Guard unit to get first pay

Captain Frank Missinne, commanding officer of Headquarters Company 123rd Infantry regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard announced that the unit will receive its first pay since being activated Tuesday night at the Armory.

The company of infantrymen will be paid for the period from April 11 through the month of June, Missinne said. The total payroll will be $2,288 with each man averaging about $60.

Machinery built here shipped to France

Machinery manufactured at the Superior-Lidgerwood-Mundy corporation, formerly Superior Iron Works, is being sent to France where it is being put to work in the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Europe.

A steam three-drum derrick hoist is one of six such hoists which are being built here for shipment to France, for installation there aboard Whirler derrick barges which are being built in New York. The hoists will be installed in the barges in France, and will be used for unloading cargo from ships and cleaning up war-torn harbors.

GORDON — At the recent flower show sponsored by the Gordon Garden Club, Mrs. Harold Fowler was named the sweepstakes winner with 11 first place prizes. The show was a display of flowers, plants and vegetables at the Gordon Town Hall.

Two wreckers aided by a Superior Fire Department snorkel unit worked for well over an hour early Saturday before freeing a truck from its precarious perch atop the North 21st Street viaduct. A Superior woman, identified as Mary Podgorak, was listed as the driver of the vehicle, according to the Superior Police Department.

Podgorak, who was rescued from the cab by Superior Fire Department crews after a tense 20 minutes was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth by Douglas County Ambulance where she was treated and released, hospital personnel said.

The SPD report indicated Podgorak was traveling east on the structure when the truck apparently struck a side rail near the crest of the viaduct, veering into the westbound lane striking the walkway before careening back across the eastbound lane crashing through the guard rail and becoming entangled in telephone pole cables. Luckily, the telephone cables withstood the pressure until only minutes after the truck was retrieved before snapping.

Driver tumbles from car; coupe lands in ravine

Arthur E. Solem, 16, 2210 Wyoming Avenue, escaped injuries Thursday morning when he tumbled out of his car and the machine moved on down a 10-foot ravine.

Solem told Douglas County Highway Patrolman C. E. Bernacki, who investigated, that he heard a rattle at the back of his car and slowed down to investigate the back seat. He said that his arm was resting on the door and apparently as the car swerved, the door of the machine opened and he went out. The 1940 Buick coupe he was driving, he said, traveled on and went down the ravine. He was driving on County Trunk A going east from Highway 35, and the accident occurred about three miles from the intersection.

Solem was unhurt. Damage to the car was estimated around $50.

Garden club orders 1,000 tulip bulbs

In cooperation with the city plan for civic beautification, the Superior Garden club announced that it is purchasing 1,000 tulip bulbs from Amsterdam, Holland to be planted in various parks throughout the city.

All auxiliaries of the Superior Garden club are working with a committee for civic beautification, and will purchase these bulbs as part of their plan. They were ordered recently and are expected to arrive in time for fall planting.

Loaded gun toting in deer territory nets fine for two

Two Superior men were each fined $24 in municipal court Thursday by Judge Claude F. Cooper for carrying loaded rifles in a car in deer territory.

John H. Simon, 52, 1-B Hayes Court, and Glenn Tinker, 46, 49 Norwood Avenue, were arrested by State Conservation Wardens Wesley Newcombe and John Minor Wednesday night in the town of Dairyland and pleaded guilty to the offense.

Eisenhower to visit city on way to Brule

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Army chief of staff, will visit Cedar Island lodge on the Brule River, according to reports prevalent in St. Paul Friday afternoon.

General Eisesnhower will be the guest of John Ordway, owner of the Cedar Island lodge, which in 1928 served as vacation headquarters for the late President Calvin Coolidge.

General Eisenhower, the report said, is due to arrive at Superior and Cedar Island either Monday night or Tuesday.

Cedar Island lodge, main building on what was formerly known as the Pierce estate, became nationally famous when it served as headquarters for the late President Coolidge in 1928. Superior Central High School was used as the “Summer White House” that year and President Coolidge made the trip to his Superior office daily to conduct affairs of state.

The visit of General Eisenhower will also enter the presidential picture since the leader of the Allied armies for the invasion of Europe is being mentioned strongly as a candidate for chief executive of the nation.

Poplar man leave Saturday for visit to homeland, Italy

POPLAR — Anton Ronchi of route 2 will be leaving Saturday for a two months’ visit to his native home at Vicenza in northern Italy, which he left for this country 45 years ago.

This will be the first visit home in that time. Relatives and friends held a farewell gathering at the Ronchi farm on Thursday evening. Mr. Ronchi is a member of Whaleback Camp No. 779, Modern Woodmen of America, in Superior.

Mr. Ronchi, over 80 years of age, is making this trip alone. However, he feels he wishes to see the old home once again, especially as that section of Italy was in the path of two World Wars.

Articles and pictures courtesy of retired librarian Judy Aunet with Superior Public Library.