Wakefield mine ships final ore from open pit
The Wakefield mine loaded and shipped the final ore from its open pit on November 11. Future mining will be underground. pit equipment will be dismantled and salvaged. An electric shovel will move to the Plymouth mine before surface extraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Plymouth
Plymouth Pit
Abe Mathews
Pickands, Mather & Co
W. C. Hart
R. B. Wortley
Omeems Rinses Dt
Wortley
Hanna
Ehinna Tron Ore Co
M. A. Hanna Co
Cleveland
Inland Steel Co
Adamaba Company
Inc
Gogebic County Seeks Million Dollar WPA Road Project
Gogebic county road commission submits a $1 077 000 WPA style road program to federal officials. If approved it would supplement current work ending Jan 15. County share would include 361 000 cash with the remainder in equipment and services for highway repair and construction and park improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County Road Commission
Road Commission
Tire Damages Car and Garage. Fire Dept Responds
A tire damaged the Clement Mixin car and garage on Mine street prompting an early Monday morning Bessemer fire department response. Later that day chimney fire calls were reported at the Ted Hetherington residence on Yale location and at John Menera's home on Third Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Mixin
Mine Street
Bessemer Fire Department
Ted Hetherington
Yale
Nmre
John Menera
Third Avenue
Shakeup on Michigan tax commission eyed
Mel I McPherson a leading Michigan Republican is slated to become the state tax commission chair as Toler N Fegan plans to leave the post. Libeke and McPherson reached a compromise, with Benjamins accounting visit in December and a possible UP member to join the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel I. McPherson
Republic
Joan Michigan
Cotamigsione
Libeke
Dee Nmr O
Penuninsula
F. B. Benjamin
Lansing
Andrew Sweet
Houghton
James Trebilcock
Wakefield
W. Gasper
Marquette
Fegan
Libcke
McPherson
Upper Peninsula
Honor Roll Tiny Town High School A B Students
Honor roll lists for Class A and B with named boys and girls across multiple divisions. Names include William Arpi Ted Brown Arthur Heikkinen John Kuivinen Oswald Kutta Edward Manrinetti and many more in both classes and both genders. The list mentions numerous Finnish and Italian surnames, reflecting a diverse student body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Arpi
Ted Brown
Arthur Heikkinen
John Kuivinen
Oswald Kutta
Edward Manrinetti
Robert Neault
Jack Peterson
Victor Schmidt
Margaret Anderson
Mary Barbacovi
Margaret Brody
Isabelle Cabianca
Frances Dahl
Jean Dahl
Shirley Dahlgren
Ethel Erickson
Etta Mae Gilbert
LaVerne Gotta
Constance Gustafson
Dolores Hill
LaVerne Hocking
Rita Jezek
Viola Kinnunen
Irma Koivu
Vienna Kuismi
Lilian Laine
Dorothy Maki
Mae Matara
Theresa Mattaini
Viola Mattila
Constance Mussatti
Betty Muzzey
Eleanore Nelson
Ruth Orting
Rose Pertile
Mary Perucca
Laura Ravanelli
Elaine Retallio
Ruby Swanberg
Flora Thompson
Viola Wren
Marion Vukovich
Sheriff School Held for New Michigan Sheriffs
East Lansing hosts a newly created sheriff and under sheriff training program in the police training school building at MSP headquarters. The course, sponsored by the Michigan Sheriffs Association and state agencies, marks the first offering of its kind. Commissioner Oscar G. Chinder credits Jerome Borden for driving the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lansing
Michigan State Police
Michigan Sheriff’s Association
State Board of Control of Vocational Education
Sheriffs of Michigan
Jerome Borden
Michigan Sheriffs Association
Oscar G. Chinder
Michigan
Local School Districts Receive State Primary Funds
Bessemer city schools get $5,843.80 and Bessemer township $5,944.39 from the state primary school fund based on $4.79 per census child. Gogebic county totals $47,579.07 with Ironwood $20,836.50, Wakefield $7,031.72, Irwin township $1,159.18, Ironwood township $3,879.90, Marenisco $1,422.63, Watersmeet $1,460.95.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer City
Bessemer Township
Gogebic County
Ironwood
Wakefield
Lrwin Township
Ironwood Township
Marenisco
Watersmeet
Tax official injured in UP Thanksgiving car crash
Floyd Benjamin, a state tax commission employee, was injured when his car went into a ditch near Wakefield during Thanksgiving evening. He was taken to Wakefield hospital for treatment. William Gasper and two women companions escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Benjamin
State Tax Commission
Upper Peninsula
Wakefield
Wakefield Hospital
William Gasper
Mild Upturn Ends November With 40 Degree Reading
After a season’s low of 3 degrees above zero last Friday morning, milder weather has prevailed on the Gogebic range and the last day of November reached as high as 40 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sero
Gogebic County Court Postponed to December 5
The November term of Gogebic county circuit court was postponed until next Monday December 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
City Treasurer Opens Tax Collection This Week
City Treasurer Louis Filippini began the tax collection, with Mrs. Josephine Wodraska the first to pay 1938 taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Filippini
Josephine Wodraska
Tuoro Invents A Guard For Trolley Wires
In a Gogebic county report Mine Inspector John B. Tuoro describes an invented guard to shield underground trolley wires to prevent accidents. The note cites patent efforts with Goodrich Rubber, county fencing work, CCC cooperation, and detailed county mining statistics from 1937-38 including 5 fatal accidents and 442,296 man-days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County Board of Supervisors
John B. Tuoro
Wakefield
Goodrich Rubber Company
Postmaster Advises On Christmas Greeting Mail Handling
Charles Camilli of Bessemer explains how Christmas greetings should be mailed. Unsealed greetings not eligible for free forwarding if sent with third class postage may be disposed as waste if the recipient moved. First class postage ensures forwarding or delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Camilli
Bessemer
Gogebic 4-H Service Club Elects Officers
The Gogebic 4-H Service Club held its annual meeting on November 22 at Ironwood township hall. Officers elected for 1939 include President Martha Erickson and Vice President John Puro with June Johnson as secretary and Elvira Riautu as treasurer. TV reporters named June Johnson Mary Louise Bonino and Agnes Olson as township representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Club
Ironwood Township
Martha Erickson
John Puro
June Johnson
Elvira Riautu
Irene Alto
Mary Louise Bonino
Wakefield Township
Agnes Olson
Bessemer Township
UP potato shipments to larger markets near 1000 carloads
D L Clanahan of Marquette a crop specialist for Michigan State College says about 1000 carloads of potatoes will move from the Upper Peninsula to larger markets this season. He notes the volumes reflect growing demand and regional distribution patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Clanahan
Marquette
Michigan State College
Upper Peninsula
Mrs. Michael Hook Funeral Tuesday
Mrs. Michael Hook 62 mother of Congressman Frank E. Hook died Saturday at her home after two years of illness. Born in Houghton in 1876 she lived in Copper Country before moving to Wakefield Ramsay and finally Bessemer. Survived by husband six sons Frank Matt George Joseph Herman Lawrence. Funeral at St Sebastian's Bessemer conducted by Rev Swoboda with interment at Hillrest cemetery. Pallbearers named Theil Sands Todd Savitski Selik.
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Michael Hook
Frank E. Hook
Houghton
Copper Country
Wakefield
Bessemer
Frank
Ironwood
Matt
Marquette
George
Joseph
Herman
Ramsay
Lawrence
C. J. Swoboda
St. Sebastian’s Catholic Church
Hillrest Cemetery
Henry Theil
John Sands
William Todd
Louis Savitski
Frank Selik
Michigan County Codes on 1939 Plates Explained
The article lists two initial county prefixes used on the 1939 Michigan license plates to identify counties. It provides a long catalog of county abbreviations and their corresponding plate numbers, noting changes from single to dual initials for positive county identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic
Michigan
Ontonagon
Oceana
Ogemaw
Oakland
Oscoda
Dickinson
Delta
Menominee
Marquette
Iron
Ingham
Ionia
Ac—Alcona
Ag—Alger
A—Allegan
Funeral services for Mrs. John Wysoski at St Sebastian
Funeral services were held last Friday morning for the late Mrs. John Wysoski at St. Sebastian church. Rev. C. J. Swoboda, Rev. Joseph Gondek and Rev. Thomas Drengucz officiated. Pall bearers were John Jankoviak, William Probosky, Stanley Wroblewski, John Novakowski, Jacob Winkowski, and Stanley Maslanka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wysoski
St. Sebastian Church
C. J. Swoboda
Joseph Gondek
Thomas Drengucz
John Jankoviak
William Probosky
Stanley Wroblewski
John Novakowski
Jacob Winkowski
Stanley Maslanka
Death of Simon Mars in Wakefield hunting party incident
Simon Mars, 51, of Wakefield, died Saturday morning near Thomas ton while with his hunting party. Officials report heart disease as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Mars
Wakefield
Thomaston
Magimm
Michigan Unemployment Benefits Totals Revealed for 1938
The Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission reports 34,616,776 disbursed in job insurance benefits to date with 317,519 checks sent by Nov. 23. The Ironwood office led the Upper Peninsula with 15,749 claims totaling 206,843.33, average 13.13 per check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission
Abner E. Larned
Michigan
Peninsula
Ironwood
Upper Peninsula
Munising
Ontonagon
Sault Ste
Maria
I St. Ignace
Four men honored on Gogebic tuberculosis Christmas seals
In Gogebic county, the 1938 Christmas seal sale supports anti tuberculosis work with four pictured men highlighted. Dr Rene Theophile Luennec, Dr Robert Koch, Dr Edward Trudeau, and Einar Holboll are credited with foundational contributions to TB control and prevention. Proceeds fund the 1939 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
Rene Theophile Luennec
Robert Koch
Edward Livingston Trudeau
United States
Einar Holboll
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Robert Allen
Vernon Backlund
Laurence Cabianca
Anthony Cavalieri
Douglas Dahlgren
Charles Dianich
Eugene Eastman
Clifford Forslund
Woodward Gray
Waino Heitanen
Wilbert Hill
George Koronski
Elmer Koski
Toivo Laurila
Edward Lesky
Mike Lampart
Clement Maxin
Domenic Michela
Erwin Neault
Earl Piper
Walter Salonen
Peter Samarziga
David Shefka
Arthur Stancher
Donald Swanson
Edward Anderson
Edwin Ahola
Henry Boline
Robert Burt
Dato Fastelin
Thaddeus Furmeanshi
Eva Pajnich
Helen Pesko
Helen Taivalmaa
Autrey Tresvaithen
Sheriff’s School
Benjamin
Tuoro
Xmas
Mrs. Michael Hook
Newaygo
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Otsego
Ottawa
Presque Isle
R- Roscommon
S- Saginaw
Sanilue
St— Schoolcraft
Shiawassee
St. Clair
St. Joseph
Traverse
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