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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1940
Page
2
Local notes cover students heading to East Lansing for Wolverine Boys State, and others off to University of Chicago sessions. Faculty, relatives, and community members travel for conferences, graduations, and family visits to Milwaukee Madison and Chicago.
Eight years ago on June 21 1940 Charlies J Cavalis headed the American Legion unit as chairman for Bescerver s Fourth of July celebration Conrad Velin led business men as secretary City council ordered Barnett & s Record Co Minneapolis to start a 51000 PWA sewage disposal plant project now funded Federal money available Emil Erickson won the bid for the old Harding school site in South Bessemer paying 105 for the abandoned frame building ahead of the new school construction
Anvil News reports Dr and Mrs C E Anderson and children Edward and Paula Jean visiting in New York. John Stefanic of Moorhead Minnesota visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Paul Stefanic. Miss Betty Rigotti of State Teachers College La Crosse Wisconsin spending summer with her parents. Citizens granted at Bessemer court house Eva Perpich Anna Oravecz Rose Rosiek and Katherine Marczak. Jack Romstad spending summer with parents. Carroll College student. James Roberts Lincoln College Indianapolis visiting summer with his parents.
Puritan News notes township busses again transport Puritan and Harding children this summer to Memorial Park pool in Ramsay. Trips run Tuesday and Thursday afternoons under supervision of William Giachino Peter Mikko and Harold Maki. Robert Maki attends Wolverine Boys State at East Lansing June 20 to 28 as township Legion and Auxiliary delegate. Nellie Berg visits Rockford and Wheaton summer school. Louis Parent from Milwaukee visits. John Laine returns from University of Michigan summer break. Puritan residents who received citizenship papers last week at Bessemer courthouse include Victor Gust Valonen Joe Felix Salo and Alle Tampio.
Miss Bertha Laine daughter of Mr and Mrs F N Laine Puritan wed Wesley Ravey son of Mr and Mrs F A Ravey Jr Ironwood. Rev G A Kaltenbach officiated at the Presbyterian church with Mr and Mrs Steve Relich as attendants. The couple will reside in Ironwood where the groom works at Michigan Pack store.
The Bessemer township reports 1,028 children of school age, down 62 from last year's 1,090. This marks a decline in the local student population.
The Ramsay Legion post will sponsor the Fourth of July event with Commander John Nelson as chairman. A long list of committee heads includes H. O. Johnson Frank Brighenti Ed Johnson John Hild Joseph Brighenti Barney Knudsen David Rizzie and Arvo Wakevainen. Additional items note a new garage for Peter Giacherio to service township school buses and recent school board officer re-elections. Local citizens are listed with travel and citizenship updates along with a historical note on Arvon slate quarrying.
Walter Kuusisto secretary of the township school board reports the recent census shows there are fewer children in the township schools. The data indicates a decline in enrollment affecting funding and classroom planning.
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