Gogebic Ontonagon Tourist Association Meeting Seeks Cooperation
The Gogebic and Ontonagon Tourist Association met at Dewey's Cafe in Bessemer with about twenty five attendees. George Bishop of the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau urged cooperation and outlined how inquiries are handled, noting 42 percent of regional tourist business comes from bureau efforts. He urged information booths and registration of tourist cabins resorts and lake frontage. County agent Gunderson offered ideas and the next meeting is in July on the eastern county end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bishop
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Development Bureau
Gogebic and Ontonagon Association
Bishop
Upper Penisula
Upper Peninsula
Engel
Land of Lakes
Wisconsin
C. E. Gunderson
New Telephone Line To Manitou Island
The U S Coast Guard will lay a telephone cable from Horseshoe Harbor at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula to Manitou Island near Fort Wilkins State Park. A cut line through mainland woods extends wires from Copper Harbor to Horseshoe Harbor. Manitou, with a coast guard station and commercial fishing, will be connected to the outside world for the first time. Manitou is praised as a beautiful, little known island in the Great Lakes region facing stiff competition from Copper Country sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
U. S. Coast Guard Service
Horseshoe Harbor
Keweenaw Peninsula
Manitou Island
Fort Wilkins State Park
Woods
Coper Harbor
Manitou
Coast Guard
Great Lakes
Michigan
Pioneer Store In Amasa Closes Doors in Bankruptcy
The Hematite Mercantile store in Amasa shut down in voluntary bankruptcy after 40 years serving the community. Since 1917 it was owned and run by Elmer Holmberg, son of the late E Holmberg who started the business in 1897. Low prospects ahead led Holmberg to discontinue operations of Tron county’s one of the largest general merchandise stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hematite Mercantile
Amasa
Elmer Holmberg
E. Holmberg
Holmberg
Tron County
Michigan's Capitol Facts From 19th Century Build
The Lansing state capitol rises in New Hampshire granite, measuring 420 by 274 feet and 276 feet high. Costing 1,510,130.59 dollars, it sits on about 1.16 acres. Elijah E. Myers of Springfield New Jersey designed it. N. Osborn & Co. of Rochester built it. Cornerstone laid October 2, 1873. dedication and occupancy occurred in 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
New Hampshire
Elijah E. Myers
Springfield
N. Osborn & Co
Rochester
Arrest of Indian Man in Fatal Shooting at Odanah
Simon Denomie, 56, an Odanah Indian, was arrested Monday night for the shooting death of Ernest Sullivan, 23. Denomie told officers his wife, 22, had been seen with younger Indian men, suggesting possible motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Denomie
Ernest Sullivan
Denomie
Gogebic County bears large share of relief costs
In 1936 Gogebic County paid 34,414.49 toward emergency relief, out of a total county share of 243,972.34. The Upper Peninsula totals show Marquette at 38.96 percent and Houghton spent 381,306.58 with 3.87 percent county share. Overall UP relief cost reached 1,648,671.56 with federal 62,869.85 and state 1,370,072. counties contributed 209,143.50. UP counties bore 12.69 percent of relief load versus 40.07 percent for Lower Peninsula counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
Upper Peninsula
Marquette
Houghton County
Lower Peninsula
Gogebic
Menominee Ee
Houghton
Mother of George Koronski Passes Away
Elise Koronski died Saturday at 11 30 am at the Koronski home at age 64 after four months of heart trouble. Born August 6 1856 in Zurich she came to the United States 60 years ago. She lived in Philadelphia later in life and in recent years in California and Florida. Survived by three sons George of Bessemer Andre of Philadelphia and Stephen of Babylon NY plus two sisters Mrs Her mine Walton of Los Angeles and Mrs August Cardineaux of Flushing NY. Funeral Tuesday at 9:30 am Frick funeral home conducted by Rev John Knapp with interment in Bessemer cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elise Koronski
George W. Koronski
Koronski
Philadelphia
Clifornia
Florida
George
Bessemer
Andre
Stephen
Babylon
N.Y
Hermine Walton
Los Angeles
Calif
August Cardineaux
Flushing
N. Y
Frick Funeral Home
John Knapp
Church of the Transfiguration
Ironwood
Bessemer Cemetery
Truettner To Address Bankers At Michigan Event
Upper Peninsula members of the Michigan Bankers association meet at Blaney Park Schoolcraft county for the twenty third annual gathering on Saturday June 5. Henry J Weeser Iron River National bank chairs the executive committee with Laurence Chabot Ontonagon as secretary treasurer Delegates register at 10 a m noon luncheon precedes a business session Golf in the afternoon and a 5 30 p m dinner with entertainment after. Speakers include Walter F Truettner president of the Michigan Bankers association Ray O Brundage executive manager and Charles T Fisher state banking commissioner Christ H Gribble Hermansville leads arrangements. Truettner formerly lived in Bessemer and is now vice president of Detroit National bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Michigan Bankers Association
Blaney Park
Schoolcraft County
Henry J. Weeser
Iron River National Bank
Michigan Bankers Assocation
Laurence Chabot
Ontongon
Walter F. Truettner
Ray O. Brundage
Charles T. Fisher
Christ H. Gribble
Hermansville
Mr. Truettner
Bessemer
Detroit National Bank
New Pulp Hoist At Ashland Opens Harbor Work
The Marathon Paper Co of Wisconsin plans a pulp hoist at Ashland harbor with a new derrick to lift logs from the water to railroad cars. They expect about 35,000 cords of logs to be floated across Lake Superior from Ontario this year. A Swedish pulp cargo of 3,500 bales, about 630 tons, arrived May 6 at Clarkson Coal Co dock, consigned to Marathon Paper Mills Co of Ashland as the season’s first such shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon Paper Co
Wisconsin
Ashland
Lake Superior
Ontario
Sweden
Troisdoc
Clarkson Coal Co
Marathon Paper Mills Co
Moose Transfer Delayed by Cutter Relocation
Isle Royale moose transfers from the island to Michigan halt as Coast Guard cutter Crawford moves to Buffalo leaving nine moose moved and released in Keweenaw. The Diligence will replace Crawford and resume operations until about two dozen moose held at Chippewa Harbor are released in the Upper Peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle Royale
Coast Guard
Crawford
Buffalo
Michigan
Lake Superior
Keweenaw Peninsula
Diligence
Chippewa Harbor
Upper Peninsula
Copper slab found at Sagamore mine on display in Minneapolis
The University of Minnesota displays a native copper slab weighing 1,884 pounds at the School of Mines building in Minneapolis. It was unearthed in 1921 during stripping operations at the Sagamore mine in Riverton on the Cuyuna iron range. The slab was found in glacial drift overlying the ore by John A. Savage & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Minnesota
School of Mines
Minneapolis
Sagamore
Riverton
Minn
Cuyuna Iron Range
John A. Savage & Co
Connor Named Manager of Connorsville Mill
Gordon Connor takes over management of the Connor Lumber and Land Co. mill and woods operations at Connorsville after resigning as Park Falls mill manager. He previously led the Wakefield job and supervised the modern sawmill at Connorville. he and Mrs. Connor plan to reside in Wakefield or build a new home at Connorville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Connor
Connor Lumber and Land Company
Connorsville
Park Falls
Connor
Wakefield
Connorville
Mrs. Connor
Four Candidates Vie in Ironwood School Election
Ironwood voters will choose on June 14 among four candidates for the school board. Incumbents A. B. Johnson and Edmund Hill seek re election while opponents Joseph Petrusha and Elmer Jacobson challenge them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironwood
A. B. Johnson
Edmund Hill
Joseph Petrusha
Elmer Jacobson
Hurley Man Henry Chartier Sentenced to 60 Days Jail
Henry Chartier of Hurley pleaded guilty to drunken driving before Justice A J Gedda and chose 60 days in county jail over a $50 fine and costs. State Trooper J A Smith of Wakefield arrested him on US 2 between Bessemer and Ramsay on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Chartier
Hurley
A. J. Gedda
J. A. Smith
Wakefield
Bessemer
Ramsayon
St Ambrose High Selects Co Captains For Next Season
Robert Wurl and Francis LaForge were elected co-captains of next year's St. Ambrose high school basketball team at the annual banquet held last week in Ironwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wurl
Francis LaForge
St. Ambrose
Ironwood
Penmanship Awards At St Sebastian School List
The pupils of St Sebastian school receive Final Certificates Dorothy Savitski Lorraine St John Dorothea Drazkowski Grace Pazdernik Frances Glatzcak Raymond Janov Louise Massa Betty Kalusha Kathryn Turkal Irene Grabowski Louis Adams John Maslanka Grace Wojciechowski Agnes Kovacevich Bernardine Springhetti Robert Kosmicki Junior Certificates Anton Pucilowski George Pricco Leno Cigallio William Maccani Etalo Orlandi Rudolph Cigallio Grade Five Progress Pins Lydia Ravanel li Robert Probelski Eugene Adams Leocadia Maslanka Rita Kosmicki Maureen Vomastek Irene Pucilowski Patricia Graham Magdalene Pozega Margaret Tarnaski Mary Jean Halama Shirley Vomastek Margaret Kalusha Robert Hill Alfred Fachinello Leo Gayon Palmer Method Button Dolores Filippini Margaret Probelski Betty Lou Keenan Rose Lampart Mary Popko Caroline Gedda Betty Adams Patricia Nemacheck William Pellew Robert Stevens Frank Kovacevich Jerome Springhetti Grade Three Theodelina Popko Vivian Schacht Ann Kosmicki Bernard Drazkowski Jean Marie Kalusha Mary Lou Santini Walter Maslanka Mary Lou Gustafson William Beouf Constance Budnik Raymond Jezek Palmer Gold Star Button Lawrence Glatczak Edward Savitski William Wrobleski Bernard Weber Harold Regs Paul Potega Frank Marshalek Patricia Whitburn Patricia Meade Audrey Schacht Mary Jean Buchko Margaret Gustafson Prudie Melanson Grade One Palmer Silver Star Button Tessie Whitburn Raymond Kalusha Mary Maslanka Patsy Halama Frances Probelski Eugene Paratone Marie A Bogaro Evelyn Pucilowski Bonita Nolan Cecile A Hook Catherine Adams La Vera Regis James Winkowski Patsy Rice
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Sebastian School
Dorothy Savitski
Lorraine St. John
Dorothea Drazkowski
Grace Pazdernik
Frances Glatzcak
Raymond Janov
Louise Massa
Betty Kalusha
Kathryn Turkal
Irene Grabowski
Louis Adams
John Maslanka
Grace Wojciechowski
Agnes Kovacevich
Bernardine Springhetti
Robert Kosmicki
Anton Pucilowski
George Pricco
Lydia Ravanelli
Robert Probelski
Eugene Adams
Leocadia Maslanka
Rita Kosmicki
Maureen Vomastek
Irene Pucilowski
Patricia Graham
Magdalene Pozega
Margaret Tarnaski
Mary Jean Halama
Shirley Vomastek
Margaret Kalusha
Robert Hill
Alfred Fachinello
Leo Gayon
Theodelina Popko
Vivian Schacht
Ann Kosmicki
Bernard Drazkowski
Jean Marie Kalusha
Mary Lou Santini
Walter Maslanka
Mary Lou Gustafson
William Beouf
Constance Budnik
Raymond Jezek
Palmer
Lawrence Glatczak
Edward Savitski
William Wrobleski
Bernard Weber
Harold Reg's
Paul Potega
Frank Marshalek
Patricia Whitburn
Patricia Meade
Audrey Schacht
Mary Jean Buchko
Margaret Gustafson
Prudie Melanson
Many Conventions Booked at Mackinac
Mackinac Island reports a booming convention season at the Grand Hotel with events scheduled June to September. The Grand opens June 24 hosting the Michigan Bankers Association, followed by gatherings of Michigan Gas and Electric, Equitable Life, National Furniture Warehousemen, Standard Life, National Editorial, and National Liquor Control Administrators. August brings Taft Memorial Highway, General Electric, Peoples Life, Better Business Bureaus, and London Life meetings, plus two events in September by Beta Theta Phi and New York Life. W. S. Woodful of Chicago owns the Grand and Joseph P. Wenzel serves as manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackinac Island
Straits Country
Michigan
Michigan Bankers’ Association
Michigan Gas and Electric Associations
Equitable Life Insurance Company
National Furniture Warehousemen’s Association
Standard Life Insurance Company
National Editorial Association
National Liquor Control Administrators
Taft Memorial Highway Association
General Electric Company
Peoples Life Insurance Company
National Association Better Business Bureaus
London Life Insurance Company
Grand
Beta Theta Phi Fraternity
New York Life Insurance Company
W. S. Woodful
Chicago
Grand Hotel
Joseph P. Wenzel
Masons Elect Leaders at Michigan Grand Chapter Meet
Edwin F. Brown from Iron Mountain is named grand treasurer and Lenwood R. Williams of Ishpeming is chosen grand royal arch captain at the final session of the Royal Arch Masons in Kalamazoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons of
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Edwin F. Brown
Iron Mountain
Lenwood R. Williams
Ishpeming
Grand Royal Arch
Inmate Dies at Grand View Hospital
John Kojala aged 71 died Sunday at Grand View hospital from tuberculosis. He was an inmate of the county infirmary and his burial took place at Ironwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kojala
Grand View Hospital
Ironwood
Saxon farmer dies in self-inflicted death after arson
Frank Kutievicz aged 59 committed death by his own action using a revolver last Friday afternoon after setting fire to farm buildings. He lived alone in the farmhouse. Police reported no other persons were harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kutievicz
Lake Superior: Largest Pure Fresh Water Body
Lake Superior is described as the world's largest body of pure fresh water. The statement asserts its vast volume and pristine quality, highlighting its status among global freshwater lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Superior
B H S Graduate Wins Norrie Scholarship
A two day conference on mine safety will be held in Duluth on June 24 and 25 under the Lake Superior mining section of the National Safety Council. About 250 representatives from Lake Superior iron ore and copper mines will attend, representing roughly 15 000 miners. The event marks the first such parley in the territory aimed at yielding concrete remedies to specific accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Lake Superior
National Safety Council
Frank S. Crawford
United States Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Local Dealers Run All Conoco Stations
Continental Oil Company shifts to selling Conoco gasoline oils and greases through independent dealers and jobbers. The change replaces company owned stations with locally owned or leased outlets, creating permanent community ties and boosting public goodwill while reducing administrative headache for the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Dan Moran
Continental
Moran
Gogebic Leads In Camp Applications
Gogebic county tops the Upper Peninsula in Citizens Military Training Camp applications for Fort Brady July 6 to August 4. Quota 25, 75 applications. Only Wayne County Detroit area exceeds this record with 364 applications, though below its quota. Gogebic’s strong interest stems from nearby R O T C units at Bessemer and Ironwood high schools. Calumet also has R O T C and Houghton County’s quota is 32 with 52 applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
Upper Peninsula
Citizens Military
Fort Brady
Wayne
Detroit
Gogebic
Bessemer
Ironwood
Calumet
Houghton County
First Ironwood Man Graduates Naval Academy Honor
First Midshipman Ralph W. Cousins, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis yesterday, becomes the first Ironwood man to earn that honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Cousins
United States Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Ironwood
New X-Ray Equipment Installed at Grand View Hospital
Grand View hospital added complete X-Ray equipment this week and performs over 2,500 X-ray exams annually. Arthur Drolson of Bessemer serves as the technician in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand View Hospital
Arthur Drolson
Bessemer
Golf Club Opens Season With Twilight League Return
The Gogebic Country Club officially opened for the season on Monday and announced the twilight league will operate for its second year.
Summer Camps for Boys and Girls Listed in Upper Peninsula
The Upper Peninsula offers about 25 summer camps for boys and girls, providing a range of activities and programs. Organizers emphasize safe, supervised environments and diverse options to match interests and ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Holmquist Receives Norrie Scholarship For Engineering
John Holmquist of Bessemer High School, son of a miner, won the Norrie Scholarship from Michigan Tech worth 1400 dollars, with 500 first year and 300 for each of next three years. He and Supt. Cns depart for Houghton for tonight’s award at Tech commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Holmquist
Bessemer High School
Norrie
Michigan College of Mining and Technology of
Houghton
Holmquist
Cns
Michigan Tech
Ramsay
Upper Peninsula
Bessemer High School Board
Herald
Wolverine car retires from Michigan rail service
The famed Wolverine railway car built by Pullman for the 1893 World’s Fair is dismantled after years of service with Michigan fish commissioners. Once a conservation exhibit, it toured the state to educate students and stockfingerlings. mahogany paneling and brass furnishings will be salvaged for hatchery use at Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rapids
Michigan
Paris State Fish Hatchery
Pullman Company
Chicago
Michigan Fish Commission
Great Lakes
Paris State
Wills Named Acting Engineer in Crystal Falls
Crystal Falls The county road commission retains Harry Wills as acting engineer-manager at a $200 salary in a bid to save costs. Chairman Matt Kosky says the move avoids paying full engineer wages under the current setup after H F Larson was ousted. Rumors persist of a potential permanent appointment with state approval by Murray D. Van Wagoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Falls
County Road Commission
Harry Wills
Matt Kosky
Road Commission
Wills
Kosky
H. F. Larson
Murray D. van Wagoner
Third annual conference for public school janitors
The third annual conference for public school janitors will be held at Michigan State College on June 23 24 and 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State College
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John Webber
Marenisco
N. J. Kolinsky
Pioneer
Michigan’s Capitol
George Koronski
Truettner
U. P. Association
Mackinac
B.H.S
TECH
Ichard Allen
Michigan College of Mining and Technology
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Eta Kappa Nu
Blue Key Society
Allen
Engineers Reserve Corps
Alexander G. Ruthven
University of Michigan
Ruthven
Wiliam L. Honnold
Michigan Railway
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