Time Machine: Time Machine Trip to September 1974

Kaukauna Times

By Lyle Hansen

September 6, 1974

The Kaukauna Common Council Tuesday evening approved the sale of the former railroad property on the southside of the city for the bid of $6,100 per acre.

Despite a strike within progress in the Racine school system, the game between Kaukauna and Racine Case will be played.

September 11, 1974

A significant increase in wages as well as improvements in pensions and insurance are part of a new two-year labor agreement overwhelmingly approved by production and maintenance employees after a strike was called off at the Thilmany Pulp and Paper Co.

Golf champions at Fox Valley links this year are left to right, Joseph Gossens, Tom Hanby, Don Boyle, and Carl Verstegen.

Ladies golf champions at Fox Valley for 1974 are, left to right, Marion Stegeman, Marge Koglin, Judy Schomisch and Mickey Farrell.

Winners of match play tournament at the Fox Valley Golf Club for 1974 are William Heerman, Dan Coffey and Ralph Gertsch.

Junior Golf Champions at the Fox Valley Golf club for this year are Jim Eifler and Don Boyle.

September 18, 1974

Kaukauna Lions Club officers for the new year are front row Joseph Sadlier, Robert Hartwig, Francis Weeks, George Simon, Harry Wirth. Back row Arthur Koehne, Willis Ranquette, George Greenwood, Tony Zenisck, and Orris Schmalz.

Kimberly-Clark Inc. has announced that approximately 100 workers will be laid off in October at the Kimberly mill. The mill reported a significant reduction in customer orders in parts of our grade line.

September 20, 1974

50-Year members of the Knights of Columbus Council 1033, Kaukauna, were honored. Seated left to right are Albert Schmidt, Fred Wolf, Elzear Wymelenberg, and Herman Weyers. Standing are John Hartzheim, Joseph Siebers, Theodore Van Vreede and Leo Haessly.

Nancy Diedrich, of Kaukauna, recorded a national honor count while bowling at Jerry’s Lanes in Kimberly. Her score of 607 was the first honor count recorded in the couple leagues eight-year history.

Hollandtown Raider quarterback Keven Coenen scored his team’s final touchdown. Following the score Coenen hooked up with Jim Plutchak for the two-point conversion. The Raiders defeated the Kimberly Bulldogs 30-0.

In his back shop, Don Lappen worked on readying a new bike for the road. His business Don’s Bike Shop specializes in sales and repairs of bicycles.

Twinfollery – One set of twins is enough, but two sets are more than enough for third grade teacher Sister Ludmilla at St. Mary’s school. Bruce and Brenda Kobussen on the right are easy enough to tell apart but that is not the case for Jane and Janet Lenz and Jean and Jane Doering.

Charges in which action being taken for requesting the resignation of city inspector Harold Loeser have been dropped by action of the Kaukauna Common council. No one will publicly elaborate on what the specific charges were that were listed against Loeser by mayor Robert LaPlante. At the council meeting Ald. Henry Drechsler asked that the charges against the inspector be dropped for lack of evidence. That motion was approved by a 5-3 margin.

Services were held yesterday for two Wrightstown teenagers killed early Sunday in a one car crash east of Wrightstown. Dennis Smith, 16 and Paul Kamos, 15, died in the accident. Two other people were injured, both from Wrightstown, Jody Bolssen, and Lisa Titel, both 16 years of age.

September 27, 1974

State and area officials and representatives of industry will attend the official dedication of the new $3million Badger Northland, Inc., plant here at 11:00 this morning. After the ceremonies in front of the main entrance, a tour through the 220,000 square foot facility will take place. The public is invited to an open house from 1 to 4 on Saturday.

The 1974 Kaukauna High School varsity cheerleaders are practicing a new formation for the homecoming game. The squad is composed of Polly Nack, doing the splits; Keri Schierland and Becky Sachs on the wings; Polly Wahlers supporting Kim Kappell and Peggy Van De Loo atop Sue Gerow’s shoulders.