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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 17th 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 440th 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. 

 






















































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