operated by Edwin S. Seppälä. Oscar Bay started out with a livery stable and became Hibbing's first automobile salesman, while S. Hakola was the first Finnish auto mechanic in town, starting during the World War I years. The oldest jewelers were Henry Wuopio and Herman Stierna, while new enterprises include the Savolainen Brothers, Rinta's Jewelry and Vilho Mäki's Time Shop. Finnish sauna proprietors were Kalle Penttinen, Hämäläinen, and Tuomela & Huikkala. Oscar Bihlaja had the first clothing store and `dime store,' while Adam Ranta had a tailor shop, and Keränen and Levander were haberdashers. Adam Hirvelä, J. Lassila and J. Leppälä were shoemakers; Salomon Lampi, Jacob Toppila and Wayne Siekkinen, barbers; Simberg Brothers, Eino Lammi and Leo Kaukonen, filling station proprietors.

Finnish doctors include the names of Ilmari Pitkänen and K. Ahola, while Harold Naros has been a chiropractor and E. A. Järvinen, F. V. Jokela, E. J. Kleimola and Robert E. Niemi have been local dentists. H. A. Frankson and George J. Jokinen have been lawyers. And the name of August Lund is remembered for his achievement, too : during his years in Hibbing he claimed to have dug about 13,000 graves.

The younger generation of Hibbing Finns has turned with particular enthusiasm to the teaching field, and the following listing includes the teachers of Finnish descent who have served locally: Anna Anderson, Ella Anderson, Mayme Bakkala, Phina Bay, Edith Matilda Erickson, Elizabeth Ernst, Martha Frank, Esther Hario, Lillian Hill, Lillian Hooker (Hukari), Violet Sylvia Hooker (Hukari), Ellen Jarpe, Violet Jarvey, Ida D. Johnson, Josephine Anna Johnson, Florence Johnston, Eugene Kaitala, Vivian Kaminen, Lempi Koski, Euphie M. Koskinen, Olga Esther Lahti, Martha Linjanen, Alina Mäki, Eleonore Mäki, Esther K. Mäki, Lydia Mäki, Helvi Markkula, Jennie Mills, Hilma Nelimark, Elsie Niemi, Helene Niemi, Lily M. Niemi, Thelma Passo, Myrtle Pihlman, Lillian Pointfield, Elsie Rautio, Toini Rinne, Helga Rodin, Audrey Saari, Elma Salminen, Amelia Sipilä, Helvi Siro, Ida J. Sulonen, Florence Sundquist, Angeline Takkunen, Aune Toivola, Lempi Toivola, Lillian Toivola, Tunie Toivola, Russell Wiermaa, Martha Väänänen. Subsequently, several score more have entered this profession, and the children they teach are now only in rare cases even second generation Finns. This is a far cry from the days of World War I, when, according to the Päivälehti, there were 439 `American' children in the Hibbing schools, 409 Finns,

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