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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR mentions several personal names with no clear event or place. The text reads like a list of individuals or notes without full context to identify a specific incident or outcome. Further readable facts are needed to form a coherent news item.
Long verse exhorts preserving rivers forests soil and wildlife as national heritage. A river and tree ethic underscores freedom and health, warning of barren land if waste continues, followed by local Fourth of July plans, a Masons event, and a travel anecdote about a nervous fifteen year old on a Chicago to Wisconsin train with the conductor giving cautious guidance.
Michigan high school boys from 300 communities will enroll June 17 25 for the 11th Wolverine Boys State at Michigan State College. They will form parties conduct government and elections under American Legion sponsorship with a 27.50 daily cost plus travel. James Lutz to represent Bessemer at Lansing.
A reminiscence recalls Ralph Metcalfe at Marquette U as a dazzling Black sprinter on the cinder track, while a caregiver Geno Mattella earned early renown as a local grid star. Anecdotes mix humor and ghost stories with a quirky cafe encounter and a quip about a conference that accomplishes nothing.
A colored night watchman hears noises in a dim front office and calls out for occupants to reveal themselves. He warns he will enter if no one appears, aiming to identify who is present.
A job applicant claimed references but forgot them yet Pearce hired him. A light anecdote recalls President Coolidge and his wife having a portrait painted as a surprise. In Coolidge's study the senator and the portrait kept silent for 15 minutes before the president spoke.
Mrs. Magdalene Lucas died at 65 after a three year illness. Lions club officers elected for the new year include Pellew, Stevens, Johnson, Swanson, Cena, Honz, and Pricco. Announcements cover marriages of Mildred Nelson to Raymond McIntosh and Norma Jean Courtney to William Nyman Jr. Various visits and housewarmings noted among families in Bessemer, Ironwood, Yale, and Wakefield. Several local residents and visitors are listed with travels, relocations, and military assignments.
Don Kelcher a longtime city resident died Saturday in Chisholm Minnesota after five months with cancer. Survived by widow and daughter Mrs Louis Barnaby of Milwaukee. Pauline won first in the American Legion popularity contest at Irondrome last night. Dora Strelcheck placed second. A June wedding at St Sebastian church tied Miss Veronica Martinguez of Crystal Falls to Charles Jezek of this city. Mrs Joseph Bryant and daughter Ursula of Muskegon visit the Jankoviak family. Mrs Edward Pascoe traveled to Ann Arbor with a patient to U hospital. Miss Cecil Lobb goes to Madison for the University of Wisconsin summer session.
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