Montreal Mine Again Tops Range
Gogebic iron range shipments in 1940 show gains over 1939. Mines served by Soo Line and Chicago & North Western under pooling, delivering ore to Ashland Wisconsin. John B. Tuoro reports one fatal accident and credit to mining companies for safety. Total ore mined 4,312,126 gross tons with 40 time loss accidents under three months and 10 over three months. Man days 782,787 and 5.51 tons per man day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic Iron Range
Soo Line
Chicago & North Western Railways
Ashland
Wis
John B. Tuoro
Gogebic County
Gogebic Range
Gosebic County
Eureka
Montreal
Puritan
West Davis
Wakefield
N. W. Shipments Anvil & Keweenaw
Geneva
Trenton
Newport
Penokee
Plymouth
Sunday Lake
County road men seek benefits for 7000 workers
County road commission employees numbering about 7000 across 83 counties maintain 84000 miles of roads and seek group insurance pensions and other social benefits. The Association of Southern Road Commissions urged state legislation to allow county funds to cover these benefits and to include public employees in federal social security. The group opposes changing weight and gas tax distributions and wants more federal aid funds for township roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Road Commission
Association of Southern Road Commissions
Flint
Michigan Association of Road Commissioners and Engineers
Association
State Association of County Road Officials
County Highway Officials Division
American Road Builders Association
Congress
United States
Public Roads Administration
Local Resident Mrs Torni Dies After Stroke in Bessemer
Mrs. Charles G. Torni age 66 a Bessemer resident for 46 years died Wednesday at 6 30 pm at her West Third avenue home after a paralytic stroke four days earlier. She is survived by her husband sons Charles Onni and Tauno a brother Nikola Latvala of Los Angeles Carlf and four sisters. Born in Finland May 13 1874 she came to the United States in 1901 and was active in St Pauls Finnish Lutheran church. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pm at Frick funeral home with Rev Jacob Hirvi conducting rites. interment in Bessemer cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Torni
Bessemer
West Third Avenue
Charles
Onni
Tauno
Nikola Latvala
Los Angeles
Carlf
John Hierpe
Amanda Lehtinen
Elyria Ohio
William Bloom
Ashtabula
Oscar Bloom
Torni
Finland
St. Paul's Finnish Lutheran Church
Frick Funeral Home
Jacob Hirvi
Bessemer Cemetery
Watersmeet Resident To Become A Pastor
Dean M. Baldwin son of Mr and Mrs H A Baldwin Watersmeet will graduate from Moody Bible Institute Chicago on December 19 as part of a 60 member class. He completed the two year Bible course and appeared on WMBI the institutes radio voice while active in several student groups. He plans to serve as pastor and young peoples worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean M. Baldwin
H. A. Baldwin
Watersmeet
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Baldwin
WMBI
Kelto to perform in Oriental Dance at Michigan Union Opera
Reuben Kelto of Bessemer has been selected to take part in the Oriental Dance in the Michigan Union Opera Take A Number. The production runs December 11 to 14 in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre at Ann Arbor. Kelto has previously been a member of the varsity football team at the University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Kelto
Bessemer
Michigan Union Opera
Men Studiversity of Michigan
Lydia Mendelsso
Ann Arbor
Kel
Univrsity
Honor Roll List At Goge Bic Junior College
Seven Bessemer students Frances Dahl Oswal Kutta William McKie William Nsmuth Earl Piper John Puro and Robert Weiss are named on the honor roll for the first half semester. The U S marine bureau of navigation and inspection, one of the oldest federal offices in Marquette, has moved to St Ignace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Gogebic Junior College
Frances Dahl
Oswal Kutta
William McKie
William Nismuth
Earl Piper
John Puro
Robert Weiss
U. S. Marine Bureau of Navigation and Inspection
Marquette
St. Ignace
John Crowley Rites To Be Held Monday
John Crowley 79 died Thursday at his Yale avenue home after a month of illness. A Gogebic range pioneer born in Horicon Wisconsin on June 28 1861 he lived in Bessemer Iron Belt Ironwood and returned to Bessemer seven years ago. He retired after 35 years with Oliver Iron Mining Company as stationary engineer and surface boss. Survived by widow three sons and five daughters plus 24 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. funeral Monday at St Sebastian Catholic Church with interment in local cemetery. Pallbearers named Edwards Provencher Ryan Goodwin LaChappelle Winkowski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Crowley
Gogebic Range
Horicon
Wis
Bessemer
Iron Belt
Ironwood
Oliver Iron Mining Company
Earl
Stevens Point
Edward of
Claude
William Sweet
Oshkosh
John Schutte
B. T. Lacy
Ethel
John Gustafson
Puritan
St. Sebastian Catholic Church
J. Swoboda
Joe Maccani Jr Dies in Detroit
Joseph Maccani Jr son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Maccani of West Sea street died Monday night at a hospital in Detroit He had diabetes and heart trouble and was born May 5 1920 in Bessemer He graduated from the local high school in 1938 He moved to Detroit last September where he was employed He leaves his parents one sister Mrs Francis Boyle of Hurley and five brothers Alfred Detroit Avelio Leo Isadore and James of Bessemer Funeral services will be held at 10 o clock Saturday morning at St Sebastian Catholic church Rev C J Swoboda will officiate and interment will be in the local cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Maccani, Jr
Joseph Maccani
West Sea Street
Detroit
Bessemer
Joseph
Francis Boyle
Hurley
Alfred
Avelio
Leo
Isadore
James
St. Sebastian Catholic Church
C. J. Swoboda
Pupil Transfers and Farm Visit Highlight Bessemer Schools
Joyce Hyvari joins first grade from Grant school in Chicago. Norma Mathews and Donald Mathews move to Ironwood. Puritan second and third graders tour Semmerling's farm, visiting the barn and watching Mr Semmerling milk two cows. A school bus provided transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsay
Joyce Hyvari
Grant
Chicago
Norma Mathews
Puritan
Donald Mathews
Ironwood
Semmerling
Bes semer Township teachers praised for In-Service Training Program
Superintendent H. O. Johnson received two letters praising the In-Service Training Program carried on by Bes semer Township Schools. One letter came from the research assistant at the Department of Public Instruction in Lansing and the other from the head of Owosso High School's social science department. Both letters requested more information about current work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
H. O. Johnson
Bessemer Township
Department of Public Instruction
Lansing
Owosso High School
Fink's Son Placed in University of Chicago Medical School
A. J. Fink of Ramsay, a Bes seme r Township School Board member, received word from the University of Chicago that his son Victor H. Fink has been accepted into the medical school. The achievement is noted as highly selective, with Victor finishing four college years in three, maintaining straight A grades and earning two scholarships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Fink
Besssemer Township
Ramsay
University of Chicago
Victor H. Fink
Victor
Ramsay Jr High Faces Puri tan In First Game
On Friday December 13 the Ramsay Jr High boys play Puri tan at Ramsay while the Anvil team meets Harding at Anvil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsay Jr. High
Puritan
Ramsay
Anvil
Harding
Change Order Approval Raises Project Cost to $200000
The approval seeks a request for a project change order increasing the total project cost from the original estimate of $187,500 to $200,000. The adjustment reflects additional required work and revised financial planning for the ongoing program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWA
Local Dentists And Physicians Named In Gogebic County
Twenty two physicians and dentists in Gogebic county were appointed by the draft board to examine selectees under the selective service act. In Bessemer city and township the physicians named are Dr. W. J. Pinkerton Dr. W. B. Tew Dr. C. B. Anderson and Dr. H. T. Nezworski with Ramsay Dr. R. J. Mullen and Dr. J. Kuivinen in Bessemer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
Bessemer City
Township
W. J. Pinkerton
W. B. Tew
Bessemer
C. B. Anderson
Anvil
H. T. Nezworski
Ramsay
R. J. Mullen
J. Kuivinen
Herb Carlson New Treasurer In Bessemer Council Action
Merbert Carlson of Ironton was appointed city treasurer to fill the unexpired term of Louis A. Filippini who becomes county treasurer on Jan 1. The council also voted to terminate D M Van Noppen as resident engineer on the light plant project which is now completed. Trucks for the light department will be purchased from Gogebic Auto and Bessemer Auto. Resolutions cover bids for furniture trucks and instruments, with awards to A E Supply, Bessemer Auto, Gogebic Auto, and General Electric Supply. project cost now estimated about 200000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merbert Carlson
Ironton
Louis A. Filippini
D. M. van Noppen
Gogebic Auto Co
Bessemer Auto Co
Bessemer
Michigan
PWA
A. & E. Supply Company
Duluth
Minn
Bessemer Auto Company
Gogebic Auto Company
Studebaker
Generalectric Supply Corporation
St. Pa
Minnesota
Banks Hold $4391 in Unclaimed Gogebic County Funds
Gogebic county banks have 4391.95 dollars in unclaimed funds belonging to hundreds of people clubs and organizations many of which no longer exist Gaylord N Bebout state public administrator has petitioned probate court to appoint William S Baird as administrator of these estates Names of claimants appear as disappeared or missing in legal notices published by The Bessemer Herald for four weeks Claims against estates will be heard February 7 by Judge M E Nolan under the Escheat act passed in 1939 to dispose of funds unclaimed for seven years After hearings any remaining funds revert to the state
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
Gaylord N. Bebout
William S. Baird
Bessemer
Bessemer Herald
M. E. Nolan
Mail Early Plea From Postal Force For Christmas
Postmaster Charles Camilli and staff urge early mailing for Christmas as a rush swells mail volume by about 200 percent. The deadline is 4 15 p m until December 24 with the post office closed on Christmas Day and limited special deliveries on December 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Camilli
Camilli
Gogebic Range Orchestra to Perform at Washington School Gym
The Gogebic Range concert orchestra directed by Walter Daley of Ironwood will present a concert at the Washington School gym on January 23 under the auspices of the Bessemer Women's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Daley
Ironwood
Washington School
Bessemer Women’s Club
Daisy E Howard Becomes Fourth Woman MEA President
Mrs Daisy E Howard commissioner of Genesee county schools becomes the fourth woman to lead the Michigan Education Association in its 88 year history. She ascends as president after the death of Dr John F Thomas of Detroit from injuries in an automobile crash the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy E. Howard
Genesee County
Michigan Education Association
John F. Thomas
Detroit
Thomas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Torn
Kelto
Institute For Fisheries Research
Michigan Department of Conservation
Institute
Department
Fisheries Division
CCC
John Crowley
Yale Avenue
Joe Maccani, JR
Herb Carlson
Louis Filippini
Probate Court
Baird
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