1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

882 DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY
On October 21, 1911, Mr. McGivern was united in marriage with
Miss Vina O'Hara, of Biwabik, a daughter of William O'Hara. Mr.
McGivern belongs to the Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus.
During the late war he was at the head of the various Red Cross, Young
Men's Christian Association and Liberty Bond committees, and was
chairman of the War Work Committee and on the local board of the
National Council of Defense. Ever since coming to Biwabik he has been
very active in community betterment work, and is proud of the fact
tha his results have received the stamp of approval of his fellow citizens.
Such men as Mr. McGivern are a splendid asset to any locality, and he
can be depended upon to give the full force of his influence both as
banker and private citizen to carry on the constructive measures he has
set on foot as a public official.
Edward J. Micka was born in Carroll County, Iowa, October 27,
1890, one of seven children born to the marriage of Herman Micka and
Mary Pross, both of whom were natives of the United States. Herman
Micka, early in life, was a blacksmith, but in later years was engaged in
the real estate and insurance business at Carroll, Iowa. He died there,
September 16, 1906, but his widow survives him and continues to reside
at Carroll.
Until he reached the age of twenty years, Edward J. Micka continued
to reside at Carroll, where he completed the eighth grade in the public
schools, and for four years was employed in a drug store. In 1910 he
became anxious to branch out, and came to Hibbing where he felt he
would have a future, and subsequent events have proven that his choice
was a fortunate one. His two brothers, Louis and Samuel Micka. had
already located at Hibbing, being in the employ of the Winston-Dear
Company mines, and when he first arrived at Hibbing, Edward J. Micka
also worked for this concern, but left it for the Mesaba Telephone Company,
and was employed in its dififerent departments. He then went
with the Home Electric Company, of which, in 1917 he became, with
A. F. Asplund. the owner, changing the name to the Micka-Asplund Company.
This firm does a general electrical contracting business, and is
recognized as one of the best in its line in St. Louis County.
Mr. Micka is independent in his political views. He belongs to the
Roman Catholic Church. In March, 1920; he was elected a member of
the council of Hibbing, and is now serving his first term in that body,
he having been elected for a period of three years.
On November 25. 1915, Mr. Micka was united in marriage with Anna
Polassy of Duluth. They have one daughter, Mary-Lois.
Richard Geary. Closely connected with the development of Hibbing
from its very beginnings, Richard Geary has taken a constructive part in
securing all of the improvements which make it today one of the finest
and wealthiest little cities in the world. He came to this locality August
3. 1893. having walked from Mountain Iron, Minnesota, in company with
his brother, James Geary. When the two young men came into the little
settlement there were but four houses in the place, three of them being
on Pine street, and the remainder of the population found shelter in three
tents. From the time of the arrival of the Geary brothers, however, the
place began to show rapid growth. The timber had been cut and had
fallen promiscuously in every direction. This timber was later collected,
taken to the sawmill, and the resultant lumber was used to construct
buildings for the constantly augmented population. On November 2,