Time Machine Trip to November 1972

 

Kaukauna Times - November 1972

By Lyle Hansen

November 1, 1972

A-walking and a-chalking – Officer John Bigelow of the Kaukauna Police Department has been forced to check parked cars on foot while his motorcycle is being repaired. 

Two brothers, John D. Brogan, and James C. Brogan have purchased 61 per cent of the stock of the Bank of Kaukauna, it was announced Tuesday.

The Kaukauna High School volleyball team won the Wisconsin 1972 State Volleyball Championship last Saturday.  This is the fourth volleyball championship for the Ghosts in the last nine years. 

 

November 3, 1972

Kaukauna retailers respond to the parking restrictions on the downtown streets. They pointed out a need in the future for better parking in the city. People do not like to receive parking tickets when shopping in the city stores.

Many excellent linebackers start out as running backs but not Lee Huss of the Hollandtown Raiders. Lee normally middle linebacker switched to fullback for the final game of the year against Eau Claire. In his  new position in the back field he chewed up 105 yards in 14 carries and scored the game’s only touchdown as the Raiders closed out their season for the year defeating the Eau Claire Wildcats giving them their first loss in five years. The Raiders closed their season with a 11-1-1 record. 

 

November 10, 1972

President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew won the election in the nation. In Kaukauna George McGovern and Sargent Shriver won city votes as Democrats propelled them to victory here. A record number of voters, 4877, which is 88% of the voters in Kaukauna, cast their ballots.  

 

November 15, 1972

Bill Milbach, of 15^th Street in Kaukauna, has been participating in scouting for the past 20 years. He began his scouting career back in 1938 as a cub scout. In the 1940’s he became a boy scout. His career was interrupted by the World War II when he served in the navy and Marine Corps in the South Pacific. He returned after the war and continued his scouting career up to today.

November 23, 1972

The first deer of the season to be reported to The Times was this buck which was shot by Robert Keil, Black Street, Saturday morning near Freedom.