Time Machine Trip to November 1964

 

Kaukauna Times – November 1964

November 4, 1964

The Kaukauna Galloping Ghosts Saturday afternoon played the first half of the ballgame, and the Neenah rockets played the second half.  The Neenah crew was one touchdown at two extra points more successful in their segment of the ballgame and rockets became conference champions by a 14-6 margin.

Close to 1200 grade school aged children and teenagers turned out on Friday and Saturday evening as the Kaukauna recreation Department and the area Modern Woodman of America organizations contacted their annual Halloween parties at Kaukauna's two theaters and the high school gymnasium. The teen-age party took the form of Halloween dance on Friday night. A costume competition was conducted. Awards to the girls were Christine Kindler, Barbara Klister and Marie Coenen. Winners for the boys were Stavros Kazakos, Bill Weyenberg and Steve Kersten.

November 6, 1964

 

Kaukauna voters in record numbers turned out at the polls Tuesday to contribute their share to the landslide victory of President Lyndon B. Johnson and Vice-president Herbert Humphrey, selecting the Democratic candidate by close to a three to one margin.

Story Reading at the Kaukauna public library Saturday was conducted by wives of attorneys from Outagamie County.  Here Mrs. Don Herrling, Appleton reads. The program is part of national book week.  

Natural Gas was turned on in the Town of Holland Wednesday as representatives of the Wisconsin Gas company and the township gathered to observe the event at a dinner meeting at Van Abel’s. Leo Driessen, manager of the company in the Heart of the Valley communities said that the addition of Hollandtown brings to 109 the total communities now served with natural gas.    

Capt. John F. Hilgenberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hilgenberg, was assigned recently as project officer at Stead Air Force Base, Nevada. Hilgenberg instructs astronauts in desert survival training, at the base. He is a member of the 3637^th combat crew training squadron.

November 11, 1964

Robert Minkebige was named president of the Fox Valley Golf Club at the meeting at the board of directors Thursday. He succeeds Francis Demerath who held the office for the last two years.

 

QUARTER CENTURY CLUB

 

 

Thilmany Pulp and Paper Company welcomes these men and women into the Thilco Quarter Century Club and salutes them for their 25 years of loyal service to the Company. 

 

The Kaukauna Galloping Ghost girders dominated the selection for all-conference honors in the mid-Eastern despite their third-place finish, when the loop coaches gathered for their annual postseason meeting. Two of Kaukauna youths, Gary Schubring and Dan Bay, were selected to offense and defense on the conference dream team. Other offense all-conference selections from Kaukauna included Mark Nussbaum, Bob Main and Bob Promer. The other defense all-conference selection from Kaukauna was Gene Huss.

November 13, 1964

Kimberly Credit Union - Open House 

Sunday November 15 - 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

A public hearing for the 1965 proposed municipal budget of $2,797,412.55 which, if adopted, will amount to a tax rate increase of five dollars per thousand for Kaukauna residents will be conducted Tuesday evening. 

November 18, 1964

Wisconsin should be one of the happiest hunting grounds in the nation when the deer season opens on Saturday. The state's 375,000 deer hunters will be stalking the largest deer herd since 1958. Estimates place the deer population at more than 500,000 animals.

A reminder to patrons to use ZIP Code on all your mailings was issued by postmaster Robert S. Grogan today. “The use of Zip Codes assures added importance,” the postmaster stated, “as we head into the period of our heaviest mailing volume.”

November 20, 1964

Seventeen KHS students earn a straight “A” record for the first quarter, the high school office has announced. There are 51 students who have received an average “A”.

November 24, 1964

Two Galloping Ghost gridders were named the most valuable players of the past season and four were selected as next year’s captains at a recent final meeting of the boys with the coaches Harry Wilson, Kenneth Roloff and Dallas Warner. In the poll of the players Bob Promer, Mark Nussbaum, Gene Huss and Dale Dorn tied in the polling for the 1965 football team captain. Coach Wilson has decided to have two offensive and two defensive captains.

Kaukauna Postmaster Robert Grogan last week announced that all mailmen have been issued special aerosol cans of dog repellent design to have a very discouraging effect on the dogs that have developed a taste for the post-man's leg.

November 26, 1964

The sale of Badger Northland, Inc. to a new subsidiary of Massey-Ferguson, Inc., the Detroit based farm and light industrial equipment company, was announced today by Vincent Rohlf, president of Badger Northland, Inc. He did not disclose the sale price.

This hunting party composed of local men returned from Montana, where they bagged 11 deer and a bear. Left to right are Bob Thom, Glen Meyerhofer, Roy Kuhn, Melvin Mitchell and Clayton “Carp” Vande Brock.