Winners and cantatas mark county school activities
The list notes 7th to 9th grade contestants led by William Shaw and Lillian Rossi and others, with admission set at two heats per person. Township Girls Glee Club presents Bethlehem cantata “The Bethlehem” with numbers by Ruth Erickson and Etta Mae Brockbank as part of a December program across multiple township schools and anvil and puritan programs featuring orchestra, dramatizations, and recitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shaw
Lillian Rossi
George Kevern
Eva Dutrane
Alfred Moro
Leona Savamaki
Bethlehem
Bernard
Jesus
Ruth Erickson
Etta Mae Brockbank
Mae Matara
Bernice Scavarda
Helen Iualifie Gorenson
Ramsay
Bessemer Township
Orchestrgen
Stefanie
Charles Carpenedo
Lake of Bethlehem
Harding
Harding School
Lamoreux
Dorothy Ruusula
Santa Claus
Diane Kent
Joyce Erickson
Jack Rule
Model Boys
Jacquart
Santa
Eileen Matara
Joyce Lindstrom
Herald Angel
Anvil
Anvil School
Gyymnasium
Vera Cocco
Township Orchestra
Santa’s Helpers
Squire Harley
Township
Township Girls
Bernard Hamblem
Toys of Steel Dominates Christmas Toy Production
American Iron and Steel Institute reports steel remains the top material for a broad range of toys this Christmas. Toy cars, velocipedes, and scooters alone will require about 200 tons of steel, with trains, stoves, construction sets and more adding substantial, though incalculable, amounts. Steel toys are a growing trend as children prefer adult-scale models, with popular new items like disintegrator pistols and rocket ships often steel. Sheet and strip steel lead usage, followed by tin plate and black plate, while steel tubing and cast iron also play key roles. about half of the nearly 1000 U.S. toy plants produce steel toys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Iron and Steel Institute
United States
WPA Projects Rebuild U P With Tourist Focus
The Works Progress Administration expands in the Upper Peninsula to spur tourism and replace declining industry. District 8 covers 11 counties with 13,000 workers, 8 million dollars in begun projects, and a scenic drive to Roosevelt Mountain. Iron Mountain hosts the world’s largest ski jump and Finn village cabins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Iron Mountain
District 6
Roosevelt Mountain
Copper Country
Col
Fort Holmes Restoration Aims to Shine for Mackinac Island
In the 15 county district near the Straits of Mackinac, spending will prioritize building improvements over tourist facilities. About 8,500 people have benefited and $1,500,000 is allocated for district projects. A key aim is to restore Fort Holmes on Mackinac Island to resemble the late eighteenth century British fortress.
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Mi.ton
Wuture
Straits of Mackinac
Lower
Fort Holmes
Mackinac Island
Composer Nisonen Honored In Duluth
Professor Martii Nisonen of Hancock Michigan, a noted Upper Peninsula composer, soloist, and musical director, will be honored in Duluth on January 8 as the Duluth Civic Symphony and chorus perform his arrangements to Finlandia. He recently led a GM orchestra program in Detroit featuring his Sinfonietta and solo performances, raising Michigan’s musical profile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martii Nisonen
Hancock
Upper Peninsula
Duluth
Duluth Civic Symphony and Chorus
Finlandia
Jean Sibelius
Nisonen
Michigan
Republic of Finland
General Motors Orchestra
Masonic Temple
Detroit
Too Beautiful to Be Happy A Beauty Queen Article
A feature in The American Weekly advertised with illustrations discusses the fate of beauty queens. The ad notes Kingsford in Dickinson county near Iron Mountain as the Ford City of the North Country and highlights Ford Motor Company facilities including a large sawmill dry kilns and hydro electric installations open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Weekly
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Kingsford
Dickinson County
Iron Mountain
Ford
Ford Motor Company
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Coopera
Ship County Public
Eeleen
Ruth Erick
Mary Babich
Mary Baith Erickson
God
Etta _nk
Prun
Rams
Mildred Fastman
Ferro
New York
Idama
Puri‘nt
Ent Council
Fron
Brown
Puritan School
Dee
Wiitan
Ning
Vening
Ial Seliday
Brurn
Sanitary Bottling
Sanitary
Bessemer, Mich
E.A! Morenci
Mithiada Tuberculosis Assn
Erbry
U. P
Iit
General
General Electric
Lake Superi
Bessemer, Mic
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