Thursday, March 13, 2025

Time Machine Trip to March 1925

 

Kaukauna Times

By Lyle Hansen


March 5, 1925

 

                 President Calvin Coolidge


 

The Kaukauna High School basketball five defeated the fast Clintonville quintet Friday evening at the local auditorium by a score of 22 to 6.


March 12, 1925

About 200 fans attended three interesting basketball games played Friday evening at the high school. The main event was a game between Kaukauna High School girls and Little Chute. The locals won 5 to 3 after a hard battle which took two overtime periods to decide. The line-up for the Little Chute included Grace Doyle, Agnes Williamsen, Jessie Van Handel, Cecil Gerrits and Ada Vandenberg. Kaukauna’s team was composed of Eva Metoxen, Anna Toman, Alice Burke, Genafavo Frank and Mary Schmidt.

Last year seven Kaukauna young men took advantage of the free training and spent a month at Camp Custer. They were Gilbert St. Mitchell, Joseph “Doty” Bayorgeon, Herbert Haas, Norbert Noie, Jack Tullock, Bill Winge and Roy Darling. These lads were highly enthusiastic about their experience.  It is expected that many more local boys will take advantage of the program again this August.  

 

The Electric City men won $156.84 in the state bowling tournament in Fond Du Lac. The team tied for third place. Henry Minkebige, Allan Peterson, Frank Hilgenberg, Paul Smith, William Johnson, Carl Hilgenberg and T. Lambie.

 

Bill Smith’s high school basketball team held to true form Thursday afternoon and defeated West Green Bay, by a score of 11 to 9, in the second game of the tournament at the Appleton Armory.  

 

Behold! Five beauteous steppers of the Follies chorus who proved themselves apt teachers of their art when called upon to give instructions to members of the cast in Columbia University. The cast were all men, but they learned a good deal about graceful footwork and high kicking from the fair maidens.

 

The cement work on Kaukauna’s bridges between Island Street and Wisconsin Avenue are rapidly nearing completion according to Jos. McCarty of the McCarty Construction Company.

 

March 19, 1925

 

The world’s longest telephone circuit is between Chicago and Los Angeles – 2000 miles. A talk to Chicago over the telephone for ten minutes would cost about ten dollars. Nowhere but in America is any such telephone service rendered. 

 

March 25, 1925

The Kaukauna bowlers left Monday morning for Buffalo, N.Y., where they will roll in the A. B. C. tournament. Making the trip are Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Minkebige, Allen Peterson, Frank Hilgenberg and A. Stock.

  1924 - 1925 Legion Kaukauna football team

 

 

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