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.
Iron River Memories
Beverlee Thivierge
Reprinted from the Iron River Pioneer, August 14, 1941.
Professor L.H. Merrihew and family motored down to Fond du Lac, Wis., last
Saturday, where they attended the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Merrihew�s son,
James L. Merrihew, to Miss Flora Ruth Kraut, at the home of the bride�s
parents. James L. Merrihew, though still in his early twenties, is a
professor of psychology at the University
of Wisconsin. The many friends of the groom in Iron River extend
congratulations and best wishes to him and his bride.
Fred Kivisto and William Pyykola, two Iron River men who are skilled in
certain fields of construction work,� have signed up for service at the new
air base being built by the United States in Newfoundland, and they have
passed their physical tests, have secured their release from the selective
service draft and will leave soon from Minneapolis. Both of these men are
married with children, whom they will leave behind. The Iron River men will
be �cat� drivers.
Miss Verna Kinney, born in Bayfield 49 years ago, a graduate of Superior
State Teachers College, teacher at Yuma, Ariz.., the Town of Orienta and
Port Wing, and for the past 16 years in the Park Falls Public Schools passed
away at an Ashland� hospital after a lengthy illness. The funeral was� held
at Park Falls and burial was in the Catholic Cemetery at Port Wing. Miss
Kinney was well known in western Bayfield County, and� her passing will be
viewed with deep regret by many of her old friends and pupils.
Mr. and Mrs. George Willoughby and two children came home from Ohio last
weekend and are occupying their home on George St. Mr. Willoughby has been
working for several months, first at the Charleston (sic) powder plant in
southern Indiana, and lately on a road building job in Ohio, and now feels
he needs a rest and a few weeks of recuperation before tackling any more
hard jobs. While on the Charlestown� (sic) job, he worked 16 hours a day for
many days driving a caterpillar tractor on excavation work.
Otto Kauppi, well known Herbster resident and former undersheriff, suffered
bad cuts and bruises when the truck he was driving on Highway 13 went into a
ditch early� Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Max Biedls,� (sic) who happened
along, picked Mr. Kauppi up and brought him to the Washburn hospital. he has
severe cuts over one eye and the back of his head.
August 13, 1959
Mrs. Linda Little Jacobson, who will be 83 years old Aug. 17th, is probably
Bayfield County�s oldest active businesswoman. She has operated the Blue
Bird Rest Home in the Delta area near Iron River for 26 years. Besides these
duties, Mrs. Jacobson rents out boats and bakes bread for a nearby resort
and friends. The day your columnist visited, she rose at 4 a.m. and baked 14
loaves of bread. Mrs. Jacobson was born in Springfield, Maine, and on her
6th birthday her family to Mason, where her father set up� a mill for a
lumber company. From Mason they went to Washburn, and finally to Iron
River in 1892.
In 1894 she married Bob Little. She ran the Barnes mail route with her
Model T Ford. Today she drives to town in her Model A to do her shopping.
For many years she worked maternity cases for a dollar a day. Another time
she ran a trap line and cut wood� for sale with a cross cut saw. She was
widowed in 1933, and in 1938 she married Charles Jacobson, and was widowed
for� a second time in 1938. Mrs. Jacobson has a son, an adopted daughter, 10
grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and three� great-great-grandchildren.
She is happy in her work and plans to continue as long as she is able.
Karl Kopplin of St. Louis, Mo., was in town visiting relatives and old
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sharon and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Carignan and family
of Superior were Iron River visitors Sunday. They and the Ed and Bob
Thompson families enjoyed at picnic at Moon Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. William Leskela of Oulu announce the approaching marriage of
their daughter, Norma Kay, to Mr. Harold Kangas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Kangas of� Embarrass, Minn.
August 11, 1949 (sic; out of order)
Rev. Herman Kossack has arrived in Iron River to take over his duties as
pastor of the Presbyterian Church. He will also serve the Presbyterian
Church in Brule.
Gene Stafford, son of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Stafford, has joined the U.S. Army
and is now a recruit at Ft. Riley, Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Diamon of Detroit are here to visit friends and
relatives.
Otto Severtsen of Chicago has purchased the Edward Thompson residence.