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Newspaper

Bessemer Herald

Location

Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1921

Page

5

Delegates from Bessemer Johnston to Represent Post

At least one U P delegate from Bessemer and Johnston will represent the local post at Marquette.

U.P Bessemer Johnston Marquette

Bessember Baseball Team To Be One Attraction At Marquette

Bessem er baseball team set to be an attraction at the Upper Peninsula American Legion convention in Marquette. Delegates from Bessemer and local post members will attend. program includes a parade baseball games boxing bouts and a banquet with free admission for Legionnaires.

Peter Gedda Post American Legion Upper Peninsula Legion Marquette J. M. Johnston Bessoner Opera House Guild Hall Fair Grounds Marquette City Bessemer City Roberts Bullahey Ishpeming Newt McCasland Louisville Spence Nellhan Sault Ste. Marie Eddie Kid) Billings Superior Wis Joe Stefanik Bethlehem Colonial Hall National Normal Auditorium American Legion Orchestra Normal Gymnasium Christian’s Orchestra Legionnaires

Three Bessemer Girls Graduate From Marquette Normal

Three Bessemer girls Agnes Gustafson Catherine Springhetti and Ambie Haario will graduate this month from the Northern State Normal at Marquette. Valedictorian is Ethel Lawrenson Ironwood. Commencement week starts tomorrow with graduation exercises set for June 21.

Bessemer State Normal Marquette Agnes Gustafson Catherine Springhetti Ambie Haario Ethel Lawrenson Ironwood the Normal

Cooperation Resolutions From Local Communities

A brief statement by Herbert C. Hoover as Secretary of Commerce outlining the resolution of each local community to insure cooperation in itself. The text emphasizes coordinated effort and mutual support to promote national economic and civic stability through organized local action.

Herbert C. Hoover Secretary of Commerce

Rebuilding War-Era Economy Through Local Cooperation

A wartime spirit of spontaneous cooperation could ease postwar hardship. Idle labor, housing shortages, and lagging infrastructure require local unity among labor, capital, and manufacturers to reduce housing costs and spur re employment through cooperative reconstruction.

Local men pledge autos for farm inspection tour

Gogebic county citizens and businessmen have promised thirty autos for a one day farm inspection tour on Tuesday June 21. Among donors are E R Bayliss Otto B Olsson H Selin and I Hagen of Bessem er. About 150 people have signed up. The tour starts Ironwood township with a noon picnic at Rene Bergeron's North Bessemer farm and ends in Erwin township.

Gogebic County Gunderson Bessemer E. R. Bayliss Otto B. Olsson H. Selin I. Hagen Ironwood Township Rene Bergeron North Bessemer Erwin Township

Twenty to graduate at St. Sebastian's commencement

Twenty eighth grade pupils of St. Sebastian's parochial school will receive diplomas Sunday evening at the first annual commencement. Rev. C. J. Swoboda will deliver the address. Diploma recipients include Earl Balduc Joseph Bonovetz Victoria Billi Anna Buchko Rita Gheller John Kastello Helen Kruzona and others.

St. Sebastian’s Parochial School Rev C. J. Swoboda Earl Balduc Joseph Bonovetz Victoria Billi Anna Buchko Rita Gheller John Kastello Helen Kruzona Mary Tonbarge Mary Lukach Helen Marszalek Madeline Martini Josephine Masnaghetti Dorothy Mat

Gogebic County Camp Site Tour On Lake Gogebic

Members of the Gogebic county summer camp committee visited Lake Gogebic on Thursday to choose a site for the camp. The delegation included E. L. Hinchliff Ironwood J. E. Mc Nicholas Marenisco Mrs Dominic LeVigne Wakefield and Mrs E Hart Bessemer. They were joined by Mrs E E Barret Bessemer and Mrs A S Lyon Campbell Ramsay with H E Ekman Bessemer driving and O Peterson county park caretaker guiding the tour.

Gogebic County Lake Gogebic E. L. Hinchliff Ironwood J. E. Mc Nicholas Marenisco Dominic LeVigne Wakefield E. Hart Bessemer E. E. Barret A. S. Lyon

Tourists Arrive in Cloverland See Boost for Summer Travel

The Upper Peninsula reports a surge of visitors with nearly 800 travelers in two weeks. Tourists arrive from Menominee Ironwood and across the Straits, many camping along routes and taking side trips into rugged districts seeking nature’s beauty.

Cloverland Upper Peninsula Straits of Mackinac Peninsula Menominee Ironwood

140 Garment Club Girls Celebrate Achievement Day

Saturday, June 11, the county round up marked the close of garment club work in county schools with a picnic and program at Curry Park Ironwood. John C. Watson county superintendent attended and led singing with three solos. Barbara Van Heulen state leader for girls clubs spoke urging continued effort for next year. Prizes were awarded by Miss Richardson home demonstration agent.

Garment Club Curry Park Ironwood John C. Watson Watson Barbara van Heulen Richardson

When a couple Thinks Alike They Share One Mind

A humorous adage notes that a husband and wife who think the same way reveal that one partner often does the thinking for both, implying shared habits or dependence on a single viewpoint.

Seniors Shine In Bessemer High The Importance Of Being Earnest

The Bessemer High School senior class staged a well received rendition of The Importance of Being Earnest at Rex Theatre Tuesday. Cast members Gordon Whitburn George Webb Dorothy Truettner Effie Morse Alice Heert Evert Anderson Gertrude Carlson William Fink received praise for strong performances. State club leaders and major railroads supported the effort with notable backing and transport assistance.

Rex Theatre Bessemer High School Gordon Whitburn George Webb Ernest Banbury Gordon George Dorothy Truettner Gwen Lady Bracknell Effie Morse John Worthing Wimmin Effie Miss Truettner Miss Morse Miss Prism Alice Heert Cecily Miss Hoeft Evert Anderson Chasuble Gertrude Carlson William Fink Dorothy Abelman Lydia Akl Mabel Anderson Marion Anderson Theodore Anderson Ester Peker Margaret Bennetts Dorothy Berg Anna Corda Mildred Church Helen Crolson Fannie Erickson Augustine Gotta Mabel Gustafson Louise Hansen John Hellman Alice Hoeft Geraldine Hoffmann John McDonald Walter Maki Norma Maroni Leonard Mayer Mary Michela Joseph Moncher Mae Nettle Agnes Petranek Paul Petranek Agnes Richardson Hazel Richardson Anna Schwaiger Vincent Semmerling Gertrude Skarin Veronica Slomkoski Ina Strom Margaret Supercinski Dorothy Weeks Gord N Wilbourn Anna Wozniak

No doubt there are men who have never told a lie

A pithy remark questions the existence of perfect honesty, suggesting only those born dumb would never lie. The line implies skepticism about universal virtue and points to human fallibility.

Celebration Fund Growls With July Fourth Parade Prizes

Bessemer plans a July Fourth parade and races with prizes totaling 100 for floats and decorated autos 10 8 5 for top entries 10 6 4 for comic stunts and 16 and 5 for lodge turnout plus 200 for races and 200 for band decorations and advertising The fund nears 605 with many donations including 35 from First National Bank and 25 from Peoples State Bank as city council may add 150 to cover costs

Bessemer Bessemer Athletic Association Duluth First National Bank Peupes State Bank SLO Chas. Rand Gus Lintelmann Universal Auto Co C. E. Stevens Peoples State Bank I. and B. Ry & Lt. Co Harry Patterson Henry Hoffman William L. Guyer Raymond Bastian H. Heinrichs W. J. Balduc Frank Mereghetti James Mattella

Ramsay United Soccer Banquet Honors Undefeated Champions

The Ramsay United Football team was lauded as undefeated northwest champions at a banquet in the Ramsay Community building. Medals were presented by Mr. Williams, with Dr. Lyon Campbell praising the team’s record and pledging permission to build a home field on company lands.

Ramsay United Ramsay Ben Brockbank Williams Winifred Marshall Jack Moyle I. Uren A. Barron A. Richards E. Uren Ramsay Soccer Minstrels J. J. Hetherington Northwest Lyon Campbell Ramsay Club

Children’s Day Program at Presbyterian Church

Sunday morning service at 10 30 merges with Sunday School for a Children’s Day program. Rev C M Fraser urges attendance. Processional opening songs exercises recitations primary readings by Miss Viola Hoffman roll call by scholars offering and address if time permits “The Word of God like a hammer” by Miss Elizabeth Mann hymn and benediction.

Presbyterian Church C. M. Fraser Viola Hoffman Elizabeth Mann God

Bundle Day Netted 12 Cars Clothing in Detroit

Detroit residents answered the Near East Relief Bundle Day appeal by loading 12 freight cars with 153,809 pounds of clothing and shoes. The shipment included two cars of shoes and rest in bales of men’s women’s and children’s clothing.

Detroit Mich Michigan Armenia Michigan Central Near East Relief

Commencement Exercises 1921 Held Tonight

Lloyd C. Douglas of Ann Arbor delivered the evening address at the 1921 commencement exercises.

Lloyd C Douglas to Deliver Commencement Address at Class Graduation

Ann Arbor figure Lloyd C Douglas will present the commencement address for the class of graduates at the High School exercises. The program includes grand march orchestra music chorus salutatory piano solo valedictory class song and diplomas. Graduates list names include Gertrude Carlson Effie Morse Louise Hansen John Hellman Dorothy Truettner and 40 others.

Lloyd C. Douglas Ann Arbor Wil Bessenerigh Effie Morse Samuel Simons Gertrude Carlson Nome Eas A. D. Johnston Victor Harris J.C. Macy Kevern Holm Womastek Rand Miss Hansen John Hellman Louise Hansen Dorothy Truettner John McDonald Gertrude Carlson Secord

Local Scout Rules Out Joint Activities in Bessemer

The Girl Scouts of Bessemer, a unit of the Girl Scouts of America, states that girl and boy scouts are separate organizations and may not hold joint activities. Any girl scout captain not complying with the rules will forfeit her commission.

Bessemer Girls Scouts Girl Scout Council Girl Scouts of Girl Scouts of America Boy Scouts

Man Falls From Bridge Affects Traffic In Madison

A man identified as Henry from 819 Franklin Avenue Madison disrupted a railroad span near St Louis by lying on a wooden guard walk causing traffic delays. He wandered from the bridge area around 5 PM and was found by track worker Turin Moore drinking from a barrel.

St. Louiis Henry Franklin Avenue Madison Turin Moore Farrar Street

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Gustafson, Springhetti Harrio ST. Sebastian's Tourista Gogeric Garment Clubs B.H.S Club W. R. Alvord State Federation of Women’s Clubs New York Parade Presbyterian Michigan Club Eer Enust Near East Spane Alexandropol Bessemer Council Steed Brocks
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