Pick & Axe Summer and Civic Plans Highlight Town News
School kids start vacation while Fourth of July events are planned by township and city officials. Registration ends Saturday with June 13 voting ahead. Crime notes warn dog poisoners at work. Steelers host Niagara on Sunday. Ramsay endorsements pour in for Light Massie Field. Commencement at A. D. Johnston tonight. Bessemer Chamber to erect city sign on East Lead Street soon. Mines operate on a five day week.
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Steelers
Niagara
Ramsay Fandorsements
Massie
A. D. Johnston High
Bessemer Chamber of Commerce
East
Lead Street
Memory Lane tribute and civic concerns in Bessemer
The Bessemer Woman's Club fulfilled a Memorial Day project planting a line of elm trees along US 2 to honor veterans, raising $2,000 through subscriptions. Veterans of Foreign Wars praised the club, while the page also notes national budget debates, atomic energy scrutiny, local humor, and a lively, dialect-rich column.
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Bessemer
Woman’s Club
Bessemer Woman’s Club
Memory Lane
H. J. Hansen
G. W. Koronski
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Looking Backward highlights and obits June 9 1944
Obituaries and society notes from June 1944 list Mrs. Charles Niemi 53 of North Bessemer dying after a long illness, Peter Re aged 60 at Tilden location, Mrs Marie Jacobson buried Grand View hospital, and a son born May 23 to Mr. and Mrs. William Nolan of Battle Creek. Also teen dance planning at VFW auxiliary, Miss Theresa Mattaini graduates, Boy's State selection for William Pellew Jr., Delores Jean Guglielmotto party noting grandmother Mrs. Yurchak, Chicago visitor Mrs. Mary Larson, and community members and officers named from Ramsay Bessemer. Isaac Elias Luoma, 41, dies at Grand View hospital.
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Charles Niemi
North Bessemer
Arthur
VFW
Theresa Mattaini
Peter Mattaini
St. Cloud
Teacher’s College
Minn
Peter Re
Jean
Domenic Guglielmotto
Delores
Andrew Yurchak
Kenosha
Wis
William A. Nolan
Battle Creek
Rosetta Rebekah Lodge Organizes In Bessemer
Ten years ago Rosetta Rebekah Lodge No. 475 was organized in Bessemer on a Wednesday evening with officers including Mrs Mayme Berger as noble grand Mrs Norman Hanson as vice grand and Miss Rhodes as recording secretary
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Rosetta Rebekah Lodge No. 475
Bessemer
Mayme Berger
Noble Grand
Norman Hanson
Miss Rhodes
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United States
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Atomic Commission
Lilienthal
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Texas
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Taft
Ohio
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Atomic Energy Plant
Johnny the Bear
Geno Mattella
Geno
St. John
Gene
Andrew Winkowski
Andrew
St. John’s
Chicago
Joe Meagher
Joe Bria
Meagher
Joe
P. S
Dissa
Ironwood Moose
Norway
Shesa
Peegee
Pancheri
Paul Steiger
Paul
Ima
Tink
Norman Lind
Lind
Mama Mia
Court House
Italy
Finland
Chechoslovakia
Engleterra
England
Greece
Anudder
Turkey
C. N. Railway
Herald
Vivian Bennett
Arthur Crolson
Rhelma Cady
Violet Braga
Susan Otter
William X. Hanson
Inside Guardian
A. L. Campbell
Outside Guardian
Mabel Rhodes
Mabel Youngaquist
Sarah Cox
Madeline Baldini
Isaac Elias Luoma
Grand View Hos
Bessemer’s
Turk’s
Florence
Beauty Service
Pramares
IG Colp Waves
South Meerce St
Dalbesia
Mellen, Wis
Ike
So. Moore St
Bessemer, Mich
Conoco
Ack
Continental Oil Company
Irwin J. Neault
Conoco Jobber
Peter Pairolero
Bessemer, Michigan
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