Kaukauna Times - November 1963
By Lyle Hansen
November 1, 1963
A joint funeral service was held Wednesday at
St. Francis church, Hollandtown for three men who died from injuries sustained
in the crash of two fire trucks last Sunday.
Nine wild geese and a pheasant are the bag of
three men. Left to right are Casey Reichardt, Jerry Hawley, and Tom Belling.
Leo P. Driessen has been promoted to the position of manager of Wisconsin Gas Company’s Kaukauna District. Leo joined the company in 1961 after being a partner in the Service Hardware company of Kaukauna.
November 6, 1963
An estimated 1,100 children and teens were in
attendance at the Kaukauna recreation department’s Halloween party dance at
Hollandtown and two theater parties. Awards were given to the best costumes.
Funeral
services for Cynthia Johnson, age 6 daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Clifford
Johnson east Ninth Street. She died from injuries sustained when she was struck
by an auto as she and her sister, Patricia were playing in a pile of leaves by
their home.
November 8, 1963
Funeral services will
be held at 11:00 Saturday morning at Holy Cross church for Joseph C. McCarty,
74, retired contractor who died Wednesday. Mr. McCarty was an active citizen in
Kaukauna during his life, being greatly remembered for the energy he devoted to
community affairs. He served as president of the Kaukauna High School Alumni
Association for 14 years, was on the building committee for the construction of
the new wing on the St. Paul Home for the Aged, as well as being on the original
executive committee and board of the Kaukauna Community Hospital and involved
in various other groups.
November
13, 1963
A full load of Civil Defense supplies was
recently delivered to Thilmany Pulp & Paper Company. The supplies are
designed to sustain life during periods of emergency. The supplies were sent
under the direction of the Department of Defense. Robert Strauss Thilmany’s Production Services
Manager and administrator of the disaster control plan. The supplies will be
stored in the fallout shelter areas.
Lewis F. Nelson, Kaukauna mayor for
seven years in the 1930's and 40's, died at 11 a.m. Monday in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, where he had a winter home. He was 83 years of age. He had been in the
hospital with a heart condition for about a week. In addition to serving as
mayor Nelson was involved in numerous other civic activities and was general
manager of the Badger Tissue Mills for 38 years, and president of the
corporation for most of that time. The funeral will be held in Kaukauna, but
arrangements are not yet complete.
November
15, 1963
Area residents have
been invited this week to attend the dedication and open house for the new $2
million Kimberly High School on Sunday afternoon. The school features a system
of heating and air conditioning which requires no "Fire" or boiler but
uses a system of heating pumps to maintain a temperature of 72 degrees year-round.
November 22, 1963
Dan Bay, a lineman with
the 1963 Galloping Ghost girders was named Captain of the 1964 squad. John
Skibba was chosen as the most valuable player and, he, along with Tim Verstegen,
as the best backs of the campaign.
November 26, 1963
Memorial ceremonies for
the late President John F. Kennedy were conducted Monday by the Kaukauna
American Legion Post 41 and the Electric city Post 3319 of the Veterans of
foreign Wars.
The' City of Kaukauna joined "with the rest of the state and nation and the entire world in mourning the death of the 35th 'President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who was assassinated on Friday last. Many from Kaukauna remember the president when he, visited here in March of 1960. It was a grey day, not unlike the day when he arrived in the city to deliver a campaign speech at the Civic Auditorium.
Ralph Chizek, who was born in Kaukauna and now is a resident of Stockton CA, has written to the TIMES of a mystery, and the hopes that the solution may be found. As a lad, Chizek used to frequent the 4th locks where he used to swim. While there I would carry wood and water for a woman by the name of Grignon. She used to tell me many tales of the olden days but one that mystified me the most was her telling of the Indian landmark on the south side of the Fox River above the Thousand Islands. She said there used to be a rock on the hill over the rapids taller than a two-story building and on it was etched the head of a Winnebago Indian. She said this was to let the Indians coming up the river know that they were entering the land of Winnebago tribe. She told me that some of missionaries thinking it was some kind of a worship symbol undercut it and rolled it into the river. I don’t think that something that size would just disappear. I was wondering if this was a massive slab of limestone or huge boulder with a flat face carved on it.
A train blocking the road is a typical scene on Main Avenue and Highway 55 in the City of Kaukauna.
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