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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1964
Page
7
Published weekly by the Herald Publishing Company at 109 East Mary Street Bessemer Michigan. Entered as second class matter May 26 1900 at the post office in Bessemer under the act of March 3 1879. Subscription rates are three dollars fifty cents out of Gogebic County and three dollars in Gogebic County.
The Bessemer Speed Barrage so far this season endures a 21 game losing streak since 1963 with the 1964-65 squad losing five in a row. Coach and fans remain hopeful as they fight for a breakthrough after a close Friday loss to Maple and with calls for support amid the district’s Christmas Seal drive lagging $1.46 behind the goal and tuberculosis efforts pressing Michigan officials to boost funds and vigilance during the holiday travel period. The report notes a recent TB case in Beaverton and urges safer travel practices over Christmas and New Year weekends, detailing patrol plans and guard involvement to reduce holiday fatalities.
Thermometer dips to 15 below as Powderhorn Mountain earns praise from skiers. Over 65 inches of snowfall promise great runs. County housing bookings for Christmas rush. City candidates must file petitions by December 28 for the primary. Students look forward to Christmas break. News items mix in jest and everyday humor with brief quotes and reflections.
Jay Bennetts receives a Christmas gift from Japan and finds assembly instructions in Japanese. The item’s unusual origin is noted amid a lighthearted, local flavor as the piece closes with a quip about a dentist who married a manicurist and their ongoing quarrel.
A collection of short witticisms and anecdotes mentions Mario Pertile’s cold truck ride, Salk’s fame with a new slogan for Save All Little Kids, a Kansas park farmer’s pig fondness for a breakfast bowl, and workplace humor about safe driving and line repair language.
Gloría Bria four died Monday at Divine Infant Hospital Wakefield admitted last Saturday for pneumonia. Christmas seals fund total, local events and appointments in Bessemer area reported with multiple obituaries births and civic notes.
Ten years ago in December 1924 Victor Saarikoski near Bes Semer finishes a new dairy barn for 23 head of cattle. State utilities commission in Lansing hears requests from Wakefield and Ironwood residents to restore two daily trains on the Chicago and North Western, while Mr and Mrs August Dahl announce the birth of a son at their home on Friday December 5. Art Hardy and John Sartoris, Bessemer High football standouts, earn spots on the 1924 Upper Peninsula high school football honor roll named by Escanaba writers, and Mr and Mrs Fritz Gustafson of Anvil are parents of a child.
The Rev J H Gliddon who has led the Ontonagon parish for three years will assume the pastorate of a Catholic church in Bessemer this Sunday. Mayor Trevarthen names W F Truttner as delegate and F A Siebensohn as alternate to the Marquette tax commission meeting on Tuesday December 15. Carl Hastings leases the Loncharge building and plans a modern restaurant soon. Citizens are urged to donate usable clothing for the needy, to be left at Washington school. John Finnegan and family move into the Apitz residence on Beecher Street.
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