James Chambers hauls wood from Bois Blanc Island to the Chambers yard on Cadotte Avenue on Mackinac Island, circa 1938. (Photograph courtesy of Dr. Bill Chambers) The St. Ignace News

Saturday, August 15, 1891

Warren and Spice are again settled in their old stand, corner of State and Truckey Street.

Remember the excursion to Les Cheneaux next Tuesday, at 8 a.m. sharp. Only 50 cents.

Conrad Orth sent a gang of men to Moran this morning to sink a well at his beautiful country home.

A Finn named John Carlson, 25 years of age, who arrived at Manistique from St. Ignace in June last, was drowned at the former place this week while at work for the Weston Lumber Company.

Richard Rye of Pickford was in St. Ignace this week, in the interest of the Chippewa and Mackinac Agricultural Society. He added several names to the membership list and said their second annual show, which takes place on October 7th next, at Pickford, will be well worth attending.

Be hospitable to the man who differs from your view. Possibly he may be right and you wrong. "Study to please," but never give yourself away cheaply.

Pat Gallagher this week built a barn at the rear of his meat market.

90 Years Ago

The St. Ignace Enterprise

Thursday, August 17, 1916

The road to Hessel (from St. Ignace) will be connected this week and will be ready for travel in about 30 days. The contractors are making dirt fly all along the trunk line.

Charles Johnson, the blacksmith, is at the forge again after being laid up for some time by reason of running

A.R. Highstone was in the Snows district a couple of days last week in the interests of his candidacy for the nomination for sheriff.

Les Cheneaux column Capt. John McA. Webster of Mackinac Island spent a few days recently at his cottage on Coryell Island.

Most of the hotels are so full they are turning away possible guests every day and at Slack's Camp, 37 guests are reported.

William P. Hatch, who owns the point at the south end of Island No. 8, has erected a small lighthouse on the point and keeps a light on it during the time the family occupies the summer home.

The Woods Craft Shop is one of the most popular places in the Snows this season. There are many luncheon parties in the tea gardens from time to time.

50 Years Ago The Republican-News & St. Ignace

Enterprise

Thursday, August 16, 1956

The Rev. Father Bernard A. Karol announced Sunday that he had been presented with a piece of wood from the grave of Pere Marquette. The presentation was made by A.R. Highstone, who had received it from his father, who in turn had been given the wood by one of the men who discovered the grave here in 1878. The relic will be on display in the Mission Hall Museum at Marquette Park.

A record enrollment is expected when St. Ignace schools open for the 1955-56 school year on Wednesday, September 6, according to Superintendent E.J. Ossmann.

total of 1,563 children 523 under five years, and 1,040 in the five to 19 year group. Kindergarten enrollment is expected to exceed 100.

35 Years Ago The Republican-News & St. Ignace

Enterprise

Thursday, August 19, 1971

Meeting in a regular session on Monday, August 16, St. Ignace City Council accepted the bid of Arco Gasoline at 16¢ per gallon of gasoline, and for oil, the bid of McGregor (Shell) for 66¢ per gallon.

Mayor David Walker appeared before the Council to advise them of latest developments in the City's efforts to purchase the Bryce's Hill Ski area. Attorney Edward McNamara, acting for the Bryce heirs, has ordered the city to remove its equipment and vacate the property by September 1, and has notified the City that their offer to purchase the property is most definitely refused. Negotiations have been attempted for many years and it is now apparent that there is no means of dealing with the Bryce heirs at this point.

One 23-year-old St. Ignace man and one 28-year-old Mackinac Island man were killed Friday afternoon, August 13, in a one-car accident that occurred on I-75, just south of the Mackinac Bridge. They were returning from Petoskey when the fatal accident happened. Two other men, another St. Ignace man and another Mackinac Island man, passengers in the car, were injured. The accident apparently occurred from a blown tire, throwing the car out of control, causing it to roll.

Returning to its landing ramp after a bridge-viewing flight over the Straits of Mackinac, a Cessna Skyhawk Seaplane crash-landed into a low embankment Sunday evening. The pilot said the flaps used in braking the plane had failed. The two passengers were unharmed.

15 Years Ago

The St. Ignace News

Thursday, August 15, 1991

The roof over the 30-year-old multipurpose room at the Gros Cap School will undergo emergency repairs this month because its support beams are inadequate.

Bill and Caroline Tichnor of Hickory Corners won the Best of Show award for their 1927 Chris Craft runabout "Fiddler" from the record 186 entries at the 14th annual Les Cheneaux Antique Wooden Boat Show last Saturday.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The St. Ignace News is seeking original prints or reprints of old photographs depicting areas in the Eastern Upper Peninsula to be scanned into its archives and for the

Looking Back column. Photographs to be loaned or donated to the Michilimackinac Historical Society can also be dropped off at The St. Ignace News.