Time Machine Trip to October 1963

 

Kaukauna Times – October 1963

By Lyle Hansen

 

October 9, 1963

Four holes-in-one in one season . . . two in one day . . .  three in a week! The club house boys at Fox Valley Golf club house call it “The Tom Bonger’s Story”. Tom, 16, shot this remarkable kind of golf in a hot streak at season’s end this year.

August 11 – Tom scored an ace on the 170-yard No. 9.

September 7 – He again fired a hole-in-one on the No. 9. 

September 14 – Tom sank a-hole-in one on the 175-yard No. 6.

That evening he fired a hole-in-one on No. 9.

Winners of footballs autographed by the players of the World Champion Green Bay Packers were received by Mrs. Don Stuyvenberg Kaukauna on the left and Gary Cootway of Wrightstown on the right. The footballs were presented by Arthur Mongin Jr., center, a member of the Packer’s board of directors. The winners had submitted entries in a program at the Bishop’s charity game.

October 11, 1963

Reigning over Kaukauna High School's 1963 Homecoming festivities on October 19 will be Queen Sharon Chamness and her attendants Karen Van Epern and Linda Vanderloop.

 

 

A tentative 1964 school budget of $1,030,196 representing an increase of $170,474 over the 1963 figure was approved by the board of education in Kaukauna. Residents of Kaukauna will be required to pay $167,101 more in 1964.

Joseph Walsh has been named to the Board of Directors of the Kaukauna Chamber of Commerce to succeed Arthur Peters.  Walsh is associated with the James T. O’Connell Insurance Agency in Kaukauna and has worked with the Chamber in the past years.  

October 16, 1963

Residents are reminded that a city ordinance forbids the burning of leaves on the asphalt surface of any public street. Residents are asked to rake leaves on to the parkway and the city will pick up the piled leaves with its vacuum leaf collector.

October 23, 1963

Eugene DeBruin of Kaukauna, whose plane was shot down by communist in Laos several weeks ago, has been reported by Air America to be alive but a prisoner.

    DeBruin, 30, was a crew member of the Air America plane which was shot down by the Pathet Lao on September 5 in northern Laos. He was one of three Americans aboard the plane. The Pathet Lao mentioned Eugene’s name last Saturday as the only survivor.

    Senator Nelson (Dem) Wisconsin later contacted the DeBruin’s and told them the state department was negotiating for the release of Eugene. No information was available as to whether he was injured.

Winners of the Coffey Motors and Ford “Punt” “Pass” and “Kick” competition were: Front row: David Helf, Daniel Femal, Gary Effa, Ricci Giordana and Robert Wendt. Middle row: Joseph Berghuis, Karlon Mueller, Gary Weyers, Tim Fitzpatrick and Dennis Nagan. Back row: Leo Coffey, Henry Gremminger, Green Bay Packers defensive halfback and William Coffey. Not pictured were Mark Kobin and Warren Hacker.

October 25, 1963

A new Community Bulletin board located atop the city garage was recently completed. The Kaukauna Electric and Water Department has financed construction of the board, which will inform the citizens of our city of "What's going on in Kaukauna."

October 30, 1963

A collision between two fire trucks in Hollandtown resulted in the deaths of three volunteer firemen. Donald Van Abel, Jerome Van Abel, and Donald Fassbender were victims of the tragic crash.

 

A six-point, 127-pound buck, was shot by Cliff Nushart, Tenth Street, last week. He says this is the first one he has bagged since he first began bow hunting in 1956.