Local youths chosen for Wolverine Boys State program
Local youths John Kuivinen Robert Aha and Woodward Gray will represent this community at the third annual Wolverine Boys State to be held June 2028 on the Michigan State College campus in East Lansing. The program, sponsored by the American Legion and Elks Lodge with Carl Matheny of Detroit chairing, will bring together more than 900 boys from across the state to run a mock government with governor and officers, plus tours of campuses plants and the state capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theos
Michigan State College
East Lansing
M. A. Gedda
Peter Gedda
American Legion
The
Legion and
Elks Lodge
State Department of the American Legion
Carl Matheny
Detroit
John Kuivinen
Robert Aha
Woodward Gray
Wolverine
Lansing
Four Seek Besseme School Board Seats
Four candidates compete for two trustee posts on the Bess semer city board of education in the June 10 election. Incumbent Jane Q. Massie faces Bruno Crenna Gustav Eckman and Lawrence H. Maki. In Besseme township one trustee seat has Walter E. Kuusisto Frank Gamache Peter L. Relich and David A. Rizzie as contenders.
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Bess Semer City
Positon
Besseme Township
Walter E. Kuusisto
Frank Gamache
Peter L. Relich
David A. Rizzie
Soo Line Train Wreck Near Angil Mine
Five Soo Line crew members escaped injury Tuesday when a locomotive and eight loaded ore cars slid off the track at the Angil mine. Slippery rails and failed brakes caused the wreck as the engine backed down a grade. the crew leaped clear. Names include engineer A O Gehrman fireman Louis Ross foreman Harry E Nelson switchmen John DaPra and Earl Marsh. The tender and ore cars were destroyed in the plunge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soo Line
Angil
A. O. Gehrman
Louis Ross
Harry E. Nelson
John DaPra
Earl Marsh
School Census Here Shows 47 Decrease
The recent school census in Bessemer shows 1,077 boys and girls ages 5 to 20, down from 1,124 last year by 47. All wards except the third posted declines, with ward figures listed in the report.
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Bessemer
RSS
Ghs
Water Reservoir to Be Dedicated Sunday in Marquette
Floyd Benjamin, UP director of the Works Progress Administration, will lead the dedication of a million gallon city water reservoir at Massie Field Sunday with the WPA band and shell stage. Open house continues Monday and Tuesday 3 to 8:30 p.m. Attendees will tour the bluff tubes. Mayor Basil Buchko and City Engineer Henry Wagner organize the program with council members Proctor Perotti and Crenna.
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Floyd Benjamin
Upper Peninsula
Works Progress Administration
Marquette
Massie Field
WPA
Basil Buchko
Henry Wagner
Council
Special Water Reservoir Committee
James Proctor
Louis Perotti
Bruno Crenna
Bessemer Takes Third in Michigan-Wisconsin Meet
Bessemer placed third with 2342 points in the third annual Michigan-Wisconsin Conference track meet at Ironwood as Ironwood won with 72 points for a third straight title. Gossen of Bessemer set a new 200 yard low hurdles mark at 25.9 seconds, part of nine new records across 12 events. other top finishers include Kuker and Ellefson of Ironwood leading in sprints, and several Ironwood, Bessemer, Wakefield and Ashland athletes setting conference and track records.
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Bessemer
Ironwood
Wakefield
Ashland
Hurley
Gossen
Maki
Vidakovich
Rosendahl
Jarvonen
Anderson
Ellefson
Romo
Johnson
Sanchez
Hill
Elliot
Vronich
Kuker
Elefson
Velin
Salonen
Salmi
Pikka
Barron
Carpenter
Stolt
Ernest Ashland
Pecotte
Nurmi
Langdon
Atkinson
Nechaj
Matthews
Mayo
McKee
Peterson
Marx
Wrench
Sanche
Pavlocich
Bessemer Library Announces Summer Hours Start Thursday
The Bessemer township library resumes summer hours beginning Thursday June 6. Regular hours are 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 each day except Harding school which will be open 6 30 to 7 30.
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Bessemer Township
Harding School
Michigan Gas Tax Refunds Highlight McNutt Act
Vouchers for first half gasoline tax refunds, totaling 2 million dollars, were turned over to the auditor general. County mileage was recertified under an act of 1939, expanding routes to 67,080 miles. Wayne, Oakland, Genesee and Macomb counties led gains. Upper Peninsula counties showed mixed increases. Also noted is the release of Mineral Industries of Michigan, detailing the state’s lead in salt, lime brick, bromine and other minerals, with iron ore and copper ranking high in production.
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McNutt
Murray D. van Wagoner
Michigan Association of County Road Commissioners and Engineers
State Highway Department
McNitt
Wayne County
Oakland
Genesee and Macomb
Upper Peninsula
U. P
Alger
Baraga
Chippewa
Delta
Dickinson
Gogebic
Houghton
Iron
Keweenaw
Luce
Mackinac
Marquette
Menominee
Ontonagon
Schoolcraft
Michigan
O. Floyd Poindexter
Department of Conservation
Geological Survey
Midland
Automo
1941 license plate chosen by Michigan officials
Michigan selects a science based 1941 automobile license plate in maroon and white, same size as this year. White letters on maroon for full year, maroon on white for half year, readable at 158.4 feet in visibility tests. Police chiefs and state officials met with Secretary of State Harry F. Kelly at GM proving grounds near Milford to approve the design. County name stamping was considered pending further tests.
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Michigan
Harry F. Kelly
General Motors
Kelly
June dates in Michigan history highlights
June dates mark a series of historic milestones in Michigan. Key events include Detroit’s 1805 fire destruction, Saint Lusson’s 1671 claim for Louis XIV at Sault Ste. Marie, Strang’s 1856 assassination, 1835 adoption of Michigan’s Great Seal, Governor Brucker’s 1894 birthplace in Saginaw, and 1834 federal land attachment west of the Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Saint Lusson
Sault Ste. Marie
Great Lakes
Louis XIV
France
James Jesse Strang
Big Beaver Island
Lake Michigan
State of Michigan
Michigan Territory
Wilber M. Brucker
Saginaw
Congress
Michigan
Mississippi River
Missouri
White-Earth
Ontonagon to observe Old Mines Day centennial event
Ontonagon will mark a centennial and homecoming week starting July 21 with Old Mines Day highlighting the mining industry. A monument formed from rocks from area mines will be unveiled on the courthouse grounds with a bronze plaque, honoring figures from the mining world and early Ontonagon workers.
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Ontonagon
Court House
Adventure
Mass
Michigan
Norwich
Nonesuch
Carp Lake
White Pine
Lafayette
White Pine Extension
Waukulla
Flintsteel
Evergreen Ridge
James K. Jamison
Tom Wilcox
Jamison
Doctor Buys Trout Creek Bank Building
Dr Crispin F Whiteshield purchases Trout Creek state bank building on Highway M 28 to establish a well equipped tourist information bureau and drug store. Upper Peninsula literature will be on racks for touring public. The doctor, 75, is famed for Cloverland poems and northern country knowledge. Iron River adds new street signs at all intersections.
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Trout Creek
Ontonagon County
Trout Creek State Bank
M-28
Cr. F. Whiteshield
Whiteshield
Upper Peninsula
North Country
Camilli Reappointed Local Postmaster for Second Term
Sebastiano C. Camilli of Bessemer Michigan, postmaster for four years, has been reappointed for a second term by the President with Senate consent. Civil service rules since 1938 require exams. Camilli passed March 20 1940. Postmaster General Farley’s June 3 1940 notice urges strict adherence to laws and efficient conduct.
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Sebastiano C. Camilli
Bessemer
United States Senate
Camilli
Congress
Washington, D. C
Michigan
Senate
James A. Farley
U P Boosters Set June 14 15 Meeting in Iron River
The 29th annual Upper Peninsula Development Bureau meeting will be June 14 and 15 in Iron River with headquarters at the Iron Inn. President J Joseph Herbert will chair Friday’s dinner program. talks by county residents will follow, each with a flag from their county. A breakfast and talks by Pat Gould and Percy Graves precede the Saturday noon luncheon with Lansing speaker. plans include a railway freight rate discussion and a Saturday banquet. A 2000 souvenir medals honoring Carrie Jacobs Bond will be sold and displayed, bearing her photo and the phrase I spent the happiest years of my life in Iron River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Iron River
Iron Inn
J. Joseph Herbert
Manistique
Ben Peterson
Iron River Junior Chamber of Commerce
Pat Gould
Chicago
Central U. S. Ski Association
Percy Graves
Michigan Public Service Commission
Lansing
Graves
Bureau
Upper Peninsula Chambers of Commerce
Howard Billings
Ottawa Tourist Bureau
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Bond
Bessemer Girls Win Degrees And Scholastic Honors
Miss Cleo Melanson daughter of Mrs Mabel Melanson of Bessemer will graduate from the College of St Scholastica Duluth June 13 with a Bachelor of Arts. Miss Rita Jezek daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Jezek of this city was cited for high scholastic standing in the freshman class at St Scholastica College during last week’s honor convocation.
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Cleo Melanson
Mabel Melanson
Bessemer
College of St. Scholastica
Duluth
Rita Jezek
Joseph Jezek
St. Scholastica College
Gogebic County 4-H Camp Set for June 24 26
Dates for the Gogebic county 4-H camp are June 24 to 26 at Moon Lake near Watersmeet. Open to regularly enrolled members from Gogebic and Ontonagon counties with demonstrations judging and lessons under C A Rood and Miss Marcella Meyer. Camp led by K J Moilanen and Edith Johnson. Leaders from Ironwood, Bessemer attend a meeting to receive instruction on summer project leadership.
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Gogebic County
Edith Johnson
Moon Lake
Watersmeet
Ontonagon County
C. A. Rood
Marcella Meyer
K. J. Moilanen
Ironwood Township
Miss Meyer
Reod
Edna Waurio
Mary Lakvold
Bertha Juntunen
Sigrid Nasi
Evelyn Abramson
Sylvia Kopping
Mildred Erickson
Lillie Backman
Robert Hakala
F. H. Carlson
Odessa Carlson
Walfred Coleman
George and
Raymond Passint
Bessemer
Ninth Annual Military Ball Here Tonight
Peter Gedda Post No. 27 American Legion hosts the ninth annual Military Ball drawing dancers from across the range. An expected 700 couples attend with Joe Sanders The Ole Left-hander providing music. Irondrome redecorated. Legion committee chaired by James Carpenter includes Kalasavic, Scavarda, Is debski, Mazanec, Jezek, Renick, Gedda, Sundquist, Hunt, Schmidt.
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Peter Gedda
American Legion
Upper Peninsula
Wisconsin
Joe Sanders
Legion Committee
James Carpenter
Leonard Kalasavicz
Charles J. Scavarda
Leo J. Isdebski
Alois A. Mazanec
Joseph Jezek
John Renick
Michael A. Gedda
John Sundquist
Sgt
Samuel Hunt
Arnold W. Schmidt
Michigan lake trout licenses and upcoming festival dates
Michigan reports 30 lake trout trolling licenses in Lake Superior for the fiscal year with distributions across Bessemer Chatham Copper Harbor Grand Marais Hancock Ironwood Marquette Munising Ontonagon Phoenix and Skanee. Seasonal town festivals run from June to July including iris and midsummer events in Grand Rapids Glenn Whitehall Niles Elk Rapids Hastings Fountain Interlochen and Munising with a July 4 derby. Rewards of 50 and 25 dollars were authorized for information leading to arrests under state game and fish laws, with higher rewards for dynamiting or illegal netting in Marquette county waters. Coal mining has occurred in Michigan since 1835, with early workings in Jackson County and Eaton County Grand Ledge.
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Michigan
Lake Superior
Bessemer
Chatham
Copper Harbor
Grand Marais
Hancock
Ironwood
Marquette
Munising
Ontonagon
Phoenix
Skanee
Grand Rapids
Glenn
Whitehall
Bass
Elk Rapids
Hastings
Fountain
Marquette County
Jackson
Jackson County
Grand Ledge
Eaton County
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American Legion and Elks Lodge
Trout Creek Bank
U. P. Boosters
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