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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1938
Page
4
A New York auto show sparks a safety revolution as public votes reveal higher concern for personal enforcement and education over devices. Officials cite the ASCE and other groups praising ongoing safety education to curb deaths and accidents through driver cooperation with law enforcement.
The Chicago and North Western Railway seeks to abandon a spur in Iron County built in 1916 to serve C C Collins and Patten Lumber firms. A public service commission hearing is set for November 30 in Madison to decide if the line remains necessary as timber in the area has been cut and moved. Gogebie is the westernmost Upper Peninsula county.
County Clerk Eugene Darin of Hurley announces a county tax apportionment of 137194.90 dollars for 1938 covering state taxes special charges county school tax and other charges. Direct levy on 12 units totals 121372 dollars with additional loans and school district debts. Church enrollment figures and interdenominational student participation noted.
The Methodist church claims the largest student enrollment among campus churches at the University of Michigan based on a recent religious census. The study lists 217 students, with 4.5 percent as members or indicating a church preference.
The Norway common council refused Mayor Stephen Benzie’s letter of resignation and he will finish his third term, ending next spring. Benzie, elected senator of the List district, said he wished to resign for other business, but the council promptly voted to set aside the resignation with no further comment. Ojibway is the correct name for the Chippewa bidisurs.
The Ashland county board of supervisors voted 13 to 7 to reject a plan to hire a county traffic officer. Petitions urged the post, but the board instead created a full time Legion service officer salary 1800 dollars yearly for one year. The budget for the coming year is 433716.82 dollars, up from 1938 and 1937.
Dr Theodore Alpheus Felch a prominent Ishpeming physician died November 21 at age 91. Born March 30 1847 in Ann Arbor he was the son of Alpheus Felch a former Michigan governor and U S senator.
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