Bayfield County Journal
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Bayfield County Journal Memories Column
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Zoe von Ende Lappin, granddaughter of P.J. Savage, editor of the Iron River
PIONEER from 1898 to 1952, has obtained permission for us to post the
Memories and Yesteryear columns that are printed weekly in the Bayfield
COUNTY JOURNAL, successor� to the PIONEER and other newspapers in the
county. The COUNTY JOURNAL announced the upcoming Web postings in its Dec.
3O, 1999, edition with the headline, "Genealogy columns to appear on the
web".
I would like to thank Eric Sharp, Editor of the Bayfield County Journal for his willingness to work with us in our genealogical search. We look forward to the wonderful articles that will appear here. Thank you also to Zoe von Ende Lappin for all her work and the hours of typing.
County Journal, Aug. 12, 1999
No Washburn Yesteryear column
Iron River Memories
Beverlee Thivierge
Reprinted from the Iron River Pioneer, August 7, 1941.
Friends and relatives and parishioners of Rev. George E. Griffiths gathered
at the Iron River Presbyterian church to bid farewell to the pastor and his
family. They will leave for Marathon County and Rev. Griffiths will serve
churches in Edgar and Abbotsford.
The marriage of Miss Vivian Jardine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Jardine of Port Wing, and Mr. Martin Maki, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Maki
of Oulu, occurred at Cloquet, Minn.
Chairman Jack MacRae called Governor Heil� yesterday and explained to him
thatwork on the paving job on Highway No. 2 is being held up by his failure
to sign the contract with the successful bidder, Victor Nelson, for Mr.
Nelson could not enter into
subcontracts until this matter was disposed of. The Governor assured Mr.
MacRae that he would sign the contract before the day was over, so no doubt
this has been done, and the last obstruction to the actual starting on
construction has been removed.
A marriage license has been issued to Walter J. Simpson and Norma Suominen
and the marriage is to take place next Monday� morning at St. Michael�s
Catholic Church. Upon their return on Aug. 16th, a wedding dance will be
given in their honor at the Co-op Park in Brule, with music by Bert Settle�s
orchestra of Duluth.
Announcement was made this week that one-half interest which Barney Borg
had in the Indianhead Lodge has been purchased by Mike Passarella of
Chicago. Mr. Preston, who still retains his interest in this popular
attractive resort, will continue to give personal attention to its
management.
A party of Iron Riverites, made up of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tester, Clayton Haus
and Nel Rae Carrick, returned last Saturday from a trip out west. They saw
many places of interest as far west as Salt Lake City.
The new income tax schedule just adopted will remove all fear that anyone
is going to get rich quick these days unless he finds some way of getting
around the law.� The unmarried man with an earning of $900 a year will pay
Federal tax of $5.64; if he earns $1,500 he will pay $62.70; and if he earns
$2,000, he will pay $110. So it will behoove the young man who has found a
job that now pays him fairly well to lay away a part of his salary every
month in anticipation of meeting his tax obligation.
Mrs. Lawrence Mineau and children are visiting at Chisholm, Minn., this
week at the home Mrs. Mineau�s mother, Mrs. Charles Mosher.
August 6, 1959
Harvey W. Johnson is now the Superintendent of the South Shore School
district. He had been supervising principal of the Ingram-Glen Flora School
District. Mr. Johnson received his early education in the Waino area, and
his Bachelor and Master Degrees
from Superior State. His undergraduate work was interrupted by six years of
military service as a pilot. Mr. Johnson is married and has two daughters
and a son.
Blessed Events: Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Helsing, Port Wing, a son, David Jay,
July 30th. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kinney Jr., Port Wing, a daughter, Claudette, on
Aug. 1st. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cunningham, Dallas, Tex., a son, Mark William,
July 31st. Mrs. Cunningham is the former Rose Krog.
Mr. and Mrs.� Frank Y. Anderson were honored last Sunday at a Golden
Wedding celebration held at the Oulu Baptist Church. They were married Dec.
30, 1908, at Red Lake, Minn. They spent most of their married life in Duluth
and Iron River. They have two sons, Dr. Donald V. Anderson of Woodstock,
Ill., and Norman W. Anderson of Sioux City, Ia. The celebration was
postponed until the summer months to enable more out of town relatives and
friends to attend.
Rozzie Hooper celebrated her 13th birthday last Saturday with a party in
the afternoon for some of her little friends at her grandmother Hooper�s
home. Guests were: Bonnie, Dennis and Stevie Allar; Mike Diamon, Jule (sic)
and Karen Wilcox, Alta, George and Elva Ann Botosh.
Captain Leslie Julie and Lloyd Little are at home, waiting out the strike
on the Great Lakes.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Daly of Port Wing had as guests on Wednesday Mr. and Mrs.
Otto Holmgren of Minneapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Daly and twin daughters,
Debra and Denise, of Superior.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed an old garage and damaged other
buildings in the block last Friday afternoon. The fire department did an
excellent job of keeping the fire from spreading. The siding of Fat�s
Tavern, R and M hardware and buildings owned
by� Earl Carrick were badly damaged, as were utility poles.
Two Bayfield County boys were inducted into the armed forces: John D. DeFoe
of Bayfield and Donald C. Shulstad of Iron River.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Denny attended the convention of� the Wisconsin
Association of Finance Companies at Wausau, where Mr. Denny was elected
president for the coming year. Robert Denny Jr., along with Linda and Randy
Clark, spent a week with Mrs. Harry Jardine at Port Wing.