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30 years ago

ISHPEMING — Westwood High School will be the site of the District State High School One-Act Play Contest on Saturday as three Upper Peninsula high schools compete to advance to state finals. Shirley Smith will direct Marquette Senior High School’s entry, “Visitor from Hollywood” from Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite” with a performance time of 9:45 a.m. “Curse You, Jack Dalton” by Wilbur Braun will be performed at 11:15 a.m. by Westwood students under the direction of Pauline Lakanen. Iron Mountain High School will present “Cemeteries Are a Grave Matter” at 1:30 p.m. under the supervision of Midge Ryan. Each play runs about 40 minutes and is open to the public free of charge. Michigan Interscholastic Forensic Association rules prohibit audiences from entering or leaving during performances. The competition is being run by students from the Northern Michigan University theater management class instructed by Dr. James Panowski. It will be judged by Dr. Panowski, Dr. James Rapport, head of the NMU speech department, and Victor Holliday, Forest Roberts Theatre designer.

60 years ago

MUNISING – Tiny Kim Marie Luke Melstrand got all dressed up in an heirloom gown to pose with some of the older ladies of her five-generation family – great great grandmother, Mrs. Cedelia LeBoeuf and great grandmother, Mrs. Vi Hoffman, both of Munising; her grandmother, Mrs. Robert McQuisten, Wetmore, and her mother, Mrs. Lawrence Luke Melstrand. The dress Kim wore was worn by Mrs. McQuisten when she was the center of a four generation picture 41 years ago. Mary Jayne Hallifax took the photo.