Ontonagon Man Perfects Ice Skid Proof Tire
D. E. Crocker, Ontonagon automobile dealer and village president, patents an ice skid proof tire using seven spiraling springs and 420 claw-like tread points. Demonstrations show traction on glazed ice up hills, with no added noise or mileage loss, marketed in new tires and retreads. Representatives from large tire manufacturers endorse the invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Crocker
Ontonagon
Ontonagon County
Mr. Crocker
Take No Action On Light Plant Spur
City council took no action in a meeting with Chicago and Northwestern railroad officials about a proposed spur to the light plant site. The railroad cited interstate commerce rules restricting full expense coverage, offering to fund 218 feet at 1102 dollars while the city would cover 142 feet at 614 dollars. The council will study alternate fuel oil shipment options to the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & Northwestern — Railroad
Second Half Taxes Due On Dec 1 In 1939 Bessemer
Bessemer taxpayers received second half 1939 tax statements covering school and county shares. City collections for the first half were handled in July under Lessemer’s plan with Louis Filippini as city treasurer. Taxes will be collected Dec 1 to Jan 10 without a fee. a four percent fee applies after Jan 10. After March 1 the county treasurer assumes collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Lessemer
Louis Filippini
Ironwood appoints chief as fire dept supervisor
The Ironwood city commission named Police Chief Thomas Jeffery as supervisor of the fire department for a three year term. Gogebic Range Schoolmasters Club will meet at Ironwood High School on December 6. Superior State Teachers College leaders Jim Dan Hill and J. W. McKee will speak. Station WJMS Ironwood will operate a new station at Ashland as WATW. The Joseph Hrbacek home in Wakefield was badly damaged by fire on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironwood City Commission
Thomas Jeffery
Gogebic Range
Ironwood High School
Jim Dan Hill
Superior State Teachers College
J. W. McKee
Wjms of
Ironwood
Ashland
WATW
Joseph Hrbacek
Wakefield
Sheriff Arrest Leads to Statutory Charge In Neillsville
Sheriff Arthur Pertile arrested Eugene Wehe on Monday at Underwood camp No. 19 and returned him to Neillsville Wisconsin to face a statutory charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Pertile
Eugene Wehe
Underwood Camp No. 19
Neillsville
Wis
Olson
Ironwood dinner to host Gogebic supervisors group
The Ironwood Association of Commerce will host Gogebic County Board members at a dinner on December 4. The next day a Gogebic delegation attends a Wisconsin US-51 Association meeting in Merrill to mark progress on hard surfacing of US-51 north of Wausau. George E. Bishop of Marquette, secretary of the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau, will speak at both events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironwood Association of Commerce
Gogebic County Supervisors’ Board
Us-51 Association
Merrill
Wis
Wausau
Ironwood and Merrill
George E. Bishop
Marquette
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Crier Honor Roll Names Second Six Weeks Recipients
The list identifies students earning recognition in the second six week period, naming many individuals across multiple names. It includes both Edward Anderson and William Arpi among others, with long rosters of students from various households and communities.
Third Hour Girls Base Ball Defeats Fourth Hour 22 to 11
The third hour girls base ball team secured another win on Monday November 27 beating the fourth hour by 22 to 11. Key moments came from multiple home runs by the third hour lineup led by I Bray M Kovacevic and A Wigman with strong defense throughout. The third hour will face the fifth hour today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socker
I. Bray
M. Kovacevich
A. Wigman
L. Guillani
H. Bushie
H. Sorenson
F. Certano
V. Pecard
Two One-Act Plays Highlight Home Rooms Assembly
Home Rooms 210 and 217 presented a Wednesday assembly program on November 22 featuring two one-act plays, a nonsense debate, and singing. The first play "Without First Aid" included Marie the maid Frances Rizzie Leta Mayes Jean Rigotti Jack Mayes Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie
Frances Rizzie
Leta Mayes
Jean Rigotti
Jack Mayes
Allen
September game law violations across Gogebic Ontonagon counties
A district conservation office record lists 40 violators in September in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties. Convictions include carrying loaded rifles in game areas without permits, fishing in closed seasons, and setting fires without proper permits, with fines ranging from 10 to 25 dollars plus costs and jail terms up to 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic
Ontonagon
Ewen
Henry Longhini
Bessemer
Nels Inkala
Wakefield
Henry Carlson
Ironwood
Lino Peterson
John Murphy
William Baird
Steve Herbenar
Allan Bodah
James Iszara
Land of Lakes
Carl Proto
Mass
Donald Hedler
Francis Maki
S. B. Pendock
Merriweather
J. W. Rothkoph
South Bend
Ind
E. C. Bostater
Funeral Services Held for William Ayotte in Wakefield
William Ayotte 55 former Wakefield resident died Saturday November 18 at his home in South Bessemer. Funeral services were held Friday morning at St Marys Catholic Church Wakefield with Rev Thomas Drengacz officiating and burial in Wakefield Cemetery. Pallbearers were Roy Bedell Wil ber McNamara Frank Kanieski Mike Olejniczuk Andy Hood and Ben Desonia. He is survived by his wife a son Gaylord of Hollywood California and a daughter Mrs Eleanor Hamilton of Bessemer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ayotte
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Wakefield
Thomas Drengacz
Tre Roy Bedell
Wilber McNamara
Frank Kanieski
Mike Olejniczuk
Andy Hood
Ben Desonia
Ayotte
South Bessemer
Gaylord
Hollywood
Calif
Eleanor Hamilton
Bessemer
New Citizens From Bessemer Area
Twenty nine residents from Bessemer City and township were granted citizenship papers on November 18. Circuit Court Judge Thumas J. Landers presided with John Clegg, Duluth naturalization examiner, conducting the examinations. In total seventy one Gogebic county residents were admitted to citizenship. Names listed include Jerry Aho Marianna Antonini Cecelia Bogdon Angela Burla Rose Cerne Thomas Evsich John Gerovich Armas Helin Aili Marie Hellman Mary Hodak Hjalmer Jarvi Alma Knihbula John Ladish Sylvia Lappi John Kustan Mukela Domenica Marconeri Mary Ann Margetta Elanka Petcoff Julia Polkus Lizzie Puro Ivar Saari Charles Siiki Emma Zadra Ramsay Selina Koivu John Kostick Anna Piispanen Anvil Mary Babich Mary Kavechan Puritan John Davey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer City
Thumas J. Landers
John Clegg
Duluth
Gogeabic County
Bessemer
Jerry Aho
Marianna Antonini
Cecelia Bogdon
Angela Burla
Rose Cerne
Thomas Evsich
John Gerovich
Armas Helin
Aili Marie Hellman
Mary Hodak
Hjalmer Jarvi
Alma Knihbula
John Ladish
Sylvia Lappi
John Kustan Mukela
Domenica Marconeri
Mary Ann Margetta
Elanka Petcoff
Julia Polkus
Lizzie Puro
Ivar Saari
Charles Siiki
Emma Zadra
Improvements By Power Company Near Wakefield
The Lake Superior District Power Company plans about 7000 dollars in brushing work with most funds for local labor. W. K. Gray states 30 to 40 local workers are employed widening right of way for power lines east of Wakefield. Project, let to area contractors, should finish by year’s start.
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Lake Superior District Power Company
W. K. Gray
Bessemer
Wakefield
Local Pop Shop Is Entered By Thieves
Thieves entered the Sanitary Bottling Works on Monday night and stole 48 dollars in cash from a desk drawer and a new table model radio. Proprietor John W Johnson reported entry was gained via a broken side window. No trace of the safe crackers was found by state police or sheriff's officers. they also attempted to blow open a safe at the Wadhams Oil Warehouse in Bessemer on Nov 22 with no theft. Safe crackers visited two Hurley warehouses the same night and took 30 dollars from the Iron Cooperative Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary Bottling Works
John W Johnson
Wadhams Oil
Bessemer
Hurley
Iron Cooperative Co
Langdon and Peterson Wed in Ironwood Ceremony
Miss Muriel Langdon of Ironwood married Robert Peterson of Bessemer in a Wednesday ceremony at the First Methodist Church Ironwood conducted by Rev. E B Pearce. Audrey Muriey and Clifford Langdon attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Langdon
Ironwood
Robert Peterson
Bessemer
E. B. Pearce
First Methodist Church
Audrey Muriey
Clifford Langdon
Edward J. Langdon
Otto Peterson
Graves Mussatto Nuptials At St Sebastian Parsonage
Miss Angie Graves of Mareniseco wed George A. Mussatto of Bessemer in a November 18 ceremony at St Sebastian Parsonage officiated by F. L. Hoffmann. Attendants included Kay Mussatto and Philip Graves. The couple plans a weeklong honeymoon in Michigan and Wisconsin and will reside at 111 E Longyear street. Mussatto works for the U S Forest Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angie Graves
Mareniseco
George A. Mussatto
Bessemer
St. Sebastian
M. M. Hansen
Greenville
Mich
Mrs Shirley Harris Wed Doug las Miller in Ramsay
Miss Shirley Harris daughter of John Harris of Ramsay wed Doug las Miller son of Mr and Mrs Anthony J Miller of Detroit. Rev Jesse D Epps officiated at the Methodist parsonage. Dan Laughner and Mrs Laughner served as attendants. The couple visited Ramsay briefly then left for Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Harris
John Harris
Ramsay
Douglas Miller
Anthony J. Miller
Detroit
Jesse D. Epps
Dan Laughner
Ironwood Couple Tie The Knot In Salem Lutheran Ceremony
Thursday, Nov. 23, Miss Lucille Anderson daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Anderson of Ironwood, wed Laurie Saari son of Mrs. Sophia Saari of Puritan. Rev. C. A. Brostrom of Salem Lutheran Church officiated. Attendants were Miss Gertrude Anderson Allan Koski and Mr. and Mrs. Toivo Saari.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Anderson
Charles Anderson
Ironwood
Laurie Saari
Sophia Saari
Puritan
C. A. Brostrom
Salem Lutheran Church
Gertrude Anderson
Allan Koski
Toivo Saari
Hurley Couple United in Marriage at St Mary’s Hurley
Rev. P F Meyer officiated the marriage of Dora Rodeghiero daughter of Mrs Fortunato Rodeghiero Hurley and George Comparin son of Mr and Mrs Marco Comparin of Essemer. Attendants Katherine Kriznarich and Bruno Rodeghiero. The wedding took place Thursday November 23. Mr and Mrs Comparin will reside in Hurley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodeghiero
Comparin
P. F. Meyer
St Mary’s Church
Hurley
Dora Rodeghiero
Fortunato Rodeghiero
Urley
George Comparin
Marco Comparin
Essemer
Katherine Kriznarich
Bruno Rodeghiero
Miss Isabelle Pender Weds Anton Valesano in Wakefield
Miss Isabelle Pender of Bessemer married November 18 to Anton C. Valesano of Wakefield. Thomas J. Drenguez performed the ceremony at St. Mary's Church Wakefield. Attendants were Kathryn Ahnen Ramsay, Grace Olds Montreal, Domenise and Carlo Valesano Wakefield. A wedding breakfast followed for relatives at Wesley Rice Jr home in Bessemer. The couple left for Milwaukee and plan to settle in Wakefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Pender
Bessemer
Anton C. Vailesano
Wuk Td
Thomas J. Drenguez
St. Mary’s Church
Wakefield
Kathryn Ahnen
Ramsay
Grace Olds
Montreal
Domenise
Carlo Valesano
Wesley Rice Jr
Milwaukee
Christmas decorations brighten Gogebic range streets
Evergreen lights decorate Bessemer business districts as Lions Club and merchants prepare for Christmas. Funds were raised earlier in the week for street decor. The city council plans to place a community Christmas tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Local Notes From Bessemer Passes Along Thanksgiving Events
Probate Judge M E Nolan called on business in Bessemer. Salvation Army drive raised 2271 dollars, led by Conrad Velin, with mining companies giving 912. Loretta Doyle spent Thanksgiving in Hinsdale with relatives, and Mrs Walter Kuusisto visited Minneapolis to see the Wisconsin Minnesota game. Births reported for Anton Poremski and John Mattson. Foresters to hold Christmas party December 27. Several residents visited relatives in Chicago, Flint, and Ironwood. weddings announced in San Francisco. Weatherization at city hall. marriage of Josephine Musnaghetti to Glenn Carlisle. Railroad officials visited Bessemer on light plant spur talks. Local club membership at 74. Thanksgiving visits in various cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Doyle
Hinsdale
W. T. Henry
Walter Kuusisto
Minneapolis
Minnesota
William Kuusisto
Minnegota
Florence Johnson
Chicago
Anton Poremski
John Mattson
Order of Foresters
John Martini
Flint
Ernest Schaefer
Janice
Ironwood
York
Bessemer
San Francisco
Josephine Musnaghetti
Glenn P. Carlisle
Chicago & Northwestern
John Leppla
Antigo
C. A. Potter
Green Bay
Gustave Darrow
N. C. Holmes
William Baird
Margaret Wermerskirch
Ann Arbor
A. J. von Nostrand
Mellen
Gehrmann
Bessemer Townsend Club
Pension Plan
Ernest Felling
Robert Duda
Oswald Vispi
Edward LeClaire
Michigan Tech
Houghton
William Hansen
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Hig
John J. Frick
Louis Malpress
Milwaukee
James Halama
Patricia
Ontonagon
Dorcas Chapter Installs Officers at Masonic Hall
Dorcas Chapter No. 181 Order of Eastern Star installed new officers Monday night at the Masonic Hall. Worthy Matron Elizabeth Brown received the gavel, with Gustave Eckman as Worthy Patron and a full slate of officers announced. The ceremony featured the Open Gate theme, floral tributes from the twelve months, a choir performance, and a social hour with lunch and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorcas
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Mabel Proctor
Lucille Smith
Mayme Berger
Mary Kevern
Ethel Hoeft
Elizabeth Brown
The
Star
Emma Hoeft
Brown
Gustave Eckman
Elsie Roberts
Allan Campbell
Oliga Hansen
Nellie Felling
Margaret Cloon
Edna Hansen
Ebbit Otto
Ada
Olive Hansen
Ruth
Ethel Nemacheck
Esther
Ella Olson
Martha
Mardge Jacobson
Josephine Velin
Ashland Docks Track 48 Coal Cargoes by Nov 15
By November 15 Ashland docks had handled 48 coal cargoes, reflecting active unloading and shipment activity at the port.
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Ashland
Central relief offices consolidated under Bessemer unit
The Wakefield and Ironwood offices close this month and next while Gogebic County welfare adopts a county wide system. Frank J. Duda leads the department. Relief orders will be delivered to clients’ homes by case workers with visits to assess needs. Watersmeet and Marenisco orders switch to semi monthly delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
En Gogebic County Social Welfare Eoup
Frank J. Duda
Duda
Watersmeet
Marenisco
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Village President
County Board
CRIER
Bessemer High School
Edward Anderson
William Arpi
August Dahl
John East
Edwin Heikkinen
Elmer Koski
Toivo Laurdla
William McKie
Roy Makela
Clyde Olson
Leonard Passini
Bart Piper
Mario Ravanelli
Robert Rigotti
Laird Schmidt
Lulo Suomi
Robert Weiss
Kenneth Youngquist
Margaret Anderson
Isabelle Cabianca
Shirley Carlson
Anne Christenson
Mary Corullo
Jean Dahl
Lois Dahlgren
Ethel Erickson
Evelyn Erickson
Etta Mae Gilbert
Dorothy Giuliani
Lorraine Giuliani
Bessie Jasper
Katherine Kallander
Patricia Knudsen
Irma Kolvu
Serafeen Koski
Lillian LaPere
Dorothy Maki
Isabelle Mascotti
Mae Matara
Theresa Mattaini
Viola Mattila
Lucille Menghini
Constance Mussatti
Eleanore Nelson
Gloria Ochis
Ruth Orlins
Helen Sorenson
Ruby Swanders
Margaret Wrobleski
Bunny Johnson
Viola U'’Ren
Harry Adams
Jack Atkinson
Henry Bolline
Theodore Brown
Lawrence Burt
Francis Cychosz
Eugene Fastman
Woodward Gray
Jack Holland
John Lind
Mike Lampart
Charles Luoma
Reno Maccardini
Edward Marinetti
Raymond Masnaghetti
Paul Massie
Robert Neauit
Arthur Pricco
Charles Rosa
Walter Salonen
Peter Samarziga
Charles Stelcheck
Norman U’ren
Eino Waltee
Alden Wakevainen
Rose Allice
Grace Anderson
Cecelia Tannheimer
Dorothy Tarnaski
Helen Thebert
Helen Waltee
Marjorie Westeen
Edwin Ahola
Elliott Doane
LeRoy Erickson
Wilbert Hill
Niilo Koski
Robert Kosmicki
Ernest Nyman
Robert Nystrom
Robert Rixey
Dougal Tillner
Ruth Annear
Josephine Dimperio
Phyllis Grimm
Shirley Liljegren
Margaret Lucas
Rose Marshalek
Joan Marzari
Elsie Mikko
Mary Pricco
Ann Rosiek
Annabelle Serbin
Evelyn Simo
Katherine Soffiette Bernadine Springhetti
Socker Baseball
Adolph Gedda
Ray J. Brightsman
Justice
R. J. Watt's Court
Ontona
Selina Koivu
John Kostick
Anna Piispanen
Anvil
Mary Babich
Mary Kavechan
John Davey
Power Company
Langdon—Peterson
Graves—Mussatto
Harris—Miller
Anderson
Saari
Pender
Valesano
Bessemer S
Santa
M. E. Nolan
Salvation Army
Conrad Velin
Dora Proctor
Sophia Johnson
Emma Fauhl
Tessie Schmidt
Maze Pecard
God
Central Relief Office
Wakefield Relief
Tore Wi Cannes Als
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