Time Machine Trip to January 1973

 

Kaukauna Times - January 1973

By Lyle Hansen

January 3, 1973

Marshall Bayorgeon, a longtime member of the Kaukauna Board of Education, has announced that he will not seek re-election to that position in the coming April election.

January 5, 1973

Alderman George Simon had decided not to run for another term as a Third ward Aldermen. “We didn’t see eye-to-eye,” said Mayor Robert LaPlante “but Alderman George Simon did a very good job in his 19 years in office. He was not afraid to speak his mind and always had the interests of the city at heart.” 

 

January 10, 1973

Michael Thomas Evers made his appearance on earth nine days too late to qualify as a 1972 tax deduction, but he was the winner of the Kaukauna Merchants “First Baby Contest.”

Three Kaukauna area girls will be among those to be capped at the School of Nursing of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire to be held Sunday the 14^th. Miss Sharon Auden and Miss Patricia Niesen of Kaukauna and Miss Christine Ruys of Kimberly will be among the 90 being capped.

 

January 12, 1973

Arthur Kromer, Sr., has announced his retirement for the Kaukauna Fire and Police Commission. Kromer was appointed to the board on April 4, 1940, thirty-one years ago.

Karen Wyngaard scored 17 points and Gail Alger responded with 15 to put the Ghostettes over the Oshkosh West Indians in the first conference test of the 1973 season.

January 17, 1973

Kaukauna residents will pay 25 cents more per month for one party residence telephone service under the new proposal of the Wisconsin Telephone Company.

 

January 24, 1973

Rev. Aloysius J. Wycislo, Bishop of the Green Bay Diocese, will be the feature speaker for the ecumenical service that will highlight the observation of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity which will take place on Sunday night, January 28, at the Immanuel United Church of Christ. 

 

January 26, 1973

William Rogers, Democratic Assemblyman from Kaukauna, is part of a bipartisan committee interested in closing the loopholes on the abortion law after the Supreme Court decision invalidating the laws of most states in regard to abortion. Many members of the committee have expressed their concern for the preservation of human life. Rogers stated he was “stunned” by the Supreme Court’s decision. The purpose of the committee is to spearhead a drive to amend the United States Constitution so that the states would have sole jurisdiction in the matter of abortion.  

Holy Cross’ 2^nd team matched point totals with St. Bernadette Appleton in the first quarter, and then the Green Ghosts 1^st team hit the hosts 19-0 in the second stanza as Holy Cross kept its unbeaten string intact with a 41-27 verdict last Friday. Ross Giordana hit for 13 points and Rich Vock scored 6 and Jim Vondracek added five.

Fred Barribeau was honored as the Kaukauna Athletic Club “Man of the Year” at the annual Red Smith awards Dinner. For 30 years Fred has given of himself to enrich the educational and athletic programs in Kaukauna finally gave a little back.

January 31, 1973

Dr. Lyle McGinnis, Jr., a former Kaukauna resident, was chosen to head the expedition which includes an international team of scientists, explorers, and drillers. A three-nation project to explore the geological formation of the Antarctic continent is now underway.  

Holy Cross ran into a nightmare of fouls, losing four staters within 24 minutes and St. Joseph’s De Pere took full advantage to earn the championship in the Grade School cage tournament 34-27. This was the first loss of the season for the Green Ghosts who are currently on top of the Boys’ Catholic Grade School league with a 10-0 record. Ross Giordana, Scott Kuchelmeister, Dale With and Lee Huss all were called for five personals and the team as a whole committed 26 fouls.