Kaukauna Times – June 1934
By Lyle Hansen
June 1, 1934
Miss Dorthy Miller Miss Genevieve Burns
Miss Dorthy Miller is valedictorian of the
senior class of 1934 Kaukauna high school. Miss Genevieve Burns is the
salutatorian of the class. Miss Miller received an average of 94.78 for her
four years in high school and Miss Burns received an average of 94.27 per cent.
William Duffy was awarded the A. M. Lang trophy at
the class night exercises.
The swimming pool, Reichel Ice pond and the fourth lock have been named as the swimming spots for the summer. The locations will be open from 9 to 12 o'clock and 1:30 to 9:30 in the evening. Andrew Whittaker will be in charge of the Ice pond and Gordon Ristau will be in charge of the fourth lock.
Kaukauna Department Chief O. E. Roberts retired
on May 21. Mr. Roberts, who is 65 years of age, has been a member of the
department for the past 28 years.
June 5, 1934
Francis Van Dracek, age 15 years, of this city
was saved from drowning at the fourth government lock Friday afternoon by Roy
Derus who noticed him floundering in deep water.
June 8, 1934
The name of the tourist
park was changed to Riverside Park at a meeting of the park board Tuesday
evening.
James W. Lang, of Kaukauna a junior at St. Norbert
college, is playing the leading role in the school production, “The Fall Guy.”
June 12, 1934
After 32 years'
association with the Herman T. Runte Company as an employee and part owner,
Henry Minkebige has sold his interest in the concern and has purchased outright
the business, stock and goodwill of the grocery department of the Runte store.
Hugh O’Connell, former Kaukauna
resident, is currently starring in the acclaimed Broadway hit “The Milky Way”.
June 15, 1934
Ralph De Palma, the famous racing driver,
was seen yesterday afternoon when he stopped in Kaukauna to visit his former
nurse. Mrs. G. J. Flanagan, nee Margret McCarty, who was on duty as his nurse
following the worst crash of his career. The crash occurred during the state
fair at Milwaukee in the fall of 1912.
The work of razing the
old water reservoir on Taylor Street has begun this week and with its removal
but few of this type will remain standing in the state. The new tank, built
directly behind the Outagamie Rural Normal School building, presents an
impressive appearance and is indeed a worthwhile improvement for the city. The
new tank is forty feet in diameter as compared to 20 feet in diameter for the
old tank and provides four times as much water for each foot of height in the
tank. The abutments for the new tank were built under the direction of Ray
McCarty, a Kaukauna contractor, and about ten men were employed. The steel work
was erected by the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company of Chicago.
June 19, 1934
William Van Lieshout, auto dealer, passed
away Sunday morning at a Green Bay hospital from injuries received in an
automobile accident near De Pere last Tuesday.
Bill Kuchelmeister started on the mound
for the Kaws. The Kaukauna All-Star softball team won another game in the State
Diamond Ball League Sunday when they out-slugged Kimberly in a free hitting
game, 13 to 11.
June 29, 1934
John Kobussen, Kaukauna
rural mail carrier, will retire July 1 after having completed 30 years of
service. Mr. Kobussen has watched wide changes in both rural and urban
development during his years with the postal system and enjoys telling of his
experiences with the weather and the people he knew on his route.
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