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Bessemer Herald

Location

Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1937

Page

9

Finnish Pastor Preaches at St Pauls Service

Coral notes list visitors and local engagements including Mrs William Rosemargy of Ontonagon, Mrs Celia Proprawski of Detroit at a funeral, and a Suomi Synod president delivering a sermon at St Pauls Finnish Lutheran church along with social events and college pledges. Also mentions upcoming church sale and birth notices.

William Rosemargy Ontonagon Conrad Flan Trout Creek Celia Proprawski Detroit Samuel Glatczak Alfred Haapanen Hancock Suomi

Shower Honors Mrs Ivonen at Herman Berg Home

A Friday evening society event at the Herman Berg residence honored Mrs. Ensio Ivonen, former Florence Berg, with thirty guests in attendance and gifts received. The Sharon Lutheran Luther League elected officers including Jean Bergland as president and Hilmer Nymian as librarian.

Herman Berg Ensio Ivonen Walter Berg Luther League of the Sharon Lutheran Church Jean Bergland Leonard Erickson Pauline Becker Ann Bergland Esther Faline Shirley Gustafson Hilmer Nymian

Housewarming at Ramsay for Mrs Zelda Dulebohn

A housewarming at Ramsay honored Mrs. Zelda Dulebohn with hosts Mesdames Wake vainen Eade and Sharp. Cards at three tables awarded bridge to Mrs. Clemens Carlson 500 to Mrs. David Rizzie and 500 rummy to Mrs. Steve Sommers. Lunch for 12 guests. Guests listed include Mesdames Clarence Vivian William Clarris David Rizgvne Harry Wilkins John Hild Steve Sommers Winifred Bates Clemens Carlson and John Lipke. PTA meetings featured talks by Mrs C E Parlin on China and Rev W L Peterson on the Boy Scouts with musical items and refreshments. Gloria Ochis recounted her Italy trip at Washington school PTA. Community Christmas singing planned.

Ramsay Zelda Dulebohn Mesdames Arvo Wakevainen G. N. Eade Albert Sharpless Clarence Vivian William Clarris David Rizgvne Harry Wilkins John Hild Steve Sommers Winifred Bates Clemens Carlson John Lipke PTA Harding School Parent-Teachers Association C. E. Parlin Ironwood China T. S. Nelson Violet Sorenson Nellie Berg Theodora Olson E. A. Crawford Hjalmer Erickson Olson Barber School W. L. Peterson Elmer Nelson Howard Peterson Gloria Ochis Italy Washington P.T.A

Wakefield High Students Lead Women’s Club Program

Miss Rose Johnson directed Bessemer high school girls glee club in A Christmas Thought For 1937 and other acts. Eliza beth Wortley Thomas Cavender Ina Kivi from Wakefield High presented a skit Another Beginning. Hurley high school principal H F Connors spoke. Club donated 2.50 to tuberculosis essay contest. Lunch served by club members.

Rose Johnson R. F. Hasbrook Helen Wilkie Elizabeth Wortley Thomas Cavender Ina Kivi Wakefield High School New City Hall Bessemer High School Girls Glee Club H. F. Connors Hurley High School Harry Reinhold Rupert Otto Tim Emil Schoepke E. J. Oas Mesdames P. E. Graham George Abraham M. A. Gedda J. R. Johnson

Two Bessemer Couples Lead Gogebic War Groups

Two Bessemer couples head the Gogebic county Spanish American War organizations for the year after last Thursday’s officers election at the Ironwood Memorial building. John A. Bobb camp officers include Henry F. Hoffman commander and William J. McMinn junior vice, with Arthur J. Houle, Frank C. Davis, Edmund Hocking, James Chinn, James Voyce, W. T. Prout and others named. the women’s unit is led by Mrs. Henry Hoffman president and includes Mrs. Mabel Proctor and Mrs. William J. McMinn among others. Afterward 35 members from both units held a Christmas party and gift exchange.

Bessemer Gogebic County Henry Hoffman William McMinn Ironwood Memorial Building Henry F. Hoffman Arthur J. Houle Ironwood William J.mcminn Frank C. Davis Edmund Hocking James Chinn James Voyce W. T. Prout Mabel Proctor William J. McMinn William Richards Robert Exworthy William Ryan Mary Dahlin Percy Smith Rose Cavosie Fred Brewer

Students Strike Over Bus Transport at Ironwood High

Sixty of the 100 Jessieville students attending Ironwood high school walked out last Friday to protest walking nearly two miles to school and demand bus transportation.

Jessieville Ironwood High School

New Medical Center Opens in Sault Ste Marie

The Soo Poly clinic, a modern $30,000 medical center, was occupied this week by six physicians who will use it. Rev Karl Henry Keefer of Gladwin becomes the first clergyman to be grand master of the Michigan Odd Fellows lodges. He was installed at the state convention in Pontiac. George E Brand of Detroit was recently elected president of the state bar of Michigan for 1938.

New Medical Center Sault -Ste. Marie Soo Polyclinicc Karl Henry Keefer Gladwin Michigan Odd Fellows Lodges Pontiac George E. Brand Detroit The State Bar of Michigan

Gogebic Institute in Ironwood Holds Teachers Session

The Gogebic county institute for teachers met Thursday at Central School Ironwood with 9:30 am and 1:30 pm sessions. Speakers included Charles Eagle Plume from the University of Colorado and William Rainey Bennett. Ironwood high school chorus of ninety performed between talks.

Teachers Institute Gogebic County Ironwood Charles Eagle Plume University of Colorado William Rainey Bennett Ironwood High School

Pep Club Organizes Cheer Section for Games

The Pep club held its first meeting on Wednesday night to form a strong cheering section at basketball games and promote sportsmanship. Gogebic Range Conference coaches named an all star football team with Bessemer well represented among the honorees.

Gogebic Range Bessemer

Lineup and library additions at Bessemer High School

The announcement lists first team Warren Annear and Toivo Laine with second team John Borich James Crawford David Ryan and Reino Romo. New library books include Van Loon The Arts and Burns Mantle Best Plays of 1936-37, plus Poisons Potions and Profits, The Making Of A Scientist, Crucibles, and biographies of Steffens Duranty Sheean. Also Hemingway To Have and Have Not and Sandoz Slogum House among fiction additions. A concert program featured Mozart Lehar Verdi and more, honoring conductor Mathew Holomo, with Mrs N C Ruddell soprano.

Warren Annear Toivo Laine John Borich James Crawford David Ryan Reino Romo Bessemer High School van Loon Burns Mantle High Tor Tovarich Stage Door Johnny Johnson Bernard Jaffe Lincoln Steffens Vincent Sheean Walter Duranty Ernest Hemingway Sigrid Unset Mari Sandoz Old Jules Thomas Mann Buddenbrook Flaubert Charlotte Bronte Turgenev

Gogebic Concert Opens Season Under Daley

The Gogebic Concert Orchestra performed its season opener December 1 in the Ironwood Memorial building auditorium. Walter L. Daley conducted the ensemble, with Bessemer sending second violin Reinhold and Kauko Lesig among the notable soloists.

Gogebic Concert Walter L. Daley Ironwood Memorial Building Range Bessemer Reinhold Kauko Lesig

Chinese Students Aid War Relief in Ann Arbor Bazaar

Chinese students at the University of Michigan organized a Christmas bazaar in the Michigan League to raise funds for Chinese war relief. Proceeds from sales of personal possessions and gifts from American friends totaled several hundred dollars. Sponsored by Mrs. Y Z Chang, Miss P C Ling, Miss Vera Nieh, and Miss T Z Zau, the event offered jewelry clothing tapestries linens foods toys art objects and antiques.

Ann Arbor University of Michigan Michigan League Y. Z. Chang Nanking P. C. Ling Shanghai Vera Nieh Peking T. Z. Zau

First convention of Michigan superintendents in U P

The 1938 session will be held in Sault Ste. Marie, the first time the Upper Peninsula hosts the Michigan superintendents of schools convention. Sault Ste. Marie meetings occur only twice yearly while the rest of the year the board of directors conducts business. For better printing results, bring your next job to the Bessemed Herald.

Michigan Superintendents of Schools Upper Peninsula Sault Ste. Marie Board of Diretors The Bessemed Herald

Nickel bribes not best aids training chil

Mrs Ruth Wagner of Michigan State College nursery school argues against using nickels and candy to bribe children for acts like drinking milk or going to bed. She distinguishes bribery from true rewards, noting that rewards recognize effort and foster genuine character and behavior over time.

Ruth Wagner Michigan State College Jimmy Jerry Bette

Evolution of Wisconsin name from Native and French origins

The name Wisconsin derives from the Menominee term Weese-coh'-seh meaning good plan to live. French explorers rendered it Ouise con-sen, reflecting early linguistic variations.

Wisconsin

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