Time Machine: Time Machine Trip to September 1975

Kaukauna Times

By Lyle Hansen

September 3, 1975

Streets were submerged and driveways flooded through the city. A low area of Draper St.

Rain was the name of the game Thursday afternoon and before it was over, 4 ½ inch flooded basements and streets.

September 10, 1975

There seems to be universal agreement right now about the dangers posed by compounds known as PCBs or polychlorinated biphenyls. What has made these case studies more alarming is the recent discovery that PCB levels are increasing in fish caught in Lake Michigan.

Pen pals of 38 years, Mrs. Lilly Wittig, left and Mrs. Peter Schuh, Freedom. “Back in high school in 1937, I took one year of German,” said Mrs. Peter Schuh of Kaukauna. “We were given a list of names, and I began to write to Lilly Wittig of Perchtoldsdorf, Austria. Mrs. Wittig this month paid her first visit to the United States, and she visited Mrs. Schuh.

Outagamie County Democratic Party has announced that the presidential candidate’s dinner at the Darboy Club will feature former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter. Carter is seeking the Democratic party nomination for President.

“Score” is the word the Hollandtown Golden Raiders shout in unison while breaking out of every huddle, and it didn’t take them long to do just that in last Thursday night’s 14-0 victory of the Neenah-Menasha 1,000 Yarders in Menasha. On the Raiders’ first play running back Dennis Vanden Heuvel bolted through a hole and outraced four defenders 42 yards for a touchdown.

The end of the movies in Kaukauna came this week on second street as workmen began the dismantling of the neon sign on the Vaudette Theater as they start to turn it into an expansion for the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

September 12, 1975

About $50 worth of items were taken from the Milton Piepkorn residence on Klein St. recently. Missing from the home are an ironing board, a belt and electric popcorn popper.

Construction at the new Larry’s Piggly Wiggly Hy 96 location is moving along adding approximately 50% more floor space over their current Dodge Street location.

September 19, 1975

Sales of Massey-Ferguson parent company of Badger Northland here were up 37% for the first nine months ending July 31 according to reports. Major market areas showed sales gains of 97% in Asia, 63% in Latin America, 51% in Africa and 39% in Europe.

September 24, 1975

A fishing dream came true for Gene Allen, Kaukauna, as he caught the biggest muskie reported in Wisconsin in 21 years. The gigantic muskie weighing 51 pounds and measuring 53 inches.

September 26, 1975