90 YEARS AGO

The St. Ignace News

Thursday, November 14, 1918

Governor Sleeper has issued a proclamation on designating Sunday, November 17, as Victory Sunday. He urges all Michigan people to gather at their accustomed places of worship and render thanks to God for victory and restoration of peace on earth.

St. Ignace held a parade in celebration of the end of the war and held a bonfire on the waterfront in front of the Dunham House and Leclerc Hotel with an effigy of the Kaiser hung at the top of the big pile, which, after lit, a mighty shout went up from the crowd, who vented their satisfaction in a wild delirium of joy and enthusiasm.

Peace! Germany has been licked to a frazzle. The war came to an end at 11 o'clock Monday. There is certainty that there is nor more peace on this earth for Kaiser Bill.

Dr. J.F. Darby, health officer, informs The Enterprise that the influenza ban, which has been in effect for the past five weeks, will be lifted Saturday, providing that no further inroad of the epidemic arises.

There is still no case of influenza in Clark township so far as is known and all rumors or suspected cases have been investigated.

The Jones & Kerry mill is on its last leg of logs and will close either Friday or Saturday for the winter.

Sheriff Benjamin, county food administrator, yesterday received a telegram from Federal Administrator Prescott stating that people would no longer be required to purchase substitutes for flour. The order goes into effect at once.

Curtis: All kinds of hunters coming in here. There is a party of nine out at the Hotel Albion.

Les Cheneaux: The Islander was in last Wednesday morning with a load of flour. A gang of men went up to the Hossack camps last Tuesday morning and commenced the work of repairing whitewashing and getting them ready for the winter's work.

50 YEARS AGO

The Republican-News

& St. Ignace Enterprise

Thursday, November 13, 1958

With more than 400,000 hunters preparing to open Michigan's firearm deer season on Nov. 15, expectations are that at least 85,000 Nimrods will invade the Upper Peninsula via the Mackinac Bridge.

The Black River camp, whose members last year took out eight bucks, will be opened this year by John R. Goudreau, Clifford Davenport, and Mayor A.G. Phillips. Numerous club members will hunt part-time from the camp.

Bert Beveridge's camp on the old Murray road off Feltus' Cut, one of the oldest continuous camps in the county, will not be open this year. Mr. Beveridge said Tuesday that this will be the first fall the camp isn't open since 1919. "The wet weather has damaged the old road and a beaver dam has flooded the area," he explained.

Further expansion of St. Ignace businesses serving the tourist trade is indicated in the $21,400 building permits approved by the city council Monday night.

In Mackinac county, 12 new cases of tuberculosis have been reported in the first 10 months. Last year, three new cases were discovered during the full 12-month period.

Phil Flanders, owner of the Gamble store in St. Ignace, has purchased the Munising Gamble store. Flanders, who will continue to operate the St. Ignace store, which he bought in 1955, purchased the Munising store from Emil Bengtson of Munising.

The 1958-59 Saints basketball season got underway last Monday night, when fifteen boys reported to Mr. Frechette's initial call. Forming the nucleus of the team will be nine seniors and six juniors. Last year's team finished with an 8-8 record, third in the Little Eight Conference, which they have left since. Our school is now a member of the newly organized Straits-Huron Conference.

Another of our old established settlers of Allenville has reached the bedroom slippers stage. August Marshall, who has farmed for 45 years, worked on the railroad for 39 years, and reared a family of ten, has gone in semi-retirement. May his last miles be cheery and bright.

The Mackinac Island Lions Club entertained at Ladies' Night Saturday. The dinner, roast beef, was served at Little Bob's and entertainment was furnished.

Employees of the Mackinac Bridge authorities and their husbands or wives, numbering 126, enjoyed a first anniversary party Saturday at the Wigwam, marking the first year of operation of the bridge. Honored as the outstanding toll collector for the year was Maurice Scanlon, who collected $280,000 in bridge tolls.

New developments are taking place all over Les Cheneaux and it seems that the construction business is pretty good. Art Calven is building a new building next to the Red Owl store and expects to have one of the most complete hardware stores in the area. The Northland Manor began construction on a new addition to the building November 7 when Rudy Pearson and Richie Nye started breaking ground and laid the foundation for the new addition. Also an item of interest is the Cedarville waterfront, which has undergone great improvement since the Cedarville Bar was destroyed by fire. Johnny Patrick also has started a new building on the old site of the bar.

35 YEARS AGO

The Republican-News

& St. Ignace Enterprise

Thursday, November 15, 1973

Prior to City Clerk Virginia Olmstead administering the oath of office and before turning over the gavel to incoming Mayoress Sarah Tamlyn, St. Ignace Mayor Ronald Walker outlined city projects, a few in the process of completion and others still on the drawing board. He listed the selection of a new city manager and the city budget as number one priorities. Other projects mentioned included the city road system, secondary treatment plant, sanitary landfill, city gas lines, and recreational projects such as the St. Ignace area swimming pool, now in the process of completion.

The people of St. Ignace will honor Katherine King in a public reception Sunday, November 18 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Episcopal Church Hall. Mrs. King is retiring November 30 after serving 21 years as a public health nurse in the St. Ignace area.

The 1973 St. Ignace Saints became the first football team in LaSalle High School history to go 9- 0, by defeating the Traverse City St. Francis Gladiators 16-8. The game was played in St. Ignace Friday night on a frozen, slippery field, before 4,000 fans.

The St. Ignace Saints football team won the Michigan-Huron Shores Conference title with a 7-0 conference record. They were followed by Charlevoix, Petoskey, Cheboygan, Gaylord, Boyne City, Grayling, and Rogers City.

15 YEARS AGO

The St. Ignace News

Thursday, November 11, 1993

As if the winter's first measurable snowfall weren't enough to bring thoughts of Christmas in St. Ignace, it coincided with the arrival of the State Christmas Tree, a 58-foot-tall blue spruce, 28 feet across, which came from the yard of Jim and Pam Beauchamp of Escanaba.

The body of a missing Lansing man was found at the bottom of South Manistique Lake November 3, making him the latest victim in a year of Mackinac County drownings that rapidly is depleting search-andrescue budgets. It was the 12th drowning in Mackinac County so far this year.

Trooper Craig Dorenbecker began patrol duties in October with the St. Ignace Post of the Michigan State Police. He is originally from Ishpeming.

Mackinac Island: Construction is taking place at the Chippewa Hotel. The Scrimshaw Shop will be located in the hotel's lobby next door to the Pink Pony.

A 1910 canoe, made by Old Town Canoe Co., is the latest old boat to be given to the Les Cheneaux Maritime Museum in Cedarville.

Cedarville's outstanding football season came to an end at Marquette's Superior Dome Friday, November 5, as Bessemer shut out the Trojans 35- 0 during Class D pre-regional action. Meanwhile, the St. Ignace Saints used big plays on the offensive side and a "bend but don't break" defensive effort to earn an impressive 24- 14 win over Traverse City St. Francis, last year's Class C state champions.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The St. Ignace News is seeking original prints or reprints of old photographs depicting areas in the Eastern Upper Peninsula to e 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.