Time Machine Trip to July 1973

 

Kaukauna Times – July 1973

By Lyle Hansen

July 3, 1973

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 o'clock this morning for Joseph P. Gertz, 93, whose tavern on 2nd St. was a baseball fans headquarters. Gertz was born in Darboy on January 31st, 1880. His family moved to Kaukauna when he was 8 years old, the third of nine children, he played baseball on Kaukauna ball teams in his youth.

 

July 6, 1973

Marvin Schumacher, Vice-president of Warehouse Specialists was elected president of the Heart of Valley Chamber of Commerce at a meeting held at Jacks or Better, Little Chute.

  

July 11, 1973

George Simon, 9th St., was named Mr. Mutual Insurance Agent of the year, at a convention for Milwaukee independent Mutual agents on June 28th. George, who is a partner in the Haen Insurance of Kaukauna, was selected as Mutual’s man of the year out of a group of more than 158 agents.

 

Kaukauna’s Lawe Street bridge will be entirely closed for a period of time, but no determination will be made until a meeting is held between state highway officials and representatives of the construction company replacing the concrete surface of the span.

Any possibility that the present Kaukauna municipal building might be the site of a new city library appears doubtful according to the consultant from the Wisconsin Department of Public instructions it has been reported.

 

A woman's softball team from the Kaukauna area composed of four standout teams from the Kaukauna recreation department league and sponsored by the Kaukauna Athletic Club succeeded in one try but dropped two games and was eliminated from the Wisconsin woman's softball tournament last week in Clintonville. The cream of the crop from the KRD circuit was blasted in the first game by a powerhouse from Seitz’s Lanes 24-1, Kaukauna came back to take a second match up defeating Oslo 25 to 19, then was eliminated from further competition by Green Bay Excavating 21 to 7.

 

July 13, 1973

No pedestrian deaths in nine years will result in a presentation of an award by the American Automobile Association to the city of Kaukauna this coming Wednesday. Mayor Robert LaPlante and chief of police William Nagel will accept the award for the city.

 

July 18, 1973

A burglary which apparently took place Sunday netted thieves about $100 from the Nu-Way Cleaners Wisconsin Ave. Peter Kramer, estimated that about $100 was missing when he found the cash register pried open on the basement floor.

Joe Shear of South Beloit, Ill. won the White race at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna. The 75 lapper is the second in the three Red, White, and Blue state championships.

 

July 20, 1973

Industrial development and municipal improvement will go hand in hand in the next months as the result of the decisions by both the Badger-Northland Corporation and the city of Kaukauna. The city would move city hall into the 232,000 square foot old Badger building and the corporation would move to a new location in the Kaukauna industrial park.