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.
The County Journal, published in Washburn, WI, June 22, 2000
Iron River Memories
Beverlee Thivierge
Reprinted from the Iron River Pioneer - July 9, 1942
Several complaints have been made of late that some prowler has been around the City Cemetery on different occasions, digging up and removing flowers from the cemetery lots. If those flowers were found on some other lot later it might provide a clue to the one doing the mischief, and a search of the entire cemetery did not reveal any replanting of the missing flowers upon other lots. It is thought that the party who does this must go there at night, and it is also thought that he or she is not mentally normal!
John E. SAARI, Oulu farmer, fractured a vertebra in his neck when he fell off a load of hay while engaged in helping his father put hay in the barn. His father was inside the barn and did not see him fall. John FUHRMANN took the injured man to an Ashland hospital where he has been placed in a cast.
Parents with sons and daughters in the Service -- If you have a photograph of your son or daughter in the service, and live in the Iron River area, we will be pleased to have you furnish such a photograph to us so that we can have it on display in our show window in the patriotic display we are arranging to aid the sale of war bonds. MacRae Drug Company.
Three young Iron Riverites left for the service last night-- Norman OLSON, George FOX and James HAUS.
All five of the HOBBS brothers -- Dell of Superior; Howard (Ping) of Hibbing; Douglas and "Hoke" of Cloquet; and Jay of New York City -- spent the 4th of July in Iron River, mingling with boyhood friends. Jay says he is now 43 years old and expects to go into the Army in the very near future -- in fact, that was the principal reason he came home to visit his brothers and sister in Minnesota before leaving to don one of Uncle Sam�s uniforms.
Miss Berdine HANSON of this city, who has just finished a training course in a Duluth business college, has taken the civil service examination and passed and on Tuesday left for Washington, D.C., to enter upon her work. Miss HANSON was employed as clerk in the Iron River Post Office the last few years, and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil HANSON.
Melvin KNAPP came up from Indian Harbor on the Fourth of July and stayed for a couple of days visiting and fishing. Melvin says he is now working in a defense plan steadily and is feeling first rate after his long siege of illness.
July 7, 1960
Plans are nearing completion for the first annual homecoming at Brule, July 9 and July 10, according to LeRoy BERG, general chairman. Brule Lions Club is sponsoring the event.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. George COSTELLO of Virginia, Minn., a baby girl, Kathleen Mary, on July 4th
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin RANTALA, a daughter, June 30, named Cecelia Rae.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene LAUKKANEN, a daughter, June 21. She has been named June Ann.
Eddie LACROSSE is a trout fisherman. He fishes for trout quite often -- catches some dandies, too. Last week, Eddie was fishing the Iron a half-mile north of town, and the trout were hitting and he had some nice ones, including a fat brown that curled to touch all four sides of the creel. He still lacked two trout short of the limit, and he was playing a good-sized fish when he heard a twig snap. He thought Adolph DAHL, who was following him, had made the noise. Eddie netted his fish and put it in the creel and turned around to talk to Adolph. Lo and behold, it wasn�t Adolph, but a giant black bear. From then on it was a race to break through the woods to Henry KAMRATH�s field a quarter-mile away, with the bear at Eddie�s heels all the way. He would toss a fish to the bear and this would give him a few feet to get ahead. By tossing the fat brown to the bear he gained over 100 feet. In a few seconds the bear was even with him again. Eddie confessed that while being chased through the woods he was actually frightened. Not that he pushed the panic button -- he used his head -- but who of us would not be terribly frightened by a 400-pound bear breathing down the back of our neck? Finally, and after the last trout had been tossed out, the field was reached, but the bear came lumbering another 200 feet before it turned back to the woods. After arriving home, Eddie discovered one remaining fish. Had he known it, the bear could have had it too.!
(Your writer�s note -- Eddie "Snug" LACROSSE celebrated his 95th birthday May1st, 2000, with a party at the Iron River Community Center, and he also went trout fishing opening day Year 2000. What about that? Happy birthday, Snub!)
On Monday night, July 11th, the Boy Scouts of Iron River will hold a very special Court of Honor -- an Eagle Court of Honor. An Eagle Scout award, the highest rank in Scouting, will be bestowed on Junior Assistant Scoutmaster Theodore CALLAHAN, 11. Scout committee members, parents of Scouts and friends of Scouting are invited to come to this important and inspiring ceremony. Mr. Orville KNAPP of Michigan, District Scout executive.