Officers Chosen By Gogebic County 4 H Service Club
Edith Johnson reports Gogebic County 4 H Service Club elected Robert Hakala as president for a second term at the Ironwood township town hall. New members approved for December, with 15 to be initiated, and meetings set for the second and fourth Tuesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Johnson
Robert Hakala
Gogebic County
Ironwood Township
Walfred Coleman
Mary Hauta
Sigrid Nasi
4-H Service Club
Edith Johnson County
Roosevelt School
Erwin School
Marenisco
Ironwood High School
Verona Wakefield
Ramsay
WPA quota and local updates for Upper Peninsula counties
The WPA quota in the Upper Peninsula rises to 13 203 workers an increase of 500 with Gogebic county totaling 1 239. Hurley switches garbage collection from private contractor to city service. A new Catholic church is completed in Iron Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Gogebic County
Hurley
Iron Mountain
Gogebic District Receives $5000 Relief Allocation
The state social welfare commission allocated Gogebic county five thousand dollars for December relief, aligning with prior practice. The overall state total reaches 682,105 with several Upper Peninsula counties boosted for December allotments, including Alger 2400 Baraga 4000 Chippewa 3300 Delta 14000 Dickinson 6000 Gogebic 5000 Houghton 26000 Iron 6400 Keweenaw 2750 Luce 2000 Mackinac 5000 Marquette 34200 Menominee 2700 Ontonagon 2890 Schoolcraft 2880.
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Gogebiec
State Social Welfare Commission
Upper Peninsula
Alger
Baraga
Chippewa
Delta
Dickinson
Gogebic
Houghton
Iron
Keweenaw
Luce
Mackinac
Marquette
Menominee
Ontonagon
Schoolcraft
Goge Range Schoolmasters Club at Ramsay School
A December 2 meeting of the Goge bic Range Schoolmasters Club at Ramsay School gym featured a cornets solo by Alice Smith with Yvonne Jacquart, glee club numbers led by Jacquart, violin solos by Evelyn Erickson, and a talk by Harry Simon of Sanborn, Wisconsin on religion and democracy. The Puritan School’s Miss Schleh attended a national English teachers council in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic Range Schoolmasters Club
Ramsay School Gymnasium
Alice Smith
Yvonne Jacquart
Brahm
Supt. Cas
Evelyn Erickson
Hungary
Chicago
Schleh
National Council of Teachers of English
Stevens Hotel
Father of James Carpenter Passes
James Carpenter Sr., father of James Carpenter the Bessemer High School commercial instructor, died last Friday at Marquette. Funeral was held Monday. Survivors include three daughters Mrs. Charles Solomon of Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, Mrs. Blakely of Detroit, Inez Carpenter of Marquette, two brothers P. F. Carpenter and Edward Carpenter of Duluth, and a sister Mrs. B. J. McNamara of Superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carpenter
Bessemer High School
Marquette
Charles Solomon
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Blakely
Detroit
Inez Carpenter
P. F. and
Edward Carpenter
Duluth
B. J. McNamara
Superior
Draftees from County For Army Accept Two From Ironwood
Twenty nine of the 39 Upper Peninsula draftees sent to the Escanaba induction station last week were accepted and sent to Fort Sheridan Illinois. Ten men were rejected for physical defects. Among those accepted were John Rokser and Donald Focht both of Ironwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Escanaba
Fort Sheridan
Ill
John Rokser
Donald Focht
Ironwood
Gogebic County Receives Snow Removal Aid Funds
Three thousand eight hundred dollars allocated to Gogebic County for snow removal aid, totaling 3896.67 dollars based on county road mileage and snowfall. Foss Elwyn named new superintendent of schools in Sault Ste Marie. Escanaba plans a new radio station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
Foss Elwyn
Sault Ste. Marie
City of Bessemer Election Date Under Advisory Opinion
City Attorney M E Nolan releases Attorney General opinion guiding Bessemer in setting a spring primary date. Primary must be on the third Monday in February per Act No 172 of 1939, with nominating petitions not accepted after January 16th. arguments cite mandatory filing deadlines and repeal of old provisions. Public notices discuss March option and implications for 1940 voting timelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Nolan
Attorney General’s
Walter Maki
Bessemer
Michigan
City of
Cramton
Secretary of State
C. J
Thomas
Filippini Resigns as City Treasurer
City council to meet Friday evening to choose successor after Filippini resigns. He was elected Gogebic county treasurer this fall and will assume new duties January 1. Also on Friday, contract for a new light department truck to be awarded, with other town concerns including a fifth ward police officer and traffic signal requests at Main Street and US 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filippini
Gogebic
Eino Pihlaya
Buchko
Main Street
Us-2
State Highway Department
Firs
Louis A. Filippini
Church Club to Stage Funny Phinnie December 8
The Pep Club of St. Sebastian church will present a three act comedy titled Funny Phinnie at the Washington school gym on Sunday evening December 8. Rev. Charles Herbst directs with a cast including George Monroe Isadore Maccani Marshall Mattson Jerry Filippini Dorothy Piazzi Sue Marshalek Patlo Popko Helen Godlewski Irma Camilli and Evelyn Massa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Sebastian Church
Phinnie
Washington School
Charles Herbst
George Monroe
Isadore Maccani
Marshall Mattson
Jerry Filippini
Dorothy Piazzi
Sue Marshalek
Patlo Popko
Helen Godlewski
Irma Camili
Evelyn Massa
Funds Allocated for School Districts and UP Shipping Landmark
County Treasurer John C. Vincent reports primary school funds from the state totaling 30 975 60. Bessemer schools receive 3 731 68 and Bessemer township schools 33 618 80. The Upper Peninsula marks its first boat shipment of potatoes on November 28 from Houghton. Eleven Elks lodges operate in the UP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Vincent
Bessemer
Bessemer Township
Upper Peninsula
Houghton
Community Christmas Tree Gathers on Main Street
Bessemer’s community Christmas tree was placed this week on Main street at Longyear Street. City workmen erected the tree as Lions Club and business men again oversee the decoration of the district with evergreens and colored lights after delays caused by cold weather and a blizzard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Main Street
Longyear Street
Sophie Street
Lions Club
Senior Students Plan Socials and Candy Sale
The high school forms a financial committee led by Jean Olson to oversee senior year social events. Members include Marion Skagen Alden Wakevainen and Edward Marinetti. The Senior Girls Club, now meeting monthly under Helen Turkal and Helen Thebert, plans a Friday candy sale at 1 cent per piece and 5 cents per bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Olson
Marion Skagen
Alden Wakevainen
Edward Marinetti
Washington School
Helen Turkal
Helen Thebert
Peggy Banfield
Miss Cresswell
Third heaviest ore season ends at Lake Superior ports
Ore shipments from Ashland three docks totalled 5,968,214 tons for the eight month season, the largest since 1929. Chicago and North Western docks shipped 4,110,393 tons, Soo Line dock 1,857,821 tons. The Maryland cleared with over 9,000 tons from Great Northern dock at Allouez. November and season totals reached 5,349,916 and 63,352,613 tons respectively, vs 1929’s 65,195,478 tons.
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Ashland
Chicago and
North Western
Soo Line
Lake Superior
Maryland
Great Northern
Allouez
Dss&a
Ls&i
Soo
Superior
Duluth
Dm&i
Local Students Honored in Junior College A Cappella Choir
Two Bessemer students, Robert Allen and Robert Weiss, at Got hic Junior College, were chosen for the Junior College quartet, a two tenor two bass group. Directed by William Tonkin, the quartet has performed at assemblies and club meetings countywide, including a Women’s Club gathering in Bessemer. The college choir totals fifty five voices with seven from Bessemer, including sopranos Marie Magada Odessa Carlson, altos Connie Gustafson Helen Sorrensen, and basses Victor Midth, Robert Allen, and Robert Weiss.
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Bessemer
Robert Allen
Robert Weiss
William Tonkin
Gro
Marie Magada
Odessa Carlson
Connie Gustafson
Helen Sorrensen
Victor Midt
Robert Eiss
Former Gogebic County Treasurer Dies in California
John Evans, Gogebic county treasurer from 1894 to 1897 and longtime Methodist minister, died October 31 in Oakland California at age 96. He was buried November 2 in Oakland after retiring in Ironwood where he held various public offices. Evans left Ironwood in 1904. Inland Steel Co. has taken over the Amasa Porter mine near Amasa and the Balkan Judson mine in Alpha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Evans
Gogebic County
Oakland
Calif
Evans
Ironwood
The
Inland Steel Co
Amasa
Alpha
Bessemer Briefs Roundup of Local Sparks and Notes
Chimney fire on Barber street prompted a 5 p.m. call to extinguish smoke and flames. The Domenic Balk cottage at the south end of Lake Gogebic was reported destroyed by fire with unknown cause. Bertha Lascady led the town in paying the second-half taxes, followed by John Carlson and Gust Peterson. William Filter, trained with Michigan State Police, joins Rockwood post. City power now reaches 572 homes and businesses with seven meters installed. Robert and Clarence Canfield, former Bessemer residents now in Ashland, enlisted in the U.S. Army for Hawaii service. A cold snap brought twenty below zero and heavy snow with drifting. Snowplows work overtime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Domenic Balk
Lake Gogebic
Bertha Lascady
Bessemer
John Carlson
Gust Peterson
Army
Robert and
Clarence Canfield
C. G. Canfield
Ashland
U. S. Army
Hawaii
Leppla Retires From Ashland Division After 56 Years
John Leppla of Antigo veteran superintendent of the Ashland division of the Chicago and North Western Railway retires this month at age 70 after 56 years with the railroad. D. B. McIntyre of Escanaba will succeed Leppla. Menominee police impound sleds to curb street sliding and hitching to autos this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leppla
Antigo
Ashland
Chicago & North Western Ry
Railroad
D. B. McIntyre
Escanaba
Leppla
Menominee Police
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Miriam Eads
Organization of Clubs
WPA
Harry Simon
Sanborn, Wis
Jack
Elizabeth
Robert
Jimmie Nelson
Nelsons
Wakefield
Robert Barron
Newport Hospital
Bob
Harding Heart Band
Gogebic County Federal Band
Walter Daley
Harding School
Herman Erickson
Victor Jacobson
Reino Salonen
Attorney General’s Office
Jay B. Weymouth
Atty
Yale
Killoren Company
Aili Olin
Walter E. Makin Uderwent
Church Club
Elks Lodges
Crier
the Crier
T. B
Candy Sale
Ashland Docks
Gothic Junior College
Quette
California
Bessemer Briefs
Anna Olin
Barber Street
William Filter
Michigan State Police
Rockwood
Lower Peninsula
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