Kaukauna Times - July 1934
By Lyle Hansen
July 6, 1934
By knocking down the
last piece of the body of the wooden bird used as a target from the top of a
pole 75 feet high, Ben Faust of Kaukauna defeated thirty competitors in
marksmanship and won the title "King of the Schut" at the eighty-fourth
annual celebration of St. Francis Schut, Hollandtown.
It is expected that several unsolved robberies
in this area will be cleared up with the arrest of four members of a gang
according to the confession of one of the members.
July 13, 1934
The Kaukauna FERA
program was launched on Wednesday when forty men were given employment
according to FERA officials. The number of men employed Thursday was increased
to 54. The jobs consist of road grading and widening streets in the city.
A very sad death occurred here Wednesday
evening when Hugh McCann, age 20 years, drowned in Murphy’s quarry near
Freedom. He was swimming with his friend Kenneth Wallace across the quarry when
he went under the water.
The oldest home in the City of Kaukauna is now
open for tours. The historic Grignon home is located near the fifth lock.
July 17, 1934
Gordon Ristau, age 18 years, was
fatally injured, and three other Kaukauna persons were injured in an automobile
accident Friday evening. Ristau, with three companions who escaped with minor
injuries were returning from a swimming party at High Cliff. As the car
approached Ninth Street on Crooks Avenue the driver Melvin Arps attempted a
left turn when the wheels locked, and the auto turned turtle.
Dr. George L. Boyd of Kaukauna has accepted the
appointment of ship surgeon on the General Pershing a ship sailing the Pacific Ocean.
July 20, 1934
President Roosevelt's
train enroute from Green Bay to Chicago on August 9 following his visit and
talk at that city is not expected to stop in the Fox River Valley. The
president may be occupying the observation platform of the rear coach so that
residents may catch a glimpse of him.
A total of $2,788.65 was spent for Kaukauna
relief during the month of June.
Little Chute – Eunice Williams, age 9,
and Robert Williams, age 6, children of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Williams of Little
Chute were drowned in the Fox River at Little Chute Friday afternoon. The
little girl drowned in an attempt to save the life of her small brother when he
sank about 12 feet offshore.
July 24, 1934
John Dillinger, most notorious of
American desperadoes was shot and killed Sunday night in front of the Biography
Theatre in Chicago. Government agents and Indianapolis city policemen laid in
wait for Dillinger for two and one-half hours after receiving word that he entered
the movie house. The agents got in their shots before he could go for his guns.
An explosion of bottled gas located at the home
of Mrs. Mary Hietpas, Main Street, Little Chute resulted in severe burns. Mary,
thinking the tank was empty, had asked her neighbor Walter Rutten to help her
hook up the full tank. She lite a gas kerosene stove which resulted in the
explosion.
July 31, 1934
Lewis F. Nelson was in charge of the
program of the formal opening of the Grignon Home. Two hundred people attended the
event Sunday afternoon. L. F. Nelson urged the townspeople to support the home
and assist in preserving the splendid historical sites in the city.
The Olson sisters of North Dakota will furnish the music for the revival meetings being held each evening in the big tent on Wisconsin Avenue.
(The Federal Government caused the Depression of the 1930's)
Great Gifts!
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