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30 years ago

MARQUETTE – For the 14th year in a row, Marquette has been named a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation, and the city has declared Friday as Arbor Day in Marquette. The day will be observed with a tree planting, which has been scheduled for 10 a.m. in the Pocket Park on the 100 block of West Washington Street. Marquette has also received a Tree City USA Growth Award for demonstrating progress in its community forestry program by undertaking a strict tree inventory and establishing a computerized tree-management system.

60 years ago

MARQUETTE – A dream that became reality – that’s Marquette Senior High School, a year and a half “abuilding” and now nearing the end of its first year of occupancy and ready to be dedicated. Erected on the site of the old Munising Wood Products Co. factory west of Lincoln Ave. between College and Fair Aves., the school was built to accommodate 1,500 students at a cost of $13.52 per square foot and totaled $2,814,000 overall, including site purchase, architectural plans and supervision, equipment and capitalized interest.