Hello Fellow Time Travelers,
It’s that time again to fire up
the old “Time Machine Chair” and make trip back to September 1938.
The big wheel is spinning
Deb DeWitt is taking
her place in the driver’s seat. The years are clicking back and in no time we are
back to Kaukauna’s south side. We are
out front of the Kaukauna Times on Main Street.
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Candidates report for high school football practice.
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Elwood Kobussen to own and operate school bus.
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Former
Chief of Police honored.
The hit parade song of the month.
Boogie Woogie – Tommy Dorsey
Carl Hansen, the publisher, has
left the newspapers for us by the front door of the Kaukauna Times. Let’s see
what’s in the news this month.
Your old news man – Lyle Hansen
PS: Thank You to Joan McGinnis Hue for selecting
the stories for this month trip.
September 2, 1938
The Kaukauna high
school football team will be lead this season by Leroy Frank and Bob Niesen,
co-captains. Frank is a veteran tackle and Niesen is a back and one of the best
blockers ever to wear an orange uniform.
Thirty-Three candidates reported to Coach Paul
E. Little Thursday morning for the first high school football practice of the
season. Coach Little and his assistant Clifford Kemp, went right to work with a
morning practice of fundamentals and ran some regular plays. While nothing can
be predicted at this early time the Kaws should have a fair team this fall,
seven letterman returning from last year with a backfield built around
Giordana, Kobussen and co-captain Bob Niesen.
Governor Philip F. La
Follette will
be the feature speaker of the annual Labor Day picnic at La Follette park this
week-end will be the appearance of Governor Philip F. La Follette, who will
speak at the park 2 pm Sunday afternoon. This will be the first time La
Follette has visited the park since it was named in the honor of the La
Follette family.
Because it was learned that the Board of
Education has no authority under the state law to spend money for
transportation of school students, the bids that were received by the secretary
at the board for the school bus, where returned. Following this the board's
decision this week to give up the idea of purchasing a bus Elwood Kobussen,
Route 3, has decided to purchase a school bus which will be used to transport
high school students to and from school. Kobussen has ordered the bus which
will be equipped similar to the bus which the board had been thinking about.
The bus will not arrive for the opening of school and arrangements are being
made to transport the students, who will later use the bus. The Board of
Education has nothing to do with the operation of the bus.
Thirteen lives were sacrificed on deaths
traffic after last Labor Day, the state Highway commission points out in a plea
to motorist to drive carefully during the last double holiday of the summer.
Approximately 2000 boys and girls, young men
and young women are preparing themselves this week for their trek back to
school after enjoying three months of summer vacation, fun, spare time, visits
with relatives and friends. Beginning Tuesday, September 6, life will be
somewhat changed for these folks who stand on the threshold of another nine
months of serious work and study in association with instructors and
classmates.
September 7, 1938
The second gold ring to be found on the Calumet
Farm in a period of two weeks was reported last week by Clemens Arenz, 17, who
lives in the town of Stockbridge. Young Arenz was digging potatoes on his
father's farm, when he noticed a bright object. Picking it up and wiping off
the dirt, he found it to be a gold ring. Inside was inscribed the name R.
Wettstein, a former resident of vicinity who died 10 years ago. The ring was
shown to Mr. Wettstein’s widow and she immediately recognized it and recalled
her husband had lost it 39 years ago. She was happy at the thought of having it
returned to her.
September
9, 1938
John Mauel, Sr., was
the first person to purchase a mandatory bird stamp at the post office. He
purchased his stamp Wednesday morning. The stamp cost $1. Any person wishing to
hunt ducks must secure a bird stamp along with a duck hunting license.
The matter of contributing $4000 toward
purchase and restoration of the historic Grignon home was referred to and
finance committee at a meeting of the common Council Tuesday evening. It was
explained that the County would contribute $4000 for the purchase and
restoration of the house providing the city contributes a like amount. A sum of
$8000 is needed to purchase the home. There were 3510 visitors registered at
the home by September 1, which is 1500 more than visited the home in 1937.
Green Bay - Having got in a
number of good warm-ups for the coming season and topped them off with a 75-0
victory over the Cedar Rapids Crushers at Ironwood, Mich., the Green Bay
Packers are all set for the invasion of the star-studded Cleveland Rams eleven
at Green Bay this Sunday. The Packers
will have a few new stars to offer. Coach E. L. Lambeau said that the Packers
two strong first strain All-Star halfbacks, Cecil Isabel and Andy Uram will see
at least some action in the game.
September 14, 1938
Sylvester "Ham" Hopfensperger, the “blonde
bomber” from Combined Locks parred and birdied his way to possession of the
championship trophy in the first annual Lions club city championship handicap
golf tournament by smashing through with a 7 and a 5 victories over smiling
Johnny Andrejeski in the 36-hole finals played at the Fox Valley course Sunday.
Without the least warning of any kind the
Bierstecker cheese factory, located north of Little Chute, served notice Sunday
morning to all of its patrons there was no money on hand to pay for the
six-week supply of milk the farmers had delivered to the factory. Fifty farmers
stand for those above $5000. It is
reported that many of them are in bad shape. The farmers are nervous and have
jitters, who can blame them?
Coach Paul E. Little sent his 1938 grid
machine through their first real workout of the season last Saturday when they
engage Chilton in a practice scrimmage at the high school athletic field. The
Kaws backfield with Nelson, Giordana, Kobussen and Watson can hold their own
with any of the northeastern Wisconsin loop.
September 16, 1938
Green Bay – Packertown is ready
to entertain its biggest crowd in football history when the Chicago Bears in
traditionally greatest of Packer classics invades city stadium Sunday
afternoon. There is plenty of room and the enlarged Stadium with a seating
capacity of over 25,000 but a few seats will be vacant. The game Sunday is
number 39 in Packer Bear history.
September 21, 1938
The Kaukauna High School gridders lost the
opening game of the 1938 season here Saturday afternoon to Sheboygan North high
school by a score of 12-6. The game was played in a driving rain and both teams
resorted to straight football most of the afternoon.
The cheerleaders who had been selected for the
football games are: Lillian Vils, Doris Walsh, Gina Van Dyke, Jack Flanagan and
Jack Winn. For the basketball games: Lucille Brown, Lillian Smith, Jean Derus,
Betty McCarty, Elaine Lucassen and Violet Karmin. Sherman Rogers and Harold
McCabe are getting into shape for the basketball season.
September 23, 1938
The school bus which was purchased by Elwood
Kobussen to transport students to St. Francis school, Hollandtown and to the
Kaukauna High School, arrived Sunday and his first trip was made Monday
afternoon. According to Kobussen, he transported thirty-eight students,
fourteen from Dundas to St. Francis school and the balance to Kaukauna High
School. The bus is driven by Elwood Kobussen or his brother, Harold. This bus
will also be used to transport high school football and basketball squads to
trips out of the city, the high school track team, debate teams and the band to
tournaments and other events.
September 28, 1938
St. Mary's football team lost its first game of
the season Sunday to Kimberly 21-0 at the high school athletic field.
September 30, 1938
The Wisconsin Policeman's Protection
Association held a banquet Wednesday evening at Hotel Kaukauna in honor of former
Chief of Police R. H. McCarty, present Kaukauna postmaster. Chief of Police
James E. McFadden, acted as toastmaster at the affair. McCarty served Kaukauna
as chief of police for twenty-four years and four months. He retired on May 15,
1936 and accepted the appointment as Kaukauna postmaster. He was the first
Pres. of local twenty-three Wisconsin policeman's protection Association when
it was organized here four years ago.
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