Time Machine Trip to October 1956

 

Kaukauna Times

By Lyle Hansen

October 3, 1956

Darkness closed in on the Kaukauna diamond Sunday afternoon before a 2-2 thirteen frame deadlock between the Klubbers and Dutchman could be resolved in the 2nd of a three-game series between the 2 teams to have been established the 1956 winners of the Fox Valley baseball league for the season. Per current plans game will be replayed in its entirety next Sunday.

 

CHAMPIONS received their trophies at the annual meeting of the Fox Valley club. Left to right are Tom Gustman, Class A winner; Bernard Bongers, presidents cup winner; Idella Schwanke, Class B; Earl Schuler, class B; Irene Gossens, women’s champion; Jerry Van Able, Class C; John Andrejeski, champion.

A recent letter from Vince Roloff, Pres. of Badger Northland company here, indicates he is currently traveling through Russia and has visited Leningrad most recently on his tour of several European countries. Roloff along with 20 other Wisconsin residents and 10 other Minnesota left on Sunday, September 9 for the European tour.

October 5, 1956

 

Carl J. Hansen

“The city of Kaukauna has many blessings,” stated Mr. C. J. Hansen, publisher of the Kaukauna Times at a recent interview. “Financially our city is one of the best in the Fox River Valley. Our greatest blessing recently acquired is our Kaukauna Community Hospital, for which many of us are very grateful.  We cannot forget our public utility which provides us with electricity and water. Our community has the lowest electrical rates not only in the Fox River Valley but in the entire United States. A major part of the city's high standards and quality goes to you, the citizens in general.”

Badger Northland has doubled its sales over each year it has been in operation. This was stated by VP, Carl Kuehn, during a recent interview. The manufacturing of cattle feeding equipment on several new models of barn cleaners have added to the list of many things that they manufacture. “Plans are now being made”, said Mr. Kuehn for a new addition to be added to the rear of the building.”

The old saying, “The mail must go through, could easily apply to the Kaukauna Times news carrier. Through sunshine and rain, snow and sleet he comes trudging, faithfully bringing the morning newspaper to be read at breakfast by the housewives, businessmen and school children alike. The life of the news carrier is not only an interesting time but is also of education value. He learns at early age the meaning of responsibility and the value of money. Pete Voet, Kaukauna Times carrier, stated the first step for a boy who is between the ages of 12 and 18 and who is interested in obtaining a newspaper route is to place his name at Kaukauna Times main office

 

The name that brought fame to the city of Kaukauna is Kaukauna Klub Cheese, well known throughout the 48 states plus Alaska and Hawaii and other foreign countries. Herbert Fassbender refused to believe that even the choices cheese could not be made still better. This was the start of the Kaukauna Dairy, around the year 1915.

Two Kaukauna youths, aged 15 and 16 will be arraigned next week at Juvenile Court, Appleton on the charge of vandalism which took the form of slashing automobile tires on an auto belonging to Walter Holt Division Street. Kaukauna police apprehended the pair on Tuesday evening said that Holt’s auto was parked on a service station platform near the Rialto Theatre, when the boys allegedly used a switchblade knife to puncture the tires.

October 10, 1956

 

Henry Wilpolt retired after 51 years with the C. & N. W. Railroad. Wilpolt came to Kaukauna with his parents when he was a young boy. His father died when he was twelve and at thirteen, to support his mother and four younger brothers and sisters, he started work at the Combined Locks Pulp mill. There were two shifts 10-hour days and 14-hour nights.  The wages were 50c a day for either shift. After five years of mill work Henry decided to work for the railroad. He started in 1908 at 20c per hour.

Youth Center board members were elected recently by the respective classes. Seniors chosen to serve were Bert Baumgartner, Marlene Meyer, Kathleen Whitman, Mary Haas and Gerald Micholic. Junior representatives are Donald Coenen, Nicholas Bachhuber, John Pomeroy and Thalia Hodgins. Sophomore members were Jerome DeBruin, Jean Verhagen, Mary Golden and Muriel Mongin. 

October 12, 1956

Kaukauna's Freshman Ghost gridders Wednesday evening clinched the Fox Valley freshman league football crown as they rallied to a 33-7 win over Kimberly at the Electric City bowl. Scoring 5 touchdowns and 3 extra points in the opening half, the little Ghosts led the neighbors from the west throughout the game.

 

THE FOX VALLEY FRESHMAN league champions for 1956. Left to right in the front row are Dennis Burns, Doug Ludvigsen, Gary Nowack, Dick Tease, Bob “Butch” Skalmusky and Jerry Heindel. In the second row, same order are Jerry Pitt, Bill Jirikowic, Joe Wouters, Bill Conrad, Jerome Kern, and Manager Tom Wolf. In the third row are Roger Nussbaum, Bruce Ludke, Tom Leiding, Jim Steger, Leo Faust and Mike Coffey. The fourth row includes Coach Fred Barribeau, Jame Kessler, Ron Granger, John Esler, Bob Trude, Paul Ozburn and Walter Donnermeyer. In the back row are Assistant Coach Wayne Welch, Milo Straus, Bill Borcherdt, Myron Zachowski, Tom Kuchelmeister, Jim Martzahl and Bill Nelson.

Lake trout, once the leading commercial fish from lakes Michigan and Huron are virtually extinct in these waters because of the invasion of the eel-like parasite, the sea lamprey, the Lions club were told Tuesday at the meeting. Oliver Smith, member of a fishing company in Port Washington said that the last lake trout to appear in the nets of their fleet was in February 1955.

October 17, 1956

Harvey Zittow, 45, route 2 Kaukauna, died Monday afternoon from injuries sustained when a case of dynamite exploded near him. Per investigating officers, Zittow was driving a tractor pulling a trailer to a timberland near his farm. The dynamite was to be used to remove some stumps from the track and as a case was transported to the spot it fell from the trailer and exploded.  

October 19, 1956

Two Kaukauna young men and one from Little Chute were among inductees listed in the October 11 draft of Outagamie County. The Kaukauna men were Carl F. Rademacher and Kenneth J. Huss. The Little Chute youth is Thomas G. Driessen.

October 31, 1956

One of the most peculiar assortments of football fans will be on hand this evening for the final game of the season between the Galloping Ghosts and the Shawano Indians. Among those expected to be present will be witches, pirates, hobos, skeletons, devils, cartoon characters and an assortment of goblins and white clad ghosts.

Kaukauna Chief of Police, Harold Engerson, this week issued a warning concerning Halloween pranks and tricks. The Chief said that no youngster over 10 years of age will be permitted to take part in the trick-or-treat tradition and all activity must end by 9 pm.   

1956 Desota

 

 

A completely new exterior features modern metal paneling and shelter over the waiting area. There is a new parking lot adjacent to the store. Larry’s Piggly Wiggly asks you to stop in and see the things we have done to make your shopping more pleasant. 

 

JOURNALISM STUDENTS of the Quill and Scroll society of Kaukauna High school are pictured upon their visit to the Kaukauna Times last Thursday climaxing their observance of National Newspaper Week. First row, leaning on counter, are Nancy McGrath, Sue Deloria, Kay Whitman, Karen Wulterkens, Diane Schley, Jeanette Schubring, Martha West, Yvonne Van Zeeland, and Mary Lou Berens (holding paper). Second row, left to right, Janet Lettau, Marlene Keil, Nancy Nettekoven, Janet Oettinger, Rita Vanderloop and Jean Van Dyke. Third row, Dorothy Mathis, JoAnne Faust, Margaret Van Dyke, Kay Frank, Marlene Weyenberg, and Andy Whittaker. Fourth row, Ann Teske, Kay McCormick, Diane Rohlf, Pat Landreman, and Michael Glandt. Top row, Robert Greenwood, Robert Berg, Dan Brenzel, Ann Martzahl, and Bert Baumgartner.

 

THE CROWNING OF HOMECOMING QUEEN, Joann Faust and her two attendants, Yvonne Van Zeeland and Marilyn Conrad climaxed the pep rally at the KHS athletic field following the recent parade. The young ladies and their escorts for the evening are pictured above, left to right, Andy Whittaker, Miss Yvonne Van Zeeland, Miss Marilyn Conrad, Jerry Micholic, Jack Coenen and Miss Joann Faust.

 

BUYING THE FIRST FLOWER in the 1956 Buddy Poppy drive spearheaded by the Kaukauna Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary is Mayor Joseph Bayorgeon at recent ceremonies held in his office at the Municipal building. Making the presentation is Miss Pat Kloehn, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kloehn, as Mrs. Kloehn, center, and Mrs. Gerald Arnoldussen look on. The Poppy sale is scheduled to take place on Thursday and Friday of this week.

 

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Portman

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kuchelmeister

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hendricks

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Emil St. John, 903 Oviatt street, Kaukauna.

Twins, a son and daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William Bartelt, route 1, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Haen, route 3, Kaukauna.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Pollack, 412 S. Madison street, Little Chute.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James Egan, 304½ East Seventh street, Kaukauna.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pingel, route 1, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Van Dyke, route 3, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Biese, 204 N. Wilson street, Kimberly.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin T. Vosters, 712½ East Main avenue, Little Chute.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Revoir, 123½ N. Sidney street, Kimberly.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Peter DeWitt, 727 Lincoln avenue, Little Chute.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. James Hopfensperger, 313 East Ninth street, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. William Van Dyke, 225 East Fifteenth street, Kaukauna.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schuh, 821 Adams street, Little Chute.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rasmussen, 355 S. Willow street, Kimberly.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ashauer, 817 Oviatt street, Kaukauna.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Martzahl, route 3, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Couillard, 114 S. Sidney street, Kimberly.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Nehrlich, 416 E. Fifteenth street, Kaukauna.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Van Hammond, 322 E. Second street, Kimberly.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pomeroy, 109 Main street, Kimberly.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kempen, route 2, Kaukauna.

Son to Dr. and Mrs. F. X. Van Lieshout, 706 N. Depot street, Little Chute.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Nett, 314 S. Walnut street, Kimberly.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Luedtke, 215 West Third street, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schmitz, 203 Depot street, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Berken, 521 Franklin street, Little Chute.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ashauer, 508 Whitney street, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Nettekoven, 520 W. Eighth street, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson, 716 East Ninth street, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. James Yingling, 105½ Doty street, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. James Williams, 409 Maes Avenue, Kimberly.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Van Sambeek, 204 S. James street, Kimberly.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene J. Van Zeeland, 129 N. James street, Kimberly.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Hoffman, 1123 Taft street, Little Chute.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Schultz, 600 West Eighth street, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hennes, 212 East Fourteenth street, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Vanderwyst, 230 Maria street, Kaukauna.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Smith, route 3, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cooney, Kaukauna.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ristau, 218 Williams street, Kimberly.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Levknecht, 333½ South Pine street, Kimberly.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Orville Romenesko, 807 Adams street, Little Chute.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coppus, route 3, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Van Wychen, 1513 Green Bay road, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bouressa, 125 Sidney street, Kimberly.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lettau, 704 East Ninth street, Kaukauna.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Welhouse, Jr., route 3, Kaukauna.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Roland Schwalenberg, 405 East Fourteenth street, Kaukauna.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hoffman, 1301 S. Hendricks avenue, Kaukauna.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Seefeldt, Brillion.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Delcore, 429½ West Seventh street.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts, 307 Doty street.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Casey, 524 Harrison street, Little Chute.

Daughter to Dr. and Mrs. Edward Pflum, 401 Desnoyer street, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Coenen, route 1, Kaukauna.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Paalman, 904 E. Main street, Little Chute.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Hopfensperger, route 3, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rennicke, 205 Dodge street, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Wilbert Strick, 117 N. Washington street, Kimberly.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Orville Lemens, 107 N. Main street, Kimberly.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hearden, 217½ N. Main street, Kimberly.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heiting, 522 McKinley street, Little Chute.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wachtendonk, 245 S. Walnut street, Kimberly.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reider, 244 S. James street, Kimberly.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kasten, 514 South Grand avenue, Little Chute.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Raymaker, 234 Kamps street, Kimberly.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Van Wychen, 1509 Green Bay road, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. James DeGoey, 713 Joyce street, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stadler, 134 West Main street, Little Chute.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wyngaard, route 1, Kaukauna.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Anton Stilp, route 4, Appleton.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Roland Hermes, route 1, Kaukauna.

Son to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Grall, Sherwood.

Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Jansen, 809 Madison street, Little Chute.

 

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