Time Machine Trip to October 1933

 

Kaukauna Times – October 1933

By Lyle Hansen 

October 6, 1933

The Kaukauna High School band is progressing rapidly under the direction of Ed. B. Galmbacher. There are 45 members in the organization at this time.

 

Superintendent J. F. Cavanaugh and the school board are this week hiring a teacher to assist Miss Maud McGinty at the school for the deaf, which is housed in the Park School. There are thirteen pupils attending the school this year.

The number of families receiving aid from the city is at present below 100.  More than thirty families have withdrawn from the list during the past month.

Deer hunting will not be lawful in Wisconsin this fall. The state law provides for the open season only in even numbered years.

 

October 17, 1933

L. F. Nelson was elected president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank at a meeting held last night. Nelson will succeed Hugo Weifenbach who had acted as president of the bank for nearly four years.

Five high school students were injured Friday evening when the car in which they were riding on West Wisconsin Avenue left the street and plunged 40 feet down an embankment. None of the five is believed to have been seriously injured.

October 20, 1933

Another of Kaukauna's old landmarks is in the passing with the razing of the huge tin barn on Crooks Avenue to the rear of the Verbeten tavern. The old barn served as a stable for the Kromer Hotel in years past and will be replaced by a modern garage.

October 24, 1933

Barbara, 5-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peerenboom, Little Chute, was fatally injured Friday evening when she was struck by a car. She was crossing the street, accompanied by her two brothers. The children were walking ahead of their mother who was pushing a baby carriage.

Fred Konrad of this city is a member of the county board committee and has requested a study be made into the feasibility of using prisoners in the county jail to clear county owned lands.  Under this plan prisoners would be taken to the woods each day to engage in the task of clearing the lands. At present time they merely idle their time away while in jail.

October 27, 1933

Charles Grignon, age 71 years, last surviving member of the oldest family in Kaukauna, died Saturday morning at his home here after an illness of about three weeks. He died in the house in which he was born on June 28, 1862.

Donald Weigman, age 19 years had the misfortune of being bitten by a giant tarantula spider. He was unpacking bananas at the grocery store Wednesday morning when he was bitten. The bite of the tarantula spider is very poisonous. He was treated to St. Elizabeth hospital in Appleton.

 

October 31, 1933

Top row: Conrad, Wurdinger, Behler, Schermitzler, Woelz. Nagan, Van Dyke, Dix, Conlon, Simons, Driessen.

2nd row: Danner, Niesen, Hipp, Rademacher, Vils, Nigl, Grogan, Sager, Driessen, Simons.

Bottom Row: Bloch, Sischo, McCormick, Mankosky, Viles, Mauel, Heinz, Towsley, Kuchelmeister.

Coach Little’s Kaukauna High School football team made use of their aerial attack to defeat Nicolet High School at West De Pere Saturday 20 to 0 for their third conference win.