20 YEARS AGO
JUNE 12, 2000
The Grand Marais Classic Car Show was a smashing success. Hundreds of people came out to enjoy the classic car show last weekend. The fifth annual event featured 40 vehicles parked by the Grand Marais Harbor. Award winning vehicles included: a 1941 Chevy Pickup, 1970 Volkswagen, 1968 GMC pickup, 1947 Cadillac, 1925 Ford Model T, 1969 Camaro, and a 1967 Mustang. The show was sponsored by the Greater Grand Marais Chamber of Commerce.
50 YEARS AGO
JULY 9, 1970
The Grand Marias Art Colony opened Monday with good attendance and with owners, Birney Quick and Byron Bradley heading the teaching staff. Harvey Turner heads the pottery and modeling department. First day registrations included the following students from Grand Marais: Betsy Bowen, Michelle Martin, Pat Martin, Lauretta Wilkinson, Mary Pratt, Mary K. Knowlton, and Leslie Quick.
60 YEARS AGO
JULY 7, 1960
Strategic Air Command B-47 and B-52 jet bombers will begin flying low-level missions over Grand Marais within the next few weeks. The mammoth jet bombers will fly both day and night missions in all types of weather. The low-level flying will increase the Air Command’s combat crew proficiency, enabling the crews to perform any bombing tactic in any type of weather, day or night. Grand Marais is along an air route recently approved by the Federal Aviation Agency for use by the Strategic Air Command in its low-level training. Six B-47 jets and eight B-52 jets will fly at altitudes of 1,000 feet above the highest point along their routes.
Launching speed boats and other craft at the Grand Marais village harbor defied efforts because of the gravel beach. The problem was licked when they purchased some government surplus landing strip metal netting that was located in Wisconsin. It works very well. Speedboat ownership has increased the past few years to the point where it is necessary to have easy access to the harbor.
100 YEARS AGO
JULY 7, 1920
The local hotels have been overcrowded several times the past few weeks and over 50 people were turned away Sunday night, However, many private families have rooms to spare and are anxious to rent them to tourists, so there is no need of any party failing to find proper accommodations.
115 YEARS AGO
JUNE 24, 1905
Newspapers all over Germany and Austria recently published news about a bold “robbery of millions from the United States Treasury.” This was an elaborate fake news story with detailed illustrations. The story was part of an April Fool’s Day prank in the United States that was then presented as real news in Europe.
The fountain of youth is in one’s self. One must keep one’s self young inside. When the human mind ceases to exert itself, when there is no longer an active interest in the affairs of this life, when the human stops reading and thinking and doing, they begin to die. You are as old as you think you are. Keep the harness on. Your job is not done.
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