30 YEARS AGO
JUNE 25, 1990
Hedstrom Lumber Company President Howard Hedstrom said Wednesday that it is his firm hope to start construction in September on a new $1 million chip mill that could add 10 jobs to the company payroll and $2.2 million in annual revenues. “We’ve been working on this for three years,” Hedstrom said. “The engineering is worked out, the land is being cleared and we’re trying to finalize the financial package.”
The Arrowhead Library System plans to discontinue bookmobile service along the North Shore next year, the county board learned last week. Why? Usage has dropped off in recent years, and rising costs have the system looking for ways to balance its budget. Bookmobile service throughout the seven-county region has declined. There were once five bookmobiles operating in the Arrowhead, now there are two. Next year, there will be one bookmobile serving the seven counties.
60 YEARS AGO
JUNE 23, 1960
Nursery figure decals have been applied to the nursery room at the North Shore Hospital recently, arranged as a border against the light pink background. Some of the hospital staff feel the wall decoration is not complete without a stork. It seems there has been a search for a stork decal, but no luck so far. Originally a hand-painted wall mural had been planned for the nursery room, but the room was never empty long enough to allow for time to paint one. The decals were applied very quickly.
The Village is lowering the surface of the street at the intersection of Wisconsin Street and First Avenue West as a means of solving a water problem that has been bothering for years. The underground drains have been unable to take care of surface water and it has created a small lake whenever there has been thawing or heavy rains. Council feels this will do away with the problem once and for all.
The high school gym floor is being completely removed and restored by the contractors from Minneapolis who originally installed the floor. Shortly after the building was completed, it was apparent that some of the nearly 40,000 wood blocks in the floor were loose from the underlayment. A partial repair job was done, but as time passed most of the floor became loose, causing poor playing qualities.
100 YEARS AGO
JUNE 23, 1920
The submarine chaser “Cook” was in the harbor from Friday until Tuesday to look over its new field of work before going to Duluth for repair. The Cook was ordered here from the Soo last fall, but on account of the lateness of the season and stormy weather was unable to make it, and only went as far as Grand Marais, Michigan. The chaser will run between here and Duluth, rendering help to isolated fishermen and doing rescue work, examining motor boats to see that they conform to the law, and seeing that the custom laws are obeyed. There are 11 men in the crew but 15 are needed, and there is a chance for some Grand Marais boys to do some real service.
Three suitcases of liquor found in a local hotel led to the arrests of four Canadians, all of Port Arthur, as a result of alleged illicit liquor traffic.
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