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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