Kaukauna Times – March 1923
By Lyle Hansen
March 1, 1923
The time-honored city
hall on the island is now deserted, its occupants, the city clerk, city treasurer
and fire department, having moved into their new and commodious quarters in the
Municipal Administration Building.
The Times landlord has undertaken to give the Time
shop a new coat of light-colored paint and the job is being done by Frank Luce
and Peter Van Dyke.
Ford Day will be celebrated by William Van
Lieshout on Wednesday, March 14th and great preparations are being made for the
entertainment of the big crowd of visitors when Mr. Van Lieshout expects to
take advantage have an opportunity to combine business with pleasure at that
time. The Ford company will have two experienced speakers here to address the
farmers on “Power Farming.”
March 8, 1923
No one was injured in
an accident yesterday afternoon when a Ford truck driven by Ben VandeYacht
collided at the intersection at the corner of Lawe Street and Wisconsin Avenue.
The front of the truck was demolished. One fender was knocked off completely.
The girls’ basketball team of the Thilmany Mill
defeated the Wax room boys Monday evening at the city auditorium by a score of
28 to 18.
March 15, 1923
John Coppes was elected president
of the Kaukauna Athletic Association at a meeting held Sunday in the new council
room. Other members elected to the board of directors included Edwin Haas,
Edward Grebe, Paul Smith and William Johnson.
Everything is now in
shape for the erection of St. Francis twenty-five-thousand-dollar schoolhouse,
and the pastor, Father Louis Van Oeffel, is enthusiastic over the prospects for
next year's work, and his people are but little behind him in their interest
and enthusiastic support. Crews of men are already at work tearing down the old
building in order to permit the erection of the new one in its place. It is
hoped by the people of Hollandtown that the construction is completed by the
first of August so that all can be ready for the opening of school in
September.
The Boy Scouts of this city and the troop of
Menasha Boy Scouts played a basketball game at the local auditorium before a
rather small crowd of spectators. The Kaukauna Boy Scouts winning the game by a
score of 22 to 18.
Jack Zwick, Kaukauna boxer, is reported to be in a
Milwaukee hospital with a broken jaw. The lower part of his face was
crushed while training with Jimmy Ness
for his scrap Friday night in Green Bay with Roy Conley.
The fire and police Commission ordered Walter
Maxwell and Edward Ward to report for duty last Friday morning at the fire
department and the two men accordingly were at their post at the time
specified. They were to remain on duty 24 hours until Monday at which time the
entire force went on shifts of 12 hours each.
Shift No. 1 Otto Kilgas, captain: Robert Heinen,
driver and pumpman, O. E. Roberts and Walter Martzahl, hosemen.
Shift No. 2 Henry Esler, captain: Charles
Miller, driver and pump man, Archie Langdon and Edward Ward, hoseman.
The Women's Relief Corps has undertaken to
raise funds sufficient to buy a radio outfit for the Riverview Sanatorium. The Women's
Relief Corps of Appleton has contributed $5 and the Loyal Order of Moose of
this city has given $10 to the cause in addition to $50 contributed by the Kaukauna
Women’s Club.
March 22, 1923
George
"Stormy" Kromer, the old man of Fox River Valley baseball, has a brand-new
idea which he thinks ought to be a salvation to the small-town clubs. Says
"Stormy" that instead of hiring a high-priced pitcher, hire a good
baseball coach and develop your players from your hometown material. "Stormy"
has been a baseball leader in the state as long as most can remember; with a record
like his, he should be listened to.
The firemen have been measured for their new
uniforms with which the city will equip them, having purchased suits caps and
uniforms with extra trousers at the local Royal Clothing Store. The uniforms
are to be of a handsome dark blue color and caps are the regulation fireman's
pattern. The boys will present a natty appearance when they appear in public.
March 29, 1923
Mrs. Anna Ulrich has sufficiently recovered
from a recent attack of the grippe as to be able to come downtown. One of her
first acts was to call at the Times and pay her 43rd year subscription, for
Mrs. Ulrich has taken the paper ever since its first issue in September 1880.
A handsome silver cup
has been received by a Kaukauna team which won first place in the Fox River
Valley Lutheran Athletic Assoc. First bowling tournament. Members of the team
are Fred Milz, H. Treptow, A. Treptow, Harold Hildebrandt, and Will Hass.
March 29, 1923
The Kaukauna Vocational School began moving from the Hotel Kaukauna where it has found lodging ever since its inception several years ago to the New Municipal Administration Building on the island.
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