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John William “J.W.” Beecroft graduated with MacQuarrie from Central. His magazine stories of the Old Duck Hunters Association Inc, a fictional group based on friends, family and neighbors in the Barnes area, remain popular today. An avid hunter and angler, MacQuarrie is credited with establishing the modern school of outdoor writing. Gordon MacQuarrie was a newsman, reporter and the nation’s first outdoors writer.

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This month’s episode of Archive Dive focuses on two Superior Central High School graduates who made a name for themselves in the literary arena. If you have an idea for a topic you’d like to see covered, email Maria Lockwood 28 min Episodes are edited and produced by Duluth News Tribune digital producers Wyatt Buckner and Dan Williamson. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes of Archive Dive are published monthly. Roosevelt considered attending the launch comparisons between Walter Butler Shipbuilders and Globe Shipbuilding Company what liquid was in the bottles that the Dionnes used to christen the ships why the Superior Telegram didn’t have photographs of the Dionne quintuplets’ visit the unique lives of the famous quintuplets and more. “Gordon MacQuarrie said this was the biggest day in Superior since (President) Calvin Coolidge came here to set up his Summer White House (in 1928),” said Meronek.Īlso in this episode, Maria and Teddie discuss if then-President Franklin D. It had the attention of Gordon MacQuarrie, a Superior native and reporter for the Milwaukee Journal (now the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). It was great publicity for Superior, Meronek said. An estimated crowd of between 18,000 and 25,000 attended, and witnessed the most ship launches in one day - not just in Superior, but anywhere. The sisters, whose primary language was French, sang 'God Bless America' in English. On May 9, 1943, which was Mother’s Day, the Dionnes took part in a two-hour ceremony that featured dignitaries from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Canada.

But together, they called them the Quint Fleet.' 'There was this old story that if you change the names after they had been originally named that it was bad luck for anyone who sailed on them, so they didn't name them after the girls. 'They said they were going to be named after them (Dionne quintuplets), but the names of the ships were decided long before they were even built,” said Meronek. With five ships to be launched, they hoped the five Dionnes could christen them. The five cargo ships would be going to England for the war effort during World War II. 'When I do the mural tour at the Superior Public Library, I always tell people they were the Kardashians for the 1930s,” Meronek said. They were celebrities in their home country and around the world, as they were frequently featured in newspapers and their images and likenesses could be found on products, toys and more. The Dionne quintuplets - Yvonne, Annette, Cécile, Émilie and Marie - were born near Callander, Ontario, Canada. Telegram reporter Maria Lockwood is joined by retired librarian and local historian Teddie Meronek as they discuss the quintuplets’ visit and the importance of Superior’s shipbuilding industry during World War II. At the age of 8, the Canadian girls were the first quintuplets known to survive their infancy and were bonafide superstars. In May 1943, the famous Dionne quintuplets visited Superior to launch five cargo ships - at once - at the Walter Butler Shipyards. Let's take a trip back to the heyday of Superior ship building.

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