The Escanaba Daily Press from Escanaba, Michigan • Page 2

PAGE TWO DAILY PRESS, ESCANABA, MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 1952 Takes Bids On U. P. Road Jobs Low bids on five State Highway Department construction projects the Upper Peninsula were determined at a bid-opening in canaba The be forwarded Sresterdar: Lansing where contracte will be awarded. The Delta county project, 6.364 miles of bituminous surface on M- from Perkins to Trombly, was won by Paul C.

Miller of Comstock Park, Mich. This project will finish the general improvement of this section of M-35 where grading and placing of ditch structures has recently been completed. The completion date for the project is Aug. 1952. The low bid entered by Miller WAS $112,081.

Alger County Job Other bids for the work were submitted by Payne Dolan of Milwaukee, and Thornton Construction Company of Hancock, Mich. Other project low bidders were: Straits Construction Company, St. Ignace, $204,896.95 for 4.240 miles of grading and drainage structures and stabilized aggregate surface course on M-67 and M-94 in Alger county. This project, a combination of two minor projects, is part of the grade, alignment, and improvement of M-67 and M-94 in preparation for future bituminous surfacing. It has completion date of Oct.

31, 1952. Other bidders were the Bacco Construction Company of Iron Mountain, Paul C. Miller of Comstock Park, Mich. and the Alpine Construction Company of St. 1g- nace.

M-94 Improvement The Bacco Construction Company of Iron Mountain, was low bidder at $252,578.66 for 4.976 miles of grading and drainage structures and 21 feet of aggregate surface course on M-94 from US-41 east to the county line in Marquette county. The project is also in preparation for future bituminous surfacing and has completion date of Nov. 30, 1952. Other bids on the project were entered by C. G.

Bridges of Escanaba, A. Lindberg Sons, Inc. of Ishpeming, Straits Construction Company of St. Ignace, Paul C. Miller of Comstock Park, and S.

J. Groves Sons Company, Minneapolis, Minn. Proksch Construction Company of Iron River, submitted low bid for $57,094.75 for construction of a bridge carrying M-94 over Slapneck Creek 1.6 miles west of Forest Lake in Alger county. The work will consist construction of a reinforced concrete T-beam structure, removal of the present structure, construction and removal of a temporary bridge and approaches and 0.185 miles of approach grading and aggregate surfacing for the new bridge. Completion date for work is Nov.

15, 1952. Bridge Project Other bidders on the project were Nylund and Highhill of Ironwood, Straits Construction Company of St. Ignace, and C. Bridges of Escanaba. The fifth project was won the Proksch Construction Company of Iron River, bidding 212.87 for construction of a bridge carrying M-134 over Nunns Creek 7 imles west of Hessel, Mackinac county.

Work here consists of construction of a new reinforced concrete and steel bridge and lineal feet of approach grading. Completion date is set at Nov. 1952. Other bidder on the work the Straits Construction Company of St. Ignace.

The Aga Khan, Moslem leader, is reputedly one of the richest in the world. M. Niederauer, 1200 South Eighth avenue, assistant manager and vice president of the Escanaba Paper company, the 1952 chairman of the Escanada Planning Commission. He succeeds T. Dale Vinette.

John J. Bartella is vice chairman and Joseph Ivens secretary of the Commission. Dairy Meeting To Feature Farm Extensionists A dairy management meeting to be held in the Bark River school and in Cornell town hall Feb. 29 was announced today by J. L.

Heirman, Delta county agricultural agent. One of the guest speakers will be extension Charles Little, dairyman Upper of Peninsula State College Experimental Farm, Chatham, who will present results of a survey of the use of grass silage and barn-dried hay in the feeding of dairy cows. He will also discuss the advantage of laying a straw, shavings or sawdust bedding in the use of liquid manure in a barn management program. A second guest speaker, Richard Hartwig, Upper Peninsula farm economist, will discuss methods and cost of harvesting roughage. Since the farm labor situation is tight and is likely to become acute in 1952, Delta county farmers will be interested in a comparison of various labor-saving hay harvesting methods to be presented at the meeting.

The several steps in pasture renovation will be discussed from the standpoint of increased pasture yields in a slide-illustrated portion of Hartwig's talk. The Bark River meeting is scheduled for 2 p. m. and the Cornell session for 8 p. m.

on Feb. 29. BOOMERANG MOOSE JAW, (AP) -A police constable testified in court he paid a woman $8.25 for a small pint bottle of rye whisky. The seller paid a lot more than that. She the was fined $200 after pleading guilty to selling liquor in her home.

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT By That Maestro Of Musie Bill Hewitt His Accordion Featured Every Wednesday ITALIAN SPAGHETTI (Serving from 5 to 8 P. KESSLER'S 14th St. First Ave. N. Week-End Specials -ATPeoples Drug Store "Only the Best in Prescriptions" Colgate Tooth Paste 49c Help your $1.00 Miles DOCTOR Nervine 79c to help Seltzer Alka 39c YOU! $1.25 Absorbine Jr.

79c 50c Conti Shampoo 39c 50c Baby Powder 39c 900 Listerine 69c These are day Dosterel 75c Tablets Bayer Aspirin Every $1.00 Lustre Creme Shampoo 79c help $1.00 V. P. Stick Deaderant with $1.50 Yeast Tablets Ironized $1.19 Escanaba Tops Liquor Sales If sales from state stores reflect the situation accurately, there are more drinkers liquor in Escanaba than any other U. P. city.

A report of the Michigan Liquor Control Commission for 1951 on the dollar value of purchases at the 17 state stores in the U. P. showed Escanaba customers spent $676,716.75 for liquor in 1951. The report is for liquor sales only from state stores and does not include beer, wine or (hard liquor) packaged goods from SDD (special designated dealer) stores. Countywise, Marquette led the U.

P. in liquor purchases at state stores with $1.107,208.09, but only $509,629.80 of this amount is credited to the city of Marquette. Compared to other U. P. counties, Menominee county temperate.

Sales at the Menominee store amounted $242,175.94. The Menominee stores serves three SDD units, two in the city and one at Stephenson. In the north end of the county three SDD stores are serviced by state stores in Escanaba and Iron Mountain. In Mackinac county which has population of only 9,287 compared to Menominee county's 299, liquor sales totaled more than $355,000. The sales were divided between a state store at St.

Ignace and one on Mackinac Island. Sales at the St. Ignace store amounted to $179,064.88 and at Mackinac Island, $176,265.78. Red Owl Managers Meet In Escanaba Approximately 65 managers, checkers and key personnel of Red Owl stores in 10 Upper Peninsula communities will meet in Escanaba this evening to attend the first of a series of public relations clinics. The meeting will be held at the Escanaba Red Owl store and will be conducted by Ronald T.

Stecker, district manager. John Ryan, manager of the Escanaba store, will be host to the out of town visitors. C. J. Vandrees, divisional manager, Green Bay, will discuss the importance of employe relationship with customers.

Like humans, fish get seasick if left to the mercy of the waves for an extended period. Mrs. Lindahl, 49, Former Resident Of Danforth Dies Mrs. Harold Lindahl, 49, the former Dora Nelson of Danforth, and a sister of Walter Nelson of Old Orchard Farm, Gladstone Route 1, died Feb. 24 at 3 p.

m. at the family home in Riverside, suburb of Chicago. She had been in failing health for some time. Mrs. Lindahl was born in Danforth Dec.

25, 1902. She leaves two sons. Arne and Harold two sisters, Mrs. George Tierney, formerly Anna Nelson, and Mrs. Gust Nyquist, the former Esther Nelson, Chicago; and four brothers, Walter: Frank who is in Alaska: Edwin of Lansing, and Ernest who lives in Wisconsin.

Funeral services will be held this afternoon at Riverside and burial made there. Garden Church Services GARDEN-Church services at Garden are: St. John the Baptist, Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Lenten Devotions followed by distribution of ashes.

The Adult Religious Education Class will be held at grove following the service. Thursday, Students study club 7 p. m. at Marygrove. Friday, Stations of the Cross 7:30 p.

m. Congregational, Worship service at 3:30 p. m. Committees Named The following members of St. Anne Altar and Rosary Society have been appointed by the president Mrs.

Norval Farley to act as heads of departments of the society which is affiliated with the Marquette Diocesan Council of Women: Mrs. Ernest Tatrow, organization a and development; Mrs. Al fred La Vallee, lay retreat and daily mass; Mrs. Eugene Bernier, Jr. cause of Bishop Baraga; Mrs.

Roland Boudreau, Cooperating with confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Mrs. Ulysses Maynard, Publicity. Robert Rasmussen Dies John Rasmussen received word Friday of the death of his brother Robert of Pontiac who suffered a heart attack. George Rasmussen of Manistique motored here Saturday to get John who was taken ill and therefore unable to proceed on the trip to attend the HELD OVER THROUGH THURSDAY TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TURNED AWAY AND THOSE WHO HAVE EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO SEE THIS GREAT DRAMA AGAIN! Magnificent JANE WYMAN once again deeply touches your heart as she did in the ever-to-be-remembered Johnny Belinda this time as the woman Louise, another truly great role that only JANE could portray. The Blue or the Wedding Veil should she choose? JERRY WALD and NORMAN KRASNA present JANE WYMAN in THE BLUE VEIL so-sterring CHARLES LAUGHTON JOAN BLONDELL RICHARD CARLSON AGNES MOOREHEAD DON TAYLOR AUDREY TOTTER CUSACK EVERETT SLOANE NATALIE WOOD PLUS LATEST GLOBAL NEWS EVENINGS COMPLETE SHOW 7 AND 9 P.

M. LADIES' DAY MATINEE THURSDAY AT 2 p.m. TICHIGAN THEATRE ESCANABA WED. ONLY MARCH 5th "MACBETH" 13,000 Inspect Funeral Home The new Anderson Funeral Home and Chapel at 2200 Ludington St. attracted close to 3,000 visitors from all parts of Upper Michigan and Wisconsin at its open house this past weekend, cliby an impressive and beautifully conducted dedication service in the Chapel.

The evening dedicatory service, at which all standing room was taken, opened with an organ prelude, a solo, "The Lord's Prayer" by Mrs. M. H. Garrard Jr. and the introductory prayer by the Rev.

Karl J. Hammar. Mrs. F. M.

Fernstrom was organ accompanist. The order of the service interspersed with prayer and responses included: Call to Worship The Rev. James G. Ward, rector emeritus of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.

Vocal solo, "Bless This -Sam Ham, accompanied by Mrs. Fernstrom. Responsive Lesson--The Rev. Wilbert Johnson, Rapid The Gloria Patri. The Scripture Lesson-The Gustav Lund, Bethany Ev.

Lutheran Church. The Prayer with the Lord's Prayer--The Rev. Clifford Peterson, Gladstone. Address--The Rev. Karl J.

Hammar. Presentation of -C. Arthur Anderson and staff. Words of Dedication--The Rev. Johannes Ringstad, Immanuel funeral which was held Monday afternoon.

Briefs Richard Ansell and James Clement of Detroit spent the weekend at their homes here. Lutheran Church. Dedication of Chapel-The Rev. Alonzo Mohr, Seventh Day Adventist Church. Words of Dedication--The Rev.

Joseph S. Dixon, St. Stephen's Church. The Prayer The Rev. Philip T.

1 Lindblom, Bark River. The Benediction The Rev. John Anderson, Ev. Covenant Among the many representatives of funeral homes and funeral directors association who were here were: Ed Jackson, Manistique, Mr. and Mrs.

J. B. Erickson and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Erickson, Iron Mountain, Mr.

and Mrs. Caroll Asp, Norway, William Johns, Iron River, Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Swanson and Mr.

and Mrs. Jack McCracken, Marquette, Vinning Bjork and Edward Zuehlke, Ishpeming, Mr. and Mrs. Lenwood Kell, Menominee, Mr. and Mrs.

William Ellingboe, Crystal Falls, all members of the Michigan Funeral Directors Association and of the National Funeral Directors Association, Mr. Popps, who represented the Superior Coach Company of Milwaukee, and Al Roberts and Carl Kestner, who represented the Federated Funeral Directors of Springfield, Ill. Oliver Perault, 68, Dies In Munising MUNISING Oliver Perault, 68, died Tuesday at his home after an illness of one year. He was born March 3, 1883 at Three Rivers, Quebec. Before moving to Munising, he resided at Manistique, Cooks, Newberry and Dollarville.

He is survived by his wife, Emma, a son, Orville, of Munising, and a daughter, Doris, of Munising. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at nine o'clock at Sacred Heart Church in Munising and interment will be made in Fairview cemetery, Manistique. James E. Huff Dies In Kenosha James Elmer Huff of Kenosha, former resident of Escanaba and Gladstone, died at 9:30 this morning in a Kenosha Hospital where he had been hospitalized, in critical condition, the past two weeks. Mr.

Huff was born in Trout Lake. He was employed as a watchman for the Simmons Co. of Kenosha. The body will be taken to the Skradski Funeral Home in Gladstone Thursday morning. Paul Huff of 1820 8th Ave.

Escanaba, a son, and Mrs. Joseph Micheau Jr. of Rapid River and Mrs. Arne Norkooli of Perkins, daughters, are among surviving members of the family. Obituary MARTIN OLSON Funeral services for Martin 01- son will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 in the Anderson funeral home chapel, 2200 Ludington St.

The Rev. Gustav Lund, pastor of the Bethany Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Lakeview cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home now. PETER J.

SABOURIN Funeral services for Peter J. Sabourin were held at 9:30 this morning at Sacred Heart Church, Schaffer, and burial was made in Schaffer cemetery. The Rev. Joseph Beauchene offered the requiem high mass. Pallbearers were Victor Auger, Thomas and Joseph LaFleur, Ray Charbonneau, Eugene Derocher and Joe Potvin.

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DISTURBANCE HONG KONG- (AP) -Armored police vans sped to a suburban district on a telephone tip there was a big disturbance. There certainly was. Royal army troops were holding field maneuvers. Try a Classified Ad today. Call 092 Sault (Ont.) Memorial Gardens 4 n.

ICE CYCLES STUDENT OF 1952 Feb. 29 Mar. 5 Nightly Except Sunday Sat. Matinee March 1 UPPER PENINSULA NIGHT March Reserved Seats $1.25 $1.75 Contact Escanaba Greyhound Agent for special trip arrangements. DELI Two Top Hits Now Thru Thursday EVENINGS COMPLETE SHOW AT 6:30 AND 9 P.M.

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