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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1952
Page
2
Entered as second class matter May 26 1900 at the post office at Bessemer Michigan under the act of March 3 1879 Published Every Week by the HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY 109 East Mary Street Bessemer Michigan Subscription Rates Per Year 2.00 Nine Months 1.50 Six Months 1.00 Three Months 50 cents.
The city council approved a lease with Chippewa Drive-In Co to build an outdoor theatre in Bessemer. Despite opposition, officials push ahead as they seek a modern charter with five at large commissioners and a city manager plan. The Charter Revision commission meets next Wednesday to gather citizen input. Citizens Research Council notes rising manufacturing taxes curb profits and jobs while overall sales rise. A hotel elevator joke ends with a punch line about the operator asking where to go.
Walter Bennetts succeeds Leo Maccani as school board trustee. Speed Boy baseballers train at Ramsay ahead of next Thursday's M-W season opener at Park Falls. Drive-In theatre lease expected this week. Fall election candidates have until June 17 to file petitions. Prost brothers run Wadham's gas at Lead and Moore. Government weather control jeers noted amid steel strike. Mussatti praised for rectifying ad omission in commem issue.
Elmer Sandin, a first ward city father and baby sitter, left his young daughter Ginny near the fire hall while attending a lengthy council meeting. Afterward he could not locate Ginny or the car keys and borrowed a friend’s car to search. Both Ginny and the keys were found several blocks away.
Joe Kovacevich asks to borrow Bob's car but cannot start it after Bob omits that the carburetor was removed for repairs. A Canasta club and a bedtime bedbug report unfold as Officer Bob Figuli begins duty, while a dame turns mid street and a humorous Elks club scene ends with a joke about a rubber banded bill.
The dialogue features Rastus asking Sambo when he felt his greatest fear. Sambo recalls a moment when he was caught by a husband while visiting a married woman. The husband questioned the intruder, highlighting the racial stereotypes of the era.
The 1942 Look Back column notes Charles H. Lutz and Frank A. Abelman returned to the board of education for full terms after last week’s election. John Marchello elected Lions Club president for the coming year at the Perotti hotel. Bessemer faced a 4-1 defeat to Ramsay in baseball. Local clergy changes include Rev Gino Ferrari moving to Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Rev Raphael Groskovich replacing him. Obituaries include Mrs. Oliver Berger, 54, at U Michigan hospital. Also reported: Oliver (Sandy) Kallio among three Americans with the RAF in Libya. Edwin C. Carlson and Peter F. Carpenedo new Bessemer township trustees. The Military Ball at Irondrome featured Eli Rice and band. Fortunes in city affairs: Charles Boline funeral. Eddie Cicotte pitched for the Black Sox exhibition in Hurley, 8-3 Hurley loss. Birthday party for William Todd Jr. at home, fourth birthday. Johnny Knobloch leads batting with .715 average. Lander Torell swims 20 yards in 10 1/5 seconds. Calmnette Cobb records 18 4/5 seconds.
William Maki received the one year street cleaning contract after submitting the lowest bid of 2100 among eight. James Carpenter, adjutant of the American Legion, relayed word from Congressman Frank James that John Bonovett passed mental exams for the U S Naval Academy. First ore shipments of the season came from the Eureka mine at Ramsay. Miss LaVerne James won first in a declamatory contest at Villa Scholastica College in Duluth. Seventh grade girls from Anvil School, led by Miss Eckman and Miss Johnson, hiked to the Black River and shared a picnic. Five hundred couples from Gogebic range attended.
Alderman Pearce Graham returned from Pence Wisconsin after a three week visit to the community. He spent time meeting residents and checking local matters during his trip.
The Yale mine shut down Thursday and for the next two months the shaft will undergo repairs with about 40 men retained. The Peoples State Bank in Ironwood closed its doors after a run over two weeks carried away 40000 in deposits. Local visitors include Wm. S. Prince and son from Duluth and students Isabel Zeiber and Clara Apitz returning home from Carrol College and Dorchester visits. Dr R A Parade was thrown from a horse and bruised, remaining home for days. Nissen Goetz, a Jewish hardware merchant, died in Hurley. funeral noted as first Jewish observance on the range.
Fifty years ago three men Orval Tregembo Isaac Ryan and Thomas Johns were instantly killed by a dynamite blast at the Aurora mine in Ironwood. A new firm McDonald Becon will soon start cigar manufacturing in the city. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Henry Hoffman last Thursday morning. In Bessemer park baseball last Sunday the home team lost 16 to 7. Six new diphtheria cases were reported.
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