Kaukauna Times
Kaukauna Historical Society
December 5, 1945
First Sgt. Mark A. Nagan is back at his job at Haas Hardware after serving three years in the Army in which he served 27 months in the European area. Nagan went overseas with the original 101st Airborne Division and was later transferred to the 82nd division which he served in over two years. Nagan was discharged November 19 at Camp McCoy. His decorations include the European theater ribbon with four battle stars, the bronze arrowhead, the combat infantry badge, glider wings with two combat mission stars, victory ribbon, American theater ribbon, good conduct medal, Army of occupation ribbon and three awards from foreign governments of France, Holland, and Belgium.
The senior class again leads the honor roll at
the close of the second six weeks.
9 seniors have straight A’s
2 juniors have straight A’s
1 sophomore had Straight A’s
3 freshman have straight A’s
Donald C. Kobs was honorably discharged at Camp
McCoy, Nov. 17. The former staff sergeant served 50 months in the Armed Forces,
37 of which were spent overseas. He was awarded the following decorations:
Asiatic Pacific theater ribbon with two battle stars, Philippines liberation
ribbon with one bronze star, American defense ribbon, good conduct medal,
victory medal, combat infantry badge combat, expert infantry badge and the
bronze arrowhead.
Robert Kobs has been recently promoted to
Seaman first-class and is stationed on a patrol craft somewhere in the South
Pacific.
Anthony J. Wyngaard received his honorable
discharge November 27 at Great Lakes Separation Center.
Lieut. James McFadden has been released from active
duty from the naval service after serving two years and four months. He
participated in naval actions in the Italian campaigns.
EM 2/c Norbert W. Kobs was honorably
discharged from the Navy November 29 at the Great Lakes separation center.
The November report of the total amount victory
bonds and stamps purchased in the public schools of Kaukauna is as follows:
high school $349.40 in stamps and $859.35 in bonds. Park School students
purchased $377.20 in bonds and stamps and Nicolet School children invested
$128.40.
Master Sgt. Orville W. Yingling is currently
serving with the 48th evacuation company Calcutta, India and is busy engaged in
the task of preparing soldiers for immediate return to the United States.
Troops arrived by plane or train from all over India, Burma and China. The
first step is to give them a hot meal and assign them to billets. Men receive
an influenza shot and may draw partial or full pay.
Donald F. Reichelt, Connors gunners mate third
class USNR was on the destroyer escort USS Gendreau as she participated in the
occupation of Japan. The ship is expected to arrive in San Francisco this
week.
Platoon Sgt. Theodore Hermans has been
honorably discharged from the Marines. He enlisted, July 1940.
Technician fifth grade Albert Hermans was
honorably discharged November 10 from the Army. He entered the Army, July 1941
and left for overseas, April 1944. He was awarded the American defense ribbon,
victory ribbon, American campaign medal, good conduct medal, European African-Middle
Eastern theater ribbon with one Silver Star and one bronze arrowhead, combat
infantry badge and glider badge.
Coach Guy Krumm's Kaukauna High School cagers
made it five wins in a row over non-league opponents. At Appleton high school
on Friday night, they won by a score of 25 to 23. It was Chuck Kalista and Ken Dexheimer who
paced the Kaws in their fifth straight win.
December 7, 1945
Technical Sgt. Eugene Nagan was honorably discharged November 19 at camp McCoy and returned to his former work at Kaukauna Machine Corporation. He entered the Army December 1942 and served overseas from October 1944 to September 1945. He was assigned to the 14th armored division and later with the 45th infantry division. He wears the European theater ribbon with two battle stars, the good conduct medal, American defense ribbon and a victory ribbon.
Private Claude S. Smith is on his way home
aboard the USS Kallian Bay, one of more than 250 cruisers, battleships and
carriers of the Navy's famous “magic carpet fleet”. The ships left Pearl Harbor
November 27 for San Diego, Calif.
Fire Chief Henry Esler appeared before the
common Council Tuesday with a request that two additional firemen be added to
his present crew giving him one additional man for each shift.
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The formal opening of Schell and Bayorgeon
Bowling Bar will take place this Saturday and Sunday. The public is invited to
view a match game at 8 pm on Saturday with crack teams from the Fox River Valley.
Alice Schell and Doty Bayorgeon invite all bowlers and the public to visit the
Bowling Bar on the formal opening.
Lt. Col. Ray Dohr was guest speaker at the
Kaukauna Rotary Club Wednesday meeting at the Ritz Club. “The United States is
now the leader nation of the world. It must be kept powerful so that it can
lead this world in a lasting peace.” Dohr was in service five years and has now
returned to Appleton to his law practice.
The regular Army, which
offers travel, adventure, vocational training and security, now is open to
enlistment ages 18 to 34 years of age. Enlistees can choose their branch of
service as well as the theater in which they prefer duty.
December 12, 1945
Tech. fifth grade Paul Kersten received an
honorable discharge from the Army after serving three years. He served in
Europe in the 168th combat engineer battalion. He was awarded American
medal, good conduct badge, European-African-Mid-eastern theater ribbon with a
Silver Star.
BM 2/c Oliver Wheaton received an honorable
discharge from the United States Navy.
Howard J. Patterson was honorably discharged
after serving 3 years in the Air Corps
M2/c Stanley a. Kramer was honorably discharged
from the Navy.
CCM Edward Renn was honorably discharged from
the Navy.
CMM Richard S. Coenen received an honorable
discharge from the Navy.
Clyde J. Smith received an honorable discharge
from the Army.
Staff Sgt. James M. Strick received his
honorable discharge from the Army.
T/4 Donald McCormick received an honorable
discharge from the Army.
Private Francis Alears was honorably discharged
from the Army.
Sgt. John J. Flanagan returned home Sunday
after serving three years in the Army as a surgical technician. He has been
awarded the victory medal, American theater ribbon, and European African Middle
Eastern theater ribbon with four bronze stars, good conduct medal and the
meritorious unit award.
Seaman second class Francis Yingling is
spending a nine-day leave with his parents after completing boot camp at Great
Lakes. Yingling graduated from Kaukauna High School last June.
Leo J. Merlo was re-elected chairman of the
Eastern district of the Valley Council Boy Scouts of America. The East district
is composed of Boy Scouts from Kaukauna, Little Chute, Kimberly and Brillion.
First Lieut. C. J. Casper returned to his base
in Topeka Kansas after spending 10 days here with his family.
Glenn Lappen, Main Avenue, enlisted in the Navy
and arrived in San Diego California December 1. Lappen graduated with the class
of 1945.
With Lehman dropping 18 points, Coach Guy
Krumm's Kaukauna High School basketball opened its northeastern Wisconsin
conference schedule with a 35 the 26 win over Clintonville last Friday. It was
the six straight win for Kaukauna.
December 14, 1945
Three Kaukauna youths escaped serious injury
Wednesday when their car crashed into a parked auto on County Trunk V near
Kimberly and tumbled down an embankment. In the car were Richard Kiffe, Len
Rohan and Roy Lindstrom.
Seaman first-class Carl Nieuwenhuis and his
wife arrived Saturday and is spending a 30-day leave with his parents on Klein
Street. He enlisted in the Navy August 1943 and served 18 months in the South
Pacific. He now wears the American campaign ribbon, victory ribbon and the
Asian Pacific ribbon with two battle stars.
Maj. John A. Sullivan, fighter pilot and
squadron commander of the eighth air force in England, is now presumed dead by
the war Department having been missing in action for a year, according to word
received by his family. Memorial mass will be held this morning at 9 o'clock at
holy Cross Catholic Church. On December 5, 1944, Major Sullivan was forced down
over the North Sea on a return trip from a mission to Berlin Germany. He
entered service December 1940 and was assigned as a fighter pilot on a
P38.
December 19, 1945
Pfc. Peter Schneider received an honorable
discharge from the Army after serving 27 months in the European theater of
operations. He served with the 101st Airborne Division which was the first
group into Hitler’s stronghold. He took part in capturing Goering’s special
train with his stolen loot of famous paintings, gold and silver. The paintings
were put on exhibition, and he was one of the soldiers who guarded the loot. He
was awarded the EOT ribbon with four battle stars, the bronze arrowhead, the
good conduct medal, the bronze star, the combat infantry badge, presidential
unit citation, victory medal and glider wings.
Petty Officer third class Donald R Yingling,
Desnoyer Street, was honorably discharged from the Navy. He served 3 1/2 years
in the Navy. His decorations include the European African Middle Eastern
theater ribbon with one bronze star, the American theater ribbon, good conduct
ribbon and a victory ribbon.
Lieut. Robert U. Hagman was honorably
discharged from the Navy.
Lowell W. Garvey was honorably
discharged from the Army.
GM 3/c Jerome J. Truyman received an honorable
discharge from the Navy.
Herman Arndt, 57, lower Cliff, was burnt to
death about 8 o'clock Monday morning when he apparently fell into the lime kiln
pit at High Cliff. An inquest into the death will be held Monday in Calumet
County. Arndt was working on the top of the kiln running a cart which dumps
limestone into the kiln. He had been employed at the kiln since he was 14 years
old.
It was a pair of high-scoring guards that lead
Kaukauna High School to its seven straight cage wins of the season here Friday
night over the New London Bulldogs by a score of 50 to 37. Dexheimer and Haas
scored 28 points between them.
December 21, 1945
The ownership of Nagan’s store has passed out
of the Nagan family with Harry Leeman of Michigan as the new proprietor. It was
nearly 55 years ago when the Nagan family moved to Kaukauna from Port
Washington. The first Nagan store was open in what is now Haas hardware
appliance showroom. In 1894 a new building was erected on the site of the
present store. Four years later it was completely destroyed by fire and in 1898
the present building was erected.
All city employees, except the mayor and the
members of the Council will receive pay raises, the Council decided at its Tuesday
evening meeting. The Council voted to give the city Treas. a salary of $1200
per year, instead of his former $880 salary. This is the largest increase
approved.
Shoppers have crowded Kaukauna stores in
unprecedented numbers this week and it is expected that the demand for
merchandise that will make suitable Christmas gifts will continue to increase
on the remaining three shopping days. Because of the extreme cold weather
conditions, the installation of Christmas lighting system in the city has not
been completed.
Santa is coming to Kaukauna Saturday afternoon
to visit with 2000 kiddies who are expected to pack the civic auditorium. Anton
Berkers will be the master of ceremonies.
December 24, 1945
Don Kuehl’s free throw with about 15 seconds to
play in overtime period gave Kaukauna High School a 30 to 29 win over Shawano
high school and undisputed possession of first place. Kaukauna is the only
undefeated team in the Western division of northern Wisconsin. It was the eighth straight win for Coach Guy
Krumm’s outfit.
First Sgt. Francis J. Landreman received an
honorable discharge at Camp McCoy. He had entered service in April 1942 and
spent seven months in Panama assigned to the 2010th maintenance company before
being assigned to the South Pacific. Landreman was awarded the good conduct
medal, American theater ribbon, Asiatic Pacific ribbon with two battle stars
and the Philippine liberation ribbon.
Three Kaukauna men receive honorable discharges
from the Navy:
Boatswain mate second class Gordon L. Hennes.
Seaman first-class Mark M. Nichols
Lieut. Robert R. Helf
Two brothers are discharged and a third is in
the Philippines. Earl Ludtke, who is serving in the Philippines, was recently
promoted from Seaman first-class the gunners mate third class. He has been overseas for about two years.
Commander Robert T. McCarty received an honorable
discharge at Great Lakes, Ill., Tuesday after completing four years of service
in the navy.
Pfc. Otto Ludtke was honorably discharged from
the Army after serving three years and nine months in the European theater.
Staff Sgt. Lester Ludtke was honorably
discharged last month. He was in service for three years seven months and
served in the European theater of operations.
Holy Cross scored a 49 to 27 win over St.
Mary's Saturday to take over first place in the grade school league. Pat Lehman
and Richard Giordana led Holy Cross in its third straight victory.
December 28, 1945
Sgt. Karl Kobussen a veteran of 28 months in
service in the Pacific theater is returning to United States as the units are
being demobilized.
Seaman first-class Lawrence McMahon arrived
home to spend a 36 day leave with his father on Kenneth Avenue. He had entered
service in November 1942 and was stationed in the North Atlantic. Including among his decorations are the
American theater ribbon, Asiatic Pacific ribbon, European theater ribbon,
Philippine liberation ribbon and the victory medal.
Master Sgt. Lewis Vanevenhoven received an
honorable discharge at camp McCoy after serving in the Army for 4 1/2 years 14
months being in the South Pacific.
Staff Sgt. Donald J. Promer and his wife Sgt.
Marjorie E Promer both received honorable discharges from the Army recently.
Donald had been in service for three years and 10 months. He wears the European
Middle Eastern theater ribbon with three battle stars and the combat infantry
badge. Sgt. Marjorie Promer was a basic training instructor at the first Wac
Training Ctr., Fort Des Moines.
Mayor L. F. Nelson, who
has served the city as mayor for seven years, announced Wednesday at the
special council meeting he would not be a candidate for re-election in April.
Mayor Nelson stated he believed he had served enough in his present capacity
and was time for a younger man to take over the responsibility.
Seaman MM 2/c Kenneth Balgie returned to the
states from the Philippines and was discharged on December 21 after spending 26
months 13 of which were overseas. Seaman Balgie played in an orchestra and took
part in stage shows to entertain servicemen. He was awarded the Philippine
campaign ribbon with one star, the Asian-Pacific ribbon with one star, the
American defense ribbon and the victory medal.
MOMM 2/c Roland Grode received an honorable
discharge from the Navy.
Sgt. Norbert M. Jansen, Little Chute, was
honorably discharged after having served three years in the Army. He was
stationed in the European theater of operations for the past 16 months. He was
awarded the EOT with four battle stars, the good conduct medal, American theater
ribbon and the victory medal.
Master Sgt. Lewis Vanevenhoven received an
honorable discharge at camp McCoy after serving in the Army for 4 1/2 years 14
months being in the South Pacific.
W. Arthur Tennessen was honorably discharged at
Fort Sheridan after serving three years, seven months in the Army. He was
awarded the victory medal, American theater ribbon, and the European African
Middle Eastern ribbon with three battle stars, the good conduct ribbon and the
meritorious unit award.
At a special meeting of the common Council
Wednesday evening the councilmen voted unanimously to make application to the
federal housing administration for 50 prefabricated houses to be erected in the
city and offered for sale to returning service men. It was the hope of the city
officials that this might alleviate the housing shortage in Kaukauna.
Son born to Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Weigman
Son born to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Arps
Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fox
Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Saeger
Son born to Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Wedland
Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Erdman
Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Radloff
Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goetzman
Son born to Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Schmitt
Son born to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Fleming
Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Ruasell Hoetsch
Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lindemuth
Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Liethen
Son born to Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Ludvigsen
Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fink
Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Remter
Kaukauna High School Basketball Team
Top row: Coach Krumm, K. Dexheimer, J. Lehman,
D. Kuehl, P. Haas, C. Kalista, W. Bloy, manager. Bottom row: J. Brenzel, R.
Brandt, R. Knapp, D. Lemke, G. Johnson and J. Giordana.
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