Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Time Machine Trip to February 1935

 

Kaukauna Times

By Lyle Hansen

February 1, 1935

Little Chute – Nearly 400 people attended the President’s birthday ball Wednesday evening at the Little Legion hall to raise funds for the national relief of infantile paralysis. A beautiful large birthday with 53 blue and white lights was the big attraction of the evening. According to Mrs. Anna Metz, chairman of the event the total netted is $86.16. Of this amount $60.31 will remain for the local campaign.

1000 dance at the president ball here Wednesday night at the Nitingale ballroom. More than $200 is cleared at the Kaukauna birthday ball for the national relief of infantile paralysis.

Ralph Stroetz, a well-known grocer, has purchased the grocery business interest of the Economy Cash Food market situated on the corner of Main avenue and Third street of the Times building. 

 

February 5, 1935

More than 100 Outagamie county tavern operators were in attendance to hear executives of the Wisconsin tavern keepers explain the provisions under the NRA code. The new order sets prices for beer to be sold over the bar at 5c for seven ounces and 10c from eight to fourteen ounces.

 

On February 4, Kaukauna was fifty years old as an incorporated city and 145 years as a community.


February 8, 1935

L. F. Nelson was reelected president of the Farmer and Merchants bank at the annual meeting of the board of directors held Monday night.


February 12, 1935

Top row: Doering (Assistant mgr.), Sager, Towsley, Wurdinger, Bootz, Hatchell, Danner (Manager). Botton row: A. McCormick, Berg, Kuchelmeister, Dix, W. McCormick, Mr. Little (Coach).

Kaukauna High School basketball team suffered its eighth straight setback of the season at the hands of St. Mary’s of Menasha Friday night by a score of 27 to 7.


Three Kaukauna youths were injured in an auto accident over the weekend, Donald Hopfensperger, Fred Ludtke and Jack Van Lieshout all were treated at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton. Van Lieshout was driving the auto when it rolled over on highway 55 north of Kaukauna.  


February 15, 1935

A shipment of 1,350 pounds of government surplus beef was distributed to clients in Appleton, Kaukauna and Little Chute this morning. 


February 19, 1935

Three Kaukauna men were injured Sunday evening when the car they were driving skidded on the ice and tipped over on Highway 55 south of the city. E. J. Ward, Frank Mitchler and Everett Driessen were all brought to town to be treated by a local physician.

Phil Zwick, featherweight, formerly of Kaukauna, who is on an Australian tour, won a decision from Alf Blatch at the Sydney stadium on January 7.


February 26, 1935


Kaukauna awoke Monday morning to find that the entire city was isolated by the worst blizzard in recent years. Drifts as high as six feet. All transportation came to a stop and cars were stalled along all the highways. People are marooned in nearby towns and villages.



It is the divine right of every woman to change her mind whenever she wishes but there are times when the switch is costly. A coach, in charge of a woman driver, headed to take a turn but suddenly turned back on to highway 41. A truck behind her with a loaded trailer missed a serious crash by taking the ditch.  

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