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

30 years ago

MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette will receive a $400,000 grant through the state’s Rebuild Michigan initiative to finance engineering of a water filtration project. Marquette is one of 11 state communities sharing more than $2.6 million in federal grants for public works projects, Gov. John Engler announced earlier this week. In Marquette, the grant will help offset engineering costs for a water filtration plant with an estimated construction cost of $10 million. Federal and state law require municipalities using surface water to install filtration systems. Marquette has until 1998 to build a plant that will treat water from Lake Superior. City Manager Dale Iman said this has been an especially good year for grants. The city also received a $480,000 site reclamation award to clean up contaminated soil at the McClellan Avenue and Washington Street intersection. And it expects $350,000 from the Michigan Department of Transportation to extend McClellan Avenue. The $1.23 million in grants received so far compare to $135,000 last year. “We’ll continue to push for more grants,” Iman said. “If we don’t bring in grant money,” we don’t have to raise taxes.”

60 years ago

ISHPEMING — Twelve men who have been employed by the Inland Steel Co. in Ishpeming will be honored at a retirement party in the Swiss Room of the Mather Inn at 6 Thursday evening. R.D. Satterley, general manager of mines, will present watches to 10 men from the Greenwood Mine and two from the Morris Mine. Phillip Pearson, manager of ore mines, will address the gathering of 40 employees. R.C. Annear will be host for the dinner and Les Anderson is in charge of arrangements. Greenwood Mine employees retiring are Ernest Bouley, Reginald McGinnis, Thomas Quayle, Dolphus Vadnais, Alfred Quayle, Ewald Seabloom, Herbert Skoog, Raymond LaCosse, Frank Beer, and Eugune Paddock. Carl St. John and Donald LaFond are the two retirees from the Morris Mine.