Local notes recount weekend visits and notable events
Weekend visits span from Fred Blair in Detroit to Loretta Doyle in Marquette while many locals travel to Chicago, Detroit, and Duluth. Events include St Sebastian parish warm reception for Bishop Plagens, 38 graduates at St Sebastian and 125 Bessemer seniors, and Memorial Day observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Keller
NBC Orchestra
St. Sebastian Church
Joseph Casimer Plagens
Marquette
Bessemer
St. Sebastian Parochial School
George W. Koronski
Gogebiec
Bessemer High School
Anthony Furmanski
Peter Torreano
Helen Hansen
Theodore K. Vogler
Duluth
Clarence E. Lott
Negaunee
Johnson Champion Wedding in Ironwood Ceremony
Warren Johnson and Dorothy Champion wed in Zion Lutheran parsonage May 29 with only close relatives present. Bride from Ironwood, groom a Gogebic Auto employee. couple to reside on Gogebic Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic Auto Company
Gogebic Street
Ironwood
Hoeft-Rigoni
Pearl Eileen Hoeft
Paul Hoeft
Arthur Rigoni
Chris Rigoni
Paul Haven
Detroit
William Corona
Détroit
Allen Hoeft
Rigoni
A. D. Johnston
Military Ball Highlighted Local Legion Event in 1936
Looking Backward recalls the fifth annual military ball hosted by the local American Legion on June 5, 1936, with attendees, decorations, and community tribute. The item captures the era’s social scene and postwar civic involvement through a brief chronicle of the Legion gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Bessemer Township Schools Yearbook Plans Amid School Moves
The Anvil yearbook is to be published by the Student Council with a single large edition. A smell charge will fund the book. In other news, Victor Gunnard Jacobson will finish the year at Harding Detroit with his grandparents hosting him after his family moved. Mothers from Ramsity fifth grade attended a program featuring student dramatizations and folk dances, with lunches funded by fifth grade treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Daly
Levi S. Rice
Gustav L. Ziebur
F. B. Jones
W. J. Haggerson
W. J. Pinkerton
Eagle River
Wis
Loope and
Madajesky
Bessemer
George Haller
A. F. Olcott
Philip LaBlonde
Eva Hoover
Lillie Nelson
Annette Phelan
Sylvia Reil
Emma _ Saxton
Myrielle Hoover
Grace Harrington
Isabel Stellwagen
Ava Belt
Blanche Gray
Jean Gow
Octavia Krimminger
Clara Lund
Tilda Backon
Mrs. LaBlonde
Ashland
Valley
Ed. Sampson
Jo 1
Opera House
J. R. Kramer
L. S. Rice
K. S. Markstrom
P. L. Ramquist
L. H. Truettner
L. W. Powell
Lake Gogebic
South Shore
Bersbach
Third Ward
Fred Sagemiller
Henry Blumenkamp
Fred Otto
John Sil
Gunnard Jacobson
Victor
Detroit
Harding
Anvil Student Council
Ramsity
Claremont
Billie Sharpless
Telegraph
Joe Milakovich
Daniel Boone
Bobby Barron
Mildred Peltola
Dorothy Johnson
Peggy Lou Bjork
County 4-H Clubs Ready for Summer
Several Gogebic county 4-H clubs reorganize for the summer session with projects under way. A penny carnival at Roosevelt school funds camp travel for Peninsula Leaders attending Camp Shaw June 16 to 19 under C A Rood and Miss Marcella Meyer. Transportation by Edith Johnson. Units include Roosevelt Community Club led by Helen Nuho nen and Miriam Estola, Merry Mix-Up led by Sylvia Kopping, Bamsay led by Lilly Koski, Clover Cooks led by Sigrid Nasi and Ruth Stool, North Star led by George and Leonard Passini, Wakefield Potato led by Verne Gone, Riverview led by Henry Puro, Harding Workers led by E A Crawford. Enrollment expected to exceed 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Johnson
Peninsula
Roosevelt School
Camp Shaw
Chatham
Upper Peninsula
C. A. Rood
Marcella Meyer
Lilly Koski
Clover Cooks Club
Sigrid Nasi
Ruth Stool
North Star Club
George and
Leonard Passini
Wakefield Potato Club
Verne Gone
Riverview Club
Henry Puro
Harding Workers
E. A Crawford
4-H Club Meal Projects Set with June 15 Deadline
A list of home management projects includes Breakfast Luncheon or Supper and Dinner and for older members Outdoor Meals The 4-H Club En tertains and the Baking Project. All clubs should be organized no later than June 15. New groups can contact Miss Edith Johnson, club agent, at Ironwood for information and help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Johnson
Ironwood
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Fred Blair
Loretta Doyle
Weilya
Tony
John Poremski
Chicago
Richard Dulebohn
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Rita Jezek
St. Scholastica, Duluth
Joseph Jezek
J. C. Hubbard
Topeka
Kansas
Janet Stevens
Armando Ambalagi
Camp Beauregard
Miss Lear
Eileen Hoeft
Mary Lou Morse
River
Agnes Haluma
Harry Doro
Mr. Doro
Milwaukee
Supercynski
Zigmund Godlewski
East Lansing
John Godlewski
Walter Paynter
Louetta
Sault Ste. Marie
William Paynter
Emil Kelto
Ralph Heikkinen
Charlottesville
Virginia
Ramsay, Bessemer and
David Fabing
Merle Holly
Rockford
Edward Fabing
Katherine Korpi
Evo Heikkinen
Korpi
Williard Mikko
Car. R. Olson
Gogebie County Cooperative Testing Association
Arnold Kisketalo
Bessemer High School Glee Club
Glee Club
F. C. Gorman
R. C. Solberg
Legion Post
Bergland
N. A. Nelson
P. J. Nickel
Julius Velin
Inlaw
Carl Velin
Mr. Velin
Grace L. Truettner
Margaret E Downey
Eva M. Sampson
Messrs. Pascoe
Turner
Button
Miss Gardner
JW. Pasmore
G. D. Slocum
Grand Army of the Republic
Herald
Bessemer Township
Gogeric
U. P
R. J. Mullen
Michigan
The
Bet Beer and Wine
Arca Erlicker
E. Mary St. Bessemer
Board OF Review
Ramsay, Mich
Dan Laughner
Gogebic County
Washington School
East Sellar Street
North Moore Street
Barber School
Mamie Rice
United States
A. D
Jane Q. Massie
Board of Education
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