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Looking Back
The St. Ignace News Saturday, June 18, 1892 The graduating exercises of the St. Ignace High School are to be held next Thursday evening in the M.E. Church. It is the first class to graduate from our high school. Its members are Miss Mary Hulbert and Eric Ogle. The prospective graduates for next year are Miss Maggie Bissell, Miss Connie Hulbert, Miss Sophia Manson, and Gussie Stellwagon. The people of Hessel, Cedarville, and vicinity successfully surprised J.H. Williams and sister at the Les Cheneaux Hotel Saturday evening last. They came prepared with plenty of the most delicate viands, which were served in abundance. The evening was very pleasantly passed in dancing and it was at the wee small hours of Sunday morning that they departed for their respective homes. All report a grand time. The Les Cheneaux Hotel opens next week. Col. L.L. Polk, president of the Farmers' Alliance, is dead. Fishing is good in this vicinity this spring. There were 1,400 halfbarrels of fish shipped from Chambers dock during the last 10 days. The work of repairing the Orth opera house was commenced Tuesday. Mr. LaFountain says the work will be finished about July 1st. Daniels Bros. are doing the job. Men are at work building an enclosure in the Catholic church yard for that church's new bell. Owing to the immense heft of the bell - 1,500 pounds - the church tower was deemed unsafe, hence, its erection in the yard. Our city was robed in darkness Thursday night, the electric light and telegraph wires getting crossed being the cause. The telegraph switch board was burned out and to avoid further damage the lights were shut for the night. Massachusetts, like Ohio, pays its governor $8,000 a year. The only states that have larger salaries for their governors are New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, which give their chief executives $10,000 annually. The salary of $6,000 prevails in California and Illinois. Seven states have salaries at $4,000; four states pay as little as $2,000, viz., Delaware, Maine, Michigan, and New Hampshire; and two states, Oregon and Vermont, pay annually to each of their governors the munificent sum of $1,500. Mr. Felix Vashro, who kept the Exchange Hotel here for a number of years, is reported to have gone insane. 90 Years Ago The St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, June 21, 1917 In its issue of June 14, 1877 (40 years ago), the Negaunee Iron Herald contained the following, reproduced in the current issue of its "Forty Years Ago" column: The foundation of the old Jesuit Mission, which was established by Father Marquette 200 years ago, has been discovered on the farm of David Murray at Point St. Ignace, and numerous church relics of those days have been unearthed. Bones of a human being were later found and it is believed that they are undoubtedly those of the intrepid missionary. As readers of early Michigan history are aware, Father Marquette, in 1671, built a log chapel at Point St. Ignace and named the station as St. Ignatius. Later, a church was erected, subsequently being destroyed by fire and all trace of its location obliterated. According to best information, Father Marquette did not die near Grand Rapids, as supposed by many, but at the site of the present city of Ludington, and was buried there, but later the Indians removed the body of Pere Marquette and interred it at the old church on Point St. Ignace. There is excellent warrant, in such historical records as are accessible, for the assumption that the remains of Father Marquette may have been discovered at Point St. Ignace, and the possibility will be certain to arouse the interest of all who are acquainted, even though it be but superficially, with the early history of the Great Lakes. St. Ignace is to have base ball once more, a game having been arranged to be played on July 4th as part of the big celebration, for a $25 purse offered by the Gateway City Band, which has the celebration in charge. The game will be played on the circus grounds in the Third ward, which will be put in shape right after the circus is over. Any legitimate movement that in any way tends to increase the business of this community and the prosperity and happiness of our inhabitants should receive the undivided support of our city. In belief that the terminal of the Dixie highway at Sault Ste. Marie instead of Mackinaw City would have a tendency to do all these things, The Enterprise gives the Soo promoters of the scheme its most earnest support. 50 Years Ago The Republican-News & St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, June 27, 1957 On July 21, Sunday afternoon, all members of the local historical society who are interested will be asked to gather at Silver Sands beach at the invitation of Orr Greenlees, owner of a unique resort in this area. A tour will be arranged to acquaint the members with the history of the adjoining ancient cemetery, the Portage trail, and the old Ottawa settlement. George Markey was installed as president of Les Cheneaux Lions Club Monday evening. The Kiwanis publication, "Before the Bridge," for which several thousand orders have already been received, is now being printed. Completed books are expected within a week. Otto Roggenbuck of Moran was among the area students who received special recognition at the honors assembly at Ferris Institute, Big Rapids, recently. Roggenbuck was the recipient of two honors. First was a certificate of merit in the German language, and second, a book prize from the German embassy in Washington. Advertisement - Harbor Light Bar, formerly Harry's Bar, at Evergreen Shores. "Finest of Liquor and Beer." Come out and enjoy yourself to our friendly atmosphere. - Steve and Dick Another milestone in Straits of Mackinac crossings will be reached during the 1957 summer tourist season. It will be the recording of the crossing of the 11th million vehicle since the ferrying of cars over this five-mile stretch of water separating Michigan's two peninsulas was started back in 1916. By the time the gigantic bridge now being built to link Upper and Lower Michigan is completed next November, the total crossings during that 42-year period will approximate 11.5 million. 35 Years Ago The Republican-News & St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, June 22, 1972 The problem of dogs running loose in the city erupted on Monday evening before regularly scheduled agenda items, when Myron Sorenson of Burdette Street appeared before Council and demanded that something be done with the dogs in the city. He cited instances in his area where six and seven dogs at a time are running in packs. St. Ignace's city sewer rates will have to be increased substantially to erase a $14,572 deficit in the fund and to eliminate subsidies to the sewage system from the general fund, a necessary measure over the past 11 months which has resulted in over $18,900 at the end of 1971, according to the city's manager. The old LaSalle High School building on the corner of Spring and Chambers, which was purchased by the Knights of Columbus several years ago, will once again be turned into classrooms to house the new religious education program which has been initiated in St. Ignatius Loyal parish with the closing of the parochial school. 15 Years Ago The St. Ignace News Thursday, June 18, 1992 Legislative approval for a new Michigan State Police post at the north end of the Mackinac Bridge was granted Wednesday, June 10, paving the way for construction of an 8,515-square-foot post on bridge-owned land. A Sault man has been convicted of the murder of a Cedarville man at a Pickford hunting cabin last fall, but the motive apparently remains a mystery. In what Frances Hadden describes as a "nostalgic break," St. Ignace's piano-playing Haddens have decided no longer to carry their two Baldwins on the road with them, meaning they will part with the vehicle, a special 1972 LTD motor home, which they've used for 20 years, racking up 180,000 miles and going through three engines. 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 the 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. |
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