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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1932
Page
4
The text outlines a stylish late afternoon June wedding with a dining and porch dancing plan, plus a tradition for the bride's tokens. It then shifts to a camping pantry list for a family of five for a week, detailing eggs, bacon, coffee, milk, cereal, bread, cheese, produce, canned goods, baking items, rice, dried fruit, meat cans, and beverages, followed by cooking hints and a cantaloupe salad recipe.
A 1932 recipe outlines a chocolate whip cream roll with cocoa batter baked thin then rolled with sweetened whipped cream and sauce. The text also lists multiple local social visits and guests from Pal mer, Minnesota to Duluth and nearby areas, detailing surname households and travels.
Doral notes Kenneth King at Gambles pays one dollar for any old tire on a new G and J Tire and Tube. Numerous short weekend visits feature relatives and friends, including Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Andriania welcoming a daughter born May 25, plus many travelers visiting Chicago Milwaukee Ashland Duluth and Ashland. Names include Doris Doner Ursula Melanson Peter Carpenedo Alfred Montasi Anna Eastman New Rand Miss Jennie Soffio and more with Memorial Day references.
Mr and Mrs Hiram Olson of Duluth spent Memorial Day with friends in Ironwood and were hosted by Mr and Mrs Fred J May in Ironwood. Mrs William Mac Randle and son James of Duluth visited friends in Bessemer and Ironwood. Grace Christianson Roy and George Ahlman returned to Milwaukee after a weekend with Miss Ruth Christianson. Donald Christianson, student at McCormick Institute, assisted Rev C L Harries while he attended conference in Denver. Mrs W I Francis left for Chicago for evangelistic institute graduation exercises and will speak in Jackson and Lansing before returning to Bessemer. Miss Geneva Lemmons, RN, begins duties as anesthetist at Grand View Hospital and will run the oxygen tent. she succeeds Miss Florence Chearheart who returns to South Bend.
The regular American Legion meeting, previously scheduled for last night, is postponed to Saturday night at o'clock. A lunch will be served after the meeting.
Approximately 600 couples are expected to attend the Military Ball tonight. The event is hosted by Peter Gedda Post of the American Legion at the Grandrome. EH Rice and his new dance band will provide the music while the Women's Auxiliary serves lunch.
Memorial Day services in Bes semer and Ramsay Legion posts proceeded as planned with fair weather aiding a parade deemed the most impressive in years. Rev. G. G. Curtis of Ironwood delivered what was described as one of the best addresses in local Memorial Day history.
Rose Marie McCann, age six, was guest of honor at a birthday party at her home on Saturday afternoon. Eighteen of her little playmates and friends joined the celebration, enjoying games and a luncheon served at four small tables with yellow white and green décor and arrangements of daf fodils as centerpieces.
Church notes list Sunday School at 10 39 a m Puritan Community Sunday School at 2 30 p m Young Peoples Society at 8 30 p m Evening Service at 7 30 p m with special music led by Pastor C L Harries
The Methodist Episcopal Church holds 106 a.m. public worship with special music by Grace Swan son and Mae Rosemargy and a sermon titled Winning the Woman at the Well. Sunday School at 11 a.m. Epworth League devotions 6:30 p.m. Evening Worship 7:20 p.m. with an evangelistic message. Wm. Foss sings The First Mile with Mrs. Axel Jacobson. Wed prayer service. Friday June 1 10:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. lay devotional meetings with out of town preachers. Sunday evening June 12 class of Lenz receives baccalaureate sermon. Wm. I. Francis pastor. 7:30 p.m. midweek service. confirmation class 1932 to receive Holy Communion. Banquet luncheon after evening service. Rev. William Seeliger toastmaster. special music by Men's Chorus Warren Paynter and Young People’s Society. Bible discussions discontinued. public welcome. Pastor Theo. F. A. Nickel.
The Catechism class of 1932 will be confirmed at Trinity English Lutheran Church Sunday at 10 30 A M with Warren Paynter Samuel Sakales Fred Jackson Stephen Balas and Henry Mattson pledging allegiance to the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rev E W Feldscher will deliver the sermon and perform the rite. An evening reunion of all former confirmands occurs at 7 30 P M with at least seventy invited. The class of 1932 will share its first Holy Communion. A banquet follows for a small charge.
Trinity English Lutheran Church on Iron and Clayberg Streets hosts a confirmation service with new members Warren Paynter Stephen Balas Kenry Mattsen Fred Jackson and Samuel Sakalos. The pastor will speak on Forever Thine and the Men's chorus sings Hear My Prayer. An evening reunion of all confirmed classes follows at 7 30 with Rev. E W Feld scher of Hancock Michigan delivering the festival sermon.
The Anvil Parent-Teachers association held its final business meeting in the school gym Wednesday evening. Chairmen of standing committees for the year reported, with Mrs. Carl Repinski stepping down as president and Miss Dereen Corgiat named to lead health matters.
Vincent Bianchi, Mrs. J. S. Gilbert and Miss Adelaide Ford lead Welfare. Mrs. Ernest Brown chairs Welfare. Other posts include Program chair Mrs. Hans Romstad with Mrs. Leonard Johnson and Mrs. C. W. Gender. Social chair Mrs. Erwin Becker with Mrs. David Rigotti and Miss Doreen Corgiat. Refreshments chaired by Mrs. S. C. Carlson with Mrs. Battista Bottichio and Mrs. J. A. Sabin.
The Anvil high school prom sponsored by the Anvil Teachers Association was held in the school gym Friday evening and described as a complete success in every way.
Joseph Zadra with I. Guiliani visited Norway and returned Monday. Mrs. Carlton Lindberg and son Roland, and Mrs. O B E Hiedrick, after weekend with Albert Tillner’s family, returned to Chicago Monday evening. Lindberg’s son Roland will stay in town for summer. Mr. and Mrs. David Rigotti and family drove home from Iron Mountain after a weekend visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ciaviani also returned by motor from the Copper Country after weekend visits with relatives and friends.
Boil potatoes briefly before baking to speed cook time and yield a mealy texture. A small wheeled board with a string draw helps move a scrub bucket easily from spot to spot.
Government tests show sweet potatoes contain protein. cleaning tips suggest cornmeal or fuller's earth applied with a soft brush for window shades.
Bessemer township schools hold graduation Wednesday evening June 7 in Ramsay school gymnasium. Ashland attorney C A Lamreux to deliver the commencement address. Supt I H Dubdwin to present certificates. Program includes orchestra, readings, instrumental solos, and song selections by a girls sextet.
Members of the Ramsay Met eor girls club enjoyed an outing on Wednesday. At 1 o clock a delicious bluff supper was served. Attendees included Wiss Reune Kangas Mayme Louis figo Eleanor Gustafsen Louise De Tian Tuten Jean Aethatabete.
The Ramsay Catholic Ladies Aid held its final meeting of the year on Wednesday evening. Regular business was discussed and the musical report read. A luncheon followed, hosted by Miss Annig Palma Brighenti and Mrs. Herry Wilkins.
An old humorous advice note from a Bessemer Pharmacy promotion urges readers to buy Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea now to avoid missing a future chance. It uses playful dialect about a girl and a feller and features colorless lips and dull eyes as part of its whimsy.
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