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

30 years ago

MUNISING–The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has opened a part-time office at the First National Bank in Munising. The office will be open Fridays for meetings with local residents interested in youth-related activities, according to Judy Watson-Olson, director of the Kellogg Youth Initiatives program. The foundation is in the second year of a 20-year commitment to improve the quality of life for young people in Alger and Marquette counties. Since 1989, more than 20 local projects have been funded. When the office is unattended, calls will automatically be forwarded to Marquette at no charge to the caller.

90 years ago

CRYSTAL FALLS–More than 40 women golfers from the Pine Grove Country Club, of Iron Mountain, the Wawonowin Golf Club, of Ishpeming, and the Crystal Falls club teed off here in the invitation tournament sponsored by the Crystal Falls club, and when the final strokes were counted, Mrs. Brewer, of Ishpeming, was the winner of the low gross prize with a score of 99. Miss Jeanette Crowell and Mrs. Frank Milliman, of Iron Mountain, were runners-up with 103 each. Two Crystal Falls women, however, were the real leaders, both of the low net scores being held by them. Mrs. Bradley Barlow won first, with a net score of 76, and Mrs. J. F. Corcoran, runner-up, with 84.