Speed Boys Win Four In A Row
The Bessemer Speed Boys ride a four game win streak atop the Western U P standings after beating Watersmeet 8-5 and White Pine 6-2. Jim Juntunen led with two hits, while Tom Kulik started on the mound for the Speed Boys.
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Speed
Bessemer Speed Boys
U. P
White Pine
Watersmeet
Nimrods
Speed Boys
Jim Juntunen
Juntunen
Kulik
Selin
Gorsche
Tom Kulik
Burns
White Pine Warriors
Massie Field
Jeff Berlewski
Wakefield
Ewen-Trout Creek
Yale Catholic Guild Holds Final Meeting
The Yale Ladies Guild capped its season with a May crowning at St. Sebastian Parish Hall. Officers were elected for September including Secretary Mrs Andrew Relich and President Mrs Peter Montonati. A buffet luncheon featured a table of lights and gloxinias as members and guests gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale Catholic Guild
Yale Ladies Guild
St. Sebastian Parish Hall
Andrew Relich
Walter Partanen
Clarence Bushie
Peter Montonati
Montonati
Mesdames Domenic DalAve
Anton Cvengros
al Corullo
Irving Edyvean
Maria Giarola
Leo Giarola
George Korich
Walter Jacobson
Kenneth Grenquist
John Lesky
Marion Vaughn
Frank Lesky
Ronald Billie
Charles Boggetto Sr
Nellie Calabro
Aldo Billie
Vincent Eppolito
American Legion Auxiliary
Gedda-Cychosz
William Johnson
Lake Gogebic
Louis Filippini
Louis Adams
Eugene Winkowski
Presdent
William Strelcheck
Walter Gray
Peter Vestich
Anne Stevens
Miso Marcella Rutiman
Fred Crenna
George Sabol
Veterans Memorial
A .D. Johnson High
Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars
Copper Peak project gains federal backing to become reality
Washington action via Senator Hart allocates 632000 for the Gogebic Range Ski Corp Copper Peak Ski Flying Hill. Reps Ruppe and O'Konski confirm grants. local leaders credit a broad coalition including Govs Romney Knowles LaVander and the EDA. Final funds depend on design work, bids, and continued support. The plan, tied to regional tourism and economic growth, envisions a 120 meter hill sanctioned by FIS and one of five worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Philip Hart
William L. Johnson
Copper Peak
Ruppe
O’konski
Hart
Gogebic Range Ski Corp
Sam Davey
Earl Minman
Gogebic Range
Coppear Peak
Phil Hart
Alvin O’konski
Philip Ruppe
Robert Griffin
Gaylord Nelson
Upper Great Lakes
Keweenaw Land Co
Oceanside Corp
Hawaii
Michigan
Joseph Mack
Ironwood
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Duluth
U .S. Forest Service
Milwaukee
North American
International Federation of Skiing
FIS
Europe
Ramsay Fourth of July Gala Planned With Parades and Fireworks
A Ramsay committee plans a full Fourth of July celebration featuring a jet flyover from K I Sawyer Air Base at 10 a.m. a noon picnic at Bessemer Township Memorial Park and a seven to nine p.m. free dance. The day ends with a gigantic fireworks display by the Bessemer Township fire department. Memorials note the death June 21 of Mrs Wiljo Maki formerly Irene Koski of Bessemer. Funeral services were held at Frick Zielinski Funeral Home with burial at Hillcrest Cemetery attended by relatives and friends from Range communities. A son was born to Mr and Mrs George Korich of Bessemer.
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Bessemer
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Ramsay
K. I. Sawyer
Bessemer High School
Fred Tezak
Gogebic County
Ashland
Marty
Bessemer Township Memorial Park
Bessemer Township Park
Bessemer Township
Wiljo Maki
Allenwood
Bedford
Ohio
Irene Koski
Divine Infant Hospital
Wakefield
Wilpas Koski
A. D. Johnston
Detroit
Church of the Covenant
Maple Heights
Frick-Zielinski
C. Raymond Holmes
Hillcrest Cemetery
Rev. C. Raymond Holmes
James Forslund
George Kahara
Reino Niemi
Joseph Sofia
Clarence Winkowski
William Honkala
David Maki
Washington, D. C
Robert DeMarte
Westland
Mich
John Johnson
Roscommon
Maurice DeMarchi
Richard DeMarchi
Lansing
Elmer Kroncke
Mundelein
Ill
Ray Niemi
Fred Niemi
Waukegan
Len Britten
Eloise Klarchek
Wausau, Wis
Marion Matrella
Chicago
Charles DeMarte
Duluth
Carl Isaacson
Crystal Falls
Bessemer Business and Professional Women’s Club
Eugene Winkowski
Winkowski
Chester Williamson
Becky Matenich
St Sebastian Parish Picnic and Trustees Petition
The St Sebastian Parish picnic will be Sunday starting at 12 noon with a turkey dinner in the parish hall from 12 to 3 pm. A petition calling for direct election of Gogebic County trustees was presented to the board and tabled, with a referendum vote defeated.
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St. Sebastian Parish
Gogebic
Dante Pricco
Francis Tann
Grand View Hospital
Ironwood
Heimer
Yale Ladies Guild
Nick
Blazonin
William Wagner
Gogebic County
Legal
Township Clerk Announces Registration Hours
The Bessemer Township clerk announces voter registration at the Township Hall in Ramsay with hours 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday June 19, and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on July 5, as required by 1954 PA 116 amended, with the Yale Location noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence R. Minkin
Bessemer
Ramsay
Mark Martini
Martini
Barbara Ippolite
Daugh
Anton Ippolite
Yale
Westteen Home Destroyed by Lightning Bolt
The Lawrence Western home on North Ramsay was wrecked by a fire late last Thursday after a lightning strike on the television antenna sparked a blaze in the electrical system. Fire crews arrived at 10:45, finding heavy flames. Mrs. Westeen and two others escaped unharmed as the front door blew out and an electrical mixer flew across the room. A disrupted telephone line forced residents to alert Ram say by sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Western
North Ramsay
Ramsay
Bessemer Township
Peter Palrolero
Chamber Of Commerce Dues Paid By Bessemer Firms And Residents
The Bessemer Herald lists 1968 dues paying members including BESSEMER NATIONAL BANK BESSEMER SKI LODGE C&OIL CO BLUFFS VIEW MOTEL TRAVELER'S MOTEL FRANK'S SERVICE STATION RUSTY'S SINCLAIR SERVICE TURK'S RADIATOR REPAIR HI-WAY SUPERMARKET MARTELL'S CITIES SERVICE POOR JOE'S BENNETT'S MILEAGE STATION CONSOLIDATED DAIRIES OF DR L MAPES MARGARET NOVASCONE AGENCY MALMBERG INSURANCE AGENCY LAKE SUPERIOR DIST POWER CO JOHN'S DRY CLEANERS LAST EAST VIN GOGEBIC AUTO CO KELTO-VELIN BEN FRANKLIN STORE REINO HAUTA INSURANCE LINDY'S DOG AND SUDS BIG POWDERHORN MT. DANDEE BAKERY STEIGER BUILDING & SUPPLY MAYOR ELMER SANDIN Associate Member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer Herald
Bessemer National Bank
Bessemer Ski Lodge
C & M Oil CO
Bluff’s View
Traveler’s Motel
Frank’s
Rusty’s
Sinclair Service
Turk’s
Hi-Way
Martell’s Cities Service
Poor Joe’s
Bennett’s
Consolidated Dairies OF
DR. L. Mapes
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A. D. Johnston High School
Michael Martin
Roy Malmberg
Mary Kay Malmberg
Francis Rigoni
Bernadine Rigoni
Rudy Rigoni
Gerald Rigoni
Carol
Sandy DeRizzo
Susan Baima
Toni Ippolito
Chris Rooper
Jane Elias
Beau
Anton Ippolito
Peter Montenati
Peter Ceno
Glendale
Calif
Verona
Ronald Davey Sr
Saginaw, Mich
Lawrence Sherbino
William
Mary) Guyer
Kenosha, Wis
Louis Womastek
Dominee Allice
Ann Arbor
Mae Ross
Lower Michigan
White Birch
White Birch “Wildcats
Wellmann
Caeese
Rogers
Kolinsky
Kersten Seesee
Reichard Perucco
Eereee Radzowicz
Klingman
Wwtl
White Birch Inn
Epposite
East Young
Anvil Palms
D. O’donahue
B. Jacobson
R. Massi
Last East Old
D. Webber
Pertile
Jansson
L. Osterman
A. Searle
D. Zerbst
J. Hendrickson
David
Thomas
Una Allen Koski
Angelo DeMarte
PFC
Richard McDermott
Richard R. McDermott
Raymond McDermott
S. Woolsey St
508Th
Ft. Riley
Kansas
McDermott
Ft. Leonard Wood
Herald
Pany
Ft. Gordon
ST. Sebastian Church
Emil Novascone
Ladies’ Guild
Paul Steinger
Mary Corgiat
Stanley Servia
John Gagan
Clyde Whiteburn
Florence Shaw
Dee
Veronica Jezek
Adam Modjewski
Roman Czajkowski
Berton
Legion Auxiliary
William Austin
Ironwood Timber and Development Corp
Austin
Eppolite’s
Fastelin
G. Fastelin
Fastelin’s
Epposite’s
Cramblit’s
Tengling
Erwin Diamond
Poor Joes
Anvil
Oldtimers
Yale Field
Community College Project
James Perry
Gogebic Community College
College Board of Trustees
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Bri
Robin Gustafson
Upper Peninsula
Ishpeming
Adams
Robert Burt
Lee Massie
Sabol
Gray
Lee Johnson
Church of
L. Westeen
Chamber of Commerce
Bessemer Chamber OF Commerce
Dandee Bakery
Steiger Building & Supply
Elmer Sandin
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