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

30 years ago

MARQUETTE — Delta County voters will decide today whether to increase taxes to pay for 911 emergency telephone service, which will also determine its availability for 150 phone customers in Marquette County. The election affects residents in a three-mile area of Skandia Township, the southern half of Turin Township, most of Ewing Township and the southeast corner of Wells Township, according to Pat Gruber, a planner in the Marquette County Resource Management and Development Department. The telephones use the same exchanges as the Delta County towns of Rock, Cornell and Perkins, Gruber said. Voters in Delta County are being asked to approve a .66 mill property tax increase to pat for the system’s operation, start-up and maintenance, said Delta County Clerk Wallace C. Thorsen. He said reaction to the proposal has been mixed.

60 years ago

MARQUETTE — City street work will be moved to a new location Monday, and West Fair Avenue, from the Soo Line Railroad Co. tracks to the west city limits, will be closed through Wednesday to permit blacktopping work. A total of 2,225 feet of the roadway has been scheduled to be resurfaced in the project. The city crews have just completed paving 1,336 feet on Van Evera Avenue, south from the Wright Street junction, and 268 foot on Norwood Street.