Local 4 Koga and area on furloughs and visits
Local men and women from Bessemer Ramsay and nearby areas are on leave or visiting relatives after military service or training. Anteo Nicolini and Frank Stemphiar return from Great Lakes for home weeks. Pvt. Dewey Bjork and Sgt. Neilo Koski are on furlough from air corps and Grand Island respectively. many others visit parents, siblings, and friends in Ramsay Anvil and Yale as they travel between Great Lakes, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee and Duluth. The Catholic Ladies Guild hosts an apron social at the church parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Dewey Bjork
Lake Field
Ariz
Air Corps
Ramsay
Neilo Koski
Grand Iland, Neb
Liljegrens Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Paul Liljegren former Bessemer residents now in Detroit were honored with a surprise party on Saturday May 26 to mark their 25th wedding anniversary. A buffet luncheon followed for Detroit and former Bessemer residents with a decorated cake and silver tapers as centerpieces and a silver serving tray awarded to the couple. Hosts were Mr and Mrs Bernard Johnson with Mrs Johnson the former Thelma Berger of Bessemer. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Sendek and Mrs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Liljegren
Bessemer
Detroit
Liljegren
Bernard Johnson
Johnson
Thelma Berger
John Sendek
Liljegren Wedding and Family Ties Highlight Region
The Liljegrens were married in Bessemer on June 9 1920 by Rev Lallemont of Trinity Lutheran Church. They have three daughters Jane Betty and Shirley. On June 1 Paul and Mrs Liljegren flew to California to visit Mrs Liljegren’s sister, daughter of Pauline Hoeft of Bessemer. Former range residents named among relatives.
Vivienne Kangas Weds Merlin Geroux in Reno Ceremony
Miss Vivienne Kangas formerly of Bessemer and Reno Nevada, married First Sergeant Merlin Geroux son of Mr and Mrs Frank Geroux of Bergland Michigan. The May 26 ceremony at First Baptist Church Reno was led by Rev Brewster Adams. The bride wore white chiffon, a fingertip veil, rose pointe lace headdress, and carried talisman roses with sweet peas. Attendant Mrs Oren Meeks wore powder blue with blue net headpiece. Groom accompanied by Eugene C Harvey of Cincinnati. The bride, a 1942 Bessemer graduate, worked at Reno Army Air Base civil service. The groom just returned from his second Pacific tour with the 4th Marine Division.
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Vivienne Kangas
Bessemer
Reno
Nevada
Merlin Geroux
Frank Geroux
Bergland
Mich
First Baptist Church
Brewster Adams
Oren Meeks
Eugene C. Harvey
Cincinnati
Bessemer High School
Civil Service
Reno Army Air Base
Pacific
4Th Marine Division
Ramsay Couple Wed At Local Methodist Parsonage
Mrs Shirley Miller daughter of John Harris Ramsay married Matt Leppanen of Ramsay at the Methodist parsonage last Saturday afternoon with Rev Oatey performing the vows. Attendants included Mrs Michael Malosh and Mrs Mildred Luoma. Nephew of the groom Charles Mark seaman second class and Ernest Harris brother of the bride attended. A wedding supper followed at Lake View Inn Wakefield. The couple will reside in Ramsay.
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Ramsay
Shirley Miller
John Harris
Matt Leppanen
Methodist Parsonage
Oatey
Michael Malosh
Mildred Luoma
Wakefield
Charles Mark
Ernest Harris
Lake View Inn
Mrs. Leppanen
Tennis Finals At Wakefield Today
The Upper Peninsula finals feature Marquette Wakefield and Bessemer teams. Marquette doubles Brummer Millner and Wakefield doubles Trudgeon Manges advance to face Bessemer Pellow Maccani. Ironwood’s Albert defeated Kingsford’s Chapman in Wednesday singles. Kalember named 1945 track captain.
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Upper Peninsula
Wakefield
Marquette
Bessemer
Brummer
Millner
Trudgeon
Manges
Pellow
Maccani
Albert
Ironwood
Chapman
Kingsford
Coal Taddie
Kenneth Kalember
Bessemer Cpl. Prepares Shipping Documents
Corporal Harold L. Hoffner aged 20 of 701 South Moore St Bessemer Michigan serves at the Seventh Port Liverpool England preparing the shipping manifest and documents for cargo in the redeployment program and checks cargo as it’s stowed. Before joining the Army May 4 1943 he worked for Packard Motor Company Detroit Michigan parents Mr and Mrs Frank Hoffner live on South Moore Street.
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Liverpool
England
Harold L. Hoffner
South Moore St
Bessemer
Michigan
Army Transportation Corps
Cpl. Hoffnner
Cpl. Hoffner
Packard Motor Company
Detroit
Frank Hoffner
South Moore Street
Our Dreams Never Came True Then We Quit Dreaming
A reflective line about abandoning hopes after efforts fail, expressing a decisive end to aspirations and a pivot away from continued dreaming. The phrase conveys resignation and a mood of finality.
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Anteo Nicolini
Great Lakes
August Prost
Ray Hall
Glidden
Wis
Lucille Chapuzio
Milwaukee
Anvil
Verner Englund
Pontiac, Mich
Louis Baldini
Marion
Mary Larson
Tar
Chicago
Frank Stemphiar
the Anvil
Shirley Bjork
St. Ignace
Margaret Busch
Mrs
Paul Busch
Catholic Ladies Guild
Fred Oberst
Schick’s General Hospital
Clinton
Iowa
Eees
John Stefanik
North Dakota
Ernet Nyman
Alfred Nyman
Yale
Theresa Mattaini
Mountain Iron Minn
James Webber
Ironton
Albert Pihlaya
Merchant Marines
John Pihlaya
William Happ
Bob
Mr. Happ
Reino Erickson
15Th Air Force
Italy
Harding
Cieopha, Krocker
Betty van Holla
Birmingham
Joe Perotti MM
Tilden
Atlantic
John Selmini
Sleepy Eye, Minn
Mr. Selmini
Charles Selmini
Tilden Road
Pfc
Nels Bradley
Germany
States
Anvil- Palms Circle
Anvil Club
Frank Zadra
Daniel Zadra
Arthur Zadra
Glen Tillman
Mineapolis
M. Melanson
Dorcas Society
Sharon Lutheran Church
Frank Barnich
Albert Anderson
Patricia Hoeft
Arthur Rigoni
Bud
Bob Hill
Rs. Hugo Hill
Henry Bornholdt
Wayne, Mich
Henrietta
Robert Hoffner
Dicky
St. Paul
Mrs. W. O. Jacobson
Donald
Kenneth Hoffner
Tacoma
Wash
Lawrence Upton
Fred Roberts
Chester
Steve Baksic
Thomas Pribble
Mary Helen Pribble
St. Mary of Nazareth’s Hospital
Ronald Gilbert
U. S. Marine
Duluth
Constance Mussatti
Lucille Menghini
St Scholastica College
Mussatti
Ae Andrew Contratto
Barbara Ann
Inglewood
Calif
Mr. Contratto
Emma Contratto
John Duba
George Mazanec
Martin Freeman
Puritan
Harry Reinhold
Litchfield
Ill
James Spang
Joel Broncel
Spang
Katherine Filter
Capt
William Filter
Nat Kapeller
Mark Hennig
Iron Mountain
Will--Am Hotel
Peretti Hotel
Abelmans
THE
Abelman
Bessemer Cpl
Michigan Bell
Johnson Electric
Lake Superior District Power Company