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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1935
Page
3
DePadua defeats Bessemer 28 to 10 in the B team clash. Rajata leads Bessemer with six of the ten points as Hampered by the scoring, with DePadua securing the win.
The Folk Nativity Christmas play by John Baird will be shown at the high school Friday December 20 at 1 30 pm under Miss Feeney’s direction. Cast includes Elizabeth Baird as Narrator Donald Ethier as Gabriel Jean Graham as Mary and others with a chorus directed by Mr Reinhold.
The high school library will not be open evenings during the two weeks of the Christmas vacation. Hours will be from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays for this period.
Readers will hear cheerful greetings in French as Miss Runge's classes perform Continental style holiday phrases. The note explains the students have learned to sing carols and tunes with foreign nasal syllables and will soon perform these greetings in public.
Thursday and Friday saw Christmas parties in home rooms from 11:30 to 1:00 with exchanges of small gifts. Many rooms were attractively decorated to suit the festive occasion.
The High School gym hosted a well decorated Christmas party last Wednesday evening. Frederick Otto and Gilmore White led a vocal duet while Warren Paynter and Reuben Muchketto performed an ocarina duet and Robert Lobb played a piano novelty piece. Evelyn Massa and Edna Skagen helped with decorations as Hansen read letters from students. Reinhold supervised the event with a highway sponsor at Council. Cagers Lose DePadua Quintet invasion followed in a later game.
A short reflective verse urges peace over selfish zeal and creed. It invokes the Galilean skill to guide human effort toward a higher will and envisions a year with lasting peace replacing conflict driven by words and deeds. The poem ends by recalling the Christ child’s mission to foster peace.
The Vienna based junior high publication lists Editor in Chief Vienna Ruikka and Assistant Editor Kathleen Buchan en, with Wilbert Maki as boys sports editor. Jake Editor Kathleen Buchanen. Attendance overseen by Rose Pertile and Class Activities by Margaret Running.
The grade pupils hosted matinees and classroom parties with a Santa Claus on Friday afternoon marking the school's closing for the holiday season. Pupils from various rooms vied for the best decorated room or tree, all reflecting Christmas spirit and willing hands. The faculty and pupils extend holiday wishes to the Herald staff and community, wishing a merry Christmas season and a prosperous New Year.
A Monday afternoon meeting in the Washington School music room ended with no Christmas Party this year. Three girls will take toys to one family and four others to another. A Friday after school session will wrap fixed toys. Further play discussions and special meeting details were planned. Scout tests were not addressed at this meeting.
Mr Joschak organizes an orchestra of music students from Mr Nemacheck's class. They performed Friday morning December 20 between home room play acts. Members include Eleanore Hill piano Margaret Cech violin Alice Korpela violin Robert Allen trumpet Rita Jezek saxophone Jack Roberts trombone George Koronski drums Maxine Crawford Mary Sterny both 6B began class inet this week.
The 9B-1 class under Mr. Nemacheck presents a Christmas Carol in five scenes. Music and recitations include Margaret Cech violin Marian Vukovich recitation and Carl Korpi harmonica, with a host of named characters and performers.
The Bessemer Michigan Common Council meets December 16 1935 with Mayor presiding. The finance committee approves water street and sewage labor claims and authorizes warrants. The council adopts traffic and parking ordinance number one hundred eleven sixty nine and funds transfers and a city agreement quit claim with Keweenaw Land Association.
Bessemer adopts ordinance designating Lead U S 2 and Sophie Moore and other streets as through-traffic routes. Drivers must stop before crossing or entering these streets and follow signs and police guidance. Restrictions include no U turns and limited winter parking on main streets. The measure designates bus stop points and enforces penalties for violations.
The annual meeting of holders of the Bessemer Bank in Bessemer Michigan will elect directors and consider other business. It will be held at the bank on the 14th day at 3 30 o clock.
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