Time Machine Trip to May 1963

 

Kaukauna Times - May 1963

By Lyle Hansen

May 3, 1963

Ed Matchett, long time Kaukauna tavern owner, died yesterday after a short illness. Ed ran a grocery store on Hendricks Avenue for eight years.  Following this he operated a tavern on the corner of Third Street and Main Ave. for 29 years prior to his retirement in 1962.

 

May 8, 1963

A crowd of two hundred persons feted Gen Anderson, retired assistant postmaster, Saturday with a program in her honor at the Elks Club.

Calvin Spice, 38, of Kaukauna, today announced his candidacy for Sheriff of Outagamie County on the Democratic ticket. Spice has been a police officer for the past 14 1/2 years, serving as on the Outagamie County Police Force for the past nine years and as an officer with the Kaukauna Police Department for 5 ½ years prior to that.

 

May 17, 1963

Signing of the contract for the new Kaukauna Area Veterans Memorial took place this week. Standing Jerome Huss and Olin G. Dryer, committee members. Seated Arthur Kromer Sr. and Clarence Sullivan committee chairman.

Petitions are being circulated for the repeal of a law banning the display of merchandise on the sidewalks. In an effort to protest the present law, Haas Hardware has set up a display of lawnmowers in the street.

 

May 29, 1963

Miss Kathryn Ann Eslien, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eslien, a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin was one of the finalists in the 1963 "Alice and Dairyland" contest held in Manitowoc in June.