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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1935
Page
4
Representative Frank Wood reports on renewed relief efforts and federal plans at a banquet in Iron River City Hall. The talk covers Townsend plan skepticism, social security provisions, and calls for open discussion with Townsendites.
A school program is detailed with a Christmas theme including scripture readings, songs, dialogues, and performances by Beginners, Primary, Junior, and Senior classes. The program features numerous student readers and singers, with Rev W L Peterson delivering Christmas messages.
The first blizzard of the winter sparked five chimney fires in Bessemier yesterday afternoon and evening. Firefighters responded to Mrs Salmi in Ironton Bernard Pospeck in Palms William Hayvala Frank Cilek and Reino Hauta.
County committees from the Upper Peninsula Road Builders Association and U P road commissions met at St Ignace to seek more revenue for county snow clearing. They plan to appeal to the state administrative board for an appropriation until the next legislative session. Gogebic County, with high shelter and wind swept road costs, will be represented in January as officials cite yearly cost increases.
Abandonment of Thomaston as a division point on the South Shore rail line marks the decline of a once important railroad center. The town slowly succumbs to the broader trend of ghost towns tied to shifting transportation and industry.
Republic Steel Corp shipped 2,428,597 gross tons of iron ore from the Lake Superior district in 1935, up from 1,044,952 tons in 1934. Ironton at Bessemer led with 344,577 tons, Tilden stockpiles at 79,662 tons, and Ironwood Townsite add 55,696 tons amid ongoing tax debate.
Bessemer township electors set a December 30 special election with two ballot questions. One covers pupil transport within the township, the other transport to institutions outside the township but in Gogebic county. Approval is needed for state aid eligibility. other Upper Peninsula districts have shown strong support for continuing pupil transport.
Announcement by E. J. Oas reports construction of a new coasting hill under the recreational project behind Washington School on Trailt or Wagoner’s Hill. Gordon Erickson and Reinero Mattrella oversee outdoor activities as delays due to snow lessen. Flooding an ice rink opposite the school will also be done. Oas notes little work needed beyond preparing the natural site with a new turn toward Colby street.
Farmers along the Little Girls Point area report an open winter with light snow only at intervals. Sheep man Ivar Peterson notes his flock refuses hay and grazes instead near the south shore of Lake Superior, as fishermen and farmers assess conditions.
Charles Rund a longtime Bessemer grocer and meat market operator died Wednesday night at Grand View hospital after heart and kidney illness. Born in Sweden November 7 1855 he immigrated to the U S at 24 arriving in Negaunee before settling in Bessemer. He leaves sons Dr Sandys Rand and Arthur Rand of Detroit and daughters Emma Mathilda Rand of Chicago and Nan Rand of Duluth along with siblings in Detroit Sweden. Funeral plans not finalized.
Gage County board authorizes a three member committee to meet with Ironwood Junior College officials and discuss funding after April. Norbert Achatz dissenting, urging no appropriation in the budget. Supervisors call for investigation of the matter.
Widespread demand in Gogebic county rural areas for extending electric lines to more farms and homes. Sixty people attended a Harding school district meeting on the topic and about 300 farmers heard Rural Electrification meetings last week. Maps show current lines and proposed routes to serve 300 to 750 farm homes, to be sent to the Rural Electrification Association in Washington and to Michigan Public Utilities Commission in Lansing and to Lake Superior District Power Company. A month long survey found 350 farm families expressing interest in the extension.
The Bessemer city council approved an ordinance designating principal streets as through thoroughfares with right of way, banning U turns and double parking on through streets, and prohibiting parking 2 to 6 am November 1 to March 3. The high school block on Moore Street is closed to parking year round. Violators face 100 dollars fine or 390 days jail. The council seeks state aid to plow sidewalks along US 2 to prevent snow blocking pedestrian routes.
Plans to move train crews and engines to Ewen would shutter Thomaston shops after 45 years, displacing nine to ten families reliant on railroad work. The changes reflect ongoing cost cutting as Marengo to Superior routes are pared back, with potential relocation areas near Lake Superior and Little Girls Point eyed for resettlement and electrification.
The Oliver Iron Mining Co a unit of United States Steel operates ten underground iron mines this winter in the Lake Superior district. Mines include Holmes-Section 16 on Marquette range Devis Geneva Puritan on Gogebic range Pioneer Sibley Soe dan on Vermilion range and Leonidas Spruce Morris Godfrey on Mesabi range.
Discharged workers claimed injustice after losing jobs for not being on relief. The investigation was requested to probe alleged discrimination tied to relief status.
Victor Wigg was appointed by the city council Monday as attendant at the new sewage disposal plant with a salary of 5 per month. The confirmation passed 7 to 1 with Alderman Crenma voting against. Duda and Costello applications were tabled. the building remains incomplete.
The Salvation Army will distribute Christmas baskets to about 16 families in Bessemer and Bessemer township. Baskets will be handed out on Christmas Eve.
The Gogebic County Rural Electrification Association requests service within affordable costs. The central committee includes Wm. R. Hellen, J. K. Jackson from Erwin township. Nesto Erickson, John Korpi Jr., Walter Kusisto from Harding area. F. L. VanGorder, Hugo Stone from North Bessemer. Ralph Rowell, John Mahonen from Ironwood township. and Richard Salmela, Arthur Niku la from Wakefield.
Italian residents of Gogebic county organize a collection to aid the Italian Red Cross for the Italo Ethiopian war. The drive includes committee members Charles Camilli John Marchello Chester Fino of Bessemer and Arthur Paoli of Ironwood.
The M. A. Hanna Co. moved 2,008,164 gross tons of Lake Superior iron ore in 1935, up from 1,693,072 tons in 1934, an increase of 315,093 tons. Of the 231,933 tons from Gogebic range, all came from the Wakefield mine.
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