Pieces --- I asked for and received an Olympia manual typewriter for high school graduation in 1964. Hehehehe
Shemjo --- Yes, it is LaVyre Spencer. Thank you :-)
MNQuilter --- WI/MI border along the Menominee River at Iron Mountain-Kingsford. Henry Ford built a large factory here in the 1920's to build wood frames for cars. In the WWII years, the plant made gliders. Area originally settled upon discovery of iron ore in Menominee Range.