Time Machine Trip to January 1926

 

 Kaukauna Times

Lyle Hansen KAHS

January 7, 1926

Members of the 1926 Kaukauna Fire Department. Front row, Assistant Chief Henry Esler, Owen E. Roberts, James McMorrow, Walter Specht, Edward Ward, Walter Martzahl and Carl Engerson. Back row, Driver Charles Miller and in the white hat Chief Albert Lockow.

With the addition of a Reo fire truck, which was rebuilt by Mr. Heinen at the Municipal garage, and which carries a live chemical supply of seventy gallons with two extra charges to replenish the supply when necessary, about seven hundred feet of hose and all the necessary ladders, the fire protection of Kaukauna leads that of all other cities of this size.

January 14, 1926

The Congress Cafe, Kaukauna’s newest restaurant and part of the Congress Hotel, formerly known as the Hotel Kaukauna, was open to the public last Thursday and won the instant approval and favor with the many who were served. Six young ladies’ residents of Kaukauna are currently training to the niceties of serving guests and patrons and have been employed by the management while the kitchen is in charge of two persons all being directed by Mr. Waterman who is also manager of the Congress Hotel.

 

January 21, 1926

The wheels of traffic have, for the first time, moved over the new Wisconsin Avenue bridge, which after many unforeseen hindrances in construction, has been completed. The structure, of the straight lift type with a possible elevation of fifty-five feet, thus meeting the U.S. government requirement, is five hundred feet long between approaches, has a twenty-foot roadway with five-foot walks on each side, and represents a total expenditure of approximately $145,000. The main advantages of the new type bridge are: it is of steel and concrete construction, doing away with the necessity of frequent repair, there will be less traffic delay because of the speed with which the lift may be raised or lowered and because of the good angles of approach, high towers admit electrical transmission wires without danger or necessary expense, efficient guard gates that operate automatically upon the raising and lowering off the lift, shut of approaches to traffic.

Daughter, Doris Mae, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Nagel.

Daughter, Joan, was born to Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Mulholland. Mother and child are doing well as is very evident from Gordon’s ear-to-ear smile.

Coach “Tiger” Bill Smith of the Kaukauna High School revealed in an interview today that he is preparing to start out a squad of 40 basketball men with a view of finding first class material for the next year's orange and black court five. He stated the candidates are being rounded up and that workouts will begin in the very near future.

A group of young boys were enjoying a pleasant winter pastime on the ice rink at Park School when a group of their elders, supposedly have been from out of town, stopped their car and approached the rink to skate. The young bloods thinking that their rink would be destroyed by inconsiderate intruders mobilized. Sticks, stones and whatever other implements of youthful warfare could quickly be found, were brought into play and the last scene of the supposed intruders was the tail end of the machine passing the city limits like a dog with his tail with a can tied to its tail.

 

Superior - Hereafter all illegal stills, most of which contain valuable copper metal, which were seized by the government will be sold and proceeds turned over to two orphanages in the city, it was announced by the Sheriff of Superior WI.

January 28, 1926

Clarence Darrell, noted Chicago lawyer, will give an address Friday evening February 12 at the Lawrence memorial Chapel in Appleton. His lecture will be on crime and its prevention, a subject on which Mr. Darrell is considered an authority.

Mary Schmidt is this year’s captain of the girls’ basketball team. The girls’ basketball team is out for the first time this year. Some of the girls are experienced players as they belong to last year's team but most of them are new. The team expects to play preparatory games in a few weeks according to coach McIntyre.