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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1928
Page
1
Bessemer High School holds commencement for 55 seniors on June 14 at the Washington school gym with Prof Francis Ingler of Lawrence College to speak. Valedictorian Elva Wade Pascoe and salutatorian Merle A. Trier announced. class officers named. diplomas to be presented by Dr. C. E. Stevens to graduates including Sigrid Allen, Irene Cochran, Jankoviak, Pascoe, Trier and many others.
Gogebic County Fair and Agricultural Association leaders met at Ironwood Post Office building to discuss the fall fair. They plan high class entertainment including the Ernie Young Revue several vaudeville acts and a midway as main attractions to draw a large crowd.
Tickets for the boxing card featuring the first night of the Legion convention on June 21 went on sale this week. A block of 75 tickets was ordered by one organization and press seats were reserved. The old-time barbecue will be at the old German park one mile north. About 200 tickets are reserved with earlier holders prioritized. On sale at the Elks Legion and other outlets.
Alec Rosemargy, local contractor, awarded the general contract for Sharon Lutheran church building. Excavation starts Monday on the vacant Moore and Sellar site. Building to cost 14500, with completion expected by Oct 1.
Spokane lumberman J. J. Owen praised Gogebic county as unmatched for wild grass suitable for grazing after a seven week western trip. He toured Texas grazing lands, found Gogebic superior, and suggested stockmen would move north if they knew of the grass. Owen, a former resident, plans to retire in Gogebic and resume residence there.
Five veteran members of the Bessemer fire department received service pins for ten or more years at a Tuesday banquet at Olcott school. Recipients were E H Ekman P E Graham W L Guyer E R Bayliss and James Millar of Menominee represented the Michigan State Firemen's Association who urged support for a state constitutional amendment to pension policemen and firemen, needing 63000 signatures for the November ballot.
L. J. Archambeau, attorney of Ironwood, has taken over the practice of former Attorney Anthony F. Brackett, brother of Mrs. Fred Filter of Bessem er, per the Norway Michigan Current. He has worked in the Baird firm at Bessemer for six months. Archambeau is admitted in Wisconsin and Michigan and is a Marquette University law graduate.
C. J. Scavarda chief of police at Flint Michigan and former Bessemerite attends the Federation of Justice meeting in Washington where the session began yesterday, per a dispatch reaching here.
At the courthouse last Saturday, 127 applicants were admitted to United States citizenship after hearings led by federal examiner G N Danielson of Duluth. Sixteen admitted are from Bessemer city and 47 from Bessemer township, with 90 men and 37 women among the new citizens.
A school roundup lists seniors with personal quirks and talents as the year ends. George C. long speeches Miles F. red hair football Lenore K daily music Elsie J Latin IV book Irene C football trombone Harry J basketball Alphonse T trumpet fiddle Mary M daily office visits Elva P kind ways Adeline G hard boiled actions William M actor football Bernard M noisy Frank O theories Clarence N lover hater Joe G star football basketball John G continual talking Mildred M kind smile Merle T good natured ways Ewald P fish stories Dorothy P physics book Evelyn G calls for Tony Ellen S jiggery Elvira V continual hollering Mike L burglars experience Howard B love for English IV Domenic B fright Agnes P teaching Eileen P wonderful voice Signie L love for Ewald Carl H fighting Elsie F piano Ethel W knowledge of English IV Bernice W physics experiments John M trombone Nan G better half Delmar P baritone Gertrude N arguments Ruth H golden locks quiet Ruth S wonderful cartoons William C brilliant remarks Mario B physics work Tony Whiskey missed at games and dances voyage through life
Chase Salmon Osborn of Sault Ste. Marie Michigan and former governor will headline the 13th annual Upper Peninsula American Legion Posts and Auxiliaries reunion in Bessemer June 21 22 and 23 Known as the Iron Hunter for early exploring and author of The Earth Upsets he is acclaimed as a top speaker and has been endorsed for vice president by Michigan Republicans for the Kansas City convention.
In a Mine & Quarry article by John M. Price superintendent of Castile Mining Co. the Eureka mine crosscut known as the Speed Drift is detailed. March 1927 progress reached 811 ft in 31 days through granite quartzite and iron formation on level 28 at No. 4 shaft. The crew included foremen drillers muckers electricians and track workers with routine blasting and mucking using a Sullivan electric hoist.
Jackson Bros. of Ironwood bid 12012.82 for the Presque Isle bridge south of Marenisco, while Peter Giacherio of Ramsay won the Oman creek bridge at Little Girl's Point with a bid of 36099.16. Kangas and Kleemola of Ironwood Township will construct the Montreal river bridge approach.
The City of Bessemer waterworks department audit authored by Charles F. Maslowski of Ironwood appears in this issue on pages 3 and 7. Authorized by the board of public works, copies of the audit pamphlet will be distributed with quarterly water bills on July 1.
Two aviators, Arntzen and Boumabn, flew back to Bessemer in a two passenger plane at 6 39 p m Wednesday after weeks away. They visited landing fields and arranged plans for air flights during the Legion convention on June 21 22 and 23.
Six candidates compete for four seats on the Bessemere city school board. Dr. C. E Stevens and James Nema check seek two full three year terms, with W. H. Knight also running for one full term. John A. Kallander is the sole candidate for the vacant term. About 600 registered voters may cast ballots Monday from 9 am to 9 pm. Precincts vote at High School, Washington School, and Barber School.
Nesta Erickson seeks re election against Alfred Jacobson for the lone Bessemer Township school board term. Polls run 10 a m to 5 p m at Ramsay and Puritan town halls with 3 to 5 p m set aside for district business. The annual meeting occurs at Ramsay town hall. Precinct election boards list named individuals for both precincts.
The Pickands Mather company donated use of the Anvil Amusement Hall to the township school board for gym and auditorium use as an annex to Anvil school. Two rooms will be repurposed for manual training and domestic science. The district gains full facilities once used by Rameay and Puritan schools, rent free but responsible for upkeep. New teachers Mamie Pennetti Emily Michelson and Myrrile Sandell were approved for next year.
George Mennie of Putt Mont a former Bessemerite spent the weekend in Ishpeming with his brother John S Mennie He brought the remains of his father the late Corge Mennie who died in California last winter at age 82 They left Monday by car for Mt Forest Ont where the body will be buried The deceased was cremated shortly after death This was Mr Mennies first UP visit since he left 40 years ago for Butte He is a carpenter and works for the Clark interests in Butte.
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