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Newspaper

Bessemer Herald

Location

Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1938

Page

3

Christmas Cantata Travels Through Four Township Schools

A Christmas cantata titled Come Let Us Adore Him was staged across four township schools directed by Miss Evonne Jacquet with a special orchestra organized by M. O. Lamoreux. The program featured kindergarten numbers, junior high and high school solos, various grade groupings, and an all-school choir, culminating in Glory To God by the entire group. A night-school party sponsored by Mrs. Barron from Ramsay capped the Christmas season.

Flim Evonne Jacquet M. O. Lamoreux Comaty Herald Angels Junia Judea Jory Jesus Doreen Shogren Walter Shefka Alice Anderson Ramsay Jeanne Chouinard Puritan John Crawford Harding Theodore Krakovec Anvil Sowitts Dorothy Stuuwerenun Win Theilkinen Raagusays Lntine Evelyn Erickson Marjorie Westeen Betty Lou Goodwin Evelyn Er Antieas Maviotie Westeet Evel Berikson Ptardinge Evelyn Evickson Glory To God Randy - Leonard Passini Arthe Koshi Robert Rigor Lloyd Wigman Data East Lois Shernies Mad Cleriges Shirley Carlson Wea Ot Kreski Jack Jaspe Les Oar Ruth Startson Dean Jacobson Pipon Olson Lindy Allen William Nynan Betty Chiapagio Edward Anderson Alya Vanappa Barron

Tuberculosis Essay Contest Winners Named in Township Schools

The annual tuberculosis essay contest for grades 6 7 and 8 in Bessemer township schools has announced winners Joyce Creger 6th Puritan first Mildred Korpela 7th Ramsay second and Shirley Braemer 8th Puritan third The township congratulates the trio on their achievement and skill.

Bessemer Township Joyce Creger Puritan Mildred Korpela Ramsay Shirley Braemer

Ramsay School Pays Tribute to Ralph Heikkinen

Ralph Heikkinen, All-American guard from the University of Michigan, returns home for a brief visit before leaving Sunday for San Francisco to play in the East West All-Star game on January 2. The Ramsay school community honors a gentleman, scholar and outstanding athlete whose national repute reflects pride on local roots.

Ralph Heikkinen University of Michigan Jacob Ikkinen Rualph San Francisco Ramsay School Ralph

Christmas Poems Book A Treasure In Miss Hodsdon's Class

A colorful Christmas poems book is described as a valued possession of every pupil in Miss Hodsdon's Harding school room.

Little Jane Trevarthen hosts Ram school reading event

Little Jane Trevarthen of the Ram school led a reading day for first through sixth graders on Tuesday featuring her rendition of The Night Before Christmas.

Jane Trevarthen Ramsay

Harding Junior High Logs Invite Sleigh Ride Party

The Harding Junior high Logs note invitations from the Stard ing Girls’ Athletic Club to attend a sleigh riding party held Friday night December 16 beginning at 6 45 o'clock. After the ride games were played indoors.

Harding Junior High Logs Starding Girls’ Athletic Club

Sergeant Eniis Talks on Crime for Civics Class

Sergeant FP R Eniis spoke to the civics class last week covering the Trout Creek bank robbery, tear gas boats, radio use in tracking gangsters, fingerprint lifting, handwriting analysis, and the escape and doom of Maruarquete gangsters. Autographs followed the talk.

FP. R. Eniis Trout Creek Muarquerte

Foresters Say Christmas Tree Cutting Can Aid Forests

Michigan foresters challenge claims that annual Christmas tree cutting wastes forests. Assistant state forester George S. McIntire argues the issue is cutting methods not the practice. Editorial in American Forests supports a thinning role if done properly.

Michigan George S. McIntire The Foresters’ National Magazine American Forests

Civil Service Exams Open for Various Federal Posts

The U S civil service commission announced open competitive exams for positions in Washington D C and elsewhere. Closing dates vary with January 9 1939 cited for certain postings. Applicants face age and educational requirements including college degrees and substituted experience.

United States Civil Service Commission Colorado Ctendas Maginnier Veterans’ Administration Washington, D. Co Museum Division National Park Service Dept. of the Interior

Priest Killer Hopes for Release from Ionia State Hospital

Fr. James Lenhart murderer LaBelle, sentenced to life imprisonment, reportedly hopes for release from the Ionia state hospital. A note found with a wax bag on Grand River near Lowell references contacting Montreal relatives and Governor Murphy. Nearby notices list job openings and academic requirements in agriculture and home economics.

Tron River Magliore LaBelle James Lenhart Iron River Ionia State Hospital Grand River Lowell Michigan LaBelle Montreal Murphy le Win Wiiing

Christmas Trees and Forest Use in Public Opinion

The editorial defends Christmas trees as a legitimate forest use, arguing conservation aims do not justify banning them. It notes trees from lumbering leftovers and thinnings help forests and that all states have ample land. It also previews U S Civil Service job qualifications in biometric and parasitology fields and mentions John Springhetti as secretary.

America Prairie Bell Bureau of Animal Industry Dept. of Agriculture John Springhetti U. S. Civil Service Board of Exainers Eday

Blacklock of Kent County and the LaBelle Case

Deputy Jack Wiest of Kent County asks Sheriff Emery J. King for information on LaBelle who had served time in Wisconsin prisons before his crime in Iron County. LaBelle faced an assault charge in 1933, a jury deadlock in court, killed Fr. Lenhart in 1934, and was moved from prison to a hospital for the criminally insane in 1935. The piece also notes the U S Navy carried 720 360 American soldiers to the front in World War I without losing a man.

Iron River LaBelle Brewet Marquette Ionian Hospital United States Navy

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Plains of Bethlehem Rose Basso Mar Celine Provencher Betty Lou Goodwin Puritan Clyde Olson William Nyman Mary Helen Pribble Orient Old Shepherd John Dillion Robert Rigotti Lois Dahlgren Ruth Martinson Betty Chiapuzio Shepherds Noel Marjorie Westeen Heikkinen In Bulard Xmas Trees O. K Weather Bureau Hinchelow Hugh Bureau of Home Economics Public Health Service Treasury Dept Perotti Chris Barz Hansen Lumber Merry Christmas Garret ORY Milwaukee Andrew Pricco Bessemer
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