Gogebic County 4H plans updated plat book ads and 1965 elections
Gogebic County 4H Council seeks ads for a new plat book to aid land buyers and economic recovery. The effort spans area teams with leaders named. County and community ASC committees will be elected by mail December 10 to December 17, with the county convention on December 17 to appoint the committee administering 1965 programs including Soil Bank and Emergency Livestock. Deer storage rules await hunters. 4H home improvement scholarship news highlights Anne Leslie and Jim Thomas plus national awards upcoming after Chicago congress.
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Gogebic County
4H Council
Bessemer and
Eau
Melvin —Orman
Myrtlemson
County Board
As.c
Couny
As.cs
Bessemer
A.C.P
Michigan
Michigan Department of Agriculture
E.t
Department
Gogebic
Ontonagon County
Ironwood
Anne Lesle
S&h Foundation
Leslie
Jim Thomas
Jim
Chicago
Cooperative Extension Service
Brenda Hoffner Heads Scout Troop
The Brownie Scout Troop elected Brenda Hoffner president at a Washington School meeting. Terry Jacobson became vice president Lucille Sword treasurer. Leader is Mrs Bernard Jacobson with assistant Mrs Richard Koski. Ann Marie Algrim reports on Christmas project friendship circle duties and dues. The Probel ski family returned to Aurora Minnesota after a visit with relatives.
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Brenda Hoffner
Washington School
Terry Jacobson
Lucille Sword
Bernard Jacobson
Richard D. Koski
Ann Marie Algrim
Army Lt Nemacheck in GOLD FIRE I exercise near Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Leonard Wood hosts Exercise GOLD FIRE I a 16 day field drill testing air force concepts for supporting Army ground forces. About 20 000 troops participate including 2d Lt Fred Nemacheck wife Nancy resides in Plymouth Michigan and he serves with the 444th Transportation Company transitioning from Fort Riley to Ozark and Sioux force roles.
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Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
AHTNC
Army
Fred Nemacheck
Nancy
S. Sheldon Jd
Plymouth
Mich
444Th Transportation Company
Fort Leonard Wood
Joint Task Force Ozark
Joint Task Force Sioux
U. S. Air Force
iLieutenant Nemacheck
Ozark
Fort Riley
Kan
Walter F. Nemacheck
E. Leach St
Bessemer
A. D. Johnston High School
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Louisiana State University
A & M College
Baton Rouge
Eeee
Veterans Day program honors vets at local high school
High School students and faculty observed Veterans Day with a program from the County Sexut Post VFW. Rev C Raymond Holmes spoke on The Price of Peace and Liberty, stressing history and founding ideals. VFW commander Clarence Banfield chaired. Principal Sartoris led ceremonies. colors by RUIC guard. songs by students. WWI veterans honored. band performances closed the event. A brief science note on rubies and sapphires followed.
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Sexut Post
C. Raymond Holmes
United States
Christ
Clarence Banfield
VFW
John Sartoris
Raymond Passini
RUIC
Waiko Spets
Letters to the Editor from Bessemer Herald readers
Readers from Marquette Saginaw and Illinois send notes to Johnny renewing or praising the Bessemer Herald. Mrs Jennie Skinnard encloses renewal, Cliff Forst apologizes for delay, and a Chicago area reader thanks Johnny for hometown news and ongoing support for Bessemer.
Fafford Kurta Bond With Wedding at Immaculate Conception
Linda Lee Fafford and Frank W. Kurta wed in a double ring ceremony at Immaculate Conception Church. The bride wore a satin gown with seed pearl embroidery and a Juliet lace cap veil, attended by Pauline Kurta and Paula Westeen. After a church breakfast for 60, about 250 guests attended a reception at the Veterans of Foreign Wars club. The couple plan to reside in Rochester after a local honeymoon. The bride is a Gogebic Hospital nurse's aide. the groom works for J. Gladstone Inc. in Rochester. Out-of-town guests included families from Minneapolis and Wisconsin towns.
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Linda Lee Fafford
Brian Fafford
W. Longyear St
Frank W. Kurta
Elsie Kurta
Wakefield
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Charles Daniel
Pauline Kurta
Minneapolis
Paula Westeen
John Korich
Thomas Fafford
James Tuller
Bessemer
John Mattson
Chassell
Carolyn
Gerbig
Wayne Westeen
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Kurta
Rochester
A. D. Johnston High School
Gogebic Hospital
Wakefield High School
J. Gladstone Inc
C. W. Ohmstad
Isaac Joslyn
Robert Smith
Deerbrook
Wis
Dan Pond
Antigo
Ann Novatny
Kempster
Gustafson Family Weekend Visitors In Wisconsin Region
Michael Westeen and family from Rockford Illinois visit with Mr and Mrs Herman Gustafson in Puritan. Relatives from Topaz Wakefield Ironwood Hurley Ramsay and other range communities attended. Malcolm Gustafson of Milwaukee is spending the weekend with his parents.
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Michael Westeen
Leonard Westeen
Charles Tauer
Rockford, Il
Gordon
Thomasini
Merriweather
Topaz
Wakefield
Ironwood
Hurley
Ramsay
Range Communities
Ter
Mrs
Herman Gustafson
Malcolm Gustafson
Milwaukee
Extension Club Has Meeting In December
The Indianhead Extension Study Club planned its next gathering for December 15 at 7 30 p m at Miss Astrid Hansen's home. Members should bring gift wrapped white elephant prizes. A donation was approved for the Gogebic Association for Retarded Children as part of routine business.
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Indianhead Extension Study Club
Astrid Hansen
Gogebic Association
Harry Rizzie
Ingrid Bartelli
Michigan State University Cooperative Extension Service
Emma Hoeft
Hansen
Robert Gierl
Personal notices recount family travels births and visits
Mr and Mrs Everett Lake spent Thanksgiving at Sault Ste Marie with their son and daughter in law. Mr and Mrs John D Bracket Ramsay are parents of a daughter born November 19 at Divine Infant Hospital Wakefield. Mr Oscar Kutta of South Hematite Street now lives with his son and family in Perry Ohio. Mr Charles Cocking employed in Milwaukee spent a week with his parents while vacationing and hunting. Announcement of a son born November 23 to Mr and Mrs Charles Smith of Gahanna Ohio. Mrs Smith is the former Marliss Gustafson.
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Mrs
Everett Lake
Sault Ste. Marie
John D. Bracket, Ramsay
Divine Infant Hospital
Wakefield
Oscar Kutta
South Hematite St
Tenho Kutta
Webb Rd
Perry
Ohio
Charles Cocking
Milwaukee
Edward Cocking
Charles Smith
Gahanna
Smith
Marliss Gustafson
Daugh
History of Thanksgiving Across Nations and Time
The article traces Thanksgiving origins from Plymouth Colony’s 1621 festival to its 19th century national status via Sarah J. Hale and Lincoln. It notes Lincoln’s declaration of a final November Thursday, Roosevelt’s 1941 shift to the fourth Thursday for a longer shopping season, and Canada’s harvest festival observed on the second Monday in October.
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United States
Plymouth Colony
Sarah J. Hale
Lincolnn
Roosevelt
Canada
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Marquette, Michigan
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Bessemer National Bank
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Gogebic Oil Co
Bessemer, Mich
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Lake Superior
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