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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1964
Page
1
The Bessemer City schools will reopen Monday August 31 with a general teachers meeting at 9 PM in the High School auditorium. At 10 30 AM teachers meet with principals for information and assignments ahead of classes for Sept 1.
The Bessemer Township School District announces a fall term start on Monday August 31 with classes beginning at 1 pm and morning teacher meetings at 9 am. Kindergarten sessions split by area begin Tuesday September 1 with required birth certificates and immunization records presented.
Local 8024 of the United States Steelworkers at White Pine Copper Mine voted 1054 to 23 in favor of a strike when the current contract expires. Bargaining sessions are in progress as the company and union clash over a 36 month versus 21 month pact.
Martys Goldenaires Drum and Bugle Corps votes to keep rehearsals going until January. Director M. O. Lamoreux notes a bugle class starts now and invites interested persons to join. Commander Bernard Michelelli asks members to return uniforms and music for inventory.
Charles J. Haukkala 65 of Karling Road Wakefield died Monday at 9 50 a m at Divine Infant Hospital where he was admitted August 21 He was born August 9 1899 in Bessemer lived in Wakefield since 1930 He married Senja S Ekola on September 24 1922 in Finland He worked at Anvil and Sunday Lake Mines Surviving are his wife a daughter Mrs Ben Pusakulich Ramsay three sons Eino Elmer Wakefield and Eero Coldwater one brother Eino Wakefield and nine grandchildren He was a member of First Lutheran Church of Wakefield.
At the Upper Peninsula State Fair in Escanaba Bessemer ROTC won top honors with 655 of 800 and the Dells trophy. The Washington Junior High A class team placed second with 656. Individual high scorer Dale Facchinello earned 184 of 200, while Danny Perotti placed fourth in the junior high event. The report also notes ROTC team members and junior team personnel. A birth is recorded for a Ramsay couple with a child born August 20 at Divine Infant Hospital.
The article traces Sharon Lutheran Church's 75 year history from its 1889 founding by Scandinavian settlers through its growth, multiple pastors, a 1928 sanctuary, World War II resilience, merger into the Lutheran Church in America, the 1964 Eastman Hall educational unit, and the 1964 consolidation with St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. The piece emphasizes education, postwar expansion, and future prospects.
Gogebic County board unanimously approves the feasibility study for a county wide community college. The plan moves toward state approval, with electors to vote on establishment, a tax of one mill, and a six member board of trustees. Local boards and committees held hearings to explain the proposal and gather input.
Robert Works MV-2 U S Navy son of Mr and Mrs Robert Works Sr of Bessemer was honorably discharged August 17 in Charleston South Carolina after four years as a musician in the 6th Naval District Band He attended A D Johnston High School class of 1960 and plans to study business at the University of Michigan this fall The band performed cruises on the Independence and Enterprise in the Mediterranean and supported the Cuban crisis aboard the Enterprise In other news August Semmerling of Bessemer purchased the Brown Swiss Bull Jared Duke 145827 from Dale Dennis Saxon Wis per the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association Beloit Wisconsin
Funeral services for Margaret Mary Ahnen of Ramsay daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Ahnen were held Monday after birth Aug 19 died Saturday night at St Joseph Hospital Ashland The Rev Charles Daniel of Wakfield officiated with interment at Hillcrest Cemetery Surviving are three brothers Robert Richard Randolph at home and maternal grandmother Mrs John Babich Anvil
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