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Superior History

Old Lady Lucy

MARQUETTE — Rose Anna Lucy came to Big Bay in the early 1920s with her second husband, Arthur, and her daughter from her first marriage, Anna Blanche. Art was a World War I veteran and walked with a limp due to shrapnel injuries. He was a big man, but it was Rose Anna Lucy who seems to have ...

History quiz

QUESTION: Who was Marquette’s first known casualty during World War II? a. Abraham Fleury b. Alvar Liimatainen c. Isaac Chandler d. Charles Dole ANSWER: B, Alvar Liimatainen

Rachel Reeve Spear and the Red Cross Canteen

MARQUETTE — Rachel Cooper Reeve was a native of Camden, New Jersey, who attended the Friends Select School of Philadelphia and received a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College. While visiting the Abe Mathews family in Marquette in 1901, she was introduced to Franklin “Frank” Bennett ...

History quiz

QUESTION: Which woman formed the Marquette Women’s Welfare Club in 1914 and served as its first president? a. Olive Pendill b. Abby Longyear Roberts c. Olive Harlow d. Helen Longyear Paul ANSWER:B, Abby Longyear Roberts