Time Machine Trip to January 1946

 

Kaukauna Times

By Lyle Hansen KAHS

January 4, 1946

 

The speed at which the Chicago Northwestern railroads’ 400 travels through the city came up in discussion at the council meeting Tuesday evening when the discussion of safety to protect motorists and pedestrians. County Highway Traffic police had clocked the streamliner from McCarthy crossing to Kaukauna when it crossed Hwy. 55 at a speed of approximately 75 miles an hour.

The Kaukauna common council had a special meeting Saturday night and accepted a gift of $25,000 from the Thilmany Pulp and Paper company and created a special fund on the books of the city clerk to be known as the “Hospital Fund”.

January 9, 1946

“Come on, team fight!” This is the cheer that echoes through the gymnasium from the Kaukauna high school cheerleaders.   

 

 

The Appleton Housing Authority has signed a contract with Ray McCarty, Kaukauna contractor, for hauling and re-erecting 100 FAH emergency prefab dwellings now located in Merrimac. The bid price was $367 per house.

 

January 16, 1946

The high school youth center will be open Friday and Saturday evenings this week. The youth center received the official name Saturday evening when the first party of the new year was held in the club rooms the name chosen by the students as “Ghost Resort”. The jukebox was replaced by an orchestra of high school students which furnished music. About 200 members attended the party.

 

January 18, 1946

 

Word has been received by R. H. McCarty, Kaukauna postmaster, from Washington D.C. of the appointment of Robert Grogan to the position of acting postmaster in Kaukauna. Mr. McCarty had tendered his resignation in June to be effective August 1st.

 

January 23, 1946

 

Staff Sergeant Donald M. Wenzel is now back at his former job at the Kaukauna post office after being honorably discharged from the army in December. He served in the army for three years, 26 months of which were spent in Europe.

 

January 25, 1946

67 pupils of Holy Cross Catholic school were neither absent nor tardy during the third six-week period just ended.

 

January 30, 1946

 

Richard Brandt is one of Kaukauna high school's year-round athletes. Featured on the court is small but dynamic Richard Brandt. His shooting abilities plus his well-proportioned 140 pounds and five-foot 8-inch frame makes him a substitute on the A squad and a high scoring forward on the B team.

 

Bernard Van Zeeland of Kaukauna was reelected director of the Wisconsin implement dealers’ association at the manufacturer’s annual convention in Milwaukee last week.

 

Pfc Marvin A. Trettin was the recipient of a table model Philco radio given away by Fargo’s furniture store when his name appeared most frequently in the ballot box. The radio is a 1946 model The first to arrive at Fargo’s. Private Trettin entered the army July 1943 shortly after he graduated high school and he went overseas in June 1944 serving in England and France. He was wounded in both legs August 1944 while serving in France. He returned to the United States in November 1944 and entered the Mayo General Hospital. He was home last week on a three-day pass and returned to the hospital Thursday.

 

F. J. Pechman was reelected president of the Fox Valley Photographers Association of Wisconsin at the annual meeting of that group held at Green Bay.

 

 

Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Lehrer

Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Myron Meulemans

Son born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Courtney

Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Delcore

Daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph De Bruin

Son born to Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Frank

Son born to Mr. and Mrs. John De Witt

Son born to Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Mooney

Son born to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Biselx

  

Inducted into service this month

John J. Ver Voort

Francis J. Liethen

Joseph G. Gerrits

John C. Van Heeswyk

Paul H. Hermsen

Nicholas Huisman

Francis E. Reed

Gerald W. Lopas

Orville J. Ryba

David S. Locy

Jerome A. Thomson

Joseph M. Dercks

John M. Schuh

Joseph M. Hartzheim

 

 

Discharged from service this month

Dolores Landreman

Joseph Regenfuss

Donald M. Wenzel

C. J, Casper

Francis J. Gilbert

Eileen Courtney

Ernest Hawley

Winston Klein

George C. Reichelt

Francios J. Gilbert

Peter Effa

Robert C. Balck

Stephen Anderejeski

John Reuter

George Steffens

Peter Steffens

Francis Steffens

William Steffens

Melvin Verhagen

Woodrow Toms

Jerome Parman

Frank Vils

Leo Conrad

Vernon Chizek

Robert Hoehne

Eugene Verhagen

Robert Toonen

Herman Franz

Ralph Walsh

Harold Walsh

Florian Heimmerman

 

Elizabeth Taylor and Lassie fell in love when they both made their screen debut in “Lassie Come Home’.

 

Lucille Ball is a sweetheart of countless servicemen and tops with moviegoers.