Taken from the Story of Sault Ste. Marie

By Stanley Newton - 1923 The present county officials are: Circuit Judge: Hon. Louis H. Fead Judge of Probate: Hon. Chas. H. Chapman Sheriff: Arza M. Swart County Clerk: Sam C. Taylor Court Stenographer: John A. France Circuit Court Commissioners: John A. Colwell, F.B. Kaltz County Treasurer: Anna E. McDonald Register of Deeds: Edward Thompson Prosecuting Attorney: M.M. Larmonth County Surveyor: F.H. Brown Coroners: George J. Dickinson, A.E. Lemon Superintendents of Poor: J.W. Sparling, R.B. HOlmes, Jas A. Troutt School Commissioner: Thoas B. Aldrich Road Commissioners: A.J. Short, R.R. Reinhart, T.J. Watchorn County Engineer: Louis Levin SUPERVISORS OF THE TOWNSHIPS: Bay Mills: C.R. Ladd Bruce: John A. McKee Chippewa: Geo. W. Warner Dafter: A.E. Curtis DeTour: John F. Goetz Drummond: Earl E. Bailey Hulbert: Chas. Johnson Kinross: Albert Curtis Pickford: George Watson Raber: F.X. Schuster Rudyard: John Bergsma Soo: Wm. H. Miller Sugar Island: Wm. Walkler Superior: John Gleason Trout Lake: Wm. Hayward Whitefish: Thomas H. Savage THE SOO CHANGES ITS GOVERNMENT Dissatisfied with the old ward and aldermanic system under which the city government had functioned from the eighties, the electors of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, voted in 1917 for a new charter and a change to government by commission. A Charter Commission was appointed of the following representative citizens: Francis T. McDonald, chairman; A.J. Eaton, clerk; Frank P. Sullivan, John P. Connolly, Wm. M. Snell, Edward Stevens, Goe. P. McCallum, and J.L. Lipsett. These gentlemen drew up the new charter, and at the elction following Mark Tympn became the first Mayor under the new form. Two years later he was succeeded by Francis T. McDonald. Commission government was proved a success, and few Sauleurs would consider a return to the old regime. CITY OFFICERS IN 1923 The present city officials, elected and appointed, are: Mayor: George O. Comb City Manager: Henry A. Sherman Commissioners: J.N. Adams, R.R. Beyer, Phil Jacobs, Robert Nimmo Board of Education: Dr. Geo R. Ritchie, President; Ghas. G. Clarke, secretary; Isaac De Young, treasurer; Jos. MacLachlan and Chas. G. Lampman Superintendent of Schools: Geo. G. Malcolm Officers and heads of departments appointed by the city manager: City Engineer: V.B. Redfern Superintendent of Streets: Samuel Horry Water Works Superintendent: Kenneth McLay Engineer Pumping Station: B.F. Kelly Sexton: Andrew Sayres Health Officer: Dr. J.J. Griffin Sanitary Inspector: Dan O'Connell Visiting Nurse: Eithleen Rowe Director City Band: Thos. H. Hanson Chief of Police: Capt. J. F. Young Chief of Fire Department: Frank Trombley Board members appointed by the City Commission: Carnegie Library Board: T. R. Easterday, Chairman; K. Christofferson, secretary; John P. Wessel, L.C. Sabin, Stanley Newton, Librarian: Alice Clapp Park Commission: L.C. Sabin, chairman; W.S. Chapin, secretary; Geo. S. Wescott, Chas. E. Chipley, V.R. Conway.