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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1935
Page
7
Rep. Ikema accused WPA chief Haber and aides of attempting to remove relief workers, calling for leadership changes while defending open discussion on Townsend plan. He urged authorities to review signals from a Sunday Ironwood meeting, signaling a shift in district relief policy and questioning old age security funding.
The Puritan Sunday School held a December program featuring readings, prayers, and songs across Beginners, Primary, Junior Boys and Girls, and Senior Girls departments. Highlights included familiar carols, dialogues, and a Christmas message by Rev. W. L. Peterson, concluding with Joy to the World and benediction.
Five chimney fires were reported during the blizzard in Bes semer yesterday afternoon and evening. The fire department answered calls to homes of Mrs. Salmi in Ironton Bernard Pospeck in Palms William Hayvala Frank Cilek and Reino Hauta.
Republic Steel Corp during the 1935 season shipped 2,428,597 gross tons of iron ore from the Lake Superior district, up from 1,044,952 tons in 1934. Gogebic range mines delivered 479,835 tons, Ironton at Bessemer led with 344,577, Tilden stockpiles yielded 79,562 tons, and 55,696 came from Ironwood Townsite.
A speaker labeled tax-exempt bonds as bare-faced banking racketeering and urged payment by currency. He claimed the U S treasury vaults held vast gold and silver reserves and dismissed inflation risk. The Hall telephone exchange, the state's smallest, serves 12 homes.
Upper Peninsula road groups and county road commissions met in St. Ignace to seek state funds for snow removal on county roads. An appeal will go to the state administrative board for an appropriation until the next legislative session. Gogebic County officials note high annual snowfall and rising costs per mile across road types, with state aid needed to sustain efficient service.
The Wakefield News reports DSS&A leaders and South Shore officials in Marquette discuss removing Thomaston as a division point. Rail operations would move to Ewen, with Thomaston closed and crews reassigned. nine to ten Thomaston families face job loss as the yard and facilities would be disposed of.
Bessemer township electors plan a special December 30 election with two ballot questions about transporting pupils within the township and to higher institutions outside the township but in Gogebic country. Approval is needed for state aid eligibility. neighboring Upper Peninsula districts show strong support for continued pupil transportation to secure aid.
E Oas announced city schools will construct a coasting hill behind Washington School known as Trail or Wagoner's Hill as part of a recreation project. New directors Gordon Erickson and Reinero Mattrella will oversee outdoor activity. Flooding of an ice rink opposite the school will also occur. The left rear Colby street route is a key improvement, with work delayed by past snow shortages but pushed after yesterday heavy snowfall.
Farmers and fishermen around Little Girls Point report an open winter with light snow intervals. Sheep near Ivar Peterson refuse hay and graze abundantly. locals seek a breakwater port on Ohmans Creek and electric line extension from Lake Superior Falls. Resettlement Admin relocation is possible. season is about a month longer than nearby areas.
The Oliver Iron Mining Co a division of United States Steel operates ten underground iron mines this winter in the Lake Superior district. Holmes Section 16 on the Marquette range Davis Geneva and Puritan on the Gogebic range Pioneer Sibley and London on the Vermilion range and Leonidas Spruce Morris and Godfrey on the Mesabi range.
Charles Rund a Bessemer pioneer and grocery merchant died Wednesday at Grand View Hospital from heart trouble and kidney ailment. He was 88, born in Sweden November 7, 1855, arrived in the U S at 24, lived in Negaunee before settling in Bessemer. He leaves two sons in Detroit and three daughters in Chicago and Duluth, plus brothers in Bessemer and Sweden and a Detroit sister. Funeral plans were not finalized but services likely Saturday afternoon.
Gogebic county board on Tuesday authorized a three member committee to meet with Ironwood Junior College officials to discuss the request for county support to stay open after April 1. Norbert Achatz was the sole dissenter citing no budget appropriation. The board also called for an investigation of the WPA program after 150 men were discharged from a road project near Marenisco for not being on relief.
Victor Wigg was appointed by the city council Monday as attendant at the new sewage disposal plant with a salary of 85 dollars per month. The vote was 7 to 1. Alderman Crenma cast the lone negative vote. Charlies Duda and Edward Costello had applications tabled. The building is not yet completed.
The Salvation Army will give Christmas baskets to about 15 families in Bessemer and Bessemer Township. Distribution is planned for Christmas Eve.
The city council approved an ordinance strengthening traffic laws designating main streets as through streets with right of way and prohibiting U turns and double parking. Snow flow rules ban street and alley parking 2 to 6 am November through March, with a year round ban on the high school block on Moore Street. Violations carry a 100 dollar fine or 90 days in jail. The council seeks state highway department aid to clear US 2 sidewalks of snow to prevent pedestrian hazards.
Rural Gogebic County seeks extension of electric lines to more farms and homes. A Harding district meeting drew 60 attendees, with 300 farmers at Rural Electrification events last week. Maps and petitions will move to the Rural Electrification Association, Michigan Public Utilities Commission, and Lake Superior District Power Co. A survey shows 350 farm families backing extensions, and 3 to 350 more would join if affordable. The Gogebic County Rural Electrification Association is led by a central committee from multiple townships including Erwin, Harding, North Bessemer, Ironwood, and Wakefield.
Italian residents of Gogebic county form a collection committee to collect funds for the Italian Red Cross to aid the Italo Ethiopian war. Members include Charles Camilli John Marchello Chester Fino of Bessemer and Arthur Paoli of Ironwood.
The M. A. Hanna Co. shipped 2 008 164 gross tons iron ore from the Lake Superior district in the 1935 season, up from 1 693 072 tons in 1934, an increase of 315 092 tons. The Gogebic range yielded 231 933 tons, all from the Wakefield mine.
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