Legion to Host Labor Day Picnic at Tourist Park
Peter Gedda Post of the American Legion plans a Labor Day picnic on Monday Sept 2 at Tourist Park with a tug of war against Ironwood Legion and roped battles with nearby posts. The 40 and 8 box car will offer free rides for children. races for kids, free ice cream, jitterbug contest, dancing, prizes, refreshments including barbecued lamb, and games for adults are on the program.
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Peter Gedda
American Legion
Legion Tug
Lana
Varied Exhibits at U P Fair in Escanaba
The 13th annual Upper Peninsula state fair will run September 11 to 15 in Escanaba featuring numerous special exhibits. Among participants are Ford Motor Co, Michigan Tech, Civilian Conservation Corps, National Youth Administration, and the Works Progress Administration. The Development Bureau occupies a 40 foot space with moving pictures and graphs. Winter sports, dairy, blueberry and potato queens will visit the bureau booth and attend events including a radio queens hour and a dinner. Night show is Rise and Cheer. Other attractions include pistol championships, four days of harness racing, horse pulling, horseshoe pitching, parachute jumping, and displays by state highway and conservation departments. Admission is free until 5 p.m. daily, then 25 cents. meals available on grounds.
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Upper Peninsula
Escanaba
Helen G. Vierling
Marquette
Ford Motor Company
Michigan College of Mining and Technology
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Youth Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Michigan Secretary of State Department
Works Progress Administration
Michigan Tech
U. P
State Highway Department
Michigan Conservation Department
Re-Elect Wilson Wakefield Mayor in Wakefield Vote
Dr. L. G. Wilson was re-elected mayor of Wakefield after a 1,737 vote total. Wilson Wakefield received 459 votes while eight challengers trailed: Joseph Cloon 391 Nels Nilsson 387 Roy Johns 181 Andy Lake 110 Edward Hillis 91 Vincent Gradijan 45 John Gorski 28 Thomas Ashland 8. Andrew Forte also won re-election as constable with 878 votes to George Bullen's 640.
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L. G. Wilson
Wakefield
Joseph P. Cloon
Nels Simonson
Roy Johns
Andy E. Lake
Edward R. Hillis
Vincent Gradinjan
John Gorski
Thomas Ashland
Andrew Forte
George Bullen
Lions Scholarship Awarded to Piper Cadet Earl Piper
Earl Piper received the Gogebic Junior College scholarship from the Bessemer Lions Club. Pearce Graham announced Piper as the high ranking R O T C cadet the award honors.
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Earl Piper
Gogebic Junior College
Bessemer Lions Club
Pearce Graham
Michigan adopts athletic accident benefit plan for high schools
Michigan will join 25 other states in offering an athletic accident benefit plan for high schools sponsoring interscholastic sports. The Michigan High School Athletic Association action funds the rollout for 1940 41 with offices and staff supporting the plan. Enrollment requires annual school dues and per student registration fees. football and all sports carry different rates. Coverage includes medical and dental benefits from two to two hundred dollars and optional transportation. Most schools are expected to join this first year, covering several thousand students. Schools must submit membership cards, student permits, and duplicate registration lists with fees by mail to the Plan Secretary. coverage begins on postmark date. Contact C E Forsythe, Secretary, for bulletins and forms.
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Michigan
Representative Council
Michigan High School Athletic Association
Attorney General
Plan
Plan Secretary
C. E. Forsythe
Department of Public Instruction
Lansing
County-Wide WPA Road Project Approved
The finance committee of the Go gebic county board of supervisors met Monday and approved a county-wide WPA road project to be submitted by the county road commission. The project will likely employ about 800 men, compared with 759 last year.
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Gogebic County Board of Supervisors
County Road Commission
State Receives 68 000 Acres Gogergic Land
Michigan gains title to about 2 217 160 acres in 47 northern counties as tax delinquent descriptions revert to the state. The lands division reports thousands of platted lots and 8 000 deeds examined, with possible minor changes from overlaps and cancellations. Marquette leads with 215 040 acres, Luce 168 482, Iron 148 022. Gogebic totals 68 339 acres. Alpena becomes first northern municipality to pursue tax reverted lands for parks street lighting garage and storage uses.
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Michigan
Lands Division
Department of Conservation
Department
Muskegon Bay City
Auditor General's Office
Marquette County
Luce County
Iron County
Peninsula
Gogebic County
Upper Peninsula
Alger
Baraga
Chippewa
Delta
Dickinson
Houghton
Keweenaw
Mackinac
Menomine
Ontonagon
Schoolcraft
Alpenas First Alpena
The
Conservation Department
Bessemer High fielding 44 man football squad
Bessemer High School unveils its 44 player football candidate list under coach Robert Reihsen. Names include linemen Joseph Prost Albino Cigallio William Michelli John Babich Leo Giarola and Robert Maki plus backs Robert Blaha Eugene Cocco Robert Duray Raymond Hill and James Ellis. Last year starters Lily Ellis and Babich return. many reserves saw action.
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Bessemer High School
Robert Reihsen
Joseph Prost
Albino Cigallio
William Michelli
John Babich
Leo Giarola
Robert Maki
Robert Blaha
Eugene Cocco
Robert Duray
Raymond Hill
James Ellis
Lily Ellis
Babich
Robert Annear
George Carli
LeRoy Erickson
James Grabowski
Robert Hansen
Edwin Heikkinen
Mark Jurakovich
Ed Korpi
Robert Kosmicki
Rudolph Mikulich
Jon Rice
William Rice
Matt Rooker
Fred Sandquist
Larry Schmidt
Kenneth Youngquist
Robert Balasz
John Brothers
Jack Chiapuzio
John Crawford
Primo Dalle Ave
John Gerovich
Charles Lucma
Lawrence Michela
John Mladenoff
Howard Niemi
Rudolph Romo
William Romstad
William Ryan
Eugene Sandin
William Velin
Nick Vitich
Carl Webber
Robert Caldwell
Reihsen
Robert LeClaire
Opening of Schools Postponed at State Fair
Agricultural department details and a scene featuring peaches at the state fair. Mrs Roy Borland of Romeo served peach pie baked for the event. In the photo, left to right are Mr Johnson, Miss Carleton, and Mrs Roy Borland.
Local Notes From Castile Min ing Company Picnic
The Castile Mining Company employees and families will hold their annual picnic on Saturday. Various local social activities are noted including band concerts canceled by weather, a St. Sebastian's Pep Club dance on Sept 4 at the Irondrome with admission, and ACYO meetings with a potluck supper and dancing. The Pascoe family reunion gathered Aug 26 with attendees from multiple cities. The Bessemer Business Women's club hosted its annual dinner at Hillcrest Inn with 17 members attending. A surprise party honored Reverend and Mrs. Paul Jarvis and daughter Carolyn at Bessemer Methodist Church. The Ogema district Women's Missionary Society elected Mrs. Eastman as historian and announced officers for Young Women's Missions from Besco.
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Paul Jar- Was
Carolyn
Bessemer Methodist Church
Jarvis
Ogema District
Women's Missionary Society
Lutheran
Birthday Party for William John Contratto
Visiting delegates were greeted by Miss Astrid Hansen as host William John Contratto celebrated his sixth birthday Tuesday afternoon 2:30 to 4:30. Eleven guests played games and won prizes for Norma Gastine Clayton Rund and Betty Ann Gustafson. Lunch followed around 4. A cake prize went to Norma Gastino. William John received many gifts.
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William John Contratto
Peter Contratto
Norma Gastine
Clayton Rund
Betty Ann Gustafson
Norma Gastino
William John
Birthday Party for Mary Pellow at W F Pellow Home
Mary Pellow celebrated her sixth birthday with ten guests at the W F Pellow home on Wednesday. The party included afternoon games with prizes for Kathleen Bugni and Patty Mallery, followed by a 4 o’clock lunch for nine girls and the guest of honor.
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Mary Pellow
W. F. Pellow
Kathleen Bugni
Patty Mallery
Carolyn
Eleanor Oas
Patty
Carol Mallery
Ruth Kallander
Barbara Jean Olson
Marilyn Coxey
Kathleen Bugzni
Nancy Lee Berling
Mary
Jeanette Bugni
Doris Polvin
Marjorie Pellow
Mrs. Pellow
Register Aliens At Local Post Office
Aliens must register and be fingerprinted at local post offices under federal rules. The nationwide emergency period runs from August 26 to December 26, with penalties for noncompliance. Those 14 and older must register. guardians register children under 14. Cards will be issued to registered aliens.
Move to Prevent Polio Spread Here
Health authorities ordered postponement of school openings in Bessemer and Gogebic range communities to prevent infantile paralysis. Ironwood Hurley Wakefield districts delayed openings for at least two weeks. Marenisco imposed quarantines after two polio cases. Public gatherings for children banned. Gogebic County health and school boards urged full cooperation and closure of playgrounds.
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Bessemer City
Township
Gogebic Range
Upper Peninsula
Coouls
South Bessemer
Marenis
Hurley
Ironwood
Wakefield City
Marenisco
Iron River
Gogebic County
Court House
Graduate Among 14 Women From St Joseph Hospital School of Nursing
Ashland list notes Miss Alice Nylund of Bessemer among 14 graduates last Thursday from the St Joseph hospital school of nursing at Ashland. Gogebic county road commission workers held their annual party Saturday at the Cotton Club with a committee including Nesto Erickson Oscar Anderson Oscar Maki Waldo Carlson Roy Johnson and William Carroll. Weather has been cloudy and rainy with temperatures in the 60s and a low of 31 last Friday. Furance fires common as in recent weeks. Runeberg lodge changed meeting dates to the first and third Sundays of each month. Next meeting Sunday Sept 1 at 7 30 p m at Runeberg hall with lunch served by Mr and Mrs Nick Kallio Mr and Mrs Henry Laitala Andrew Lappi.
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John Luxmore
Richard Hasbrook
Ironwood
Bernard Mazenac
Mario Re
Ray Mickelson
Leo Maccani
Grace Swanson
Domenic Chimento
Joseph Kulick
Luxmore
North Hollywood
California
R. Hasbrook
St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing
Ashland
Alice Nylund
Bessemer
Gogebic County Road Commission
Cotton Club
Nesto Erickson
Oscar Anderson
Oscar Maki
Waldo Carlson
Roy Johnson
William Carroll
Runeberg Lodge
Runeberg Hall
Nick Kallio
Henry Laitala
Andrew Lappi
Michigan voters weigh 84 bills in 30 year I R program
Michigan residents face 84 measures on ballots reflecting a 30 year history of initiative and referendum. Proposals span constitutional amendments and statutory questions as voters decide which to approve or reject.
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Michigan
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St. Clair
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East Lansing
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Cc. Y. O. Meeting
AC. Y. O
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Edward Lobb
Pascoe
Indianapolis
Ann Arbor
Milwaukee
Anvil
Roscommon
Hillcrest Inn
Lake Gogebic
Bessemer Business Women’s Club
Lucille Brown
Vivian Coleman
Astrid Hansen
William Anderson
Gust Kangas
Ironwood Township
George Kronberg
Wakefield Township
Ben Goldman
A. W. Cobeberg
Dr. Urquhart
W. L. Maccani
Watersmeet
D. C. Eisele
Joseph Blaha
Grand View Hospital
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