Time Machine Trip to June 1951

Kaukauna Times - June 1951

By Lyle Hansen

June 1, 1951

“If we only pay lip service to the meaning of Memorial Day, we have missed the purpose of the day,” Attorney John Esler told the people gathered at the services at the Honor roll Wednesday afternoon. “Memorial Day has a two-fold purpose, that of remembering the dead and to realize the task before us and assure that “these honored dead shall not have died in vain.”

 

June 6, 1951

Members of Cub Pack 27 received awards at the pack meeting Thursday evening at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Bobcat pins were awarded to Steve Brem. Jr., Larry Sharon, Jerome Kern, Jerome Haen and David Pankratz. Wolf badges were awarded to David Van Denzen and Mike Pendleton. Bear badges went to Lee LaRock, Paul Berens, Danny Ryan, Terry Sharon, Richard Liethen, Matthew Mitchell, Billy Britten, Glenn Hansen, Lance Goetzman, David Mau, Dick Lemke and Lorrie Greenwood. James Lettau was the only cub receiving his Lion badge.

June 8, 1951

In seeking relief of the city’s parking problem, the city council passed an ordinance limiting parking on certain street. There will be a 90-minute parking limit on three northside streets and five southside streets. The restrictions will be from 9 o’clock in the morning to 5 o’clock in the evening.

June 13, 1951

Five Members of St. Mary’s Boy Scout Troop No. 27 were presented the Eagle award during a court of honor last Wednesday evening. Mrs. Gilbert Jaeger is pinning the award on her son, Richard. Other Eagle award winners looking on are left to right, Mark Reichel, John Schultz, Boniface Mitchell and Gerald Nytes. 

Members of post No. 41 American Legion elected Fred Mason as the new commander at a meeting at the Legion hall. Robert Grogan is the retiring commander.

After ten months of fighting the Chinese Reds and North Koreans, Staff Sergeant Theodore Hermans of the US Marine corps has returned home Friday to visit is family. While in Korea Hermans served with a tank battalion of the First Marine division. He has been in the Marine corps 11 years.

June 15, 1951

Genial Jack Staley, the master Magician, has turned the trick again, but instead of pulling rabbits out of a hat he has pulled a host of wonderful buys in fine quality foods. He has recently remodeled and improved Staley’s Buy-Rite Grocery Boyd avenue offers to the public high-quality foods.    

James J. Ashauer, Kaukauna, has been promoted to corporal. He is stationed with a combat unit at Fort Hood, Texas. 

Orville Bongers was elected commander of the Jacob Coppus Post No. 258, American Legion of Little Chute. Joseph Hietpas is the retiring commander. 

June 20, 1951

Three Kaukauna youths who have been friends for many years and now serving in the armed forces were recently reunited in California.  They are left to right Arthur Look, Lee Klister and Charles “Chuck” Kilawee. Both Look and Kilawee are stationed in the army at Fort McArthur, California and Klister is with the navy at Port Hueneme, California. 

Pfc. Robert Agen, Kaukauna, who has been serving with the army in Korea is being sent back to the United States under the rotation plan.  Agen has been serving with an artillery battery and has seen a lot of action in the war.

First prize in a state competition contest was won by Sarah Brenzel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brenzel Desnoyer street. Miss Brenzel’s drawing entitled “Labor Day in La Follette Park”.

Brownie wings and Girl Scout pins were awarded members of Brownie Troop 103 in a fly-up ceremony held at La Follette park. Those receiving awards were Muriel Mongin, Susan Mayer, Janet Walsh, Diane O’Dell, Rite Ann Kilgas, Darlene Vils, Pat Robedeaux, Florence Schmidt, and Janet Donnermeyer.

June 27, 1951

Eugene A. Siebers Kaukauna, communications technician second class, who was a member of the inactive naval reserve has been recalled to duty. Siebers enlisted in the navy following graduation from Kaukauna high school, He served three years during World War II.