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30 years ago
SANDS TOWNSHIP -- Michigan's contribution to a new national monument, a 1-billion-year old rock, was loaded aboard a truck at Lindberg's Gravel Pit this morning to be whisked to Philadelphia.
The rock is one from each state making its way to the Fountain of Freedom Monument Wall being built in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. Michigan's kona dolomite stone, lifted from the Lindberg and Sons pit in Sands Township, measures approximately 2 feet by 5 feet and weighs more than 3 tons. "There aren't a lot of pits producing pretty rocks in Michigan, and Lindberg's was generous enough to give this one to the project," said Milt Gere of the DNR Geological Survey Division in Marquette.
Each block of stone will have its state name etched into it and the year the state was admitted to the union.
Peter Arsenault, vice president of Lindberg and Sons, said kona dolomite is used locally for decorative purposes and seawalls, but most gets crushed and used in gravel mixes. B and Me Limited Trucking of Marquette is hauling the rock to Philadelphia.
60 years ago
MARQUETTE -- A Canadian lawyer has been convinced that people in Marquette are imbued with extraordinary honesty and that the Michigan State Police are paragons of efficiency.
In a letter to Sgt. Grant C. Barry, head of the Marquette post, H.B. Branscombe, Toronto barrister and solicitor, wrote with glowing praise and effusive thanks of the circumstances surrounding the return of a wallet containing $65, which was lost by his son near the south city limits of Marquette late last month.
The younger Branscombe's wallet was picked up on U.S. 41 by Fred Dionne Jr., East Avenue, Trowbridge Park, who handed it in to state police at the Marquette post for return to its owner.