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30 years ago

NEGAUNEE — MARQUETTE – Marquette city commissioners will tour the vacant Fire Hall No. 2 and review recommended renovations at 12:15 p.m. Jan. 7. The commission voted Nov. 9 to reopen the hall despite a recommendation from an independent consulting firm that it remain closed. The hall was closed nearly a year ago when an electrical fire damaged one wall and a small portion of the roof. The commission voted last summer to keep it closed, but the decision was reversed by a newly seated commission in November. The station is at the intersection of Prospect and North Front streets. Sunberg, Carlson, and Associates Inc., of Marquette assessed the damage and has given the city a $107,000 estimate for repairs and renovations.

60 years ago

ISHPEMING – Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Anttila, Greenwood Location, are the winners of the 1963 lighting contest sponsored by the Retail Division of the Ishpeming Chamber of Commerce and the Upper Peninsula Power Co. Anttila, an electrician by trade, and his wife created a dramatic and highly beautiful Nativity scene which is accentuated by a brilliant display of lighting from all angles. Robert Sturm of Vine St., came a close second with another beautiful display. Other winners were Don Perrault on E. Superior St.; Vilermo Beltrame of Elliott St.; Walter E. Swanson of Deer Lake Location; M.J. Romeli of Empire St.; Clifford Jackson on Euclid St.; and Guido Bonetti on Bessemer St. Honorable mention went to the 400 block of W. Empire St., where 21 houses all had attractive outdoor lighting. Judges of the contest were Jack Boase, the Rev. Ray L. Mickelthun, Miss Anna Asgaard, Mrs. Victoria Boberg, and Mrs. Val Pontti.