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

30 years ago

MARQUETTE — Despite objections from firefighters, residents and some city commissioners, Marquette’s No. 2 fire hall appears headed for the ash heap. City Manager Dale Iman will present a $33 million budget to commissioners tonight, and says it appears a majority will go along with his plan to close the 80-year-old fire hall. Iman’s budget would close the station on North Front Street to cut costs and boost fire prevention efforts. The city fire department would be consolidated at the Third Street station, less than a dozen blocks away from No. 2. Iman estimates a savings of $150,000 a year from the closure. About a dozen people expressed support for the station at a budget work session last week. Commissioner Scott Pinkard said he and fellow Commissioners James Schneider and James Cihak plan to vote to save the station, which has been closed since January. He believes the four other commissioners are likely to support Iman. But Commissioners Cameron Howes, Kathleen Thompson and Emily Coyne said they’ve yet to decide. If the commission decides to scuttle No. 2, Pinkard said he has a backup plan. “I’ll make an alternative motion to study keeping it open or build an alternative fire hall for north Marquette, or put it on the November ballot to ask voters to decide one mill to build a new fire hall.”

60 years ago

MARQUETTE — More than 200 students from Upper Peninsula high schools are expected to attend the annual Future Teachers of America Workshop being held on the Northern Michigan University campus tomorrow. Sponsored by the NMU Student Michigan Education Association, students attending the workshop will hear educational leaders discuss various subjects including loans, housing, subject matter areas and high school preparation for college. Following registration at 9 a.m. in the University Center, Fabian Tasson, NMU senior from Ishpeming and president of the NMU Student MEA, will welcome the students and guests in Kaye Auditorium. The afternoon’s general session will open at 1:15 in Kaye Auditorium. Following an address by Mary Anguilm, NMU junior from Marquette, and the state corresponding secretary for the Student MEA, the group will hear Dr. Herbert Hengst of the MEA and Jason Flower, Student MEA advisor and a supervising teacher at John D. Pierce. Also appearing on the program will be Kaye Lundahl, NMU junior from Ossineke and the state recording secretary for the Student MEA.