Well Known South Bessemerite Erickson Dies in Chicago
Anif Alied Ryichson well known South Bessemer farmer died yesterday morning in Chicago while visiting his daughters. Born in Wasa Finland on March 28 1875 he came to the United States in 1893. He moved to a South Bessemer farm in 1906 and his wife died in 1936. He was a charter member of the local Runeberg lodge and received life membership certificates on its 40th anniversary. Surviving are three children Edwin John Ray Walker and several daughters. Funeral services were held Monday evening with burial in Hillrest cemetery.
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Anif Alied Ryichson
South Bessemer
Chicago
paéfMonia
Mr. Erickson
Wasa
Finland
Colby Hill
South Besseier
Order of Runeberg Lodge
Edwin
Besse Township
John
Yale
Ray Walker
Boston
Mass
William Ronn
Duluth
Eve Erickson
William Mc Reynolds
Lloyd Ronn
Single license urged for U P liquor vendors
Upper Peninsula Retail Liquor Vendors association endorsed a plan for a single license to sell beer wine and liquor by glass and bottle at its Iron River meeting. They backed Gov Fitzgeralds aim to end state stores and tax changes and appointed a three member committee to confer with the governor. Officers re elected Leonard Murray president Bingo Ferzaccé vice president Allan Gillis secretary treasurer Murray Ferzacca and Robert Taylor were named to visit Lansing.
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Upper Peninsula
Iron River
Gov. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Leonard Murray
Escanaba
Bingo Ferzaccé
Iron Mountain
Allan Gillis
Gladstone
Murray Ferzacca
Robert Taylor
Spalding
Lansing
Primary filing closes in Bessemer with 18 Citizens slate
The last filing date for the Bessemer primary on Tuesday January 31 sees 18 candidates on the Citizens ticket. Names include Mayor Hugo L Hill Clerk Walter E Maki Treasurer Louis Filippini and several ward and supervisor candidates. Gogebic County school board group met in Ramsay with MEA field rep Wesley Thomas and state school board president C H Runciman discussing school aid.
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John Bongiovanni
George W. Bretall
Angelo Cavosie Jr
Erwin R. Shave
Paul P. Re
Joseph M. Michelli
John E. Polovitz
Albert B. Jacobson
Gogebic
County Reclaims Miner's Castle Land Deeded in 1931
Munising twenty seven acres at Pictured Rocks west end including Miner's Castle rock, deeded to the state by Alger County in 1931, is again the county's property. With federal funds now potentially available for park development, the county arranged to obtain the land from the state.
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Pictured Rocks
Castle Rock
Alger County
Alec Burt 56 Dies Suddenly in Bessemer
Alec Burt a longtime Bessemer resident died suddenly at 2 45 PM Saturday at Grand View hospital after a four day illness from heart trouble. Born May 27 1882 in Ashton Michigan he came to the Gogebic range in 1885 with his parents. He worked as a drayman in early days and for ten years with the Gogebic county road commission. A veteran Bessemer fireman, he served over 30 years. Survived by widow and eight children Wayne Jack Lawrence Robert William Loris Betty all of Bessemer. mother Mrs John Burt. two sisters and four brothers. Funeral services Tuesday at home conducted by Rev W L Peterson with active pallbearers from the fire department. Honorary pallbearers were road commission fellow employees.
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Alec Burt
Grand View Hospital
Burt
Bessemer
John Burt
Ashton
Mich
Gogebic Range
Tilden
Gogebic
Herbert
Maurice
Wendell
Jessemer
Edwin
Milwaukee
W. L. Peterson
The
Presbyterian Church
Fire Department
Louis Womastek
Henry Hoffman
Andrew Winkowski
Louis Otto
Arthur Olson
Fred Oberst
Road Commission
William Ryan
Frank McMinn
Joseph Meyer Sr
Gordon Luxmore
Clarence Hoeft
Walter Carlson
Army Reserve Posts Now Open for Enlistment
Special opportunities for enlistment in the regular army reserve are offered to eligible men under 26 who served honorably in the regular army for at least one year. Reenlistment grants an annual allowance of 24 dollars. active-duty pay under law applies if activated. Information available from Major L J Cartwright at Luther Wright High School Ironwood and at A D Johnston High School Bessemer. Mines schedules rise to five days a week affecting about 600 workers at Puritan and Davis Geneva mines.
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Regular Army Reserve
Regular Army
Regulary Army Reserve
United States
L. J. Cartwright
Infantry
Luther L. Wright
Ironwood
A. D. Johnston
Bessemer
Oliver Iron Mining Company
Puritan
Davis-Geneva
Tax valuation of mines back on old basis
The Michigan state tax commission will revert to using conservation department surveys to assess Upper Peninsula mining properties, ending a WPA based re appraisal era. Pardee and Eddy of the conservation department will inspect copper and iron mines this month and next, resuming pre WPA procedures. Alvin E Richards of Marquette is reappointed to the state tax commission as secretary.
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Michigan State Tax Commission
Upper Peninsula
Conservation Department
John N. Fegan
Sault Ste. Marie
Tax Commission
Frank Pardee
Fegan
Floyd T. Benjamin
Tran Iver
Mining College
Melville B. McPherson
WPA
Pardee
State Tax Commission
Murphy Hamed
F. G. Pardee
G.E. Eddy
Puritan Mine Reports Year’s First Fatality
The Puritan mine recorded 1939s first fatal accident Monday night near 9.00 when Isaac V Makela age 50 was killed by falling ore. Makela a Finland immigrant living in Ironwood leaves a wife two sons one daughter and two brothers. Funeral held Saturday in Ironwood.
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Puritan
Isaac V. Makela
Makela
Ironwood
Finland
Funeral services for Miss Mary Contratto at St Sebastian
Funeral services for Miss Mary Contratto were held last Friday morning at St Sebastian Catholic church. Rev C J Swoboda officiated. The pallbearers were six cousins John Peter Albert Bruno George Ballone and Charles Enrico.
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Mary Contratto
St. Sebastian Catholic Church
C. J. Swoboda
John
Peter
Albert
Bruno
George Ballone
Charles Enrico
Special season on antlerless deer proposed in Michigan
A four hour Crystal Falls conference among state conservation officials and sportsmen proposed a seasonal hunt for antlerless deer to curb starvation driven deaths. Bartlett and Masterson touted a pilot lower peninsula program with limited hunter numbers and potential duck season style areas. The plan aims to boost herd recovery but faces legislative and enforcement hurdles.
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Michigan
State Department of Conservation
Upper Peninsula
Crystal Falls
Joe Stephenson
J. H. Bartlett
Bartlett
T. J. Masterson
Tron Mountain
The
Conservation Commission
Lower Peninsula
Straits
Mrs Frances Hobeny Buried Yesterday in Bessemer
Frances Hobeny a longtime Bessemer resident aged 89 died Friday at county infirmary hospital after living in Muskegon and Manistee earlier in life. Born February 15 1849 in Kronay Bohemia she immigrated in 1876 and had 11 children with three survivors Joseph Edensburgh Washington Peter Des Moines and Kate. Funeral services were held at Frick funeral home officiated by Rev E H Kanning. The piece notes the iron steamship Michigan built Erie 1844 later reconditioned 1905 and struck from navy list 1927 after 85 years service.
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Frances Hobeny
Bessemer
County Infirmary Hospital
Hobeny
Kronay Bohemia
United States
Muskegon
Manistee
Joseph
Edensburgh
Wash
Peter
Des Moines
Kate
Frick Funeral Home
E. H. Kanning
U. S
Michigan
Erie
Navy
Road Agency Seeks 31338 To Cover Debts
Crystal Falls Iron County road commission reports a $31,838 shortfall to clear outstanding bills. Engineer-manager Harry Wills told the board of supervisors that paying the debts would let the commission operate rest of the year, though the county itself faces red ink with no relief in sight.
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Crystal Falls
Iron County Road Commission
Harry Wills
Board of Supervisors
Road Commission
Final return to Gogebic County 1938 highway revenues
Lansing reports the closing of highway revenue accounts for 1938 with Counties and Cities. Highway Commissioner Murray D. Van Wagoner delivered gasoline tax vouchers to Auditor General Vernon J. Brown for the year’s last half and weight tax payments for the final quarter amounting to 1 275 000 and 424 324 94 respectively. Counties and Cities received 25 427 005 from highway revenues for 1938, compared with 26 152 702 last year. UP counties totals included.
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Lansing
Murray D. van Wagoner
Vernon J. Brown
Upper Peninsula
Gogebic County lands big U P road bids in expanded plan
Murray D. Van Wagoner prepares to award 41 construction contracts totaling 8.86 million dollars, including 285 miles of road improvements and eight bridges. PWA funded projects account for 30 jobs, with 45 percent federal backing, letting on a record bid spread. Gogebic and surrounding counties receive several contracts including US 2 and M 28 segments.
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Murray D. van Wagoner
Highway Department
Department
PWA
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Marquette
Alger
Harvey East
Deerton Road
C. G. Bridges
Escanaba
Marquette County
Big Bay
Bacco Construction Company
Iron Mountain
Ontonagon County
Ewen
Bruces Crossing
Matchwood
Bridges
Mscanaba
Houghton County
Twin Lakes
Painesdale
Thornton Construction Co
Hancock
Health Co Op Discussed On Gogebic Range Meeting
Rev Joseph Gondek led a first organizational meeting at the home of August Aho Ironwood last week with representatives from Ironwood Wakefield Hurley Saxon and Bessemer. They debated cooperative health services and the differences from state medicine and planned an April mass meeting with invited speakers to explain cooperative medicine in practice. The group saw potential wide community impact and future events. Rev Gondek also spoke on Christian economic cooperation during Mass at the Anvil location.
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Joseph Gondek
August Aho
Ironwood
Wakefield
Hurley
Saxon
Bessemer
Gondek
Funeral Monday for Local Restaurant Operator Nick Voornas
Nick Voornas, a local restaurant operator, died Friday and was buried Monday morning. Rev. W. L. Peterson conducted the rites at Frick funeral home. Voornas, born in Greece 51 years ago, leaves a brother in North Dakota and a cousin Constantine Voornas in Watersmeet. In other notes, regional Social Security lump sums averaged $59.38 in December, a record high since benefits began in 1937.
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Nick Voornas
Rev. W.L. Peterson
Frick Funeral Home
Voornas
Greece
North Dakota
Constantine Voornas
Watersmeet
Marquette
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Carl A. Erickson
Runeberg
Aftesavon
Sharon Lutheran Church
F.E.W. Shastman
Hillrest Cemetery
W. B. Fauhlbert Mastman
Aali Arpi
Onni Ruuseia
Ed Erickson
John Korpi
Victor Jacobson
Charles Anderson
William Hellman
Evick Erickson
Herian Berg
Jacob Niemi
U. P
Major Cartwright
Benjamin
Puritan Mine
F. Hobeny
Gogebic County
Keweenaw
Mackinac
Menominee
Schoolcraft
Alger Baraga
Chippewa
Delta Dickinson
Houghton Tron
Luce
Eckerman
Gogebie County
Iron County
Herman Holmes
Delta Contracting Company
Baraga County
Ruth Lake
Michigamme
John K. Jackson
Laughing Whitefish River
L.W. Brumm
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