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

30 years ago

NEGAUNEE — Marquette was well represented over the weekend at the USA Nationals Naturbahn Luge Championships held at Lucy Hill in Negaunee. Jay Parent-Wagner, Tammy Wills and Greg Guertin all copped first-place finishes Saturday and Sunday for the United States. Parent-Wagner won the Junior Men’s event both days. Dominic Carello of Ishpeming came in second both days. Wills garnered the top spot in the Senior Women’s division both days, while Carin Nelson of Stockton, Calif. finished second. The Senior Men’s race was won by Guertin, followed by race organizer, Fred Anderson of Marquette. Joe Ives of Bancroft, Ontario, won the Junior Men’s race for Canada both days. On Sunday, Bancroft’s Paul Ives won the Senior Men’s event, followed by Brent Lindberg of Thunder Bay, Ont.

60 years ago

ISHPEMING — A proposed $500,000 National Guard Armory, which would be the largest to be constructed in Upper Michigan, came one step nearer to reality last night. The two-story brick building will be erected on the south side of U.S. 41 near Walnut Street. City Manager Thomas R. McNabb, members of the Ishpeming City Council, and a citizens’ committee appointed by Mayor Theodore Mattson approved the plans presented by Lt. Phillip White, job project officer, and Major Austin Lindberg, commanding officer of the 107th Engineer Battalion. White currently supervises construction of the Sault Ste. Marie Armory. General Ronald McDonald, adjutant general of Michigan, has predicted that the building will get underway in June or July.