Time Machine Trip to November 1933

 

Kaukauna Times – November 1933

By Lyle Hansen

November 3, 1933

The hunting season on skunks and raccoons in all Wisconsin counties, and squirrels in all but ten counties is now open. The season extends from November 1 to January 1.

 

Several persons were injured, three of them seriously in a collision on Hwy. 55 three miles north of Kaukauna on the road to Freedom yesterday afternoon.  2 sedans were completely wrecked. The injured in the first car were Frank McCormick, Donald McCormick, Albert DeWitt and Joseph Fleischmann all of Kaukauna who were returning from a hunting trip. Norbert Vosters of Freedom was driving the second car with nine children in it returning from school.

 

November 7, 1933

Chicago - Determined to come back after two unexpected losses in the eastern territory, the Chicago Cardinals Sunday afternoon will play their first game at home against an out-of-town opponent meeting meaning the Green Bay Packers at Wrigley Field.

 

November 10, 1933

Clayton Fleming was elected football captain for the 1934 season at Kaukauna High. He succeeds Jerry Vils and Ambrose Maule, co-captains of the 1933 eleven. The 1933 record read as follows:

Kaukauna 27, St. Norbert 6
Kaukauna 0, Menasha 7
Kaukauna 37, Ripon 7
Kaukauna 46, Neenah 6
Kaukauna 24, Shawano 0
Kaukauna 20, West De Pere 0
Kaukauna 32, New London 0

Total: Kaukauna 186, Opponents 26

 

November 14, 1933

Four small daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Martin H. Evers, route 1 Kaukauna died when Evers’ farm home was destroyed by fire Saturday evening. A telephone call was received at the residence of Mayor Fargo Saturday's asking that the fire department be sent to the scene of the disaster. Flames and dense smoke prevented frantic parents and neighbors from going into the rescue of the children.  Geraldine Evers, age 13, the oldest of the eight children saved herself and three other babies of the family. The four victims apparently smothered as they slept.

Margaret Evers

Morella Evers

Martha Evers

Mary Ann Evers

the victims’ ages range from 2 to 10 years of age.

At the regular meeting of the K of C in Kaukauna a resolution was drawn up against moving the Kaukauna postoffice. The Kaukauna Rotary Club also went on record as being opposed to the possible removal of the postoffice from its present location.

 

Kaukauna’s share of government pork wrapped in three- and six-pound packages was received by the relief department Friday. The 2,000 pounds of pork will be distributed to needy families according to Mrs. F. W. Grogan, director of relief, along with instructions on how to prepare it.

 

November 24, 1933

One hundred and five men were put to work in Kaukauna on C.W.A. Project Day. The men will be hired day to day as the individual projects are launched. The projects will continue until the army of jobless in this city obtains work.

 

Formal opening of the Main Avenue Bridge over the power canal will take place Wednesday afternoon at 4:30, according to members of the board of public works, under whose direction the bridge has been constructed.

 

The total cost of poor relief in the city of Kaukauna during the month of October amounted to $2,756.26 according to report from Alderman E. Brewster, chairman of the poor committee.

Senior girls on the high school steps. Top row: Mary Van Lieshout, Dorothy Look and Gertrude Grebe. Second row: Rita Muthig, Dorothy Vanevenhoven. Bottom row: Dorothy Watson, Virginia Goetzman and Alice Esler.