Kaukauna Times
By Lyle Hansen
Kaukauna Area Historical
Society
March 4, 1926
What’ll “Babe” Ruth do this season? Reports from training camp say the “Babe” is
rapidly fine tuning his “home run eye” and getting ready for the start of
season next month.
Wage earners in this country earn more, live
better, have more recreation and yet save more money than workers of any other
country. Including skilled and unskilled labor, the daily pay of the American
workman is approximately that of the weekly pay of the English workman. England
is regarded as the most tightly unionized country in the world but with 1.5
million not working. Unions in the United States have done much to raise the
standards of pay and living conditions with unemployment now under 2 percent.
The Little Chute High School basketball team
was defeated at Hortonville on Friday evening by the score of 21 to 11. A large
delegation from Little Chute accompanied the team.
Lots of snow is having a strenuous effect on
mail carriers getting the mail to you. Autos of course are out of the question.
If you are in a rural area you could help by breaking in the road in your area
and to your neighbors.
The storm of last Thursday interfered with the
high school attendance. Some of the students were able to get through on the
railroad. Some remained in the city over the weekend.
Pounding the maples for a new team record for
Kaukauna alleys the Hilgenberg Alley five walloped the Hoppy Weiner squad of
Appleton in the Fox River Valley league match.
Hilgenberg Alley
Brandt…… 636
Maul………695
Graf ………557
Evens …….573
Hilgenberg .551
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Total
3011
Hoppy’s Weiners
Total
2758
March 11, 1926
Troop 1 of Kaukauna, Boy Scouts of America, who
recently reorganized under the scout leader Elmer Ott, held their first meeting
this year in the high school building.
Eleven candidates from Kaukauna for the summer Citizens Military Training Camp work have signed up thus far according to report from Olin G. Dryer, county committeeman. This is a very good showing for the entire Outagamie County has a quota of but 28. Of the eleven boys signed up one is Gilbert St. Mitchell, who has seen two years in the camps and will be enrolled in an advanced course. The other members enrolled are Fay Possem, Norbert Noie, Herbert Haas, Joseph Bayorgeon, Leonard Macrorie, Raymond Smith, Leon Stein and Sylvester Lehrer.
One of the most disastrous fires in years, with
a total loss exceeding $12,000 destroyed the Yellow Front shoe store on 2nd Street
in early Sunday morning blaze. Sam Swerdlow, owner of the store, and his family
who live in the apartment on the second floor of the building were roused
Sunday evening by a passerby who noticed smoke pouring from the burning
structure. The loss will exceed $1.000.
Phil Zwick, well-known local boxer, is continuing his winning ways in Florida rings and is making hosts of friends among the southern ring followers by his ability to please the customers of the rope arena. In his third bout in the southern clime, Zwick won the decision over Gary Allen, a Jacksonville boy.
March 18, 1926
School Notes - Reynold Hopfensperger won the
spelling contest last Friday morning. The 7th and 8th grade girls finished
their poem called “We Girls”. Dorothy Zulegar is back in school after being
sick for some time.
Robert Radsch Dorothy Haass
Senior grades of the Kaukauna High School were
announced Thursday and gave Robert Radsch with an average of 95.03, the high
mark. Mr. Radsch will be valedictorian of the class. Dorothy Haass with an
average of 94.28 took second honors and will be salutatorian.
March 25, 1926
One of Kaukauna's older hotels, most recently
named Hotel Kaukauna, will take a new name soon, since a change in ownership
has taken place. The hotel will be known as the Congress Hotel in the future. A
letter from H.B. Tanner. “I noticed you're about to celebrate the opening of
the remodeled redecorated and renamed Hotel Congress. Perhaps that would be
interesting if we turn back the pages of history 31 years, to the ceremony
observed at the time the original hotel was open, which was to be exact on the
evening of December 20th, 1894. The hotel had been christened “Hotel Brothers”.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad has
announced its intention to support the Boys and Girls Club work which has for a
number of years past been such prominent factors in improving farming and
livestock raising throughout the country. The
railroad will give as a prize 100 free trips to the annual livestock
show at Chicago.
Hank Minkebige, one of Kaukauna’s premier
keglers with a count of 629, copped first place in Wisconsin State Knights of
Columbus bowling tournament held in Green Bay. Cliff Brandt, another local pin splitter,
came through in second place with an individual event with a count of 625 which
net him a sum of prize money.
Following a search that lasted from about 10:15
in the morning, David Edmund Haas, three-year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Haas, East 10th St. was recovered from Hoebner’s creek about 7 o'clock
Tuesday evening. His mother, missing him, sought aid from the neighbors in
locating the child, and finally at about noon an organized search was
instituted by the police department. Many townspeople join the search.
At last, the poor pedestrian is to come into
his own. Seeing he can’t afford to buy a car; he may soon be able to buy a pair
of power roller skates.
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