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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1921
Page
4
A local delegate is asked to attend a meeting in Detroit where the Disabled Veterans event will be held. Mayor Hoffman receives the notice about the gathering and its arrangements.
Detroit prepares for the First National Convention of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War to be held June 27 to 30 at the Hotel Tuller. Notables including General Pershing, Jules J. Jusserand, and President Harding or a representative are expected, with a dramatic parade, cruises, and a French fete at Belle Isle.
Mansfeld Q Lenny Lobell and wife Chua Lobell seek divorce after clashing over meals and poetry. He mocked her poems as senseless jingles and complained about expenses for printing a volume of poetry. He said he had to cook and pay for meals, accusing the relationship of lacking soul and harmony.
Class day exercises occur Saturday and Baccalaureate services Sunday evening in the high school auditorium to open commencement week for the class of 1921. Rev. Ernest Brown to preach the sermon. Commencement exercises Friday evening in the high school auditorium will close the week. Lloyd C. Douglas of Ann Arbor to deliver the address. The class play The Importance of Being Earnest staged tonight at the Rex Theatre with George Webb Gordon Whitburn Gertrude Carlson Dorothy Truettner Effie Morse Alice Hoef William Fink and Evert Anderson in the cast. Final exams this week prior to summer vacation.
East Lansing reports 183 graduates at Michigan Agricultural College sixty third commencement. The senior class totals 197 with 86 in agriculture 65 engineers 40 home economics and 6 veterinary medicine. Summer school opens June 20 with six weeks of rural teacher courses. Several statewide conferences follow in late June and July.
Rev Dr Millar resigns from Bond Street Church Toronto. He may enter the motion picture business as an actor if no pastorate opens in the United States. Millar, a Chicago University graduate, says Shakespeare roles are sermons and Bible his life’s link to the stage.
A head on collision Saturday evening on the county road near the high school involved a Dodger driven by Carl Johnson of Ironwood and a Ford driven by Felix Barbacon of Bessemer. Barbacon suffered severe cuts to hands and face while his injuries were treated by physicians. Johnson’s Dodge was largely undamaged though the Ford sustained a smashed radiator and other damages.
A large group of Bessemer Wakefield and Ironwood farmers agreed to participate in the County Farm Inspection Tour set for Tuesday June 21. Local businessmen offer free use of their cars for the day, eliminating ride costs. The tour aims to be educational with lessons on farm building design dairy barn interiors machinery use silo sizing and farm crop funding. A picnic dinner will be held at Rene Bergeron’s farm in North Bessemer with a program.
A porch supper and social evening were held at Anvil-Palms hospital on Thursday with games and music. Attendees included Minerva and Cecil Lobb of Bessemer, Sylvia Hansen, Ann Mesbauer, Teresa and Ione Morris, Hilda Johnson, Beda Holmgren, Mildred Sandin, Beda Tillner and B. A. Korinek of Anvil, and Clara Callander, Helen Nelmark, and Clara Ethier of Ramsay.
Saint Paul Commercial Club president Frank W. Roman and Saint Paul Association official R. E. Hilton announce plans for the Trade Tour visit to Bessemer next Saturday. The train arrives on schedule and a parade, led by the Minnesota State Band, will traverse the business section in two columns with children forming a third.
Bessemer officials call on individuals and groups to set up doll racks and refreshment stands for the July Fourth celebration. Organizers urge interested parties to contact Dan J. Kulascewicz, chairman, at once to finalize the concession line-up.
Reports indicate renewed tension in the Balkans as authorities monitor possible escalation. Details remain sparse with no confirmed troop deployments or dates.
Allied forces continue coordinated actions aimed at intensifying pressure on Germany. The campaign seeks greater leverage on Axis positions, with emphasis on sustained, synchronized assaults and strategic advantage across theaters.
At the executive meeting Jack Rowett was named marshal of the day and committees were formed for the city event. Plans call for a mammoth parade with floats and prizes, a morning program, races, a baseball game against the Duluth Athletics, and a municipal street dance with potential fireworks. Local workers and carnival concessions are invited to join, with Dan Kulascewicz authorized to fill vacancies.
Bessemer high school graduates aiming for colleges are notified by the College Entrance Board. Examinations will be held in Marinette Wisconsin June 20 to 25. Contact the Board or Principal Merbach for details. exam fee is six dollars.
Canvassing for the city's Independence Day celebration raised 466 by six o'clock yesterday as 76 donors contributed from 1 to 20 dollars. Two $20 gifts came from Andrew Melanson and the Bessemer Taxi Company, with 21 businesses giving $10 and 37 giving $5. The executive committee plans to reconvene Wednesday at 3 PM to review reports and continue fundraising.
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