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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1940
Page
2
DBorals and Personal items cover a long list of relatives and friends visiting in Ironwood and surrounding areas for Christmas and New Year. Guests include students, workers, and families from Duluth, Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Pontiac, Houghton, and other cities, with many returning to see kin and attend weddings, plays, and church events during the holiday season.
Miss Rose Allice was feted at a society birthday gathering two weeks ago at her home marking her 19th birthday. Mrs Domenic Allice served a spaghetti supper to guests.
Miss Gwenadlyn A. Slade wed Arvid L. Carlson at Sharon Lutheran Church with Rev Eastman officiating. Attendants were Mildred Mollard and Ralph Carlson. The couple resides on Sellar Street. Also, Raymond Adsit married June Adsit on September 21 in Kalamazoo with Delmar Proctor present.
Miss Jane Ann Loncharte daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Loncharte of Bessemer wed William R Kinney son of Mr and Mrs Wallace Kinney of Pontiac at St Michael's church Pontiac Rev Michael O'Reilly officiated vows. The bride wore a blue and gold ensemble.
Robert Olcott of Killawog New York faced a perilous climb inside a 135 foot brick smokestack. With darkness and a failed lantern he descended by flashlight gripped in his teeth and finished the ordeal unharmed. The 22 year veteran says he will wear a light riveted to his belt on future high stack work.
The bride wore a gold dress with matching accessories and a fingertip veil. Her bouquet combined roses, chrysanthemums, gardenias, and sweet peas. Mr and Mrs John C Brown, the bride's sister’s in laws, attended the couple. Mrs Brown wore rose and black with rose accessories and carried roses and chrysanthemums. A wedding breakfast for 28 relatives and friends followed at the Brown home, including the bride's parents.
Miss Alice Brown became Mrs Eugene E Kujanson at the Finnish National Lutheran church in Ironwood with Rev Jacob Hirvi presiding. The ceremony, performed in Albany style details, featured attendants Hilda Mattson and Dorothy Guiliani, best man Edward Niemi, and Theodore Brown. Dinner for 40 and a reception for 80 followed at the Brown home. The couple will reside in Ironwood, he employed by Ahonen Lumber Co. and she by Buckner Finance Co in Pontiac.
Bessemere area schools close for Christmas vacation and will reopen Monday Dec 30 due to time made up from last fall. State Senator D Stephen Benzie of Norway met with county officials on proposed state school aid legislation and serves on the education committee. Tuberculosis essay winners in Bessemer public grade schools include Gladys Nyman Barber first prize $2.50 Mildred Matonich Washington tied for second $1.50 Louis Gotta Washington also noted.
Christmas Eve outdoor carol performance by members of the Taxis Society of the Presbyterian church marks an annual youth event. Other items note funeral services for John Kolinski of Watersmee at St Sebastian church with burial in the local cemetery, a WPA road reopening behind Washington school, and four scarlet fever quarantines affecting children under twelve.
The Lawrence Scudder Co of Marquette has been contracted by the city council to audit the city's books at a cost not surpassing $250 after a bid process with three bidders.
Axel Frederickson CCC enrollment officer at the courthouse states Gogebic County’s January quota is 65. Enrollees may register by January 3. Well drillers at Escanaba struck a gas pocket at 100 feet on December 18, igniting flames that rose about 40 feet.
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