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

30 years ago

MARQUETTE — Registrations have topped 1,000 for a three-day mathematics and science conference for educators from throughout the Midwest that begins today at Northern Michigan University. “We have over 200 speakers coming from across the country and a wide array of workshops and demonstrations,” said Dr. Don Zalewski, a math professor and conference spokesman. “I think this is one of the most outstanding conference programs for math and science educators that we’ve had on campus for quite some time.” Bringing teachers from kindergarten through college to the NMU campus is a joint conference of the national School Science and Mathematics Association and the Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics. NMU’s nationally recognized Glenn T. Seaborg Center for Teaching and Learning Science and Mathematics is sponsoring the event.

60 years ago

ISHPEMING — Mrs. Agnes Regan, Negaunee postmaster, has received a letter a letter from William H. Neal, national director of the U.S. savings bond program, commending the local post office for its efforts in the promotions and the sale of U.S. savings stamps. “You and your associates have helped make the Treasury Department’s school savings program program the success it is today,” Neal wrote. “It is rergarded as a most important instrument in teaching citizenship and thrift. Now as another school year opens, you will again have the opportunity of contributing this important means of thrift education.