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30 years ago

MARQUETTE – The 1993 Mothers March campaign opened this week with the mailing of Mothers March Pass-The-Envelope kits to selected residents in the community. During the last 40 years, volunteers have made personal appeals to their neighbors and friends to help babies get a healthy start in life. The “Mothers March” is a national event that raises funds for the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation.

90 years ago

NEWBERRY – The saw mill of the Newberry Lumber and Chemical company’s plant was in operation Thursday morning after being shut down for several months. L. E. Redmond, plant manager, reports that 45 men, all former members of the crew, were placed at work. One eight-hour shift will be run at present. The saw mill of Jens Barrett, recently constructed on the eastern edge of town, has been running part of the time since a week ago and is now ready to continue on full time. About 25 men are on this crew. A small shingle mill at the side of the Bonifas holdings on M-23 east of town, owned and operated by John Leonard, employs a crew of five making around 70 men who are now at work in mills in this locality.

July 15 – MARQUETTE – About 150 Marquette residents whose applications for free fuel have been approved by the county welfare authorities have registered to date with Stephen Lowney, Jr., 119 West Park street, who is directing wood chopping operations on the section of land reserved for persons living in this city. All Marquette residents who have received permits to cut wood and can haul their own wood and can haul their own wood or who have arranged to have someone haul it for them have been directed to report to Mr. Lowney, who registers their names, gives them copies of regulations governing the wood cutting and assigns them to an area in which they may get their fuel.