Bessemer High Prepares 111 Seniors for Graduation
Next week at Bessemer High School 111 seniors will graduate. Activities include a Bacca laureate on Sunday June 8, a class play June 10, a class banquet June 11, and commencement exercises June 13 with an address by Superintendent H. H. Belkema. The class of 1941 lists 56 boys and 55 girls, fewer than last year’s 144 graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer High School
F. E. W. Eastman
Washington School
H. H. Belkema
Duluth
E. J. Oas
Frank Flynn to appear with Ted Fio Rito at Irondrome
Native New Yorker Frank Flynn ace drummer vocalist headlines with Ted Fio Rito and Skylined Music at Irondrome tomorrow night June 7. Arrangements with Music Corporation of America. Flynn started drumming at three, first real kit at nine, seven years professional. He broke a vibraphone solo at the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1939 and has worked with Ben Pollack and Buddy Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Flynn
Ted Fio- Rito
Irondrome
Music Corporation of America
New York
Frank
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Ted
Ben Pollack
Buddy Rogers
Bing Crosby
Ray McKinley
Ted Fio-Rito
U P Bureau Meets In Copper Country
The Copper Country Vacationist League and chambers of commerce in Calumet Laurium Hancock and Houghton host the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau 30th annual meeting in Keweenaw land June 25 and 26. Sessions begin in Houghton after the Sibelius festival and move northward to Hancock Calumet Laurium and Copper Harbor where the banquet is set for June 26. Negotiations seek several speakers and the League office in Houghton will arrange accommodations and reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copper Country Vacationist League
Chambers of Commerce
Calumet, Laurium
Hancock
Houghton
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Keweenaw Land
Calumet-Laurium
Keweenaw Club
Copper Harbor
League
Ramsay Tops Bessemer in Interleague Race
Ramsay handed Bessemer its first defeat of the season, 11 to 3, boosting Ramsay as a threat in the Interstate League. Montreal and Puritan also won, with Montreal losing its first game to Penokee, 6 to 3, as Bessemer, Ramsay and Montreal sit tied for first with three wins and one loss. This Sunday Montreal at Bessemer, Ramsay at Marenisco, Puritan at Monarchs, Glidden at Penokee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsay
Bessemer
Montreal
Penokee
Puritan
Marenisco
Glidden
Ironwood Monarchs
Monarchs
Notable Names in Local Obituary Notice List
A list of individuals including Helen Louise Thebert Dougal Carlton Tillner Lorraine Marie Trappa Helen J Turkal Jeannie S Veneri David Victor John Louis Vomastek Alden Wakevainen Helen Waltee Donald Richard White Avis Eloise Wigman Vivian Helen Yalonen appears in a local notice as multiple residents or honorees. No detailed dates or relationships are provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Meagher
Domenic D. Michela
Peter Morici
Constance A. Mussatti
Robert P. Neault Ernest G. Nyman Marjorie Matilda Olsen
Jean B. Olson Ruth Elvira Orling
Clarence Parent Helen Louise Pesker
Paul P. Potega
Mary Kathrine Prince Joseph Frank Proft
Ruth Mae Pure William V. Puskarich
Laura Joanne Ravanelli
Elayne Lynne Retallic
Bonita Marcella Rigotti
Agnes Vee Rocco
Charles J. Rosa Ellen Marie Salear
Peter Louis Samarziga
Fredrick J. Sandquist
Betty Alvina Shave
Joyce F. Shaw Evelyn Alice Simo
Marion Skagen Carmela M. Sofia
John Springhetti
Anthony H. Stella Ann M. Stemphiar
Theresa M. Lucca
Arthur Donald Swanson
Eugene John Syrjala
Clara P. Tarnaski
Dorothe
Anne Tarnaski
Helen Louise Thebert Dougal
Carlton Tillner
Lorraine Marie Trappa
Helen J, Turkal
Jeannie S. Veneri
David Victor John Louis Vomastek
Alden Wakevainen
Helen Waltee Donald Richard White
Avis Eloise Wigman Vivian Helen Yalonen
Baccalaureate Service at Bessemer High June 8 1941
The Bessemer High School baccalaureate program features a choir processional Onward Christian Soldiers and Ave Maria by Lutkin Schubert Riegger. Rev F E W Eastman gives the sermon with hymns and a benediction as the High School Choir performs Crusaders Hymn. Dorothy Tarnaski soloist and the girls chorus are noted in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baccalaureate
Bessemer High School
Onward
Christian Soldiers High School Choir
Peter C. Lutkin
Ave Maria
Schubert-Riegger Girls Chorus
Dorothy Tarnaski
Stroke Fatal to Mrs John Maunu in South Bessemer
Mrs. John Maunu, 68, died at her South Bessemer home last Friday noon from a paralytic stroke. A Finnish native who lived in the area 42 years, she was born August 11, 1872. Survived by husband John, five sons and two daughters, nine grandchildren, a brother and three sisters. Funeral Tuesday at home and St. Paul Finnish Lutheran Church with interment in Hillcrest. Pallbearers named. Edwin Beckman rites also held for 17 year old son of Mrs. Anna Beckman. buried Ironwood Cemetery. He died after a short illness, born July 6, 1923 in Bessemer township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Maunu
South Bessemer
Finland
John
John H. Nelson
Bessemer Township
Emil Nelson
Duluth
Jack Nelson
Manitowish
George Nelson
Lawrence Nelson
Bessemer
Charles Anderson
Matt Hill
Gust Braski
Jack Frandy
John, Morris
Charles Hietanen
Edwin Beckman
Anna Beckman
South Puritan
F. E. W. Eastman
Sharon Lutheran Church
Ironwood Cemetery
John Crawford
Clyde Olson
Edward Anderson
Melvin Pohjala
Edward Korpi
Oscar Korpi Jr
Grand View Hospital
Harding School
Michigan Wisconsin track and field championship at Massie Field
The annual conference meet is set for Saturday at Massie Field Bessemer Ironwood High defends the title with contenders Bessemer Hurley Wakefield and Ashland The event may crown several new individual champions while Ironwood is favored to win the team title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massie Field
Bessemer
Ironwood High
Hurley
Wakefield
Ashland
Ironwood
Farm Hand Killed By Neighbor Near Bessemer
Charles Wallonen a 56 year old Semmerling farm hand was struck and killed early Sunday near the Semmerling crossing while walking home. Chester Kott the driver was charged with hit and run after another motorist followed the car to report the accident. Wallonen’s death marks the third auto fatality of 1941 on the Gogebic Range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wallonen
Semmerling Farm
Bessemer
Semmerling Crossing
Chester Kott
Viciity
Wallonen
Ted Eliason
Joseph Chiapuzio
Oto Sandquist
Grand View Hospital
Anvil Men
Kott
Sheriff's
Gogebic Range
Family notes list ten siblings of deceased man
The obituary fragment names his mother and ten siblings: Mrs. John Burn, Carlol Ironwood, Mrs. Nelo Mattson, Miss June Leonard, Harold and Richard of South Puritan, Miss Evelyn of Chicago, Miss Mildred, and Elmer of Wallace Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burn
Carlol Ironwood
Nelo Mattson
June
Leonard
Harold
Richard
South Puritan
Evelyn
Chicago
Mildred
Elmer
Wallace
Idaho
Allan Cole Revealed as Buffalo Singer Albert Coulhurst
Allan Cole, billed with Ted Fio Rito and his Skylined Music at Bessemer starting June 7, is Albert Edward Coulhurst of Buffalo born February 23, 1927. A son of a pianist, he excelled in sports, sang in the Buffalo Cathedral Choir, studied with the Philharmonic conductor, and appeared in Martha. He later worked at Liberty Bank, then in steel mills before returning to singing on contracts at the Statler in Cleveland and Buffalo and the Jefferson in St. Louis before being discovered by Ted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Cole
Ted Fio Rito
Bessemer
Music Corporation of America
Albert Edward Coulhurst
Buffalo
New York
Heredity
Altho
Philharmonic Orchestra
Martha
Liberty Bank of Buffalo
Republic Steel Corporation
Statler Hotels
Cleveland
The
Jefferson
St. Louis
Ted
Students Visit Court During Past Session
Ninth grade civics class from Pur itan toured the Bessemer courthouse for Edwin Anderson Jr versus B J Contario of Marenisco. They viewed the jail and court room setup and heard Silvio Mascotti discuss delinquent children treatment. Memorial Day weekend visits included Kenosha families with local hosts. Michigan wealth is estimated at 2.46 billion dollars per capita 2.605.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puritan
Bessemer
Edwin Anderson, Jr
Marenisco
B. J. Contario
Silvio Mascotti
Commencement Exercises and Graduates at Anvil June 12
Commencement exercises will be held Thursday, June 12, at the Anvil gymnasium for the $2 graduates who completed ninth grade in Bessemer Township schools. Four schools will join in a program depicting America’s struggle for liberty across eight episodes, with graduates listed including Donald Ahnen, Marceline Anderson, Arvid Bjork, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anvil
Bessemer Township
America
Donald Ahnen
Marceline Anderson
Arvid Bjork
Bogette Marl
and Bradley
Gladys Brockbank
Margaret Busch
Charles Carpenado
Russell Carr Margie Church
Arthur Chapman
Robert Chiapuzio
Jean Chouinard
John Christenson
Mary Dianich
Robert Doney
Elaine Eliason
Irene Ellis Leonard A. Erickson
Antoinette Finco
Clarence Forte
Ann Galamba
Ruth Gamache
Leo Gayan
John Gervasio
Theodore Giachino
Betty Goodwin
Robert Hocking
Ruth Holmquist Dragina Iliabasich
Mary Iliabasich
Robert Jacobson
Jack Jasper James Johnson
Eleanore Julien Carl Koski
Mildred Korpela Elsie E. E. Korpi
Elmer Koski
Gerald Koski
Margaret Koski
Lloyd L. LaPere
Alvin Lindstrom
Ellie Maki Ellen Mark C. J. Rudival Martinson
Victor Mikulich
Dorothy A
Band Led Memorial Day Parade by Bessemer School Band
The Bessemer township school band under M. O. Lam oreux led Memorial Day parade with flag carriers William Newmen Allan Syrjala and Melvin Hovila and drum majorette Vi olet Sommers. After the parade the group performed at Hillcrest cemetery playing America Michigan My Michigan and God Bless America during the Memorial Day program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer Township
M. O. Lamoreux
Bessemer
William Newmen
Allan Syrjala
Melvin Hovila
Violet Sommers
Hillcrest Cemetery
America
Michigan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bessemer High
U. P. Bureau
Copper Country
Recessional—High School Choir “Crusaders Hymn
Allen Cole
D. G. Galley
Earl Galley
Earline
Bernie
Albert Scavarda
Kenosha
Wis
George and
Louis Womastek
Joseph Scavarda
Fort Custer Drive
United States
Michigan State Highway Department
Army
Canton
Battle Creek
Harding
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