Many thanks to
Sheldon McRann for contributing these clippings
from the Steep Rock Echo. Most of them relate to people and events in Atikokan as well as at Steep
Rock Iron Mines. Photos of sports teams, previously shown here, are now in the
sports section.- November, 1956 : Name This Group For $25. This photo of 22 women shows the Ladies Choral Group of Atikokan. They were re-named "The Northernaires", presumably as a result of this contest to suggest a new name for the group. Three are unidentified. Surnames (a couple are questioned) so far are: Berry, Breakey, Carson, Douglas, Eyton, Franklin, Gadd, Hele, Johnson, MacMillan, McCuaig, McInnis, McTaggert, Maki, Medhurst, Munn, Scott, Stamler, Youngberg.
- August, 1957 : "10 Years a Safe Worker". Eleven men and their wives gather for presentation of desk pen sets. Names are: Bill Bochula, Jack Munn, Danny O'Connell, Ray Hergott, Fred Hirshfelt, Steve Krukoski, Paul Kirjewski, Merrill Leeson, Arthur McDonald, Harvey McRann, John Brzoza, Mike Chromiczuk, Al Labrie.
- November, 1957 : Preparation for Remembrance. Some SRIM employees gather to commemorate our war dead. Names are: B.W. Carriere, Mel Dodds, Alec Drobot, Bill Ferguson, Roy Greig, Frank Moronics, Ed Oczkus, H.H. Wilkins.
- July 1959 : SRIM Lab Picnic. Five photos of the picnic at French Lake. Names are: Jim Magee, Herrick Wilkins.
- July 1959 : News Photos. Six photos of interest to Steep Rock people. Names are: Joan Frykas, Anne Marie Girard, Dolly Jackson, Peter Oxley, Jean Rasi, Beverley Rostie, Len Rostie, Betty Scott, Georgina Whitlaw.
- September 1959 : Before & After Photos. Two photos of downtown Atikokan and accompanying story. One shows the intersection of Main and O'Brien Streets as an empty field; the other shows the same scene a few years later with buildings under construction.