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Looking Back
The St. Ignace News Saturday, February 14, 1893 C.V. Grondin has two teams hauling cedar. A Frenchman, named Young, died at the Santago home, eight miles out, on Tuesday last, and was buried in the R.C. Cemetery on Thursday. He had no relatives in this section. Although the roads are next to impassable on account of the great depth of snow, Joe Juillerett's stage makes two round trips to the Snows each week, as per time card. 90 Years Ago The St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, February 15, 1918 The Michigan Anti-Saloon League is getting its heavy artillery in shape to meet the attack of the liquor forces at the November election. A little girl by the name of White, not more than 12 years of age, whose home is on Bois Blanc Island, came over from the island with a pair of dogs and a sleigh this morning on her return trip with the necessary articles. Michigan will not experience another coal shortage next winter, according to State Fuel Administrator W.K. Prudden, who returned to Lansing Friday afternoon from Washington, where he held a lengthy conference with Federal Fuel Administrator Garfield and the representatives of several other middle western states. When Arthur Parks of Fibre attempted to jump from a freight train onto the Fibre platform Saturday evening, he slipped, fell back under the wheels of the train, and was instantaneously ground to death. Several German aliens registered here [Allenville] last week. Some of them who are among our oldest and best citizens, had taken out their first papers two years and six months prior to November 8, 1894, which entitled them to full citizenship at the time. Considerable damage has been done in this section [Allenville] by the severe weather of the past two months. Many potatoes have been frozen and wells by the score have gone dry. Frank Pasharnis has been the hardest hit of anyone, however, as he claims that his entire flock of thoroughbred frogs have been frozen to death. He places his loss at $2,000. 50 Years Ago The Republican-News & St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, February 13, 1958 Communication afforded by the Mackinac bridge has brought to the St. Ignace high school athletic program brand new conference, it was disclosed Tuesday. Coaches O.L. Vecellio and Gene Frechette met with representatives of five lower peninsula schools at Alpena Monday, where the new conference was organized. Schools to compete with St. Ignace will be Cheboygan, Rogers City, Alpena Catholic Central, Oscoda, and Alcona. Widespread publicity has been given two St. Ignace men since the opening of the Mackinac bridge. Emil Syversen, 46, local motel operator and owner of a 1923 Dodge touring sedan, on Nov. 1 was the "first" to pay his toll after the official opening of the span and led a procession from the St. Ignace side onto the bridge. Syversen beat out Al Carter, a 39-year-old drummer from Chicago who had waited 20 hours in line, who was first to the toll plaza, but lost out when he waited for a receipt. First truck to enter the bridge at Mackinaw City was driven by a St. Ignace man, Frank LaVake, who had stayed two days with his parked truck in Mackinaw City awaiting the opening. Elaine Nickel, Northern Michigan college junior from St. Ignace, is one of eight candidates for the title of "Campus Sweetheart." Inevitable question that all passengers ask drivers of Mackinac Straits Bridge buses is "How do you like this job?" Inevitable answer, of course, is, "We like it fine." Construction of a new five-room school in St. Ignace Township will possibly be underway by April 1, according to a report from the township school board. 35 Years Ago The Republican-News & St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, February 15, 1973 It took Melvin Kitchen and his Polaris 650, of the northern lower Michigan farm community of Elmira, only nine hours and twentyseven minutes to complete the grueling 500 miles of oval track in the International 500 Snowmobile Race held Saturday at Sault Ste. Marie. On February 7, Miss Sue Nair, Cedarville High School sophomore, was chosen to reign as queen of the Les Cheneaux Winter Carnival this year. 15 Years Ago The St. Ignace News Thursday, February 11, 1993 Mackinac County will spend about $10,000 this year on stray dogs and will take in about $1,000 in fines and license fees from dog owners, if 1992 was an accurate measure to its latest animal control program. With the exception of Cow Pie Bingo, the first three days of Snowsfest '93 went off without a hitch despite sub-zero temperatures and stiff winds in the Les Cheneaux area. |
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