Kaukauna Times - June 1941
By Lyle Hansen
June 4, 1941
Robert Garat of Green Bay paid a fine of $1 and
costs to Justice Abe Goldin’s court Saturday on a charge of disorderly conduct.
The Milton grocery store located at 1002 Lawe Street
was entered and robbed Monday evening according to police reports. Among the
items stolen were 10 cartons of cigarettes, a box of cigars, 50 pounds of
sugar, candy bars and various food products.
June 6, 1941
Miss Jo Ann McCarty and Miss Anne Nelson
presented a joint piano recital at Peabody Hall in Appleton Sunday night under
the sponsorship of Lawrence conservatory of music. The girls are friends and
both juniors at Kaukauna high school.
Twenty-eight youths on the NYA and vocational
school program received jobs in private employment during May, according to
William T. Sullivan, director of the school.
Members of the Kaukauna Irish squad at Camp
Livingston, Louisiana spent a few minutes sending a little news of their
activities. Biddy McMahon is on K.P. steady in the kitchen and is now known as
”Pots and Pan” McMahon. Our sergeant, Mose Dougherty, of the weapons platoon,
has a newly acquired man being Corporal Donald “Duck” Milton. The rest of the
Kaukauna boys are now all promoted to Private first class.
Thirty sets of flags to decorate the streets of
Kaukauna will be purchased by the city this year. Dave Hartjes of the Advancement association
appeared before the council to ask that the city purchase the flags at $9 a
set.
Dave Egan was elected commander of the American
Legion post No. 41 at the annual meeting held Tuesday evening.
June 11, 1941
LaVerne
Schiedermayer Lynn Angevine
LaVerne Schiedermayer, valedictorian maintained an average of 95.45 and Lynn Angevine, salutatorian maintained an average of 93.77 during their high school careers at Kaukauna high school.
The largest class in the history of Kaukauna
high school, 135 seniors, walked across the stage at the civic auditorium
Friday night to receive their diplomas and enter the responsibilities and
accept the challenge of the adult world.
June 13, 1941
Wisconsin motorists, a majority of whom earn
less than $39 a week, would be hard hit if Congress adopts the proposal to
increase the federal gasoline tax of 2 ½ cents per gallon.
June 18, 1941
Clarence Eiting of Hollandtown was named “king”
of the 92nd annual schut held in the little Dutch community of
Hollandtown, Sunday morning by bringing down the last piece of the wooden bird
atop an 80-foot pole.
June 20, 1941
Mayor William J. Gantter appointed Joseph
Lehrer to the newly created position of poundmaster. The poundmaster has the authority to take
into custody all animals found running at large in the city. He will receive $2
per animal he takes in 25 cents a day
board for each animal boarded not to exceed five days.
June 25, 1941
Paul Wearly of Marion, Indiana, won the
Governor Heil trophy race feature of the fourth annual regatta professional
outboard motorboat races held here Sunday before a crowd estimated at 12,000
spectators. The affair was again sponsored by the Kaukauna Post 3319 Veterans
of Foreign Wars.
June 27, 1941
Miss Irene Busse demonstrates
how to file a saw on the saw filling machine at the NYA workshop. She is one of
30 girls employed at the shop.
One hundred fifty youths are engaged in the NYA
program of Outagamie County which has headquarters in Kaukauna. Of the group 30
are girls who have graduated from high school this month.
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