90 YEARS AGO

The St. Ignace News

Thursday, November 21, 1918

Only three months would be needed to bring the American troops home from France, according to the shipping board, following the declaration of peace.

While the residents of St. Ignace and vicinity were celebrating the end of the war last week Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Millett were going through underbrush and swamps after the elusive deer. As usual, Mrs. Millett was the first to fill her license, getting a fine young buck.

The lifting of the influenza ban after the lid had been on for five weeks seemingly brought out a larger attendance of Sunday worshippers than usual.

Loads of hunters are camping in the woods near Brevort. Up to the present, they report as having shot three wolves, one bear, and very few deer.

Miss G. Furlong left for St. Ignace Monday to attend the Academy.

Miss Eckman opened up the school [Allenville] Monday after being closed for three weeks.

A telegram was received by Mrs. Michael McIntyre Wednesday evening stating that her son Frank had been slightly wounded in action "over there." Frank was gassed in August.

50 YEARS AGO

The Republican-News

& St. Ignace Enterprise

Thursday, November 20, 1958

Police have been busy since the opening of the big game season with lost hunters and a stolen buck, among traffic accidents and such.

Traffic in Michigan deer taken across the Mackinac Bridge is 482 ahead of the same period last year up to 8 a.m. yesterday, according to the Mackinac Bridge Authority.

On Tuesday, November 25, a group of Mackinac county men, interested in the development of industrial enterprises, will meet in the council chambers at the municipal building at 7:30 p.m. John Perry of Petoskey will be present to explain how a group of citizens can form a small corporation to carry on the work of finding and developing space that would be of interest to industry.

Northbound traffic over the Mackinac Bridge for the days prior to the opening of the hunting season was considerably less than last season, according to figures released last weekend by Prentiss M. Brown, chairman of the Mackinac Bridge Authority.

The "Hy-Lighter," a Michigan state highway department publication, this month announced the retirement from service of two St. Ignace men, Lawrence Boucha, 55, former dockmaster for the state ferries, who had been a state employee for the past 30 years, and Aloysius Vallier, 56, seaman with the state ferries after more than 29 years' service with the department.

35 YEARS AGO

The Republican-News

& St. Ignace Enterprise

Thursday, November 22, 1973

A resolution, giving public recognition to Ronald W. Walker for his four and one-half years of leadership as mayor, was adopted by the [St. Ignace] Council during the first regular session of Mayor Tamlyn's administration.

The United Press International has named St. Ignace as the number one team in Class "C" in the State of Michigan. The Saints were chosen by a panel of coaches over such teams as Kalamazoo, Hackett, and Hudson. The State Championship is the first for LaSalle High School.

Ray Kaminsky shot a fourpointer in the Round Lake area about 8:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Some 200 attended the recent masquerade ball in Les Cheneaux, sponsored by the Clark Township Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

Fudge, according to the National Confectioners Association, was merely a batch of Philadelphia caramels gone wrong. The head cook in a candy kitchen tasted the finely crystallized, non-chewy substance and cried "Fudge-Bah," thus adding a new word to the American vocabulary and a whole new taste for candy lovers.

Mr. Michael Lehto has become the new principal of the St. Ignace Township School at Evergreen Shores and is also the seventh grade teacher there.

15 YEARS AGO

The St. Ignace News

Thursday, November 18, 1993

Peter Della-Moretta had a difficult time suppressing his tears Thursday, November 11, as Mackinac County honored its sole surviving World War I veteran at the VFW Post in St. Ignace. Mr. Della-Moretta is 101 years old.

U.S. Representative Bart Stupak says he is aware of the speculation he may seek the seat made open next year by outgoing Senator Donald Riegle (DCadillac).

A multi-million dollar public works project could remedy most of the woes plaguing Moran Township wells and septic systems, but it may be a while before the community taps into federal monies to fund the plan.

Iron Mountain scored on its first six possessions for a 41-0 halftime lead and went on to dominate St. Ignace 61-6, during Class C high school football regional action at the Superior Dome in Marquette Friday, November 12.

With a 57-37 nonconference win over Pickford Tuesday, November 9, the St. Ignace Saints, at 17-3, completed their most successful girls' basketball season since the 17-3 season of 1981.

Susan Trevarrow scored a school-record 47 points and also crossed the 1,000 career-point mark as Cedarville clinched its first Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference title in more than four years with a 76-29 win over Engadine Thursday, November 11.

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.