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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1941
Page
1
Bessemer moved into a tie for first in the Inter-State Baseball League after beating Ramsay on Ramsay’s field. Simultaneously Penokee defeated the league leader Montreal 9 to 7, boosting Bessemer's standings and tightening the race.
Vouchers totaling 3 800 373 13 dollars were turned over to the State Auditor General by the State Highway Commission for seven quarter weight tax returns and first half gasoline tax payments for county roads. Gogebic County received 6 414 04 from gas tax and 17 813 82 from weight tax with apportionments listed for all Upper Peninsula counties.
Elsie Carlson daughter of Mrs Amanda Mattson of South Puritan wed Reynold Mattson son of Mr Sakri Mattson of Newport. The 6 30 p m ceremony was officiated by Rev Jacob Hir vi at the Finnish Zion Evangelical Lutheran National church parsonage with Mr and Mrs Everett Mattson as attendants.
Funeral services for Gerald Fell 56 were held Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock at the John J Frick funeral home with burial in Hillcrest cemetery. He died Sunday after an illness of several years. He was born May 19 1985 in Dalton-in-Furnace England and came to America at age five. Fell worked as a surface foreman at the Yale mine and as hoisting engineer at the Ironton and nes. He is survived by three brothers Gilbert and James of Bessemer and George of Ironwood and one sister Mrs John 8 Erickson of Iron Mountain.
Gogebic County residents learn that The J L Hudson Company of Detroit and the Civic Progress Award Committee will present the Gogebic county flag to Ironwood Winter Sports Activities, Inc. The ceremony, led by Civic Award officials including M E Nolan and Mrs Mayme Maki Ross, is set for Wednesday September 8 at 11 00 am in Escanaba Michigan. The flag distribution highlights Michigan’s 83 counties and features a silk 5 by 8 foot banner with a three color design, honoring county civic progress and logging heritage from Lake Superior to the Wisconsin border.
Paul Becker of Bessemer was elected president of the Upper Peninsula Firemen's Association at Ironwood. The forty seventh annual tournament opened with the parade in Ironwood where Bessemer firemen won first place. Iron River will host the 1942 tournament with the parade drawing a large crowd.
The Rev. and Mrs. Chester A. Ahrens were the honored guests at a picnic supper at Eddy Park in Wakefield Sunday night. The Presbyterian church choir and the Taxis society provided the supper and presented gifts from the organizations.
Miss Vivian Hendrickson daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Hendrickson of 1611 South Glynia street and Mr Elmer C Nyman son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Nyman of Bessemer were married Saturday night at the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran church in Wakefield by Rev F W Kaskinen. The bride wore white silk chiffon with a pink tiara and bouquet of pink roses lilies and baby breath. Attending were Miss Agnes Nyman and Toive Hendrickson. After a brief honeymoon they will reside in Muskegon Michigan where the groom is employed as a machinist. Out of town guests included Mrs Sam Kari and daughter Edith of Bronx New York Mr and Mrs Ivar Nygaard of Kenosha Wis Mr and Mrs Hjalmer Ogren Mr and Mrs W J Mattson and family and Mr and Mrs Eino Anderson and family of Ewen.
Otto Keskie aged 18, son of Mr and Mrs Nick Keskie of Bessemer township died at Grand View hospital after a tractor overturned on him while climbing an incline at Camp Gogebic east of Marenisco. He was born in Wakefield and attended Ramsay school. Survived by parents five brothers and a sister.
Conservation Officer A. J. Neering recovers a dead herring gull with an artificial minnow impaled in its jaw, the lure having turned up inside the fish. The strange discovery highlights odd places gear can end up during fishing trips.
One hundred seventy five Upper Peninsula CCC enrollees discharged to accept employment last month after enrolling while unemployed. They gained skills in tools machinery and office work and many advanced to better jobs including Louis Joseph Marconeri Bessemer John Paul Vestich Ramsay Uno Warvi Walked Ironwood Walter Iimar Haapala Robert John Brody Ben Teiva Tampie John Maki Lloyd George Webber Reino Niemi and Donald Ronald Anderson all in Ironwood.
Mrs. Albert DeMarch, 48, died Sunday night of a heart attack while seated in an automobile near the high school. Henry Hendrickson of North Bessemer rode with her. Funeral services were held at Moore funeral home on S Sophie street Wednesday at 2 pm with burial in Hillcrest cemetery.
Miss Dorothy Stephens, long time first and second grade teacher in the Barber school of the Bessemer City system, has resigned per Supt. E. J. Oas. She will teach in Hammond, Indiana schools in the coming year.
Betty Koronski will receive her Bachelor’s Degree from Michigan State College in East Lansing today. She majors in psychology and is an A. D. Johnston High School graduate from Bessemer. Active on campus, she belongs to Alpha Gamma Delta, was queen of the 1940 Ice Carnival, and served on the Panhellenic Council and Spartan Women’s League. After August 1 she will visit her parents in Bessemer before entering the University of North Carolina in September.
At the Gogebic County Fair August 18 to 20 the Horse Pulling Contest draws crowds. John Nylund of Erwin township set a 3050 pound record in 1926, with several teams over 3000 pounds competing, while prizes in both light and heavy classes total 35 to 5 dollars per place.
Walter Simila of Ironwood set a new world mark by completing forty six parachute jumps in one day from a Piper Cub trainer aircraft. The feat, witnessed across Ironwood and surrounding towns, was verified by National Aeronautics Association official C. L. Noelcke Sr. Simila, born in Finland, aimed for fifty jumps but wind forced a two hour grounding before the final group jump.
Mr and Mrs Clarence W Moore hosted guests at their cottage on Lake Gogebic including Mr and Mrs Geo E Moore Mr and Mrs Harold Moore and Mr and Mrs Earl Moore all of Detroit They returned Tuesday after a two week stay at the lake.
Mr and Mrs James Piper welcomed Mr and Mrs Edwin Lindberg and their children from Ann Arbor as their visitors.
The courthouse will display a new 90 foot flag pole to fly the U S flag. Workmen began on the concrete foundation Tuesday for the pole bought by the city, with extra height added to avoid damage to the flag on the steeple during raising and lowering. The tall pole will be visible above surrounding tree tops.
Mr and Mrs Ivar Nygard returned Tuesday to Kenosha after spending the past week at the Alfred Nyman and Anton Marander homes. Mrs Nygard Mrs Nyman and Mr Marander are brothers and sisters.
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