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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1936
Page
8
The annual school elections in Bessemer city and township will be held next Monday. Three candidates run in the city for two full term seats of three years each. Mrs. Jane Q Massie and John Marchello seek reelection, while Mrs. Mamie Rice is the third candidate.
Voters will elect two members to the City School Board on Wednesday. Edwin C. Carlson of Anvil is the lone candidate for president. A. Jake Fink seeks reelection as treasurer. opponents are Marion Jurakovich of Anvil and Walter E. Kauusisto of South Bessemer. Terms are three years. Polls open 9 am to 9 pm in city and township locations. The township meeting will be Sept 3 presided by Dr. C. E. Arundeman of Anvil who is retiring as president.
M z Clavere Romback, once of Bessemer, has been elected president of the Waller High Schools Parent-Teachers Association in Chicago. She is a former Goldsworthy Martens and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Martens now residing in Chicago. Romback previously held other PTA roles and was named a delegate to the Illinois State PTA convention at the Stevens Hotel. Weller High School in Chicago lists Liv students with assistant principal John L. Finlayson, formerly a chemistry teacher at Bessemer High School.
The Seamen's Union of the Great Lakes via its executive board demands wage increases for Lake Carriers' Association employees and an eight month work guarantee. They seek $100 monthly for ordinary seamen, $125 for able seamen and oilers, and $57 to $100 boosts for coal passers.
The Great Northern docks at Allouez, Superior, Wisconsin, present a brilliant distant spectacle at night during navigation season, viewed from Duluth. The sight has been described as the Diamond Necklace.
Gogebic Range ore shipments are projected to reach 4,100,000 tons this season, about 25 percent higher than the 1935 season. The estimate reflects stronger mining output and demand for iron ore.
Farmers may obtain permission to shoot animals and birds threatening crops, with the requirement to surrender carcasses to local conservation authorities for study and management, as part of new agricultural wildlife control rules.
A Northwestern Motor bus en route to Iron River left the road two miles east of Marenisco and overturned during a steering gear failure. Driver Tony Bertetto and four passengers escaped serious injuries with broken bones and cuts. treated at CCC Camp Gogebic and Marenisco hospital.
The 1936 G A R encampment will be held at Battle Creek from September 12 to 13 supervised by state officials and featuring veterans events and commemorations.
Bernard E. Larson of Ironwood becomes the first Republican to seek the prosecuting attorney post. A 1925 Ironwood High School graduate, he earned a 1933 law degree from the University of Michigan and has practiced law in Ironwood since, presently serving as circuit court commissioner and entering his second year as secretary of the Gogebic County Bar Association.
Friday morning fifty four pupils of St Sebastian's School in grades seven and eight will receive Michigan Reading Circle certificates signed by the state superintendent and the Michigan Education Association president along with their pastor. St Theresa's Guild donors made the reading banks possible at Bessemer. Enthusiasm for reading runs high as most pupils surpassed the required banks. Michael Lampart won a Benziger Company prize for an essay on Why I Like Father Fint's Books.
The Eagles lodge received a city council permit Monday night to hold a carnival in Belase mer during the week of June 29. Peter Cena presented the request. Location will be chosen by Mayor Henry James, the building and grounds committee, and lodge and carnival representatives.
A fragment notes United States Navy strength increasing this year from eighty three thousand to an unspecified higher figure, indicating growing maritime capacity.
The Bessemer High School band under Harry Reinhold will open a summer concert series on June 10 in the city, with weekly shows through July 29. Additional performances are slated for Barber School and Ramsay venues, and sophomores from five junior high schools are joining practices.
The fifth annual Military Ball at the Trandrome last Friday night, under Peter Gedda Post No 27 of the American Legion, drew about 425 couples from across the district. Leonard Keller and his NBC orchestra from the Bismarck hotel in Chicago provided the music, as attendees praised the decor and the tradition of top orchestras at the event. The Legion committee, led by James Carpenter, organized the ball with significant expense, and each year the event has proven profitable despite financial risk.
Citizenship was granted to 46 Goge bic county residents last Friday morning in Judge George O. Driscoll's circuit court. The hearing, led by naturalization examiner John W. Held of Duluth, approved seven from Bessemer and five from the township for final papers, naming Anton Cerne, Giuseppe Grassi, Fortunado Panozzo, Ida Stancher, Maria Ulvila, Hilda Ujvinen, Arna Vojtila of Bessemer, Matt Korkiamaki of Ramsay, Stephen Giukich, Leopold Grgurich, Slavko Kalan, and Gustta Yalonen of Puritaa.
Albion Michigan unveiled a city bell funded by government and local sources as a symbol of civic pride. The dedication marks a milestone for the community and its municipal heritage.
Judge George O Driscoll presided in Ontonagon as Ironwood selects the federal resettlement site east of Section 12 road. Federal funds were allocated for land purchase and workers move into quarters at the Seamen building. No new WPA projects will begin until after July 1 as construction slows to finish current work and study new proposals.
Ironwood based Richard Banfield, former Gogebic County treasurer for two terms about 25 years ago, announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for county treasurer at the upcoming September primary.
In April Michigan oil production declined slightly yet remained above one million barrels, preserving a 16th straight month of output exceeding one million barrels.
Officials of Upper Michigan cities and villages will meet in Marquette June 11 and 12 for a 32 city regional conference. The Michigan Municipal League sponsors the event with more than 34 participants including mayors councilmen village presidents and trustees and league trustees and staff. The gathering, the largest regional meeting in league history, will involve units from 15 counties and local officials from Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette among others.
Bids to repair the courthouse roof will be opened on June 15. Sup er visor Ralph C. Olson of Bessemer chairs the court house jail and grounds committee which ordered the work.
City library hours at Washington school run 1 to 8 30 am during summer months. High school library opens Tuesday and Friday after a recess.
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