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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-09
News in 1889 was as follows:


William B. Biddle was elected
secretary and treasurer of the Cum.
berland Valley Railroad. He had
been acting as secretary and treas
urer for two years previous to his
election. The treasurer's office
was in a short time to be removed
to Chambersburg. The company
was fitting up room on the first
floor of the general office building.
Philadelphia and Reading engine
1915 made the run between Phila-
delphia and Reading. IS miles. in
10 minutes. or about so miles per
hour. The loo motive was equip
ped with all the latest improve
ments. including steam brakes and
whistle. steam reverse lever, etc.
She had WOttOn fire box. The
Philadelphia and Reading intended
i was stated, making the run be-
tween Philadelphia and Atlantic
City in one hour The distance is
81 miles. Previously it required
one hour and thirty minutes to
make the trip. Much of this line
had been double tracked in the
previous year
The spring of 1889. it was stated,
would go down in local weather an
nails as one beating all records
since the establishment Of the Sig
nal Office. The months of April
and MAY, especially. were marked
in this region by succession of
heavy rains which generally last
ed for several days at time. Dur
ing the month Of April more than
twice the amount of rain fell as in
any previous April since the Signal
Service was established. And May
was as bad. The total rainfall of
the last month for May was 1850
inches
The Cumberland Valley Railroad
inaugurated on June 3. 1889. the
Pullman palace car between Roam
Oke and Philadelphia and would
continue the same during the sum-
mer,
Miss Mary Ranels' school closed
for the season. Ice cream and cake
was furnished by the teacher.
President Pepper and faculty of
Folby University. Waterville. Me.
suspended two seniors and two
freshmen who were of a party of
six, who, at midnight played a hose
through an open window Of Ladies'
Hall, wetting the sleeping students.
In 1879, "Observer" from Keedys-
vile, wrote to the Globe:
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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-09

draft. that interrupts so many ca.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-09
DISPELLING THE FOG
BY CHARLES NICHOLSON

Director Of Publicity Democratic National Committee
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-09

Miss Mary Ranels' school closed
for the season. Ice cream and cake
was furnished by the teacher.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-05-09

Gassman and Bro. erected a new
sign in front Of their store on the
corner of Center Square and North
Potomac street.
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06
GraduationHits
H. S. Grid Team
Is to Get Sheepskins in
Spring; Only One Back
Will Return.

Sixteen of the IS football men or
the Memorial high school team eligible
for letters have played their last
| football for the red and white. Fiji
| teen of them will be graduated next
spring, while one will have reached
the 20-year age limit by next season
When Coach Steve Smrekar starts
grooming that 1912 club he will have
but six regulars available. All but
one member Of the backfield will be
gone.
While Coach Smrekar will lose, the
Ely junior college will gain if the
graduating high school boys enroll at
the college.
If all show up for college competi-
ton, and a good number of the Iron
Men return, the 1912 jaysee club will
show the NJCC thing or two before
the season has ended
The lone back available for the
high school team is Joe Omerza, who
came along fast during the latter part
of the campaign to play an outstand-
ing game in the tie contest with
Hibbing.
Linemen returning include Al Logar,
william Rowe, and Tom Murn, ends;
George EnquisC, veteran tackle, and
Roland Charles, center. Mitchell
Kosiak, reserve tackle, and Robert
Koski and John zupancich, reserve
guards will also be back. All these
boys are eligible for letters.
John Novak, star halfback, is a
junior student, but he will have reached
his twentieth birthday by next fall,
and will be ineligible.
Graduating Gnto college competition,
so hopes Coach Ed Buckley will be
a host of talented ball handlers who
gave Ely one of its best high school
clubs in many years.
Quarterbacks Joe Buckner and VIII
liam LeBeau, halfbecks Stanley Nest
mix and Merlin Thompson, and full
back Sheldon Kayute will all receive
their sheepskins next spring, as will
Gerald K1obuchar, reserve half.
Major problem facing Coach Smrekar
year hence will be to replace these
galloping ghosts or the Vermlllon
range.
From the line will go such stars as
Ends Louis Senta and Wayne Brownell,
Tackle Gerald Johnson, Guards Louis
Janesich and william Klun, and Center
Leo Kuzma.
It will be long time before another
Senta comes along to fill the spiked
shoes worn by the present one. Senta
not only played bang-up game at
end, but also turned in good work in
the backfeld. The other graduating
linemen were responsible in a great
degree for the showing made by the
club.
Herb Kerntz and Don Gordon,
tackles, and Stanley Kalan, guard, will
also go out via the graduation route.
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06
MONDAY FIRST
H. S. SESSION
Memorial Hi Cagers Get Call
Next Week; Two Harbors
on Schedule.

Candidates for the Memorial high
school basketball team viii be asked
to report Monday for the initial prac-
tice session of the season, Coach Steve
Smrekar has announced.
Many of the cage players were mem
bers of the football team, and they
will be given another weeks rest be-
fore hoop sessions are inaugurated
A schedule of Is games (of all
thingsD has been lined up, which viii
motivate CONSERVATION among the
Superstitious fans before the campaign
even starts
Two HarbOrs has been placed on
the schedule for the first time In
over a decade.
The Harbors baSketeers viii travel
here Dec. for the Red and Whites
initial appearance on the home floor,
and return game is set for Feb IA.
The club will open the season at Vir-
ginia Dec. 5.
A number Of years ago Two Har-
bors high school football and basket
ball teams were arch rivals Of Ely,
and now athletic relations will be
renewed
On Elys schedule besides Two Har-
bors and Virginia are Aurora, Tower,
Eveleth, Biwabik, Gilbert, International
Falls, and Mountain Iron.
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06
MEMORIAL HI
News

The Pep Squad will buy uniforms
from proceeds of shield sales, which
will be concluded Friday The shields
are made of cloth in school colors and
contain the letters EHS Doris Alfalfa,
Norma Anderson, Margaret Peshel,
Amy Rautio, Marcella Niemi, Anne
Hutar, and Miss Eleanor Kuntz, ply
sical education department instructor,
are in charge of sales.
On the honor roll for the first six
weeks were g seniors, 10 juniors, 18
freshmen, and eight sophomores.
A Halloween party was held by the
Madrigal club Saturday afternoon IN
the cafeteria. Committees in charge:
Phyllis Palmgard, Mary Ann Shaw,
and Emerald Tast, lunch; Roseline
Mantel, Carol Ann Sutherland, and
Lois Mae Sondstrom, decorations;
Margaret Stonich, Lois Mae Eckert,
Amy Rautio, June Trudgeon, and Jo-
sephine Burja, entertainment.
GOld pms were won Dy Gtofla Mae
Pete and Florence Startz, juniors, for
tipping so or more words per minute
in the October competent typists'
test. Raymond Buraglio, Angela Vert
mix, and Theodore Peternel, alse
juniors, passed the 40-word competent
test and were awarded certificates.
Lois Mae Sondstrom was elected
president of the a cappella choir
Sheldon Kayute was chosen vice pres
ident, and Roseline Mantel is secre-
tary-treasurer.
Miss LueI1a Erickson's cooking class
has been receiving practical lessons
in planning and serving dinners By
being divided into three groups "in-
viting" students, and Miss Erickson
as guests. The host, hostess, an6
guests for each dinner follow:
First dinner: Dorothy Barich, hostess;
Mary Ann Burja, host; Florence Kobe
and Margaret Peshel, guests.
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06
Club Gets Call to Action;
First Game With Tigers
But 3 Weeks Off.

| There will be little rest for junior
college athletes, for with the football
season just over basketball practice is
already under way. Most of the can
didates turning out for the club were
regulars on the grid team. In the
pink of physical condition, they need
only to polish up their basket shoot
ing eyes to be ready for action in
Northern Junior College conference
competition.
There will have to be plenty of
practice on basket shooting, for the
new type bank boards, oval shaped
and with surface area greatly re-
duced, have just been installed.
What these new hoop backer-
uppers," now used by most range
high schools and colleges, will do to
the game played by local cage clubs
remains to be seen. For one thing
they will demand greater skill on the
part of shooters, with emphasis on
aiming for the hoop rather on banked
shots.
There is no time being wasted by
Coach Ed Buckley in whipping team
into shape for the opening game with
Eveleth is but three weeks away. The
Tigers viii travel here Nov. % to in
augurate the season for both clubs.
Between now and that time two holi-
days, Armistice and Thanksgiving, will
upset practice schedules, and there
will be no layoffs other than on these
dates
Ely won fourth place in the confer
ence last season with four victories and
nine defeats. The boys, paced by the
high scoring Torsti Franti who gar
nered 1873 points, averaged 1873 points
per game to for opponents.
F'ranti is not in school for the fall
quarter, but it is reported he will
register for the winter quarter.
Eveleth with IA consecutive victories
took the title and then went on to
win the state jaysee crown with a
76-35 defeat of Worthing-
ton, southern division titlists.
Virginia, which dropped but two
games, both to the Tigers, finished in
second, while Hibbing and Itasca tied
for third. Ely was fourth, Brainerd,
fifth, Duluth, sixth, and Crosby in
the cellar.
Brainerd, which entered the confer
ence last winter, will inaugurate its
second season this year.
Ely's schedule for the season con-
tains Is games, seven at home and
eight on foreign courts. Crosby is the
only club that will not be seen in
action on Memorial court Two games
are scheduled with Northland college
Of Ashland
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06
Talk Formation of Range
High School Grid Circuit
Discussion Again Spreads as
Coaches, Officials Plan
Conference.

Now that the football season is over
and range coaches and officials are
about to hold their annual fall ses-
sion, talk of organizing high school
conference is again being spread about.
The meeting is set for Hibbing Nov.
10, at which time basketball rules will
be gone over.
A number of years ago ten or Il
teams were banded together in what
was called the Arrowhead conference,
but the circuit failed to function Of
ficially and all Semblance of an organ
ization has long since disappeared
despite efforts to promote it by the
continued compilation and publication
of Arrowhead conference" standings.
Organization of range high school
teams has hit a snag in the schedul-
ing of games. Big schools don't like
the idea of scheduling small schools,
and the small schools shy away from
such games except in years when
they have good teams and then they
are ready to take on anybody.
Now that three of the smallest clubs
Aurora, Biwabik, and Tower, are con-
sidering adopting six-man football
some of the schedule difficulty may be
wiped out. If a serious effort is made
this month to form a high school
conference, it may be possible to reach
an agreement.
Now only mythical range champion
is crowned. and this fall it was Mt.
Iron which ended the season without
defeat.
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06
SWIMMERS APPEAR
IN AQUA CARNIVAL.

Members of the boys and girls
swimming classes from the fifth grade
through high school staged their annual
water carnival Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings for Ely people who
packed Memorial natatorium.
In charge of Leonard Klun and
Miss Madalynne Grevich, swimming
coaches, the carnival was highlighted
by a large number of water games,
from polo to a table setting contest
with dishes being picked up off the
bottom of the pool Methods en-
ployed in teaching beginners how to
swim were demonstrated.
With the carnival out of the way
members Of the swimming teams were
slated to get down TO business in
earnest in preparation for inter-
scholastic competition.
The boys first meet is Dec. 6 at
Virginia and the girls Dec. 13 at
Virginia.
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06

height to which the water rose.
1t takes 1900 years to produce one
foot of humus, Sig pointed out, and
the destruction of this decayed vege-
table matter is the most serious con-
sequence of forest fires.
While now man is mainly responsible
for fires, there were plenty before
man inhabited the area generally. In
1904 the entire area was swept with
giant fires that consumed millions of
acres of trees.
Important dates are: 1900 when
French trappers first entered the area;
1860 when Lake Superior was ex-
plored fully and all river mouths well
known; 1878 when a French explorer
made the first trip up the Pidgeon
river and through the chain of lakes
to the Lake of the Woods; 1871 first
survey; 175O when the Seven Years
war drove out the French, and in
came the British.
Travel was hard and communication
limited in the great wilds Of the in
terror 1t wasn't until 1912 that the
British garrison at Grand Portage on
the mouth of the Pidgeon river knew
the Revolutionary war had ended.
From 1830-60 Grand Portage was to
the fur trade what Pittsburgh is now
to steel The historical background OF
this now nearly deserted area holds
a richness for those who know its
stories that only the engulfing hand oi
civilization can sour.
Here at one time all the fur traders
of the great North and Northwest came
| TO dispose of their furs and for month
or two Of carousing before striking
out again for the Tall Timber anc
| 10 months of isolation from the world
such as it was, that they knew.
| In 1860 came the gold rush of the
Vermilion range and the creation o.
the city of Winston, near Tower; tht
iron ore exploration period followed
and the cutting of the timber
| 1t wasn't until 1917 that a boundar-
survey was started, and in 1881 tn,
report was finally published
In the memory of many living mel
is the exploration and present develop
ment Of the area, of the disappearance
Of the caribou as the moss upon whicl
it existed went with the trees, of tn
coming of the first deer into the cut
over areas.
| The Quetico-Superior area is oil
but very young in development. Her
there is both civilization and th
frontier. As long as the old and tn
frontier are not devoured by MAJ
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06

Second dinner: Ona Myntti, hos
tess; Myrtle Bunney, host; Emily
Grahek, Norma Anderson and Miss
Vienna Somero, guests.
Third dinner: Josephine Burja, hos
tessfh Betty Donahue, host; Esther
Tjader, guest
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06

and his institutions, the country of
the voyageurs will remain through
the centuries unchanged.
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06
Clubs Record Best Since
Memorable Team of
4 Years Ago.

Memorial high school gridderS COM
piled the best record chalked up since
the memorable club of 1887.
This season the red and white won
three, lost a similar number, and
ended the season in a blaze of glory
by tieing Hibbing, for a percentage of
500.
Four years ago Ely was defeated but
once, 1916 upset by Gilbert, played
a scoreIess tie with International Falls,
and won five contests. for a percen-
tage of 1888. Defeated by sizeable
margins were Tower, Eveleth, Virginia,
Aurora, and Biwabik.
Falling before the charging Yer
million Rangers this fall were Tower,
Virginia, and International Falls, while
downing Coach Steve Smrekar's club
were Coleraine, Eveleth, and Gilbert.
Coach Smrekar summed up the
campaign with the statement 81
wouldn't be afraid to take on any of
them with this years club" which
sizes up the team in a creditable
manner
There isn't a team on the range,
with the possible exception of the
champions, Mt. Iron, that Ely wouldn't
have taken into camp under favor
able conditions. True, three clubs de-
feated the red and white, but they
caught the club when it was stale and
cold.
In comparison the three wins and the
fha
competition with teams that fought
to the last minute. The Falls game
especially was beauty, and provided
the best football seen on Memorial
field for many years. There wasn't
anything easy about that win, nor
about the tie with Hibbing. The Blue
jackets deserved second honors on the
range and were not bit off form
when they played here.
Total statistics for the season show
Memorial high had a decided edge in
all departments, except passing. In
only one game, that at Coleraine, we're
they out-gained by a large measure.
Net yardage with Gilbert was about
even, while Ely had an edge over
Hibbing.
The seasons record:
Ely 0, Coleraine Il.
Ely 6, Virginia O.
Ely o, Eveleth 18.
Ely 13, Int1 Falls 6.
Ely "A, Tower o.
Ely o, Gilbert 6.
Ely 6, Hibbing 6.
Last seasons record follows:
Ely 6, Hibbing 1S.
Ely %, Tower 2.
Ely 0, Coleraine 6.
Ely o, Virginia o.
Ely o, Eveleth 81.
Ely o, International Falls 7.
Ely o, Gilbert 7.
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06
ELY JUNIOR
COLLEGE

Proof that college credits must be
earned and are not given out by mere
attendance at classes is evident from
the fact that there were 80 failures
at mid-quarter exams. Most of them
were freshmen who have yet to be-
come adjusted to the new schedule of
college work
Two college students have gone to
Washington to become junior typists.
They are Verna Jamsa, a member of
the social activities committee, chorus,
and German club, and Katherine
Chimzar. Both were typists for The
Lookout, college publication.
Peter Handberg has been named
president and James Wolff, vice pres
ident, of the Math club.
At a recent autumn scenes display
of the Photography club William Reko
won first for hte advanced group and
Stanley Boldine first for the beginners.
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06
TWO EJC STUDENTS
IN AVIATION WORK.

Dorald Myntti, tackle on the Ely
Junior College football team, has gone
to Burbank, Calf, to work in the
Lockheed aviation plant. RENO Partti,
another college student, has also been
given employment by Lockheed.
Examinations for the positions and
arrangements for the employment
were in charge of the local office of the
state division of employment and
security, managed by Edwrad G.
Stonich.
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06

Terwillinger Jones, the gentleman
farmer, says the Grand Canyon of the
Colorado River is beautiful, but it's
a good example of soil erosion can do
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06
Travel SOUTH
Buck, Doe Draw Crowd
Near Iowa Line.

Additional evidence of the south
ward range Of deer in the state was
the report a buck and a doe were
seen near Ellsworth only few miles
north of the Iowa line, in Mobiles
county.
The deer were observed on a farm
seven miles northwest of here. The
two animals seemed unusually tame,
and unconcernedly fed In a corn
field shortly after midday despite a
crowd of spectators nearby.
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06
i inber

One of the most interesting areas
in the world is the Quetico-Superior
region to which Ely has proudly-and
rightly-claimed it forms the gateway.
Annually it attracts nature lovers
somewhat inpolitely called touristS)
from distant points, and scientists
from many parts of the world (two
years ago there was one here from
South Africa have come to study and
marvel at its geological formations.
Historical and geological highlights
of the area were outlined by Sigurd
F. Olson, dean of the Ely junior col
lege, at a recent meeting of the Range
Science and Mathematics association
For 20 years Sig has prowled over no
small part of the millions Of acres in
the Quetico and Superior forests, and
with his scientific background in
zoology, geology and related subjects
has read first hand natures thesis on
the area.
Rock formations here, Sig pointed
out, are among the Oldest exposed sur
faces in the world. The Ely green
stone is mentioned in Germany's books
on geology. Pink granite found many
places here is part of the Laurentian
shield formed during an era whose
duration was very great, possibly
exceeding all subsequent time.
This area has experienced at least
three volcanic upheavals, after which
mountains created by the great forces
liberated were worn down TO relatively
thumb-nail size. There were also three
or four glacial periods, the last re-
ceding 25,O00 years ago.
All this disturbance has made the
geological formations of the territory
the most complex to be found, and left
exposed is a surface Of rock that Is
as old as time itself.
The last glacier left dams of rock
and gravel in valleys and thus tne
thousands of lakes were created. Ir
1926 when one of these ancient glacia
dams went out it created a sensation
in scientific circles.
A deposit of glacial material resting
on a surface of slippery blue clay wa:
loosened when loggers built a chute
over it between Low lake and Bas!
lake. In the spring with lakes a
a high point the dam of rock anc
gravel was slid over the slick clay sur
face and water of the lakes rushed
out.
The pressure was so great that 1
Strengthened out the bends in tn
Range river down which the torrent
rush. Today sticks on limbs 10 fee
on the ground mark on trees tn
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06
RANGE BATTLE
May BE ENDED
Towers Consideration of g.
Man Football Would End
Annual Game.

Tower high school is considering
inaugurating six-man football next
fall, and if this move is completed
the annual battle of the Vermilion
Range will be ended
An inter-sectional game may be
scheduled to replace Tower on Mem
orial highs schedule. Mentioned for
consideration are Chisholm or Morgan
Park, Duluth.
Towers decision to abandon the con-
ventional 11-man game is dependent
upon whether Aurora and Biwabik go
six-man to provide opposition.
The Ely miner., 1941-11-06
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
PRACTICE IS STARTED
" OUT.

Seventeen men have reported for
college basketball, as follows: William
Mills, Dan Mestnik, Andy Luthanen,
Tony Grahek, lettermen; Don PrOla,
Ed Grahek, Roy Johnson, George Per-
kOvich, Ted Grahek, Wayne BOlithO,
Sidney Jarvi, George ButOrac, Frank
Lobe, Joe Kuzma, William Anderson,
Roland Brennan, and Josiah Cock.
TOrsti Franti, letterman who will be
back in school for the winter quarter,
is working out with the club.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-23

YOU'VE probably heard the
L gag about Tschaikowsky
getting out OF his grave last
week and joining ASCAP in
order to collect the royalties
on the current crop OF popular
songs.
Well, Peter Illyitch could also
stand to collect heavily from
the recordings Of his serious
works.
In addition to the very fine
waxing of the First Piano Con-
certo which we told you Of last
week. Victor now has a splendid
and spirited Interpretation of
the well-known Fifth Symphony.
Eugene Ormandy and the
Philadelphia orchestra have
given particular attention to the
sensuous and haunting beauty
of the second movement, which
contains that Move Love"
theme and the waltz movement
is jewel for delicacy and
rhythm.
Fourth Is First
But while this rage for re-
cording Tschaikowsky and Mo-
Fart continues at wax-melting
heat. several long-neglected
composers are finding them
selves on the new discs. Schu-
mann's Fourth Symphony. the
most lyrical and important, re-
Gently recorded by Victor, now
turns up in a Columbia album
of marked clarity and finish.
Although we have not always
held the highest esteem for
Frederick Stock and his0direc-
ton of the Chicago Symphony,
we are forced to admit that
their performance of the D.
minor symphony is superb.
Scholarly, yet II avoids the
pedantic: lyrical without being
saccharine. this is one album
YOU will find well worth adding
to your collection.
In there punching is Tommy