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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1928
Page
10
U P Legion County police unveil blue smok and span uniforms with silver shields and black straps. Officers Leo Isdebski George Sparapani and Dennis O Leary lead the look. Parking chaos hampers convention. Main Street parade bans cars Friday morning. six more officers added to city force.
Mayor Henry T. James issued a proclamation calling merchants to close from 10 to 12 Friday to view the grand Legion convention parade. Wakefield Ironwood Ramsay and Hurley will also close for at least a half day as part of the range observance, with Wakefield and Ramsay on Thursday Ironwood on Friday and Hurley on Saturday noted as days of observance. Large crowds are expected as range towns rally in Bessemer, with plans for gala decorations and banners along the main streets. Weather forecasts promise clear skies, aiding convention success as veterans honor fallen comrades with roadside memorials.
Several Gogebic farmers plan to attend the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau annual meeting at Ontonagon on June 27 and 28. Speakers include Dean H. L. Russell of the Chicago of Agriculture Madison Wisconsin and August Lundgaard president of the Upper Peninsula State Board. The group will depart Ewen at 2 PM June 27 under Milton Francis, visiting farms along the Ontonagon Valley. E. G. Amos, supervisor of agricultural agent work, will speak on Our Agricultural Situation.
The Bessemer Unit organized June 13 1925 and used bake sale proceeds for furnishings. They donated curtains to Legion rooms, hosted parties, and aided recruitment efforts. By 1925 the unit had fifty members and conducted annual drives with Christmas events featuring W F Pellew. They contributed to Memorial Day activities, sold one thousand poppies, and funded flowers for sick or deceased members. Donations supported the Children’s Billet, the Endowment Fund, and hospital relief, with numerous in-kind gifts and fundraisers noted through 1926.
Matti F. Salo Gogebic county mine inspector died at 4 p m Monday at his Ironwood township home after years of ill health tuberculosis listed as cause of death He was 56 born October 30 1871 in Finland came to the United States in 1889 and later lived in Calumet before Ironwood Survived by widow and seven children.
Gogebic county farmers heard J C Hayes of the Michigan State Holstein Freisian Association and R E Horwood of Marquette discuss Holstein Herd Register updates. The new plan tests purebred herds and drops unprofitable cows to grades, urging display at the Upper Peninsula Fair in Escanaba.
Ray Johns of Marquette will lead community singing at the annual Upper Peninsula Development bureau meeting in Ontonagon on June 27 and 238. Johns, secretary of the Upper Peninsula Hi Club, is a skilled song leader with substantial experience.
Word reached in Bessemer on Monday of the death by drowning in Chicago of Mrs Louis Crenna formerly Miss Nina LaVey of this city. She was 25. Telegram gave few details but indicated a Sunday outing. Mrs Fred LaVoy left for Chicago to accompany the body to Bessemer. Funeral arrangements awaited arrival.
Joseph R. Grenfell of Ironwood Michigan a Gogebic county native and Marquette University Law School graduate announced his candidacy for prosecuting attorney of Gogebic county on the Republican ticket at the September primaries. He has practiced in Ironwood since 1925 aside from a short period with Ashland firm Sanborn Lamoreux and Pray. He lives with his mother Mrs Margaret Grenfell in Ironwood.
George Apitz, a local student flyer, landed a plane at the St. John farm in Waco Saturday morning after a 250 mile flight from Appleton. The trip took about 1.5 hours with Roy Larson owner and pilot and Edwin Marquardt aboard. The return leg then went to Ashland Saturday afternoon. Irwin J. Neault begins aviation courses with U P Airways at Escanaba, traveling there every two weeks for instruction.
The 13th annual Upper Peninsula American Legion Posts and Auxiliaries convention opened this morning with delegate and visitor registration on the American Legion clubhouse second floor. Separate meetings were planned for Legion, Auxiliary, Spanish American War veterans, Red Arrow, and Civil War veterans, with sessions at the Elks hall and high school. A luncheon was served at Olcott and Friday events include breakfasts, administrative meetings, and a joint Legion Auxiliary session at the high school with memorial services and speeches by state and national leaders.
The First and Last team known as the city nine lost a ten inning battle at Wakefield 6 to 5 last Sunday. Erickson and Moncher formed the local battery while Buonavaara and Antilla provided Wakefield’s run support. Dewald hit a home run for the winners. Ruonavaara, once a leading Copper Country pitcher, helped spark a hard fought effort for Bessemer.
The C. and N. W. railway enhances their Lead street park in Bessemer with circular flower beds trees planted and a network of gravel walks transforming the area into a genuine park feel.
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