Time Machine Trip to March 1883

 

Kaukauna Times - March 1883

By Lyle Hansen

March 2, 1883

Last week the Appleton Crescent completed the thirtieth year of its existence. The Crescent is one of the best weekly papers in the state. The Post Co. of Appleton announced that they will commence the publication of a daily in that city about the first of April. The new daily will be twelve cents per week.

The Wisconsin Telephone Company has decided to install a telephone exchange in Kaukauna, and with the instruments having already arrived and about seventeen subscribers secured, all is now in readiness. The Lake Shore and Northwestern depots, it is understood, are on the list, which will make it very convenient for travelers who don't wish to sit around the station waiting for delayed trains. The central office will be located at the drug store of T.M. Kellogg.

 

March 9, 1883

The hotel business in this village is booming.  Landlord Schmitz of the Kaukauna House on the corner of Desnoyer Street and Wisconsin Ave., reports a house full of boarders and an increasing business every day.

The electric light is pleasant to look at but perfectly shocking when the wires are grabbed.

Some of the newspapers seem to think it wonderful that many of our millionaires were once poor boys. Success in life does not depend upon the starting point but the direction of the start and the vigor and endurance and good judgment that are brought into play that bring results.

Chihuahua, Mexico – A party of ranchmen swooped down on an Indian camp several days ago and cleaned things out. Ten Indians were killed, and twenty-five squaws captured.

March 16, 1883

A bus is again running between the railroad stations and hotels. This will be of great convenience to traveling men who have theretofore had to "hoof" it after arriving at our village. We hope Mr. Beaulieu will continue this new enterprise. It certainly "fills a long felt want" and is deserving of success.

March 23, 1883

The workmen in the stone quarries are busily engaged at present blasting out stone to be used in the railroad paint shop. In some respects, this building will be superior to any of the structures the company has yet erected. Like the other buildings belonging to the Lake Shore Company, it will be made almost entirely of stone, but the stones for this building are being cut to fit some particular place almost as brickwork.

 

M. Barholdi’s gigantic statue of Liberty is so nearly completed that much of it is ready for shipment to America. The whole of the figure probably will have reached New York before the end of the year. Only $80,000 of the $250,000 has been raised so far for the pedestal fund.     

 

March 30, 1883

The streets are now beginning to get very muddy, and people feel the need more than ever of sidewalks.

 

At no place along the river are there manufacturing advantages equal to those that Kaukauna and Ledyard possess. The waterpower which is formed by the enormous fall in the river at this point can be utilized to a much greater extent than any other power on the Fox. The fall is about sixty-two feet within a mile. There are three waterpower canals, those being the Governments, the Kaukauna Waterpower Company and the Meade and Edwards. The first two named get their power from the government dam. The Gov't canals is situated on the north side of the river and already there are built the following manufactories: Router Bros. Spoke and Hub factory, Hewitt Bros. and Jansen Sash, Door and Blind factory and sawmill, W.A. Doane Pulp Mill, Eagle Paper and Pulp Mill, and the Franklin Flour Mill. There is room for many more factories. The canal of the Kaukauna Waterpower Company is situated in Ledyard on the south side. It was built in the years 1880-81 from plans furnished by Jos. M. Barker, engineer in charge. Mr. E. C. Morrison is the present engineer and Superintendent in charge of the work. On this canal are the following manufactories: The Bradner Smith Company pulp mill, the Casad Machine Shop and the shops of M.L.S.  and W.R.R. Company. This is considered the finest waterpower canal in the west. The Meade & Edward's canal is located between islands No. 3 and 4 and is formed by joining the two with a substantial stone dam and has a capacity of 2500 horsepower. On this canal are erected, Geo. Kelso's pulp mill, the Union pulp mill, which has a greater capacity than any other pulp mill in the country, and the Fox River Pulp Company mill.

Time Machine Trip to February 1973

 

Kaukauna Times - February 1973

By Lyle Hansen

February 2, 1973

John W. Eiting, right of Kimberly recently extended his enlistment as a member of the Oshkosh Naval Reserve Unit. The “swearing in” ceremony was conducted by his twin brother, LTJG Joseph P. Eiting. 

A chapter in Kaukauna’s basketball history, spanning a decade, will come to a close at the end of the current season, when Ken Vander Velden steps down as head coach at K.H.S.

 

February 7, 1973

Scott Kuchelmeister connected for 20 points to top all scores and Ross Giordana with 17 points lead the scoring. 

 

Holy Cross held St. John’s Little Chute to just three points in the second period with a 53-34 win on Sunday in Little Chute. Scott Kuchelmeister connected for 20 points to top all scores and Ross Giordana with 17 points.

 

On January 16, the Department of Transportation and the State Highway commission decided to close the Lawe St. bridge for an indefinite time, to effect repairs. The decision came 41 years from the official dedication of the bridge in 1932.

 

Ticket orders for the 1973 Bishop’s Charities Football Game are now being accepted. The prices for this exhibition game are $7.50, $6.50, $5.00, and $2.00 for children under 16 years of age. 

 

February 9, 1973

A team of Belgian draft horses pulled a sleigh driven by Lloyd Vander Heiden on a cold Sunday afternoon recently.

 

 

Dave Schoen and Jerry Van Dyn Hoven proved beyond a shadow of doubt that they are the best wrestlers in the FVA at their weight classes.

 

February 21, 1973

Michael Hammen, age 9 is pictured with his mother, after receiving a $250 prize for his efforts in a contest “Brain Game” sponsored by Funk & Wagnalls encyclopedias. Mike’s parents Tom and Claudette Hammen of Little Chute purchased the encyclopedias through a promotion at Larry’s Piggly Wiggle.

Jerry Head, playing cribbage with Tom Van Stiphout, had a perfect cribbage hand at Mike’s Ave. Bar Monday night, He had three fives with the jack of hearts and the five of hearts was cut.

 

February 23, 1973

 

February 28, 1973

Joseph Biersteker, 15-year-old son of Neil and Eileen Biersteker, Klein Street Kaukauna, died Saturday evening after a long illness. He was a freshman at Kaukauna High School. He’s survived by his parents along with three brothers and three sisters. 

 

Despite missing the final game of the year due to a fractured ankle, Tim Wirth was selected as most valuable player and Frosh team captain in a recent poll of his fellow teammates.

Time Machine Trip to February 1963

 

Kaukauna Times – February 1963

By Lyle Hansen

February 1, 1963

Ronald P. Vandenberg of Kaukauna received his U.S. Army commission in ceremonies at St. Norbert college, DePere. Shown here pinning on lieutenant’s bars are Lt. Col. Clell Babler, professor of Military science at St. Norbert’s and Vandenberg’s wife. Looking over is the Rev. D. M. Burke, O, Praem., St. Norbert college president.

After 19 straight days of subzero weather, Kaukaunans have become so acclimated to it that they scarcely mention it anymore and yet the thought lingers that it's not over yet. According to old timers this is the coldest winter since 1936, (that's '63 inverted)

A Kaukauna man Kenneth Look is spending a year of graduate study at the University of Nottingham, England he says it is cold over there. Ken is one of 137 young men and women who are abroad this year under Rotary International grants, which pay for their travel, books, tuition, and room and board.

February 6, 1963

An 18-year-old Kaukauna High School senior, Arthur J. Dorn, of Sherwood was killed, and three persons were injured early Sunday morning following a three-car collision near Little Chicago on Highway 55 south of Kaukauna.

A drop of $66,410.97 in estimated fire damages from last year’s total was reported to the Kaukauna common council by fire chief William Haupt.

Eighty-one people died in Wisconsin traffic accidents in November last year, bringing the death toll to 861 for the first 11 months. This is the highest total since 1956.

Lindy Kemp, KHS senior, has been chosen Daughters of American Revolution (DAR) winner by the school faculty.

February 8, 1963

Thilmany Pulp & Paper Company reported record net sales in 1962 of $35,499,770 at the firm’s stockholders meeting yesterday. This represents a gain of 5.3 per cent over 1961.

Persons desiring to do research on events in the history of Kaukauna, as recorded in the pages of the Kaukauna Times throughout the years, will find their task easier through the use of new equipment recently acquired by the Kaukauna Library. A Micro-film reader now displays reproductions of the pages of the Kaukauna Times.

February 13, 1963

Robert Kerscher was elected president of the Kaukauna Athletic Club succeeding Jerry Klarer at the annual membership meeting of the K.A.C. held Saturday at the VFW Hall.

19 students earned straight A’s for the first term at Kaukauna High School.

Badger Northland reports a 26 per cent increase on sales during the six months ended December 31, 1962.

February 15, 1963

Kaukauna residents were called upon this week to join in the annual observation of National Brotherhood week was announced by Mayor Joseph Bayorgeon.  The President of the United States has proclaimed the week of February 17-24, 1963, as Brotherhood Week.

February 22, 1963

The Doty Bayorgeon Recreation area was officially approved by the Kaukauna Common Council Tuesday night. The area will include the addition to the new athletic field and track, a new baseball diamond, two more softball diamonds and three tennis courts in the near future.

February 27, 1963

Gen Anderson has announced her retirement from the Post Office tomorrow. She started in the old South Kaukauna Post Office on Second Street in 1922 and is the "last of that old crew."

Tom Hiestand, a Kaukauna High School senior and top scorer for the Ghost basketball team, has been named to the all Mid-Eastern conference basketball team through a poll of coaches in the eight team circuit.

Rev. John Scheib former pastor of Immanuel United Church of Kaukauna died Saturday, at the age of 60, after a short illness. He was pastor at Immanuel United Church in Kaukauna for 28 years. He left Kaukauna in September of 1958 after he was elected as the first president of the North Wisconsin Synod.

 

A significant milestone in Kaukauna athletics was undoubtedly passed Friday evening as the Kaukauna High School basketball team played the last varsity game in the old gym when the Ghosts hosted the Neenah Rockets.