Heikkinen Honored At Gogebic Banquet honors
About 151 friends and admirers from the Upper Peninsula attended a turkey banquet in Ironwood honoring Ralph Heikkinen a Bessemer high school graduate and Michigan All American guard. Speakers included Bernard Larson and Supts Oas and Murphy. Heikkinen earned national recognition by Grantland Rice and was named to the All American team. He will speak at Gogebic range banquet January 20 in Ironwood after the East West game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Heikkinen
Ramsay
Bessemer High School
University of Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Washington
Revere
Jeihsen
BesSem@r High
Onor
Bernard EF. Larson
Tronwood
BE. J. Oas
Bessemer
J. KE. Murphy
Hurley
Arry Reinhold
Heikkinen
Grantland Rice
United
Sanrancisco
Crisler
Univsity of
Michigan
Americanegion Post
Ironwood
Streets and Alleys Debate Hits Michigan Courts
Murray D Van Wagoner seeks a declaratory judgment from the Ingham court to interpret a 1935 statute adding streets and alleys to the county road system. The case hinges on whether actual existence is required for mileage counts or if recorded allowances suffice, affecting $4 000 annual county maintenance funds under the McNitt act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wansing
Murray D. van Wagoner
Ingham Cuit
Michigan
Vssioner
Escanaba Legion Convention Dates Set for Aug 20 22
The Michigan American Legion announces the annual convention will be in Escanaba from August 20 to 22. Post No 8 Escanaba officials confirm the event and note it will follow the Upper Peninsula State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escanaba
Michigan Department of the American Legion
Secanaba
Upper Peninegton
Upper Peninsula
Bessemer Christmas Tree Brightens Sophie and Mary Corner
The Yuletide display sits at Sophie and Mary streets near the Kearney warehouse. City council furnished the tree and donated $50 for candy. Lions Club and local business men decorated the business district with evergreens and colored lights. The school board matched the donation and will distribute candy to children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Sophie and
Mary Streets
Kearney
Lions Club
Mills On Range Close and Open Mills on Range Close and Open
Winter plans show Connor Lumber and Land Co. stopping wood and mill work as fires are drawn from boilers. Older workers shift to Laona, Wis.. nearly seven million feet of lumber in yards may be shipped as market demand allows. Bonifas Lumber Co. may restart early in the new year with no camps on own timber funds. Ahonen Lumber Co. in Ironwood resumes operation with 80 to 100 men on one shift through winter. Marathon Paper Mills Co. saw mill also resumes with 125 men on 44 hours weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connor Lumber and Land Co
Laona
Wis
Bonifas Lumber Co
Mareigen
Ahonen Lumber Co
Ironwood
Aurora
Arvey Ahonen
Marathon Paper Mills Co
40 & 8 Banquet Held Last Night
Gogebic county 40 and 8 hosted a banquet at 6 30 p m at the Legion building. Representatives from 40 and 8 ventures in Tren Dickinson Marquette Ontonagon and Houghton counties attended. Guests included Thomas Beaton Escanaba Guy Cox Iron River Ernest Benette Iron River Major William Bechtold Crystal Falls and Addison Alguire Gladstone U P adjutant and welfare officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County 40
Legion
Tren
Dickinson
Marquette
Ontonagon
Houghton Counties
Thomas Beaton
Escanaba
Upper Peninsula
Guy Cox
Iron River
State Legion
Ernest Benette
William Bechtold
Crystal Falls
Addison Alguire
Gladstone U. P
Jack Rowett’s Flaming Red Coat Draws Attention
Jack Rowett of Bessemer, head of the M A Hanna Co mine police, cannot be mistaken for a buck while wearing a bright red four point Hudson Bay blanket coat with a black shoulder stripe. A large WPA crew is assigned to build a new road from Thomaston to the Presque Isle river as part of county road work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Rowett
Bessemer
M. A. Hanna Co
Tron River
Hudson Bay Company
Iron River Reporter
WPA
Thomaston
Presque Isle River
Calumet Means Pipe In French From Language Study
The note defines Calumet as a French word meaning pipe and mentions the world’s largest curio store located at Sault Ste. Marie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
Sault Ste. Marie
POST OFFICE FEARS FINAL WEEK S RUSH
Postmaster Charles Camilli warns seven shopping days remain before Christmas and gifts must be mailed soon to reach destinations on time. He urges customers to mail now and use the label Do not open until Dec 25 if desired, stressing early dispatch to avoid delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Camilli
Camilli
Post Office
Mail Deadline Changes for Holiday Period
The outgoing mail cutoff is 4 30 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. through December 24 inclusive. The change took effect yesterday and applies to all mail sent from post offices during the period.
Cautions on Christmas Mail Handling and Special Delivery
Camilli urges patrons to wrap parcels securely address mail plainly include street and number and put return addresses. Christmas Day is a holiday. special delivery stamps speed delivery but are not for safety with advice on handling parcels and communications attached to parcels to ensure proper delivery.
Sixty Day Limit on Venison Storage Rules
Lansing warns deer hunters and friends that venison from the 1938 season must be eaten by January 29 due to a 60 day limit after the season close. It is illegal to keep any deer meat except head, antlers and hide beyond that period. canned venison has no exception. Bears are subject to the same rule. Deer tails may be kept for flies. selling tails needs a permit from the Department of Conservation, with no fee, and license tag serial numbers must be sent to the chief clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Department of Conservation
Department
Christmas display authorized by city commission
The commission authorized a Christmas display to be set either in the lawn space before the city garage or across the street. The exhibit, featuring a crib and manger, will be illuminated with flood lights and colored candles and leased from a Minneapolis firm. A member recalled a similar Ashland display attracting thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Ashland
Road Engineers Seek Major Upkeep and Funding Reforms
A recent meeting of highway engineers in Houghton adopted resolutions to create a state loan fund for county machinery and equipment at 2 percent interest, double McNitt road funds to 8 million, raise snow removal aid to 600 thousand, and allow annual road recertification. The group urged Congress to expand WPA labor use for highway maintenance and called for counties to take over state maintenance work under the drainage act where applicable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton
Upper Peninsula
McNitt Roads
Winkler
Houghton County
Association
Michigan
Congress
WPA
Concensus
Upper Peninsula Association
Freshen Christmas Trees With Simple Water Trick
The U S Forest Service says shedding needles can be slowed by a gallon water stand and an enriching acid mix. Prepare 35 quarts of water with 5 grams citric acid and 6 grams malic acid or pectin, add 155 grams calcium carbonate, then pour into the container. Refill as the tree drinks. Cutting the butt and cooling storage aid moisture retention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Forest Service
North Central
Ralph Gray Resigns as Workers' Alliance Secretary
Ralph Gray of Wakefield longtime secretary of the Workers' Alliance and active in range union work has resigned his post and returned to Chicago where he will resume employment in the Carnegie Steel Co mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Ralph Gray
Wakefield
Workers’ Alliance
Chicago
Carnegie Steel Co
Death claims two prominent residents of city this week
Two notable Bessemer residents died within days. J R Johnson, 84, longtime hardware and furniture merchant, died at Grand View Hospital after heart trouble and pneumonia. He leaves a widow, children Rueben Edwin Paul Carlson and Garland House, siblings and grandchildren. Funeral plans not yet set. Joseph W Pecard, 51, died of a heart attack at his Longyear Street home after a life spent in Bessemer, with deep community ties. He is survived by his wife May Krafft, children Joseph Edgar June and Virginia, mother Margaret Pecard, siblings, and two grandkids. Funeral at St Sebastian’s Church with Elks, Knights of Columbus, and Lions Club honors. burial Hillcrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Bessemer
Main Street
Bessemer Herald
Pick and Axe
Bessemers
Long- Year Street
Rueben
Edwin
Morgan Heighs
Calif
Paul Carlson
Garland
Traverse City
Peter
Clark
Wyoming
John Robert
Dorothy Bernadette
Edwin Jr
Edwin Johnson
Joseph W. Pecard
Nornming
Longyear Street
Virginia
Minn
Pecard
Bessemer High School
Hl. Truettner
Pearce Graham
Sophie and
Lead Streets
Moore and
Elks Lodge
Knights of Columbus
Bessemer Fire Department
Bessemer Lions Club
May Krafft
Joseph Edgar
Gogebic Junior College
Miss June
Bryant Stratton College
Chicago
Margaret Pecard
John Milan
City
Alcid Pecard
Duluth
St. Sebastian’s Church
C. J. Swoboda
Frank J. Duda
R. J. Mullen
Paul Rutiman
William Bier
Oscar Hansen
C. F. Winkle
Houghton
Thomas McKevitt
Ed McHugh
Victor Lemmer
J. B. O'Neil
Pastor Visits Needy Indian Village
Rev. FE. H. Kanning of Trinity Lutheran Church and volunteer missionary W. S. Sylvester visited Lac View Desert Indian reservation. They found real need despite WPA efforts. Homes lack stoves and mattresses while children await Christmas. Prof. Lynus Kelly plans a village program and gifts from locals will be collected at city churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. H. Kanning
Trinity Lutheran Church
W. S. Sylvester
Volunter
Lac View Desert Indian Reservation
Flevald
WPA
Lynus Kelly
Sylvester
Former Bessemer Man Is Promoted
J. C. Johnston, former Bessemer resident, has been appointed general production superintendent of the Continental Oil Co for the Rocky Mountain division with headquarters in Denver. He has been with the company since 1919 and was assistant superintendent of the Texas-New Mexico division at Fort Worth before his promotion. A Bessemer High School and Michigan State College graduate, he served in World War I prior to joining Continental. his mother, Mrs A. D. Johnston, lives in Bessemer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Johnston
Bessemer
Rocky Mountain
Continental Oil Co
Denver
Colo
Johnston
The
Oil Company
Texas-New Mexico
Fort Worth
Tex
Bessemer High School
Michigan State College
Continental
A. D. Johnston
Civil Service Exams For Laundry Foreman
John Springhetti, clerk at the Bessemer post office, named local secretary of the federal civil service commission announces an open competitive exam for the foreman of laundry position. Exam held at U S Marine Hospital Detroit with salary of 1860 a year minus 450 for quarters. Applications due January 3 1939. There are over 5000 inland lakes in Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Springhetti
Bessemer Post Office
Federal Civil Service Commission
U.S. Civil District
U. S. Marine Hospital
Public Health Service
Detroit
U. S. Civil Service District
Post Office
Chicago
Ill
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Michigan
To Complete Lake Gogebic Hatchery
Construction will continue through winter at Michigan hatcheries. The Marquette WPA project will finish the water system relay, CCC workers will operate at Oden, and CCC and WPA funds will install two new heating systems at Marquette and Lydell. The Lake Gogebic hatchery, halted by funding shortages, is to be completed for use next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette Hatchery
WPA
Drayton Plains
CCC
Oden
Marquette
Lydell Hatchery
New Lake Gogebic
Houghton Man Named Deputy Auditor General of Michigan
The well known Brown and Hartman duo will work in double harness as Gus T. Hartman becomes deputy auditor general of Michigan on January 2 alongside auditor general elect Vernon J. Brown. Hartman, a Houghton native, previously served as deputy auditor general under John J. O Hara in 1935 and 1936 and held legislative seats in 1925 1927 1929 1931 and 1933. He is a Cleary college graduate who left the railroad business to join real estate and has been a supervisor and mayor of his hometown. Also notes a stray science aside about earth magnetism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Hartman
Gus T. Hartman
Michigan
Vernon J. Brown
House
Mr. Hartman
Houghton
John J. O'Hara
Cleary College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jan Wagoner
Yuletide
East End
West End
Rush
J. R. Johnson
Grand View Hospital
Dalskog
Sweden
Jospeh Pecard
Houghton Man
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