Time Machine Trip to September 1973

 

Kaukauna Times – September 1973

By Lyle Hansen

September 5, 1973

Bonny Kempen, Kaukauna, aces the No. 7, 190-yard par 3 hole at Brown County golf course over the weekend for his first hole in one ever.

Some people naturally have the gift of E.S.P. and an unidentified fan on the sidelines was heard to have said shortly before the game began, I'd like to see the boys (Holland town) get an early score, it would really give them the momentum. No sooner than these words were spoken than the Raider’s Chuck McDaniels picked up the opening kickoff and rambled 90 yards for a touchdown. The Raider’s when on to defeat the Downers Grove Blue Devils 31–0.

LeRoy Fieck, owner of Lee and Sandy’s Dugout, plans to walk 88.6 miles just for the personal satisfaction he can get out of it. Although some people might think he's crazy for even attempting such a stunt, saying he'd probably collapse before he even made it halfway around, LeRoy is determined to circumvent Lake Winnebago on foot.

Kenneth Roloff, standout football and basketball player at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point during the 50s will be honored by his alma mater with an induction ceremony into the UW Stevens Point Hall of Fame.

 

September 7, 1973

Kaukauna Business associates elected Lloyd Vercauteren president of the association. James Brogan was elected vice president and Martin Janssen was reelected treasurer.

Chris Boyson, Appleton, is the winner of both medal play and match play junior championship at Fox Valley Golf club this year.

 

September 12, 1973

Kaukauna attorney Irving Curry III has been named chairman of the Heart of the Valley United Fund campaign.

The removal of the nation's freeze on beef and other meat products prices should bring Kaukauna shoppers the lowest prices seen for a while at the meat departments.

Breaking ground made dirt fly Monday as Mayor Robert LaPlante and Badger Northland president Gail Janssen and senior vice-president Darwin Kettering in charge of operations for the Massey-Ferguson Corp. dug at the site of its new plant at the corner of highways 00 and 55.

 

September 14, 1973

Kaukauna police Patrolman Thomas Carpenter, 27, was treated and released from the Kaukauna Community Hospital Tuesday afternoon after his three wheeled motorcycle was struck in the rear by automobile driven by a Kaukauna motorist. Carpenter had stopped for stop sign and was struck from behind. he was treated for a sprained back and neck after the accident.

Bad news for the Ghost starting senior halfback Jerry Schneider, one of the mainstays of the Ghost outside running attack. Jerry tore a muscle and severely bruised his right knee during practice Wednesday. He is expected to be out of action for at least three weeks.

September 21, 1973

Gaining 466 yards all but eleven of them on the ground the Hollandtown Golden Raiders humiliated the Muskego Chargers 40-0 Sunday at Doty Bayorgeon Field extending their winning streak to three games this season. In each of the Raiders’ three games a different player turned out to be the spark plug. Against Downers Grove in the opening game of the year Mike School romped for 177 yards and scored two touchdowns last week Dan Giordana went 153 yards and two touchdowns. This week Chuck McDaniel stole the spotlight accumulated 177 yards and broke clear for two long scores, one on the interception and other on a kickoff return.

September 28, 1973

Four of Kaukauna’s firemen, students in an emergency medical technician class at St. Elizabeth Hospital observe a demonstration of the revival of a heart attack victim. Left to right Wayne Vanevenhoven, Dr. F. Mark Moore, Joe Gasper, Jerald Kobussen, and Bruce Mathis.

Time Machine Trip to September 1963

 

Kaukauna Times - September 1963

By Lyle Hansen

September 4, 1963

The first shovel of earth for the new addition to the St. Paul Home was turned over by A.M. Schmalz, center, chairman of the advisory board. With him are Einhold Jansen of Sauter and Seaborne, architects, Sister Ambrosette, administrator, Ben Seaborne, architects, mayor Joseph Bayorgeon and Joseph C. McCarty, of the building committee.

 

Dick Oudenhoven Construction Company of Kaukauna was awarded the general contract job for construction of a new 55 bed addition to St. Paul Home for the aged. Total cost of the bids was $348,049, about 14 percent more than what had been anticipated according to A.M. Schmalz, chairman of the lay advisory board.

 

In a dramatic sudden death play-off, Bob Derus won the club championship at Fox Valley Golf Club Saturday with a sensational 25-foot putt and a birdie three on the first extra hole. It is the twelfth championship for Derus in the 16 past tournaments at the club.

 

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission ruled last week that the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad must make a stop at Kaukauna. Kaukauna resident Anthony VanDrasek had made a formal complaint. He stated that he occasionally uses the Northwestern depot for trips to Milwaukee and Chicago, His main complaint is of the inconvenience   for residents of Kaukauna to have to drive to Appleton and leave their cars at the station there.

 

September 6, 1963

 

John Kuchelmeister, 13, Wisconsin avenue won the junior Fox Valley Golf Club, edging out Tom Bongers in match play.

The Kaukauna Rod and Gun Club will release approximately 380 pheasant roosters next week. Although the Club has been inactive for the past couple of years, the pheasant planting program is being carried on with the aid of the State Conservation Department which supplies the day-old chicks and feed.

September 11, 1963

Hundreds of spectators jammed the shore of the Fox River near Egan’s Landing on Sunday afternoon to view the final boat races of the season. The races conducted by the Wisconsin Stock Utility Outboard Racing association provided an afternoon of thrills and spills with a spectacular collision of three boats. 

September 13, 1963

The former American Legion clubhouse on Oak Street, located just east of the Kaukauna High School, will be purchased by the board of education.  The approved price for the building is $4,000. The structure will be removed by March 1, 1964, and the land will be used for additional parking.

Word was received early Saturday afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DeBruin that their son Eugene DeBruin was missing from a supply dropping air mission over Laos, being carried on by Air America, a private air firm chartered by the Vietnamese government. DeBruin, 30, is a 1952 graduate of Kaukauna High School and served in the Air Force from 1952 to 1956. After leaving the Air Force he enrolled at Montana State University, where he graduated in 1960. Missing along with DeBruin are two American fliers and four Asians on the flight. The Laotian office stated that the C-46 plane crashed after being hit by Pro-communist Pathet Lao ground fire while on a supply mission to refugees.

September 18, 1963

Brand-new cousins had the opportunity recently to become acquainted with each other at a very early age when their mothers shared a room at the St. Vincent's Hospital, Green Bay. A son Kenneth was born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Newhouse of Kaukauna and a daughter, Lynn, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buechler of Wrightstown. The mothers are sisters-in-law.

Donald E. Jensen succeeded Harold Kobin as the new coach for the Kaukauna cross-country team. A total of 23 candidates are currently working out.  

September 20, 1963

Willie Davis, defensive end for the World’s champion Green Bay Packers, will be the special guest speaker Monday evening when the Kaukauna Lions club entertains the 36 members of the Kaukauna high School football team at the Elks club rooms. Davis is in his sixth year in pro football, is a graduate of Grambling College where he was named to the NAIA All-American team. He was the 17^th draft choice of the Cleveland Browns in 1956. 

 

General Joseph J. Lingle, of Kaukauna, was awarded a silver bowl at the Air Force Association Outstanding Air Force Reserve Flying Wing in Washington D.C. General Lingle is the commander of the 440^th Troop Carrier Wing General Mitchell Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The new electric scoreboard which was put into operation for the first time last week is a gift of the Kaukauna Athletic Club. Left to right vice president of the KAC Jack Hilgenberg, president Bob Kerscher and director Robert Main.