[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 112 (Friday, July 25, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1614]
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    TRIBUTE TO THE MISCOWAUBIK CLUB ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS 
                                FOUNDING

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                            HON. BART STUPAK

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 24, 2003

  Mr. STUPAK. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a few minutes today to 
extend my heartiest congratulations to the members, past and present, 
of the Miscowaubik Club in Calumet Township, Michigan. On August 16th, 
2003, the Miscowaubik Club will proudly celebrate 100 years of 
existence with an evening of music, dancing and, no doubt, storytelling 
about the club's rich history.
  Named after an Ojibwe Indian word for ``copper,'' the Miscowaubik 
Club was founded in January, 1903 as a social haven and athletic 
facility for the executives of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company and 
local businessmen, who were then placing their mark on the remote and 
spectacular Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. The club was modeled after 
the Tennis and Racket Club of Boston.
  The period of the club's founding coincided with the heyday of 
community prosperity that accompanied the mining activity in Upper 
Michigan's copper range. At the peak of that activity between 1867 and 
1884, Calumet & Hecla mines produced half of this country's supply of 
copper.
  In 1903, 175 invitees paid $36 in fees and dues to become charter 
members. Guest book logs show visits to the club from visiting 
celebrities, including boxers Jack Dempsey, Jack Sharkie, and Max 
Schmelling.
  Present membership has recognized the changing times, and the club 
elected its first woman president in 1994.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my House colleagues join me in 
raising a figurative glass to toast the Miscowaubik Club on its 100th 
anniversary. I wish the club and its members a second happy century of 
social discourse.

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