Tax aid sought by U P counties across tax losses
Sam C. Taylor Lincoln County clerk led a push to seek federal reimbursement as 15 Upper Peninsula counties lose about 2.25 million yearly in tax revenue from delinquent lands acquired by state and federal governments. Keweenaw suffers most with a 66 2 3 percent drop, and Luce County also shows steep declines as forests and land sales reshape local taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam C. Taylor
Chippewa
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Taylor
Fred Bradley
Rogers City
United States Forestry Service
Ann Arbor
Department of Conservation
Whichigan
United States
Chippewa County
Keweenaw
Einc Juntunen
Cicil
Juntunen
Luce County
Two Injured In Fall Down Stairs
Miss Gladys Nezworski aged 19 and Donald Gray aged 22 fell down basement stairs at Bernie's cafe Saturday night. Found unconscious by friend Florence Brusso, Nezworski suffered a skull fracture and was taken to Grand View hospital. Gray had a cut above the eye and a wrenched shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Nezworski
Donald Gray
Florence Brusso
Nezworski
Grand View Hospital
Gray
Local chairman named for birthday ball in Bessemer
Louis Filippini appointed chairman of the President's birthday ball committee in Bessemer by county chairman Phil IP O'Leary of Ironwood. Marble Arms and Manufacturing Company of Gladstone ships hunting fishing and outdoor equipment worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Filippini
Bessemer
Philip O'Leary
Ironwood
The
Marble Arms and Manufacture Company
Gladstone
Gogebic Students Active at Michigan State College
Gogebic county students enrolled at Michigan State College East Lansing engage in extracurriculars. Names include Olga Dianich Ramsay Tau Sigma James Perotti Bessem er Grange 4 H Forestry James Trebilcock Wakefield Tau Beta Pi U P Club Elfreda Rosemargy Bessemer Young Women’s Christian Association Spartan Women’s League Doris Carlson Ironwood U P Club Home Economics Club Spartan Women’s League Sulo Korpi Wakefield U P Club Also listed are Lloyd Lepanen Ann Gretzinger Eleanor Thomas Lloyd Champion Joseph Danton Kenneth McLeod Ruth Pantera Adeline Scavarda Ray Awsiewicz Florido Filippini Betty Koronski John Dianich George Eade Louis Mascotti William Ryan William Strough Edward Sissala Genevieve Ozello Robert Stevenson Kathryn Carlson Joseph Cestowski Milton Brasch Leonce Wilkins Watersmeet Ramsay Bessemer Wakefield and Ironwood students in liberal arts applied science engineering and agriculture programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Olga Dianich
Ramsay
Tau Sigma
James Perotti
Bessemer
Grange
James Trebilcock
Wakefield
Tau Beta Pi
U. P. Club
Upper Peninsula
Elfreda Rosemargy
Young Women’s Christian Association
Student Christian Union Religious Council
Spartan Women’s League
Doris Carlson
Ironwood
U. P
Spartan Women's League
Sulo Korpi
Michigan State
Lloyd Lepanen
Ann Gretzinger
Eleanor Thomas
Lloyd Champion
Joseph Danton
Kenneth McLeod
Ruth Pantera
Adeline Scavarda
Ray Awsiewicz
Florido Filippini
Betty Koronski
John Dianich
George Eade
Louis Mascotti
William Ryan
William Strough
Edward Sissala
Genevieve Ozello
Robert Stevenson
Kathryn Carlson
Joseph Cestowski
Milton Brasch
Watersmeet
Leonce Wilkins
Twenty Building Camp Rising Near Sidnaw
A CCC crew is building twenty structures on Nesbit Lake in the Ottawa National Forest to form an Organization Camp. The camp will house about 100, with cabins, admin and recreation facilities, and be ready for occupancy in summer 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Nesbit Lake
Ottawa National Forest
Clare Hendee
Former Bessemer Resident John Erickson Dies in Mass
John E. Erickson, 61, former Bessemer resident, died December 21 in Quincy, Massachusetts after a stroke. He and his wife moved to Quincy in 1912. He leaves four sons Walter Herman Nicholas Clarence and two daughters Mrs. Robert Hendrickson and Mrs. Milton Sallander. Surviving siblings include Alex Erickson in Washington DC Mrs Fannie Johnson in L Anse Mrs Abel Peterson Alfred and Walfred Erickson of Ironwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Erickson
Bessemer
Quincy
Mass
Walter
Herman
Nicholas
Clarence
Robert Hendrickson
Milton Sallander
Alex Erickson
Washington, D. C
Fannie Johnson
L’anse
Abel Peterson
Alfred
Walfred Erickson
Ironwood
Bessemer Democratic Club elects officers for 1939
Officers elected include William Anderson as president John Shefka as vice president Frank Lucas as secretary and Carl Swanson as treasurer. Michigan license plates may be legally used until March 1 1939. Little Girl's Point in Gogebic county sits far northwest of Detroit, comparable to New York's eastward position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer Democratic Club
William Anderson
John Shefka
Frank Lucas
Carl Swanson
Michigan
Little Girl’s Point
Lake Superior
Gogebic County
Detroit
New York
Blizzard and Cold Wave Hit New Gobevic Range
A winter storm dumped over 12 inches of snow in the Gobebic range with high drifts closing streets and highways. Visibility was poor and traffic was significantly reduced as temperatures plunged from 30 above to 13 below zero over two days, marking the season’s second storm after a mild period and a prior Oct blizzard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic
Postpone Trip to Lac Vieux Desert Planned Gifts
Rev E H Kanning of Trinity Lutheran Church Bessemer and W S Sylvester Indian Volunteer Missionary planned a trip to Lac Vieux Desert to distribute toys games and clothing to fourteen families but severe weather and snowdrifts make it impractical now A later visit is planned Cochran freight lines Ironwood donated transport for part of the gifts to Watersmeet care of Teacher Lynus Kelly then to Lac Vieux Desert Kanning’s trip postponed Syvester left for Watersmeet to oversee deliveries An accident near Conover Wis claimed the life of Joe Brunk returning from Three Lakes was stalled near Conover and involved a vehicle driven by Chief John Aces returning from Toukes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Kanning
Trinity Lutheran Church
Bessemer
W. S. Sylvester
Cochran Freight Lines
Ironwhéod
Lac Vieux Desert
Watersmeet
Lynus Kelly
Syvester
Joe Brunk
Conover
Wis
Three Lakes
John Ace
Toukes
Verona Woman Dies After Week in Hospital
Mrs. Erland Johnson 57 of Verona died Tuesday night at Grand View hospital where she had been a patient for a week. She resided in Verona since 1889 and is survived by her husband and eight children. A son Hina lives in Bessemer. Funeral was held today in Wakefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erland Johnson
Grand View Hospital
Verona
Hina
Bessemer
Wakefield
Illness of Herbert Emunson III Prompts Concern
Herbert Emunson III, a former Bessemer resident, has been seriously ill with Bright's disease and hospitalized in Seattle for a year, with his condition described as critical. The Nahma Community Club in Delta County features a theatre, dance floor, bowling alleys, fountain, and a public library.
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Emunson III
Herbert Emunson
Bessemer
Seattle
Bright
Nahma
Delta County
NYA Expands Youth Work in Michigan Upper Peninsula
The National Youth Administration dominates Upper Peninsula life with two resident work projects at Ironwood and Houghton. Over 80 NYA boys train full time in welding tin-smithing and woodwork while thousands more youths benefit from student aid and nonresident centers across the region. In 1938, 1200 left the rolls as permanent employment rose, yet NYA’s impact on training and experience for thousands persists.
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National Youth Administration
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
NYA
Ironwood
Houghton
Cassidy Lake
Washtenaw County
WPA
Ironwood Public Schools
University of Michigan
Michigan College of Mines and Technology
Score
Bairds Will Open Ewen Law Office
The Civic Association met at the Ewen Hotel for a six o'clock dinner to discuss a cannery for Ewen. William S. Baird of Bessemer announced that the firm of Baird and Baird would set up a law office in Ewen after the first of the year with offices in Ewen and Bessemer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Association
Ewen
William S. Baird
Bessemer
Baird
Cloverland Press
Jobless Here Get Checks In Michigan UP Lead
The Christmas pockets of 69000 job insurance recipients received 902721 in checks for the week ending December 21. Abner E. Larned of the Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission announced. To date 38920038 has been paid to 333225 individuals. Ironwood office serving Gogebic County leads UP with 18455 checks totaling 236449.67. Average check is 12.81.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner E. Larned
Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission
Ironwood
Gogebie County
Upper Peninsula
Will Observe Fiftieth Year Royal Arch Masons Event
Minerva chapter 121 Bessemer will mark its 50th year on January 16 with a turkey dinner at 6 30 p m at the Presbyterian church parlors. A program and dance will follow at the Masonic hall. Officers reelected include Paul Becker high priest Ed Neidhold King John Landon scribe Carl A Olson secretary Ralph Olson treasurer John Gribble captain of host William McMinn principal sojourner Norman Dahlen Ironwood Gustave Eckman Carl Berling Ralph Olson masters of veil E H Ekman tyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Bessemer
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Hall
Paul Becker
Ed Neidhold
Wakefield
King
John Landon
Ironwood
Carl A. Olson
Ralph Olson
John Gribble
Host
William McMinn
Norman Dahlen
Royal Arch
Gustave Eckman
Carl Berling
Veil
E. H. Ekman
Tyler
WPA Sewer Project Starts in Bessemer Jan 3
City Engineer Henry Wagner announces a new WPA sewer pipe laying project in Bessemer beginning January 3 on Mine street with 50 workers. The job covers Hematite Case Beecher Silver Alquist State and Barber streets, laying about 2735 feet of pipe. City share 1304 dollars. WPA funds total 10106 dollars, combined total 11410 dollars.
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Bessemer
Henry Wagner
Mine Street
Case Beecher
Silver
Alquist
State
Barber
WPA
Gogebic Range Schoolmasters Club Elects Officers
At the December meeting in Wakefield Gogebic Range Schoolmasters Club chose James Carpenter of Bessemer as president LeRoy Miller of Marenisco as vice president and R E Dear of Ironwood as secretary for the coming term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic Range Schoolmasters Club
Wakefield
James Carpenter
Bessemer
LeRoy Miller
Marenisco
R. E. Dear
Ironwood
Michigan Agents Elect Gunderson Leader at East Lansing
C E Gunderson of Gogebiec county was elected president of the Michigan Association of Agricultural Agents at its 26th annual meeting in East Lansing. The brown bear is a color phase of the black bear and does not occur in Michigan. The black bear is the inhabitant of Michigan. Limestone is quarried at Port Inland in Schoolcraft county.
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C. E. Gunderson
Gogebiec County
Michigan Association of Agricultural Agents
East
Lansing
Michigan
Port Inland
Schoolcraft County
Seven new Gogebic county officials take office
Seven new officials are set to take office in Gogebic county on January 2. Arthur Pertile of Ironwood becomes sheriff, replacing Kenneth MacFarlane. Frank Wojciechowski is undersheriff. George Pickmosa is jailer and chief deputy. Edythe Rummel becomes register of deeds. Raymond Garvey will represent the county in the state legislature. Circuit Judge Thomas J. Landers is among the new officials, with Bay, Thiele, Nadolney, Toomey, and Johnson also entering county posts. All terms end December 31, 1940 or 1941 as noted.
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Gogebic County
Arthur Pertile
Ironwood
Pertile
Kenneth J. MacFarlane
Bessemer
Frank Wojciechowski
Wakefield
Turnkey
William Paynter
George Pickmosa
MacFarlane
Frank T. Perlich
Stanley Orbick
Garvey
Register of Deeds
Edythe Rummel
Frank L. van Gorder
Bessemer Township
Raymond E. Garvey
Ralph Rowell
Ironwood Township
Gogebice County
Thomas J. Landers
George O. Driscoll
Harry K. Bay
Murphy
Sanders
Frederick Thiele
Jerome Nadolney
William P. Toomey
Marenisco
J. Arthur Johnson
Michael KE. Nolan
Rudolph A. Anderson
John C. Vincent
Leonard J. McMannan
Harold Jacobson
Sue Marshalek
William Fauhl
Silvio Mascotti
Catherine Collins
John Sucally
Amelia Paclmayer
Death summons Mrs E Fisher in Minocqua Wis
Mrs Enos Fisher formerly Madeline Eyles of Hurley and Bessemer died December 22 at age 38 Burial was in Minocqua She was born April 5 1900 in Montreal Wis and worked at Urquhart Gaudette millinery in Bessemer She married publisher of the Minocqua Times two years ago Survivors include her mother three brothers and five sisters across Hurley Bessemer Ironwood and Hurley positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos Fisher
Minocqua
Wis
Madeline Eyles
Hurley
Bessemer
Montreal
Urquhart- Gaudette
Fisher
Minocqua Times
Wakefield Man Killed by Car in M-28 Crash
Herman Ranta aged 62 of Wakefield died at 2 30 AM after being struck by 18 year old Carlo Lucma of Wakefield driving on M 28 near Wakefield The fatal incident occurred Sunday morning and is under local investigation by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Ranta
Wakefield Township
Carlo Lucma
Wakefield
Mrs Riley Dies After Short Illness in Wisconsin
Mrs. M. M. Riley widow of a former attorney who practiced in Bessemer over 25 years ago died December 9 at the Masonic Home in Dousman Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Riley
Bessemer
Dousman
Wis
Newberry’s Lumber Mills and Fields in Industrial Mix
Newberry hosts lumber mills and celery fields along with a chemical plant and a state hospital. The town’s economic mix shows manufacturing, agriculture, and public health facilities shaping its landscape and job base.
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Newberry
a_ state hospital
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Sidnaw
Hendee
Lac Vieux
VERON
Bairds
Ewen Law Office
Escanaba
Hancock Case
Tron Mountain
Tron River
Ironwood O
Marquette
Menominee
Manising
Ontonagon
St Ignace
Sault Ste. Marie
Carpenter
Mrs. E. Fisher
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