20 Aug 1941
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Newspaper
Ironwood Times
Location
Ironwood, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1941
Page
1
The note features Miss Mary Lynn Perl daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Imy Perl of 403 Iron Street Hurley. It praises Imy Perl as a top fixer of three cornered affairs on the Gogebic range and teases a challenge to rival fathers.
Grand View hospital is celebrated as a key county asset with a history dating to Act 350 P. A. 1913 and bond measures approved by Go re county voters. The article traces trustees, board members, and milestones from tuberculosis facilities opening in 1924 to full American College of Surgeons approval by 1932, noting Grand View as the Peninsula’s largest hospital.
Critical injuries were suffered by Lawrence Sorenson in a Wednesday morning automobile accident. Other items note Camp Galilee’s successful camping period, a possible Capone visit stirring rumors, Ironwood and Hurley school openings on Sept 2, and a local Legion picnic. Fourteen Gogebic county selectees head to induction in Milwaukee Aug 27. Work begins on Ironwood’s new sewage disposal plant.
Notables attend a three day Union of French Canadians of the United States meeting. Attendees include Rev. P. Jutras Crystal Falls spiritual director L. J. Rheault St. Paul president George Emond Minneapolis first vice president Louis Homant Jr Alpena second vice president Blanche Theriault Marquette secretary L. W. Homant Alpena treasurer and Dr.
Gogebic county shelters a strong fair with top livestock, floral and vegetable displays, 4-H projects, and a standout grandstand show. The event features local merchants, a rodeo, and a lively exhibit by The Times booth amid weather setbacks and steady attendance. The Kiwanis host Rotarians at a noon luncheon while Governor Heil honors non resident Frank Logic as a Wisconsin colonel.
Delegates from Michigan Upper Peninsula northern Wisconsin and Minnesota gather in Minneapolis for the Notre Dame de la Garde convention hosted by local branch No 6. The event began with a solemn high mass at St Ambrose at 9 a m and will continue through the week with meetings scheduled across the day.
Miss Lillian Kleinbrook, engaged to Donald Ahonen of East Ridge Street, was feted at a pre-nuptial shower hosted by Miss Lillian Ahonen at her home. The event celebrated the forthcoming marriage.
The Times documents a noon picnic at Little Girls Point with portraits of locals including Jacob Kilponen, W. L. Burns, George Sanderson, Dr. T. R. Rees, and Pat O'Donnell among others. It highlights D. L. Clanahan’s crop expertise, C. E. Gunderson’s speech prep, and community figures such as R. J. Allender and D. E. Ferguson. The piece ends with praise for Gogebic range potatoes and plans for next year.
A collage of titled columns and notices mentions Washington Parade Michigan Mirror Outdoor Times and New York Night and Day with brief lines on court house steeple and fishing times by R. B. Trout indicating a period newspaper page fragment. The text reads as a mixed set of section headers and reader notices without a cohesive event.
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