of a club in Kaukauna.

January 18, 1923

Elmer Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Meade Richardson of this city has been appointed resident engineer of the Illinois Central line. He has been with the line for the past six years and is known as a hard worker and a good man.

January 25, 1923

John Timmers has bought the old Kaukauna Machine Works building on the Island. Mr. Timmers' intention is to tear down the foundry part of the building and improve the machine shop to make it convenient as a warehouse and storeroom.

A blow was struck at the Ku Klux Klan in the state legislature when a resolution was introduced making it treasonable for the Klan or any similar organization to refuse to surrender a list of its members on demand.

A bill was introduced in assembly by A. M. Miller of the county requires employers to provide opportunity for instruction so far as reading and writing are concerned. This bill would reduce the number of unemployed due to the inability to read and write English.

The annual meeting of the Kaukauna Times Printing company was held last evening at the office of the company with 59 of the 89 shares being present. The financial report showing the company on the right side of the ledger.

Marion Charlesworth, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Charlesworth, lost six teeth in a coasting accident last week.

The Woelz bakery which has been out of commission for several weeks as a result of the fire in its building on Wisconsin Avenue has been reopened. Mr. Woelz credits the insurance company with helping him open so soon.

Mulford’s basketball quintet defeated the Kimberly Clark team last Wednesday evening by a score of 32-14 and defeated the Interlake team of Appleton Thursday evening by a score of 18-11.

1933

January 6, 1933

S. J. Berens W. S. Mulford

According to an announcement made this week, S. J. Berens has purchased the building fixtures and entire stock formerly the property of W. S. Mulford, located on Second Street. Mr. Mulford announced his retirement during the month of November, bringing to a close an unbroken period of more than forty-five years as owner of the local store. The Times joins the community in wishing Mr. Berens success.

After a period of about twenty years drilling operations for oil has again been presumed near Dundas. The drill has reached a depth of one hundred feet with a ten-inch bit. J. J. Faust & Sons, Inc., are the contractors.

Three soft drink parlors at Kaukauna, Little Chute and Wrightstown were raided by a squad of federal prohibition agents Wednesday night and three men were arrested. All three men were charged with possession and sale of whiskey and beer.

January 13, 1933

The Foxgrover Barbershop is now located in the new Times building on Main Avenue. The shop occupies the room directly south of the Times quarters and is considered to be a very pleasant barbershop location. The corner store of the building has not yet been rented.

January 17, 1933

Police have warned children that they are forbidden to slide on the hill at Outagamie Rural Normal school and all hills or streets in the city. The youngsters in addition to coasting on the hills, catch the bumpers of cars to be pulled down the street.

Worries of people over the depression are causing an increased number of heart fatalities according to the State Medical Society of Wisconsin.

January 20, 1933

Clarence "Bud" Koch of the Mueller Boots basketball team in the city league has the highest individual scores since the league opened. Koch has to his credit a total of 44 points. He made 19 field goals and 6 successful free throws.

An average of 20 transients are being cared for at the county jail each night. Kaukauna, Little Chute, Kimberly, Black Creek, Seymour, and other villages are holding men when they have space. The communities are paid 15 cents per transient by the county per night.

January 27, 1933

Of the 446 students attending high school, there were 71 who were neither absent nor tardy during the first semester, according to a report from Olin G. Dryer, principal.

James F. Cavanaugh, city superintendent of schools, gave a talk on the Fox River to members of the Kaukauna Rotary. The Fox River flows from Lake Winnebago to Green Bay and provides a navigation route since 1848. The state received a grant from congress of land on each side of the river to be sold with the proceeds going to pay for the locks and dams. The state failed to raise the investments and in 1866 the project was turned over to the Green Bay Mississippi Canal Company.

January 31, 1933

At a cost of $200 a pupil per year, Wisconsin is giving a sound elementary education to deaf children. In the school year of 1931-32 the Kaukauna day school for the deaf, which is located in the Park school on Law street, had an enrollment of 7 pupils. This term there are 10 students attending the school and are taught by Muss Maud McGinty.