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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1938
Page
11
Readers urge Bessemer and Gogebic range towns to celebrate July 4 with a parade races and fireworks citing children pride and community tradition. The piece critiques the town’s celebration gap and calls for planning a parade baseball game dance and possibly fireworks this year.
The 1939 Michigan legislature may bar for hire trucks from highways on weekends and holidays. The measure, backed by the Michigan Railroad Employes and Citizens League, cites Wisconsin's success with truckless weekends as proof. Iron Mountain officials met to discuss overdue bills and municipal finances.
Lyle F. Watts of Milwaukee, regional forester for the U S Forest Service, lauds the UP as a great experiment in tree planting and natural resource use. He notes replanting at 30 000 acres annually, nurseries at Waters Meet and Manistique turning out millions of trees, and tourism as a growing draw. He urges development of recreational sites, improved roads, stocking of streams, and publicity to build a permanent Upper Peninsula economy. Bessemer reports a strong supervised recreation plan for youths this summer as part of leisure time development.
A 1913 Bessemer Fourth of July celebration organized by a joint city and Commercial Club committee featured a morning parade, auto parade, court lawn speaking, a large fireworks display near First Bluff, and an Eagles hall dance. Events included a Cornish wrestling tournament, tug of war, baseball game, and many races with winners listed by event and participant.
A National Safety Council caption depicts a boss asking for an office boy and a boy declining to smoke, instead choosing an ice cream cone. The cartoon reflects office humor and social norms of the era.
An officer tests two Chinese volunteers by asking their ages and gets 44 from one and 1280 from the other. The officer realizes one is subtracting the ages and the other multiplying them. Determine the two ages.
The Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police urges citizens and local officers to watch for Marihuana, a weed that grows wild in Michigan and is often rolled into cheap cigarettes. Commissioner Oscar G. Olander and Detroit Superintendent Fred Frahm describe plant appearance, distribution from rural to urban areas, and the high profits from trafficking. They urge youth groups and scouts to aid enforcement, note legal actions since 1937, and offer public bulletins with leaf illustrations to assist schools and libraries in recognizing the plant.
In Michigan, Joseph Michelin Tew filed final administration and a petition for approval and distribution of the estate. The court set July 6 for examining the account and petition, with public notice to be published three weeks prior in the Bessemer Herald.
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