Time Machine Trip to June 1955

 

Kaukauna Times

June 1, 1955

 

Little Chute Drum and Bugle Corps Memorial Day.

Jaycee tennis tournament finalists are shown. Left to right recreation director, Bob Vanevenhoven, Miss Nancy Mathis, Jack Ludke, Dan Maes, Mike Walsh, Carol Siebers and Miss Mary Jane Appleton recreation director.

 

The Kaukauna track team members captured places at the WIAA state track meet in Madison over the weekend. Ed Jakl copped second place in the mile run, while Jack Roome managed a fourth-place finish in the low hurdles.

 

Park Grade School has 30 eighth grade students advancing to high school this fall, according to an announcement made by principal Clifford Hodgins.

 

The Thilmany Pulp & Paper Company has announced the election of two new members of the board of directors. Elected were Joseph T. Thomas and Charles L. Dostal.

 

A record of 35 wins in 41 starts for three seasons of play was chalked up by the Kaukauna High School Baseball team last Thursday afternoon when the Kaus were eliminated from the sectional running by the Chilton Tigers by a 5-3 count.

 

June 3, 1955

St. Mary’s graduated 70 students from eighth grade that will attend high school in the fall.

 

The Kaukauna Police reported that they have no new developments in their investigation of a break-in at the Fargo Furniture store over the weekend in which $249.90 in cash belonging to the Catholic Order of Foresters was taken from the company safe.

Demonstrating the chin carry in life saving at the Kaukauna swimming pool is Miss Celine Ryan with Karen Frank acting as victim. Observing are left to right Morris Hella, Bernard Siebers, Carol Siebers, Rita Vanderloop, Blanche Siebers and Darlene Kramer.

Fifth Graders at Park School as a culmination of a unit on health recently had dinner at the school with their teacher, Miss Lorraine Dudley. The children left to right, seated, Peggy Learned, Kay Welter, Dick Schmidt, Clayton Frank, Victor Van Grinsven, Mary Ristau and Kay Kuchelmeister. Standing are George Gerrits, John Lambie, Margaret Carr, Jane Jacobson, Fawn Pechman, Carol Urban, Jim Cotter, Billy Jirikowic, Donna Van Stiphout and Kathleen Mooney.

Miss Mary Bachhuber of the class of 1955 was awarded the Lang Trophy, the oldest and most coveted award at the Kaukauna High School Tuesday evening.

 

June 8, 1955

Russ Torgeson, Combined Locks, scored a hole in one on the 170-yard No. 9 at Fox Valley Golf club Sunday morning.

 

The Kaukauna Klubbers in their opening game of the season came back from a 3-0 deficit in the second inning by scoring in the fourth, fifth and sixth to take a 9-3 decision against the Appleton South Side Athletic Club-Brewers.

 

June 10, 1955

A special program has been arranged for Sunday at the Little Chute baseball park in conjunction with the game between the Dutchmen and Greenleaf according to George Vanderloop, chairman of the event. A program will be presented by the American Legion with the raising of the flag with the Little Chute band playing the “Star Spangled Banner”. Following the conclusion of the program, village president Ed Kostka will officially announce the renaming of the Little Chute ballpark to “American Legion Park”.

 

June 17, 1955

Boy Scout troop 27 of Kaukauna, under the direction of Lewis Schultz, placed in eighth place with 122 points at the recent Camporee held at Brillion last weekend. Little Chute Boy Scouts troop 51, under the direction of scoutmaster Lewis McCormick won six places during the two-and-a-half-day encampment.

 

June 22, 1955

 

Seventy-five Kaukauna youngsters turned out for the annual Huck Finn Day celebration at Reichel’s Pond Saturday afternoon. Best costumed of Huck and Becky were awarded.

Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher are shown above with new bicycles which were awarded to them last Saturday. Young Huck at left is better known to his friends as Tom Wolf and Becky is Janet Reuter.

 

Arthur Godfrey could not pronounce “Kaukauna”, when Mrs. Louis Chizek, a Kaukauna housewife won a new electric clothes dryer. He said, “Here’s one from Wisconsin”, “Did you ever hear of this town? I did not know they had Hawaiian names out there “Ka-oo-ka-oo-na” as he announced the prize of Mrs. Chizek. Godfrey’s singer came to his aid, “That’s Kaukauna,” he pronounced correctly, and it’s famous for some very wonderful cheese”.

 

June 29, 1955

The intensive program this year by the Wisconsin Department of Resources has resulted with a removal of 1,300,000 pounds of sheepshead from Lake Winnebago. The fish were sold to mink farmers in the state.

 

Six Kaukauna boys are regulars on Little Chute Legion nine. Among the players are Jack Coenen, Joe DeBruin Cal Welch, Carl Frank, Andy Whittaker, Ed Wettstein and Mike McCormick. The team is undefeated this year. 

 

Three Kaukauna young men were listed among the group ordered for induction into the armed services on June 15 according to a release received from the Selective Service County board. The men include Joseph A. Fischer, Clyde Romenesko and Thomas R. Niesen.

 

Pvt. Clarence F. Bowers is a member of the 24^th Infantry Division in Korea. He is a rifleman in Company E of the division’s 21^st Regiment.

 

Pfc. Gilbert Wettstein is currently serving with a motor transport division of the U.S. Marine Corps in Korea.

 

A/B James Robedeaux and A/B Paul Nettekoven are stationed with the 4189th flight at Sampson Air Force Base, New York.

 

Pvt. James D. Johnson, Klein Street, returned to Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. After spending a 15-day furlough at the home of his parents.

 

Miss Beatrice C. Leonhardt, Kaukauna, has been assigned to Fort McCelland, Ala., for eight weeks of basic training.

 

Son to Mr. and Mrs. John Schommer.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gehl.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Niesen.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Jansen.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James King.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weyers.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James Stein.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William Miller.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coppus.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lemke.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Romenesko.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Aloysius Anthony.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Smith.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Vanden Boom.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Gloudeman.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Van De Hey.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Jansen.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hietpas.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Meinert.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Grover Patterson.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kemps.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lamers.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kelderman.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Oudenhoven,

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Celestine Geurtz.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John Kerry.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James Kluge.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. James Ring.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ora Littleton.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Greenwood.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lemmers.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James Raedts.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Romesesko.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert De Valk.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schuh.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kunx.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Van Asten.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peterson.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Alois School.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Biese.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William Holmes.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mielke.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Giles Mennen.

Wedding and 40^th Anniversary fell on the same day, June 9, in the Eiting family in Kaukauna. Mr. and Mrs. William Eiting, Sr., were married on the same day in 1915. Left to right are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eiting and the senior Eiting’s.

Kaukauna Alumni Gathering 1955