Time Machine Trip to January 1963

Kaukauna Times - January 1963

By Lyle Hansen

January 2, 1963

Mel Raught, retired Kaukauna printer and civic figure will celebrate his 90^th birthday anniversary on Sunday January 6^th.  He worked with his brother, Charles who was the owner and editor of the Kaukauna Times, for many years.

Three school buildings are started here in 1962. St. Aloysius Catholic grade school has been completed. Kaukauna High School addition is continuing and the addition to the Kaukauna Vocational School is under way.

January 9, 1963

Miss Barbara Jean Weyers, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Weyers is Kaukauna’s Baby of 1963.  Barbara Jean put in her appearance at 3:14 a.m. January 1^st.

 

January 11, 1963

Capt. Gene Schiedermayer, a 1949 Kaukauna High School graduate, was featured on a network television show presenting the work of personnel operating the Minute Man Intercontinental Missile Base at Great Falls, Montana Monday.

Ernie Johnson, former pitcher with the Milwaukee Braves, will be the feature speaker at the Kaukauna Athletic Club baseball banquet in addition to “Dizzy” Trout former Detroit Tigers pitching coach. 

January 16, 1963

Seven young people, six of whom were from Kaukauna were hospitalized following and accident north of this city. Roger Leick, 19, was the most serious injured suffering a severe eye injury. Four were treated and released. The car with the youths was traveling south on County “N” when struck by a north bound truck. Heavy snow and high winds were the cause of the accident.

January 25, 1963

Many Kaukauna residents displayed some cautious optimism Thursday morning when they awoke to "balmy" five-below-zero temperatures after ten straight days with the mercury hovering between ten and 27 degrees below.

Fallout shelters license agreements have been signed by Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co. and the Kaukauna Electric and Water Dept. recently. They would be used in case of nuclear attack. The combined shelters would provide space for nearly 60 per cent of the population of Kaukauna according to Kaukauna Civil Defense director Michael Gerharz.