Bessemer Plans Full Day of 4th of July Festivities
Bessemer outlines a full day of Independence Day events from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. including a grand parade, balloon ascensions to 2,000 feet, high school band performances, doll buggy races, kids races, a Massie Field baseball game, a 28 round boxing show, fireworks and a late dance at the Irondrome. Edward Walkowski leads as marshal with prizes totaling $65 for parade floats, $15 for comic floats, $10 for decorated bicycles, and $50 in children’s race awards.
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Bessemer
Irondrome
Edward Walkowski
Massie Field
Old City Hall
40 and 8 elects new officers and banquet
Robert R. Wright of Ironwood will become chef de gare of Gogebic county 40 and 8. Other officers named include Alois Mazanee, James Dibble, Rev. Thomas Drengacz, Russel Johnson, and more. A parade of upper Michigan and Wisconsin voitures followed by a banquet in Ramsay with 13 veterans initiated and over 100 attendees.
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Robert R. Wright
Ironwood
H. O. Johnson
Ramsay
Gogebic County
Wakefield
Alois Mazanee
Bessemer. Com
Missaire Intendant
James Dibble
Voyageur
Thomas Drengacz
Aumonier
Russel Johnson
Lampiste
David Rizzie
Ramsay, Garde de la Porte
Ramsay, Garde de la Porte; Dr
D. C. Eisele
Medicin
Anthony W. Bulinski
Joseph Desonia
Frank Brighenti
Michael Gedda
Bessemer
Roy R. Smith
Tronwood
Upper Michigan
Wisconsin
Gogebic Range
Funeral services for Reid in Topeka Kansas
Rob ert G. Reid aged 77 father of Mrs. E. Oas of this city died May 30 after a brief illness with heart failure. Funeral services were held last Thursday in Topeka Kansas. He is survived by his widow two daughters and five sons.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert G. Reid
E. Oas
140 Seniors Graduate in Bessemer High School Class
The 140 seniors comprise Bessemer High School’s largest graduating class. Names include Robert Donald Allen Leslie E. Anderson Margaret Irene Anderson J. Vernon Backlund Helen Balasz Mary Barbacovi Raymond Barbacovi Ernest Bertolotti Anton Bogdan Lillian Bredda Mario Brentar Kathryn Bria Etta Brockbank Margaret Brody Theodore Brown Odessa Carlson Rose Cavalieri Suzanne Cavalieri Margaret Cech John Cecila LaVerne Chiapuzio Vida Cox Frances Dahlgren Charles DeMarte Mildred Eastman Vera Epps Jalo Fastelin Dorothy Felty Valentina Filippini Clifford Forslund Paul Freeman Jennie Frello Thaddeus Furmanski Lena Giuliani Walter Gray Mildred Green Leslie Haapoja Thomas Hayes Arthur Heikkinen Waino Hietanen Dolores Hill Florence Hoffmann Jean Hoffner Elsa Isworski.
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Robert Donald Allen
Leslie E. Anderson
Margaret Irene Anderson
J. Vernon Backlund
Helen E. Balasz
Mary A. Barbacovi
Raymond J. Barbacovi Ernest Maurice Bertolotti
Anton J. Bogdan
Lillian Marion Bredda Mario B. Brentar
Kathryn Bria Etta Mae Brockbank
Margaret M. Brody
Theodore Brown Odessa Lorraine Carlson Rose Cavalieri
Suzanne Cavalieri
Margaret Helen Cech John A. Cecila LaVerne
Anne Dianich
Mildred E. Eastman Vera Belle Epps
Jalo E. Fastelin
Dorothy Felty Valentina Filippini Clifford H. H. Forslund
Paul T. Freeman
Jennie Frello Thaddeus D. Furmanski
Lena T. Giuliani Walter J. Gray Mildred Jeannette Green
Leslie Haapoja
Thomas Hayes
Arthur Heikkinen Waino V. Hietanen
Dolores Marie Hill Florence Helen Hoffmann Jean Lorraine Hoffner
Elsa Holmquist
Catherine M. Isworski
Class Roll Names Include Elizabeth Jezek and Many Surnames
A long roster lists students and families with numerous given and family names such as Elizabeth Jezek Marguerite Johnson Verbalized among a broad list including Marguerite Florence Johnson Alver G Julien Mary A Julio Eugene Kangas Margie Kangas William Kereeman Jean Kitto George Koronski Alice Korpela Carl Korpi Rachel Korpi Shirley Koski Krakowee Kuisma Kuula Kytta LaChapelle Laine Laine Raymond LaVoy Esther Leone Lesky Liljegren Lucas Lukach Lundgren Wester Lustig Lysczyk Clarke McMinn Maccani Maccardini Makela Maki Maki Marie Maslanka Mattson Mattson Michelli Moro Moyle Muzzy Neault Nezworski Novascone Nyman OBrien Ochis Pajrich Palomaki Pertile Perucca Peterson Peterson Pospeck Pribble Roberts Romstad Rooker Running Ryan Samarziya Scavarda Schmidt Sharpless Shefka Soffiette Stancher Stengard Stratman Taivalmaa Takala Thebert Thomas Trevarthen Turkal Turula Venberg Vizanko Vomastek Vukovich Vukovich Wakevainen Vertanen Williamson Wilson Winkowski Zanon Zorich.
School Graduation Program Highlights and Speakers
The program lists a sequence of musical pieces and speeches for a graduation ceremony. It names performers including Vienna Kuismi and Frances Dahl, Goldsworthy as valedictorian, and Goldsworthy as salutatorian. Presentations by Supt. E J Oas and Dr C E Stevens follow, with diplomas and a benediction by Rev. W L Peterson and a recessional to Mendelssohn.
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E. J. Oas
C. E. Stevens
Board of Education
Crystal Falls to Get Mining Again
Inland Steel will resume mining at Ravenna Prickett property near Crystal Falls with plan to reroute Brier Hill creek and drain surface water. Evergreen Mines Co. of Crosby, Minnesota, will strip overburden and mine iron ore, with F A Olson supervising Greenwood mine and Paul Allen in charge. Tax valuations unchanged at 68 000. Laurium to mark 50th year as incorporated village with homecoming.
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Crystal Falls
Inland Steel Company
Ravenna-Prickett
Brier Hill Creek
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Evergreen Mines i Company
Crosby
Minnesota
F. A. Olson
Greenwood
Ishpeming
Paul Allen
Inland Steel
Ravenna
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
Prickett Reserve
Michigan Mineral Land Company
Bristol
Iva D. Odgers
Tobin
Upper Peninsula
State Tax Commission
Laurium
Copper Country
23 Placements In Gogebic County Jobs Report
Don Vigeant announced the Ironwood Michigan State Employment Service filled 23 jobs in the week ending May 13. The Michigan State Employment Compensation Commission paid Gogebic County workers 3239.00 in unemployment benefits. Of the total placements, 19 were in private employment. The service logged 4 public placements, 16 employer visits, 24 new applications, 64 renewed applications, and 1003 personal visits. The active unemployment file stood at 4052. Checks issued totaled 316. Gogebic County total benefits reached 316 checks for 316.00, averaging 12.45 per total unemployment. Partially unemployed received 77.10 in checks, averaging 12.85. Up to date the commission issued 26529 checks to 2046 individuals totaling 329923.00.
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Don Vigeant
Ironwood
Michigan State Employment Service
Michigan State Employment Compensation Commission
Employment Service
Gogebic County
Mr. Vigeant
Vigeant
Former County Mine Inspector Dies at 55 in Ironwood
Ferdinand C. Ohman Gogebic County mine inspector 1933 to 1935 died at Newport Hospital after gallstone surgery. He was 55, survived by a widow and three children in Ironwood. A noted musician, Ohman sang as a tenor soloist and directed the Salem Lutheran church choir and the Swedish Glee Club in Ironwood. Celebrate the 4th in Bessemer.
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Ferdinand C. Ohman
Gogebie County
Newport Hospital
Ironwood
Ohman
Salem Lutheran Church Choir
Swedish Glee Club
Bessemer Adopts Twice-Year City Tax Schedule
Bessemer’s city taxes will be collected in two installments starting July 1 with state county and school taxes due December 1. A 1 percent collection fee applies the first month, plus a 1 percent monthly fee after August 1 and a 3 percent penalty after January 10. The council also set discuss with the county on Barber street transfer to the county road system to curb dust.
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Bessemer
County Road Commission
Barber Street
Bes semer to Elect Two Trustees Monday
The annual Bes semer city and township school election will be held Monday June 12 with two trustees elected for three year terms. Township polls at Ramsay and Puritan halls open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. City polls run 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters must meet qualifications and be residents for at least three months.
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Bessemer City
Ramsay and
Puritan
Ramsay Hall
Edwin C. Carlson
Anvil
A. Jake Fink
Ramsay
Peter F. Carpenedo
North Bessemer
Albert Tillner
Celia Koski
Oscar Larson
Washington, Barber
Charles E. Stevens
Raymond J. Mullen
Henry Berg
A. Stuart Rosemargy
United States
Township Junior High Graduation 1939 Ceremony
The annual Bessemer Township Junior High School graduation lists 85 graduates led by Alma Mater and band presentation. Supt. H O Johnson presents diplomas with God Bless America and Spirit of 76. Directors include F Johnson and V Sorenson. music by E Jacquart and M Lamoreux. stage props by C Carlson and team. pageant continues on page 5.
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Bessemer Township
Jr. H. S
H. O. Johnson
John Kerccman
Charles Wilczewski
Wilho Heikkinen
Bessemer Township Jr. H. S
F. Johnson
V. Sorenson
M. Rutiman
A. Schleh
E. Jacquart
M. Lamoreux
C. E. Carlson
Howard Brown
R. Rigoni
L. Johnson
Ricintin
Sen Ee
J. A. Sabin
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REAL
Kansas
Bessemer High School
Mendelssohn
Vienna
Kuismi
Frances Dahl
Goldsworthy
Girls’ Glee Club
Robert Lohrie
W. L. Peterson
Protheroe
R. L. Wahl
The
Clarence B. Randall
Hill
Crenna
Prucca
Perotti
Wagner
Michigan Municipal League
Township Junior High
Alto Gertrude Anderson
Edward Anne Or
Robert Banfield
Shirley Basse
Rose Bayer
Dorothy Benny Louis Bozanko
Marjorie Boetta Rinaldo Bonetti
Valentine Carlson
Shirley Chiapuzio
Jack Christenson
Anne Collins Russel Crawford
Maxine Dahlgren
Lois Dellich
Nick DeRosie
Thomas East
John Ellis
Wilfred Erickson Bernice Erickson
Evelyn Erickson Gilbert Felix Edward Frederickson
Arthu Freeman
Martin Grenfell
Earl Gustafson
Dorothy Mac Guiliani
Dorothy Halmi
Toivo Hanson
Elizabeth Hayes
Dorothy Heczko
Amelia Heikkinen
Edwin Jarvi Arlove Johnson
Donald Johnson
Gladys Julien Leonard Jurokovich
Marco Korpi
Edward Koski
Serafeen Koski
Neilo Wilcz
Kurtus Marion Kuziola
Katherine LaChapelle Della Santta
Ruth Liljegren
Shirley Lindstrom
Calvin Lipke
Donald Luoma
Charles Makela
Roy Maki
Julia Maki
Lila Maki
Melvin Maki
Selma Marczak
Stanley Mikulich
Rudolph Morici
Emma Moro
Francis Moyle
Kenneth Nelmark
Richard Niemi
Carl Niemi
Howard Olson
Clyde Passint Leonard Peterson
Margaret Pribble Mary Helen Raismen
John Rigotti
Jean Rigotti
Robert Rizzie
Frances Rosiek
Ann Rosiek
Helen Rouker
Matt Shefka
Anthony Shefka
Mary Ann Seppi
Angeline Stark Reuben U'Ren
Norman Wahlberg
Robert Waltee
Eine Westeen
Marjorie Wickson
Robert ‘Rome
FE. C. Carlson
God
America
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