Common Council Proceedings Bessemer 1941 Meeting Minutes
The August 18 1941 council session removed prior minutes from review and proceeded with the agenda The clerk opened bids for a four wheel drive truck with plow wing hydraulic hoist and dump body Bessemer Auto Company AGegebic Auto Company Peninsula FWD Company Wakefield bids noted with certified checks for 1500.00 and other amounts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crenna
Erickson
Bessemer Auto Company
Agegebic Auto Company
Peninsula Fwd Company
Wakefield
Michigan
City Council approves bids and considers financing plan
A special meeting sequence discusses tabling bids for a purchase and financing, with Aldermen Proctor and Mannisto leading motions. The Finance Committee recommends paying numerous July and August claims while excluding a $487,000 Westinghouse item for mayoral review. The Board of Public Works reports on rust proofing equipment, well sealing with state health input, and asks for project drafting on water mains. A special session awards an Oshkosh W900 four wheel drive truck at $11,517.50 to Gogebic Auto Co, with bid checks to unsuccessful bidders returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Crenna
Proctor
Mannisto
Common Council
Gogebic Auto Co
Louis Gotta
Michela Co
Neenah Foundry Co
J. F. Nezworski
Reggie’s Wadhams
Service & Supply Div
Studebaker Sales Co
Underwood Veneer Co
Wadhams
Western Union
Alderman Erickson
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Board of Public Works
G. W. Waters
Alderman Proctor
Alderman Perotti
Alderman Supercynski
Water and Light Department
N. Moore Street
Erickson
Leo F. Mueller
Aldermen
Supercynski
Bessemer
Michigan
Council
Buchko
Eckman
Crenna
Perotti
Prucca
Probelski
Gogebic Auto Company
NYA in Michigan Drives State Defense Effort
The National Youth Administration in Michigan leads defense work with about 4,000 youths employed daily in NYA centers across the state. In Gogebic county Ironwood hosts a resident project and workshop, while NYA assists selective service boards in Detroit Grand Rapids Bay City Suttons Bay Traverse City and Rogers City. Clerical aides serve the Adjutant General’s Office in Lansing and Michigan Military Area District HQ. About 15 to 25 percent of workers graduate daily into factory and assembly line positions for national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Youth Administration
Michigan
Orin W. Kaye
NYA
Gogebic County
Ironwood
Selective Service Boards
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Bay City
Suttons Bay
Traverse City
Rogers City
Adjutant General’s
Lansing
Michigan Military Area
Reflection is a mirror of character in life’s exchange
The world mirrors each person’s demeanor as a constant feedback loop. A grim mood returns a sour reflection, while a bright attitude yields a cheerful companionship in daily interactions.
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William Makepeace Trackeray
Northern Michigan reversions add 192k acres to state control
Final calculation of November 1940 reversions shows northern tax delinquent lands reverting heavily in the 15 Upper Peninsula counties. Of 245,523 acres, 192,943 acres became state ownership, including 2,298 platted parcels. Keweenaw county leads with 91,928 acres, as the lands join 5,000,000 northern acres under the conservation department for appraisal, resale, or use in forests, game areas, or public projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Conservation Department
Lands Division
Michigan
Keweenaw County
Casnuscucua
Delte
Dickinson
Houghton
Mackinac
Marquette
Granite City pig iron plants to receive all-rail ore
The Koppers United Co. will feed two Granite City blast furnaces with all-rail ore from Minnesota Michigan ranges. About 300000 tons this season will travel roughly 700 miles from Lake Superior sources. All-rail ore priced at 2.50 per ton versus 2.68 Chicago route. furnaces to produce 400000 tons annually and start operation this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koppers United Co
Granite City Pig Iron Co
Granite City
Ill
Cuyuna
Minnesota
Marquette
Gogebic
Michigan
Lake Superior
Skillings Mining Review
Chicago
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Eckman and Probelski
Aderman Crenna
Alderman Perott
Allew
Walter FM
Walter Fkm
Walter Fcs
Walter Fbs
Walter Fxb
Walter Aded Diesel
Walter Ades Diesel
Power Fund
Bessemer, Michigan
John A. Kallander
Kallander
Frick
Negri
Johnson
Cychosz
Mr. Boggio
Plummer
Minneapolis
Electric
Dayton
Ohio
Tilden
Boggio
Massie Pond
State Health Department
Bessemer Taxpayers Association
Clarence T. Negri
Mildred Beissel
Reva Ziegler
Basil J. Buchko
Delta Hardware Co
General Electric Co
Standard Oil Co
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg
INAC
Antrim
Lorseso
United States Savings
Wulk
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