Kaukauna Times - By Lyle Hansen
February 4, 1930
A telegram received here today states that a
carload of horses will arrive in Kaukauna this evening in preparation for the
horse auction to be held here Saturday in connection with the monthly pig fair.
February 7, 1930
Word received from Ralph Emerson,
prominently known Chicago organist and frequent visitor to Kaukauna states that
he will be at the keyboard of the world’s largest organ with a program being
broadcasted over radio station WLS this Friday evening.
February 11, 1930
Kaukauna motorists have
been warned by Chief of Police R. H. McCarty that only a month remains before
autos must have their 1930 license plates. No warnings will be issued this
year.
February 14, 1930
A warning that the quarantine against rabies in
Outagamie county is still in force. All dogs must be confined to the premises
of the owners under a penalty of a fine of not less than $25 nor more than
$100. Because of the outbreak of rabies in Kimberly last December 17th
the quarantine has been in effect.
F. W. Berg of Appleton has taken over the
Service laundry, second street, and is now operating the place. He has eight
years of experience from the Peerless laundry in Appleton.
Rev. H. J. Lane, scoutmaster of Kaukauna Boy
Scout Troop 20, announced that the troop now has 33 full-fledged members and is
at full strength.
Anton Jansen
By a vote of 22 to 19 the Outagamie county
board of supervisors accepted the resignation of Anton Jansen, Little Chute
Village president, from the highway committee. Jansen resigned in opposition to
action in cutting the wages of some of the highway crew workers.
February 18, 1930
One hundred and fifty farmers representing the
rural population of Freedom, Dundas, Wrightstown, Darboy, Sherwood, Forest
Junction, Harrison and Greenleaf met in Kaukauna Friday afternoon and perfected
the organization of the Kaukauna Cooperative Egg Producers’ association. Kaukauna will be the shipping center for the
eggs.
February 28, 1930
Hundreds of visitors
attended the opening of the seventh annual Mid-Winter fair Thursday, in
Kaukauna, the morning finding the visitors busily engaged in entering samples
in the various exhibits, and the afternoon finding them entertained and
instructed by means of various speeches and the program in the auditorium. In
the evening, the auditorium was also crowded, as every parking space for blocks
around was filled. Today is finding another large crowd of visitors taking
advantage of the fair, and this evening's crowd is expected to break all
records for attendance.
George “Stormy” Kromer! That name is one which
is as every dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan knows, closely connected with that
great national game of baseball. But how did he get that name “Stormy”? We’ve
asked several old timers, but none seems to know. The answer maybe from a
column in the St. Louis News edition of February 20th. One of
Stormy’s greatest bid for fame was made in 1925 when he was bossing the
Blytheville team on a record run of 35 straight defeats. The team lead the
league in fielding, was sixth in batting, third in home runs, fourth in
triples, sixth in doubles, and first in bases on balls. At the same time, he
was turning out 360,000 hats a year at his Milwaukee plant. Once he was elected captain of a team to
succeed a fellow who was known Windy. He wasn’t on the job two days when one of
the players said if the old cap’s name was Windy this fellow’s a Stormy.
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