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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1940
Page
5
The Bessemer Herald of Bessemer Michigan is published every Friday by The Herald Publishing Company. It is entered in the Post Office as Second Class Mail with an annual prepaid subscription of two dollars.
A local plea urges residents to form the Club To Save The Court House Tower to oppose removing the fifty year old tower atop the county courthouse. The author argues the structure preserves landmark charm, prevents a fortresslike appearance, and protects property value.
A Ironwood youth died this week after being struck by a truck while coasting in the city. The incident follows repeated safety warnings, with officials noting harsh police methods like impounding sleds for street riders as a deterrent.
Gogebic county Democratic committee asks for more WPA projects in local communities to cut long commutes for workers. Bessemer already funds extensive WPA jobs and faces tight finances. Ottawa Washington now limits sponsorship costs and only essential projects get approval for defense funding. the county road project remains active and requires better access for workers.
The Ramsay Runeberg lodge elected Axel Coleman as president Frank Rizzie as vice president Clem ens Carlson recording secretary Charles Backman finance officer Edward Anderson treasurer John Johnson marshal Herman Erickson inner guard Charles East outer guard Mrs Frank Rizzie youth leader Herman Erickson Arvid Holmquist Harry O Johnson auditors Mrs Anna Holmquist janitress Carl Orling Mrs Charles East Art Swanson Mrs Axel Coleman Mrs C E Carlson sick committee. Ramsay BC schools closed last Friday for a 10 day Christmas vacation reopening Monday Dec 30 due to polio disruption. A large Christmas tree lit by Castle Mining Co at the mine office corner lot and a tree top star crown the engine house. Mining Co hosted a Christmas party for Ramsay children Tuesday in the school gym. Miss Natalie Wagner directed the program and Santa Claus handed out candy. Holiday travelers include Michigan and Michigan State students visiting home for the holidays and local residents visiting relatives in Chicago Phillips and Evanston.
Remodeling of the Anvil club house interior created one large first floor room with a kitchen and a tan color scheme while the second floor now hosts a single gathering space. The Young Woman's Club of Anvil Palms held a Christmas party Friday night. A large community Christmas tree was erected between Palms and Anvil and lit last Friday. A tree lights display also decorates the Palms shaft at night. Visitors include Miss Julia Bjornson of Flint and Miss Leone Pribble of Milwaukee. Other locals, Miss Doris Carlson and Miss Lorraine Guiliani, visit during holidays. Miss Guiliani attends Northern State Teachers College in Marquette. Miss Carlson is at Michigan State College in East Lansing.
Resources to aid defense dominate Michigan plans with iron ore, copper, limestone flux, cement, gypsum, magnesium, iodine and bromine from brines, and salt deposits slated for use. Conservation department maps 1940-41 production. forest salvage from wind felled timber totals over 150 sales across 13 state forests, with Au Sable and Higgins forests leading. Lake trout spawn remains robust. hatchery work continues in state and federal facilities, with millions of eggs collected and planted back. Watersmeet gains new fisheries head Paul H. Eschmeyer to oversee western UP district operations. A CCC crew near Paradise advances clay road surfacing to Tahquamenon Falls, moving 13,500 cubic yards of material.
William Anderson, second ward supervisor, was appointed by the county board last week to represent Bessemer on the road and bridge committee. He is the sole local member on the panel. Michigan whitefish production in 1939 totaled 312000 dollars valued, down 129000 from 1938. Farmers Week at Michigan State College runs Feb 3 to 7, touted as the nation’s largest winter farm gathering. Fort Brady CCC headquarters building in Soo was destroyed by fire Sunday, Dec 15. Copper Country saw a record 226 inches of snow in winter 1938-33. Harry D. Lee, 62, dean of men at Marquette’s Northern State Teachers College, died of a heart attack on Dec 17. Probate Judge Charles H. Chapman of Sault Ste. Marie died Dec 16, age 86.
A Grand Rapids hunter, Henry Linderman, 47, is this season's first victim of tularemia or rabbit fever in Michigan. Conservation officials report six cases recently, urge precautions when handling rabbits, note most infections originate outside the state and stress thorough cooking and glove use to reduce risk.
Art Jackson a Roscommon county woodsman earned his 103rd bear kill in a Dead Stream swamp area of Missaukee county. He began hunting around age six and recalls his first bear with a muzzle loader. Jackson, now past seventy, values hunting as before and notes his largest bear weighed about 450 pounds.
Information from Commander Carson R. Miller, Navy Recruiting Officer for Michigan, indicates many unfilled vacancies in Petty Officer ratings as the Navy expands. He notes good pay, travel, and advanced technical training, with opportunities for promotion for men ages 17 to 31, especially in aviation and radio trades.
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