Fourth of July Celebration Draws Big Crowds in Bessemer
Crowds filled Bessemer for a complete Fourth of July program with a morning salute delayed by a brief shower. A morning boys and girls race preceded a 9:30 parade featuring 26 entrants and numerous decorated floats. The 1 p.m. parade drew the largest audience, with a long procession of participants, vehicles, and prize entries from local clubs and businesses.
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Bessemer
Idea
Virginia Chouinard
Eleanore Ons
Barbara Jean Olson
Marilyn Johnson
Mary Ann Godlewski
Margaret Lucas
Shirley Ruth Michelli
Merit Cady
Bernice Michelli
Caroline Uous
Joan Wysoski
Virginia Gotta
Field meeting on July 11 for potato disease control
Gogebic county farmers and gardeners will gather for a field meeting to discuss potato disease and insect control with Dr C H Muncie and C B Dibble as principal speakers. The meeting will cover diseases like Late blight and Giant hill and provide insect identification and control guidance.
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Gogebic County
C.H. Muncie
Michigan State College
C. B. Dibble
Dibble
Martomelagy
Mast Lansing
Michigan
Einest Lil Farming
Ironwood
Welock
Bessemer
City weighs bids and bonds for new power plant
At a Bessemer city meeting the council authorized advertising for bids to buy two diesel engines and for bonds to finance a power plant at up to 103000. The session included discussion of land options near the pump station and ongoing PWA work with Norris of Ann Arbor engineers outlining proposed rates and cautions from opponents.
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PWA
Robert Norris
Ann Arbor
Bessemer
Norris
R. M. Linsborough
Chicago
Superior Power Company
Reed
Nevris
Linsborough
Glothe
Akron
Ohio
Wutods Eng
Cddm Oan Engineering Advisory Company
Report on Bessemer power sales and municipal plant profits
A 1930s Ann Arbor consulting report to Mayor Hill analyzes Bessemer power sales in 1937, compares with municipal capacity and future revenue, and estimates a 20 year outlook. It projects potential net profits around 6 150 dollars yearly and argues for adding a 450 kilowatt generating unit with about 50 000 dollars investment and 4 000 dollars annual fixed charges.
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Hill
Ann Arbor
Bessemer
Power Company
Consuer
Corphay
Comepany
Restraining Order Forces Delay in Bessemer Power Plant Bid
A federal restraining order issued by Judge Fred M. Raymond in Grand Rapids halts opening bids for Bessemer's proposed municipal electric distributing system. Bids will be escrowed and opened after the July 13 hearing. Work will proceed by force account tomorrow to comply with the government contract.
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Bessemer
Fred M. Raymond
United States District Court
Grand Rapids
M. E. Nolan
Hugo Hill
Orrie J. Sluitter
Federal Court
Raymond
Lake Superior District Power Co
City of
Walter E. Maki
Municipal Electric Distributing System
Bound Over To Circuit Court In Hit And Run Case
Arne Benson of Bessemer, 23, was bound over to circuit court after confessing to driving a car that struck Miss Ina Antilla and Miss Margery Robbins near Grand View hospital on December 2, 1938, then leaving the scene. He failed to post $1,000 bond and was jailed. The hit and run involved two Grand View hospital nurses. Benson, arrested by state police and a county deputy, said he was driving west on US-2 at high speed and believed he struck the two women. His companion was Arthur Laine of the city.
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Ina Antilla
Margery Robbins
Grand View Hospital
Arne Benson
Bessemer
A. J. Gedda
Benson
Morell Clark
George Sparapani
Arthur Laine
Last Minute Injunction Halts Power Plant Bids
Bessemer city meets PWA rule as work on the power plant near city hall was performed to satisfy a 60 day start requirement after litigation with Lake Superior Power Co. ended in state supreme court. Yesterday marked the deadline to comply.
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Bessemer
PWA
Lake Superior Power Company
State Supreme Court
Newport Mine Reorganizes Hoisting From New Shaft
Pickands Mather & Co reports all Newport mine ore hoisting consolidated at the new Ironwood shaft. Mine shops moved from Woodbury shaft, with Woodbury and Bonnie shafts now used for ventilation and supplies. Other producing Go gebile range mines include Cary Anvil Keweenaw Plymouth and Sunday Lake.
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Pickands. Mather & Co
Newport
Ironwood
Woodbury
Bonnie
Pickands, Mather & Co
Cary, Anvil- Keweenaw
Plymouth
Sunday Lake
Proposal Presented for Power Plant by W J Hodgkins
W J Hodgkins president of Lake Superior District Power Company presented a proposal to the city of Bessemer offering consideration of electricity supply instead of building a municipally owned power plant. The presentation drew a large audience at the Veterans Memorial building auditorium last Friday evening.
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Lake Superior
Power firm plans new office and rate overhaul in Bessemer
The power company intends a 35000 dollar office building in Bessemer, 20 year franchise from the city, and a street lighting contract. It proposes residential and commercial rate changes replacing present charges with new stepped rates for the first 25 and next 25, plus 70 and larger usage.
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Bessemer
Besemer
Weed control meet draws regional conservation leaders
Frank Semmerling of Bessemer and C Gunderson of Gogebic along with Supervisor Cuno Perttula attended a Wisconsin state weed control commission meeting at Metlen with agricultural agents and soil conservation officials from several counties. The discussion focused on orange hawkweed Indian paint brush white daisy and buttercup infestations across Michigan and Wisconsin and stressed early hay cutting to slow weed spread.
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Frank Semmerling
Bessemer
Gogebic County Conservation Commission
C. BE. Gunderson
Gogebic County
Cuno Perttula
Erwin Township
Wisconsin State Weed Control Commission
Metlen
Michigan
Wisconsin
Castile Mining Co equips Eureka miners with electric cap lamps
The Castile Mining Co of Ramsay installs electric cap lamps for all Eureka mine workers. Lamps supplied by Mine Safety Appliances Co of Pittsburgh.
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Castile Mining Co
Ramsay
Eureka Mine
Mine Safety Appliances Co
Pittsburgh
Power Company Election Proposal Draws Support
Robert Martin, a power company employee, and Frank Abelman, long time board of review member, spoke at the meeting. Martin shared personal ties to the company while Abelman reported large tax delinquency. Gedda, former Bessemer mayor, called the Lake Superior District Power Co. proposal splendid and would give it serious council consideration.
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Robert Martin
Power Company
Frank B. Abelman
Board of Review
Martin
Abelman
M. A. Gedda
Bessemer
Lake Superior District Power Co
Stevens Re elected President Of Bessemer School Board
At a Bessemer board of education meeting Dr. C. E. Stevens was re elected president Dr R J Mullen was chosen secretary and C H Lutz treasurer all without opposition Retiring officers are Mrs Mamie Rice and Frank B Abel wyn Salaries for secretary and treasurer set at 300 per year The bank of Bessemer was named depository for the board funds for the coming year.
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Bessemer Board of Education
E. Stevens
R. J. Mullen
C. H. Lutz
Mamie Rice
Prank B. Abelwyn
Bessemer Nation Bank
Wakefield Postoffice Upgraded to Second Class Status
The Wakefield post office was advanced to second class at the start of the federal fiscal year July 1 due to increased postal business. It remained second class from July 1, 1938 to July 1, 1933, then reverted to third class in 1933 after a drop in business.
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Wakefield
New Power Shovel At Montreal Mine
The Montreal Mining Co. received a Marion electric shovel now being assembled at the Montreal mine. The shovel will operate on the surface to load stockpiled ore directly into railroad cars, supporting a large stock pile area at the underground mine.
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Montreal Mining Co
Montreal
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