1930 Kimberly Baseball Team
Front row: J. Feldhausen, W. Ladrow, L. Dopry, Arn. Pocan, Charlie Schell
Center row: Butch Thien, Ed Lynch, Geo. C. Lemmers
Back row: Nig. Verbeten, Whitey Berhrent, Dago Lamers
Photo courtesy of Carl Lemmers
Additional information gathered by local historian, Mary Lamers:
- Geo C. Lemmers center row is Carl Lemmers/Sandy Huiting's father/grandfather - George C. Lemmers ran the bowling alley in Kimberly.
- Whitey Berhrent owned "Whitey's Bar" on Main Street across/down from the bowling alley. It's an apartment building now (2013).
- Charlie Schell center row, far right, owned the bowling alley in Kaukauna.
- Dago Lamers, back row right owned the Hardware store in Little Chute.
- Another interesting tidbit - [Mary] asked Carl the real names of Nig Verbeten, Whitey Berhrent and Dago Lamers. He didn't know - every one in town and their family called them by their nickname. The history behind this - So many Catholic families had big families and kept naming next generation after past generation. So, many times nicknames became the "real" name". [Mary] had a brother Tom, Tooty. He got his nickname because [Mary's] Uncle Tom also lived with them. Tom was 8, Tooty, a newborn when [Mary's] parents took in her mother's younger brothers and sister because both parents had died. Tom was "Tooty" until he went off to college.
Kimberly, WI, ca. 1940
Top row: Ray Hamann, "Duke" Van Himbergen, Tom Busch, Paul Smits, Francis Vander Velden, "Dewey" Dufrane, Frank Van Cuyk, Carl Lemmers, Dean Barrand (manager)
Middle row: "Mouse" Mauthe, Vincent Vanden Boogaard, Joe Van Nuland, James Smits, Darrell Larson, ? Frassetto, John Gaffney
Bottom row: Francis Verbeten, Clarence Van Hammond, Cletus "Fish" Gaffney, Don Verkuilen, Bob "Brother" Willis, Francis "Pete" Pieters
Photo courtesy of Carl Lemmers
Connie's Bar Fast Pitch Softball Team 1953
Kimberly, WI
Top row: Niel Davidson (sponsor), Morry Quick, Jack Niesz, Les Dietzen, Jack Grafmier, Geo. Reichel,
Bottom row: "Mouse" Mauthe, Mark Recker, Carl Lemmers, Bob Diener, Bill Brinkman, Bud Deleest, Larry Shebilski
Photo courtesy of Carl Lemmers
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