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Looking Back
The St. Ignace News Thursday, July 18, 1918 What is looked upon as the big event of the season will take place next Saturday and Sunday when the Mid-Summer Shooting Tournament will be held, pulled off by the Mackinac Island Gun Club. Next Wednesday will witness the departure of the largest number of Mackinac county selects to have left at one time since the beginning of the war. Sixty-four is the number scheduled to leave, and with others who have been inducted for special service, will make about 70 men this county will have contributed to the war in July. Those selected from Mackinac Island are Morton H. Pero and Charles E. Pero. Thirty-five years ago or more, before ice crushers had solved the problem of all-theyear around navigation across the straits, there was much agitation for a tunnel across the straits, and it is recorded that several measures were introduced in congress and the legislature looking toward that end. Certain it is that many plans were evolved and there was much publicity given the project by the press of the country. After the advent of the car ferries, the agitation for the tunnel died down, although even in recent years there has been considerable talk relative to the scheme. Now comes another plan for bridging the straits, advocated by Horatio S. "Good Roads" Earle, made in an address at the Soo at the Dixie Highway celebration last week. The steamer Perry is now making three round trips daily between the Island and St. Ignace, a service that is appreciated by the residents of the two cities. 50 Years Ago The Republican-News & St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, July 17, 1958 A survey just published by the Michigan Tourist Council about Michigan's tourist industry has reached the offices of the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau. "This survey has brought to our attention many facts never before known to us about the tourist industry," said Martin Isaacson, advertising manager of the bureau. "We never knew that 43 per cent of the visitors to the State of Michigan spend their vacation in the upper peninsula. This means that almost one half of the money spent on Michigan's second largest industry was spent in the upper peninsula." The aluminum racing yacht, Dyna, flashed across the finish line at Mackinac Island Monday at 5:09 a.m. to be the first craft to finish the Port Huron to Mackinac Island yacht race. Weather was reported good for sailing throughout the event, with one exception. The Dyna, owned by Clayton Ewing of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., finished with an elapsed time of 38:09:15 and a corrected time of 35:45:01. The Dyna was a heavy favorite to finish first over the field of 69 boats in the 235-mile run up Lake Huron. Michigan State University educational consultants will make a survey of school needs at Mackinac Island during the last week in August, it was announced this week by Norman Wixson, Mackinac county superintendent of schools. The 556th National Guard Air Force band from Midway Airport, Chicago, held a band concert in Marquette park Sunday afternoon. 35 Years Ago The Republican-News & St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, July 19, 1973 The Mackinac Island Firemen will hold their annual Firemen's Ball on Saturday, July 21, at the Community Hall. "The Easy Folk People" will be the band. Mrs. Otto Wandrie returned home from the hospital in Petoskey Saturday. She has resumed her position as manager of the Mackinac Island Branch Bank. 15 Years Ago The St. Ignace News Thursday, July 1, 1993 Marathon Oil Corp. has agreed to discontinue its use of several large, green gasoline tanks on the Mackinaw City waterfront, clearing the way for the state to raze them and eventually build a new marina. Nearly 300 yachts, ranging in length from 27 feet to 80 feet, will set sail from just off Chicago's Monroe Harbor at noon Saturday, July 17, in the 86th annual Chicago-Mackinac Yacht Race. EDITOR'S NOTE: The St. Ignace News is seeking original prints or reprints of old photographs depicting areas in the Eastern Upper Peninsula to be scanned into the archives and for the Looking Back column. Photographs to be loaned or donated to the Michilimackinac Historical Society can also be sent or dropped off at The St. Ignace News. |
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