High School Holiday Fetes Highlight Bessemer Pageant
Bessemer high school closed for Christmas programs and parties sponsored by home rooms and teachers. The play Little Brother of the Blessed was staged with a cast including Khatani Charles Dianich and Ruth Puro. The girls’ glee club and a mixed chorus performed, with student leaders in charge of costumes, props, and programs. Open house parties featured lunches, songs, speeches, games, and gift exchanges among home rooms 205, 207, 210, 216, and 21%. The Montreal Mining Co opened a 35th level shaft in Montrebase, Wisconsin, shipping iron ore totaling about 600,000 tons. The Odd Fellows lodge donated $20 for needy clothing in Bessemer. Over 300 deer are estimated killed by automobiles in Michigan this year. Iron County is bordered by six Upper Peninsula counties.
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Bessemer High School
Household Magazine
Khatani
Charles Dianich
Barnabas
Victor Schmidt
Schechem
Thomas Hayes
Skem
Donald Swanson
Azrail
Ruth Puro
Mary
Patricia Knudsen
Joseph
Jack Romstad
Angels
Marguerite Johnson
Jeanette Vertanen
Agnes Rocco
Helen Brody
Julia Mattson
Vera Epps
Virginia Pecard
Betty Jane Thomas
Glee Club
Rita Jezek
John Berger
Jis Leone
Julia Giachino
Alice Brown
Carmela Sofia
Lorraine Provencher
Marguerite Appel
Carl Korpi
Quizz
Tommy Hayes
Donald la
Santa
Peech
Ann Dianich
Mad
Doyle
Cresswell
Montreal Mining Co
Montres
Wis
Gogebic Iron Range
Funeral for J. R. Johnson Held in Bessemer
Funeral services for pioneer merchant J. R. Johnson were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the family home. Rev. F. E. W. Eastman of Sharon Lutheran church officiated. Burial followed in Hillrest cemetery with pallbearers J. W. Johnson, William Todd, Emil Marander, James Piper, Martin Lamoreux, and John Swedberg.
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J. R. Johnson
Bessemer
F.E.W. Eastman
Sharon Lutheran Church
Hillrest Cemetery
J. W. Johnson
William Todd
Emil Marander
James Piper
Martin Lamoreux
John Swedberg
Society notes from Bessemer and district events
The Bessemer Elks plan their annual New Year s Eve ball at the city hall auditorium next Saturday night. The Bessemer American Legion Christmas dance is set for December 25 at Ramsay Town Hall. The Puritan Mission held its monthly meeting at Mrs Ernest Swanson s home with devotions led by Miss Florence Davis and a talk by Mr Epps of First Methodist on Mary and Jesus. A short program was followed by lunch and Santa Claus gift exchanges. Bessemer Girl Scouts Troop 3 distributed Christmas treats to Grand View Hospital patients, with several troop members listed among helpers. The Business Women s Club Christmas party featured Jack Marta and Marilys Saari with music and dance acts, Ruth Vogtlin s solo, and piano accompaniment by Mrs Arthur Koski. The arrangements committee included Mrs Berth Whahara and other members.
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Bessemer Elks Lodge
City Hall
Ernest Swanson
Florence Davis
Christ
Epps
First Methodist Church
Bessemer
Jesse E. Epps
Swanson
Santa Claus
Business Women’s Club
Legion’ Huidine
Jack Marta
Ironwood
Marilys Saari
Wakefield
Arthur Koski
Ramsay
Ruth Vogtlin
Rupert Otto
Berth Whahara
Mary
Jennie Ponte
Ingrid Baksic
Conrad Velin
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Starr Commonwealth
Mayme Forno
Washington School
Charles Gounod
Lena Guiliani
Miss Juwliani
Andrew Buchko
Maurice Burt
J .W. Hellman
Joycee Creager
Eleanor Nelson
Elia Olikainen
Audrey Treyarthen
Helen Sorenson
Mildred Green
Delbert Peterson
Taxis Society of
Christmas Party For Legion Auxiliary Kids
A Christmas party for children of Bessemer American Legion Auxiliary members was held last Friday at the Legion building. Mrs John Moseile oversaw arrangements. The program featured Lucille Menghini and Justine Supercynski in clarinet duets and Christmas selections, recitations by Rosemary Brentar Leonore Isdebski Marilyn Johnson Janet Hellman and Lucille MenghiniJustine Supercynski Josephine Dimperic in Christmas weather and Twas the Night Before Christmas. Games, lunch for 85 children and 50 adults, and Santa Claus distributing candy and gifts followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
John Moseile
Lucille Menghini
Justine Supercynski
Rosemary Brentar
Leonore Isdebski
Marilyn Johnson
Janet Hellman
Josephine Dimperic
Mesdames
Frank Negri
Ernest Pricco
Analdo Gesmondi
John Perucca
Joseph Gastino
Louis Baldini
James Boggio
E. J. Nystrom
A. John Anderson
Carl Anderson
Louis Bradley
Louis Crenna
Santa Claus
Women’s club to entertain husbands at Veterans Memorial party
Entertainment planned by the Women’s club for husbands at the Veterans Memorial building on Friday January 6. Arrangements finalized at yesterday’s Washington school meeting. No admission charge. donations requested for pot luck supper served at six.
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Veterans Memorial Building
Washington School
Christmas Programs Scheduled This Week End
The Methodist Sunday School and First Presbyterian church plan Christmas programs this weekend. The Methodist program Friday at 7:30 features a skit, musical numbers, carols, and a cast including LaVerne Gotta, Milo Swanson, Bobby Rhodes, Vera Epps, Vida Cox, Kathryn Serbin, Jack Gotta, and many children. The Presbyterian program on Christmas Eve at 7:30 presents processions, readings, solos, and choral numbers led by Edward Rodd, George Aspinwall, Larry Kallander, Billy Walls, Shirley Martin, and Betty Gray with a large choir and church participants.
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Methodist Sunday School
LaVerne Gotta
Milo Swanson
Bobby Rhodes
Don Rice
LaVerne Arpt
Vera Epps
Vida Cox
Kathryn Serbin
Jack Gotta
Edward Rodd
George Aspinwall
Larry Kallander
Billy Walls
Shirley Martin
Community Christmas Eve Affair and Sunday School Service
Members hosted a social evening with meals and crafts as Mrs. Conrad Velin led arrangements. Donations were approved for Red Cross Salvation Army and Starr Commonwealth. A Christmas program featured art cooking sewing displays music solos and duets plus a Puritan Sunday school service with scenes from Bethlehem and Silent Night.
Four Gogebic mines extend weekly schedules by one day
Four Gogebic range mines, Newport Cary Anvil Palms and Sunday Lake, will operate on four day shifts weekly. Copper Range company bought Lake Copper company assets at Ontonagon auction, taking land and mineral rights but not cash or securities, with dissolution by Lake Copper directors and shareholders. Receipts and other cash assets will go to Lake Copper stockholders. Copper Range expands holdings in Michigan copper district, including Isle Royale operations begun recently. An average bull elk in Michigan weighs about 550 pounds and stands 5 feet 8 inches at the shoulder.
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Gogebic Range
Newport, Cary
Anvil Palms
Sunday Lake
Copper Range Company
Ontonagon
The
Lake Copper Company
Lake Company
Copper Range
Lake Mine
Copper
Michigan
Relich appeals for roadside garbage can placement
Peter L. Relich, local contractor, asks residents without alley access to place garbage cans at the road for pickup. He says workers will stop retrieving cans from rear areas and will disregard any not left at the curb for quick disposal.
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Peter L. Relich
Benzie Named For Senate Committees In Lansing Shuffle
Iron River Burly Steve Benzie the district state senator elect visits Norway to reflect on his role in Lansing. He aims for at least two key committees highway and conservation and praises civil service reforms as a step toward better government. He plans to leave for Lansing December 26 after Christmas.
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Norway
Iron River
Steve Benzie
Dist
Steve
State Highway Department
John C. Wickstrom
Dickinson
Marquette
Iron
Gogebic
Benzie
Lansing
Senate
Loren D. Dickinson
Charlotte
New State Civil Service Commission
William Brownrigg
Grand Ledge
Frank Fitzgerald
Civil Service
Move WPA Office To Marquette City
Marquette will soon host the Fifth district Works Progress Administration office with 82 employees transferred from Iron Mountain. Louis W. Nims announced in Lansing that the office will be headquartered in the Historical Society building in Marquette.
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Marquette
Fifth District
Works Progress Administration
Louis W. Nims
Iron Mountain
Historical Society
Reunion for TM Hesse graduates at Legion club
A reunion of Home-Coming TM Hesse graduates will be held Wednesday night at the Legion club. Former graduates who are home for the Christmas vacation will attend.
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Hessemer High School
Legion Club
Marquette Overwhelms Bessemer in 23 9 Victory
Marquette defeated Bessemer High 23 to 9 as height and speed stifled the Speed Boys. Sluggish first half ended 7 to 5 then Marquette pulled away in the second half scoring 16 to 4. Referee Kraemer and others listed for the game. Wolf Room B squad won 24 to unknown in the preliminary.
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Marquette
Bessemer High Speed Boys
Speed Boys
Wolf Room
Iron River Policy Keeps City Debt Free
Iron River plans to stay out of debt through 1939 as tax payments fund city operations. City Manager David M. Youngs and the commission face collecting 18000 in current taxes while avoiding borrowing. With essential improvements in place, officials pledge only ordinary expenses and careful management for the winter.
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Iron River
David M. Youngs
Prospect of US-2 All-Weather Road to Ironwood East to Iron River
Engineer L. Kreuz of the state highway department reports a strong chance that US-2 will be fully hard-surfaced from Ironwood to Iron River by fall 1939. Two gravel gaps remain between Marenisco and Wakefield and between Watersmeet and Cooks Run. The concrete end is 15 miles west of Iron River with a six mile connecting segment near completion.
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Ironwood
Iron River
L. Kreuz
State Highway Department
Marenisco
Wakefield
Watersmeet
Cooks Run
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Brvivai
John Wakevai
Odd Fellows Lodge of
Roy Rhodes
Lodge
Iron County
Yper Peninsula
Ver
Bessemer Township
American Legion
Ramsay Town Hall
Mission Society Meets
Troop 3
Grand View Hospital
Marilyn Nystrom
Dolores Rodd
Beverly Ross
Alice Harvat
Faye Breen
Patsy Englund
Ann Skagen
Margery Skwor
Rosemary
Sue Hansen
Charlotte Hansen
Jacqueline Englund
Ethelyn Hasbrook
Dorothy Turpeinen
Ramone Barlow
Margaret Erickson
Betty Burt
Kathleen Turner
Patty Nemacheck
Business Club
Plan Entertainment
Joey Gotta
Arthur Chapman
Donald Johnson
Bernice Johnson
Jane Grenfell
Lucille Rhodes
Nadine Luxmore
Donald Otto
Evelyn Grenfell
Odu Frohlicke
Elaine Lillr
First Presbyterian Church
Herald Angels
Carolyn Oas
Barbara Jean Olson
Ruth Kallander
Halsey Hansen
Wayne Coxey
Clayton Rund
Betty Walls
Marilyn Aspinwall
Ruth Hansen
God
Wayne Smith
Betty Gray
Betty Ann Gustafson
Katherine Kallander
Lorraine Hauta
Elizabeth Baird
Manger
Bethlehem
Orient
Lorraine
Puritan Community
Betty Nelson
Betty Roberts
Nancy Mattson
Marlis Jean Gustafson
David Berg
Audrey Maki
Patsy Green
Jack Nelson
Lorraine Broemer
Delbert Gustafson
Elaine Provencher
Elvi
Banfield
Charles Provencher
Angel
Ruth Annear
Patricia Sorenson
Jimmy Webber
Earl Webber
Robert Gustafson
Rev
W. L. Peterson
Increase Holdings
WPA
Marquette City
Quint
Kraemer
Trewyn
Newman
Carpenter
Romo
R. Peterson
Ifseein
Bradley
Sandquist
L_ LL
Cychosz
Cardinals
Desonia
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