Saint Valentine’s Day is soon approaching and a busy time for the florists, candy makers and restaurants preparing for that special day. I have saved many Valentine cards received in elementary school from the 1930s, believe it or not. I remember the teacher decorated a large cardboard box and placed it on her desk in the front of the classroom. Instead of handing them out individually we would drop our stack of Valentines for everyone in that large box and were passed out by the teachers themselves. Students were kindly asked to make sure Valentines were made out to everyone in the class so no one was left out. Pictured are just a couple of the many cards I saved and one just happened to be from John Dore, a neighbor of mine from my youth and probably the only remaining classmate in Munising from the class of 1946.

Saint Valentine’s Day is soon approaching and a busy time for the florists, candy makers and restaurants preparing for that special day. I have saved many Valentine cards received in elementary school from the 1930s, believe it or not. I remember the teacher decorated a large cardboard box and placed it on her desk in the front of the classroom. Instead of handing them out individually we would drop our stack of Valentines for everyone in that large box and were passed out by the teachers themselves. Students were kindly asked to make sure Valentines were made out to everyone in the class so no one was left out. Pictured are just a couple of the many cards I saved and one just happened to be from John Dore, a neighbor of mine from my youth and probably the only remaining classmate in Munising from the class of 1946.

Another unique find is a ticket stub from the third annual ski tournament in Munising, Michigan. The ticket was dated Sunday Feb. 20, 1938, with an admission cost of 50 cents. I’m guessing this is from a ski jumping tournament as Munising had their own ski scaffold located to the left of our current football field. A junior hill was located to the right.