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Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette.

30 years ago

MARQUETTE — Lake Superior may be lying quietly this winter, but now is the time to start thinking about taking damage-prevention measures if you’re a shoreline resident. With the lack of any major storm action on Superior, residents have not suffered much damage this winter. But Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials warn this spring could be especially bad if rough water slams the shore. “Unless there is a bad storm, there’s not going to be much damage,” said Roger Hack, Upper Peninsula supervisor in the Land Resources Programs division of the DNR. “But there are still some (landowners) who should be looking at taking some preventive measures.” Hack explained that Lake Superior is still dangerously high, forecasted at 601.13 feet above sea level for this month, and after reaching its seasonal low in February will climb until August.

60 years ago

MARQUETTE — A dinner-meeting for approximately 40 persons, held Saturday in the Sky Room of the Hotel Northland, ended an intensive week-long charm school, sponsored by Northern Michigan College in cooperation with banking institutes in Marquette and Negaunee. During the course, 15 women from various banking institutions were instructed in business and social etiquette and charm in public relations by Martha Rudd Jackson, Lansing, hired by Northern to teach this first course in a series considered for the Upper Peninsula. At the dinner each woman gave a demonstration on what she had learned.

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