Local residents note Memorial Day visitors and furloughs
A string of visits and homecomings fills the area as relatives and friends return from Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Notables include Miss Kathryn Martin departing for Escanaba for work and Sgt. Anthony Stella on furlough from Cherry Point. Obvious ties to Bessemer, Ironwood, and Yale surface through multiple families and ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Anthony Stella
Marine Corps
Yale
Cherry Point
N. C
Constance Mussatti to graduate magna cum laude at St Scholastica
Constance Mussatti daughter of Mrs Mayme Mussatti of Bessemer will graduate magna cum laude with a BA from the College of St Scholastica Duluth on Wednesday June 6. She majored in social service and was active in academic and social groups. She was elected to St Agnes Honor Society and Delta Epsilon Sigma and named student best representative of the Ideal of Scholarship at a recent convocation. She will attend the University of Minnesota on a scholarship to continue sociology work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Mussatti
Mayme Mussatti
Bessemer
College of St. Scholastica Duluth
Mussatti
St. Agnes Honor Society
Delta Epsilon Sigma
University of Minnesota
Gas Station Opens in City by Former Bessemer Resident
Joseph J. Trappa, once a Bessemer resident and later a Chicago mechanic, opens a Cities Service gas station on East Lead Street with his wife and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph J. Trappa
Bessemer
Chicago
Cities Service
East
Lead Street
Mr. Trappa
Funeral Services Held For Victor Johnson
Funeral services for Victor Johnson 70 a Bessemer pioneer were held Saturday afternoon at Frick Funeral Home and Sharon Lutheran Church with Rev Kasman officiating Hymns were sung by Mrs Join Bretall and Miss Astrid Hansen Burial followed at Hillcrest Cemetery Pallbearers from the Runeberg lodge included Carl Anderson John Korpi Thomas Rule August Erickson Arvid Thors and John Newman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Johnson
Bessemer
Frick Funeral Home
Sharon Lutheran Church
F. E. W. Kasman
Join Bretall
Astrid Hansen
Hillcrest Cemetery
Runeberg Lodge
Carl Anderson
John Korpi
Thomas Rule
August Erickson
Arvid Thors
Johhn Newman
Evelyn Erickson Heard In Senior Recital At Lawrence College
Evelyn Erickson from Bessemer Michigan performed a senior violin recital at the Lawrence College conservatory in Appleton Wisconsin. A member of Sigma Alpha Iota she has solo recital and guest artist experience in Fox River Valley and plays with the Lawrence College Choir. She has also appeared in Lawrence Theatre productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Erickson
Lawrence College
Lawrence Conservatory of Music
Appleton
Wis
Bessemer
Michigan
Miss Erickson
Sigma Alpha Iota
Fox River Valley
Lawrence
Local WWII Casualties Include Serrahn Westergreen Caudill
Range reports T Sergeant Richard F Serrahn age 25 son of Henry and family Saxon killed in Luzon April 23 shortly after Lt Tony Calager was killed March 26. Pfc Harry Westergreen 21 son of Arthur Westergreen Ironwood killed on Okinawa May 13. Surviving relatives listed and service since 1943. Another brother William died in a 1940 shower derby and Robert Caudill Watersmeet reported missing in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard F. Serrahn
Henry Serrahn
Saxon
Luzon
Serrahn
J.g
Tony Calager
Harry Westergreen
Arthur Westergreen
Ironwood
Okinawa Island
William
Gogebin County Fair Grounds
Pvt
Robert Caudill
Samuel Caudill
Watersmeet
Monsignor Zyrd Named Vicar General of Marquette Diocese
Monsignor Joseph L. Zyrd was named Vicar General of the Marquette diocese by Bishop Francis J. Magnar last Saturday. He succeeds the late Monsignor Henry A. Bucholtz and previously served as an assistant priest at St. Sebastian's parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph L. Zyrd
Marquette
Francis J. Magnar
Msgr. Zyrd
Henry A. Bucholtz
St. Sebastian’s Parish
Olson Stars in War Film at Local Range Theatre
Carl N Olson in the air corps appears in the film God Is My Co Pilot shown at a range theatre this week. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Olson of this city and trained at Luke Field Arizona and San Antonio Texas before current navigation study in San Marcos Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl N. Olson
Air Corps
Carl
Arthur Olson
Olson
Luke Field
Arizona
Cari
San Mar
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Kathryn Martin
Escanaba, Mich
Howard Hayes
Arthur Oberste
Minnie Oberste
Mrs
Stuart Rosemargy
Wausau
Alex Rosemargy
Mary Corullo
Rita
Marie Kosmicki
Milwaukee
Zita Buchko
St. Francis Hospital
Escanaba
Charles Camilli
Inglewood
Calif
Evelyn Allen
Hanover, Mich
Armand Duellman
Ray Effinger
Leonard Beissel
Anvil
Women’s Missionary Society of the
Irwin Neault
Mary Helen McMinn
Detroit
American Legion Hall
Iron River
Cur Johnson
Esther
Hulda
Florence Johnson
Gloria Gray
Elaine Eliason
Ramsay
The
Business Institute
Gerald Kelley
Mickey
Eugene Eastman
Scott Field
Rudolph Knight
Seattle
Wash
Nancy Marie
Knight
Fred Knight
Robert Duray
Louis Duray
E. M. Foltz
Smal
Alexander
Washington
Alex Rosemurgy
Foltz
Mae Rosemurry
Rudolph Wodrazka
Anton Wodrazka
Donald Johnson
Puritan
Atlantic
John J. Shea
Kathleen
Marion
Louise
Carm Pellegrino
Iron Mountain
Edward Winkowski
Thomas B. Korpi
Ft. Sheridan
Oscar Korpi
South Bessemer
John P. Chiapuzio
John Chiapuzio
Northwestern University
Jack Salemi
U. S Navy
N. Springhetti
John Springhetti
Salemi
Pearl Harbor
Ilo
John
St. Scholastica
Wirinz Calleb Johnson Electric
WILL_ANR Formesty Perett
Erlicker
E. Mary St. Bessemer
Abelman Co
Cos
Texas
San Antonio
Herald
Sterny
Suffolk Street
Ironwood, Michigan
Vlufpy
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Gogebic County
Washington School
East Sella Street
A. D. Johnston High School
North Moore Street
Barber School
West Eli Avenue
Mamie Rice
United States
A. D
Arthur G. Johnson
Board of Aysetion
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