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Iron County Miner from Hurley, Wisconsin • 1

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STQ.ilGAL SOCI. TXT fo) JLNJ J3 J. A CONSOLIDATION OF THE IRON COUNTY NEWS AND MONTREAL RIVER MINER SIXTY-NINTH YEAR HURLEY WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1953 SINGLE COPY: 7 CENTS NUMBER 10 STATU HI EM Mill DR. FRANK R. OLSON DIES IN NEW YORK CITY Deer Season Is 'Uneventful1 About People HURLEY LAD IS MEMBER OF U.

OF WIS. CHORUS Madison. Jack Pearson, 410 5th BvenueJHurley: is among the mem- Circuit Court S4ft rfi JM a rl i Deer Kill Small; Hunters See Few Bucks, Many Does The deer in Iron county are either scarce andor elusive judging from the results of the current season which is now Under the new regulations where deer must be registered, a fairly accurate-count can be maintained of the deer kill As of Thursday morning, about 135 deer; were reported as bagged in Iron county. The large majority of them were checked in at the Mercer ranger station. The number may be swelled somewhat on the last day.

No doubt, there are deer hanging in the various camps throughout the county. They will be checked in when thel hunters break camp, Hunters generally report that few bucks have been seen. Very few hunting parties reported seeing more than a few. However, all hunters 'tell of a great number of does seen. It is a natural presumption that some does have been killed with intent and otherwise.

It is reported that at this late date the bucks are not traveling with the doe of the specie. Conditions during the first part of the season were good. There was not too much snow in most a-reas of the county. Wednesday, however, was not considered ideal. There were few hunters out on that day.

The Mercer ranger station report' Two criminal cases and six civil cases are on the docket for Iron county circuit court, which is set to -start on Monday before Judge Lewis J. Charles. Judge Charles will be in Hurlpy on Monday to attend to the preliminaries and hold his pre-trial conferences. It will be determined then if any cases will go before the jury. If cases are scheduled to go to trial, then the jurors will report on Dec.

14. The court calendar lists one of the criminal actions as the State 1 US ivirs. raincK JUQge. She was found guilty on a vagrancy charge, in' county court and sentenced to three months in the county jail. She was placed at liberty on a $100 bail bond when she appealed the county court charge.

She is reported to be outside of Iron county at the moment. The other criminal case lists the State vs. Ronald Kuusisto. He is charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm and carnal knowledge of a female over 18 years of age. Kuusisto is reported to have signed a statement in the events relating to the charges.

Civil Cases Listed The civil cases list some that have appeared on calendars in previous terms. They are as follows: Danley 'Coey vs. Mutual Automobile Insure jance Dennis Nolan, an infant by Garnet Nolan Peterson, his guardian, vs. William Norman. Geraldine M.

Norman and the Mary land Casualty Co. and the State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Employers Fire Insurance a foreign corporation and Walter Laes vs. Edward L. Tracyzk; Ray Sensenbrenner vs. Joseph Young; Richard Salo vs.

Lois Gasbarri, also known as Lois Bannon; Warren Holger vs. General CasualtyCo, of Wisconsin. Two court-fact cases listed for trial are: Kenneth R. Goudie vs. Lydia M.

Goudie; LaPointe Iron Cgrrmany, a corporation, vs. Jack K. "Goldsmith, et. al. LT.

JOSEPH MASTERSON AWARDED SILVER STAR The Silver Star medal, for "con spicuous gallantry in action above and beyond the call of duty," that was awarded to Lieut. Joseph H. Masterson, who was then a second lieutenant in Korea, is being pre sented a ceremony at Camp Campbell, Ky, Lt. Masterson is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

H. (Doc) Masterson of Hurley. The action occurred on Dec. 6, 1952, wheri a reconnaissance patrol BY AFC Well, it seems that winter is here at last After a comparatively long reprieve from winter snows, Old Man Winter has finally made his appearance. And, there were some of us who welcomed him.

Everyone enjoyed the long fall season. It was easy on the disposition and the" pocketbook. While there are some who are hoping for this first snow to disappear, for yet another respite from winter, there are others who say: "We've got to get winter sometime. The snow might as well stay. It is normal weather and healthier." December, is a busy month and it will be gone like a flash.

January and February are drab months, 'tis true. But, March is only three months away. We always like March. It is a "crazy season" but it gives a hint of spring. AFC We still hear "repercussions" on the article which appeared in the Milwaukee Journal anent the first two blocks.

Folks want to know why that reporter didn't take the time to look at the other parts of our city. (He said business was poor in our night club district. Yet the picture with the story shows two blocks lined with cars on both sides. The reporter had to either park up-town or in Ironwood.) But, to get back to the interest which the metropolitan newspapers show in our night life district. As we.

have said before, what happens in those first two blocks 'screams so loud' they cannot hear what we have to say about the rest of our town. This reporter helps out sometimes on local stories for city newspapers and one wire service. Well, so help me, the telephone lines were jumping a week ago Monday when the state agents landed into town. Maybe we are a naive newspaper guy, but we just can't understand why a small raid on Hurley is such "hot" stuff, It also causes us to reflect on newspaper "tastes," and reader interest. Does the reading public want this stuff.

or is the, newspaper creating that appetite; Following up that thought, would the reading public of Wisconsin be as interested in a yarn about the Hurley schools and churches? Huh? AFC About the Harry Dexter White case. We've, thought a lot about it and thought about saying something about it here. Maybe we ought to forget about it. Certainly, it doesn't do credit to either party. In not too nice language, former Pres.

Truman accused Atty. Gen. Brownell of being a politician. Joe McCarthy accused Truman of being a party hack. Everybody scored 1007c there.

There 'is no question that the whole thing was raised' for political purposes. Well, who won out? Nobody, maybe! Those of us who look at this objectively are a little bit alarmed. Just how did fellows like Dexter White get into our gov ernment? How did eUows like Tru man and Vinson get taken in by ed that a large proportion' ofjBernice Briskie, Jacqueline Da-those who filled their tags to date Ronco, Bruna Mae DeRosso, Lo-are down-state or out-of-state hunt-fretta Louise Hockenbrock, ers. Some of the youngest hunters Nancy Hoffren, Charles Janov, Do-are reported to have had some of iores Johnson, Katherine Kinnu-the best luck, nen, Judith Lahti, Verner Lahti, tThe season to date has proved David Machesky, Donna Maki, No serious mishaps inia Mor2enti Rosalee Peterson have been reported A Hurley high Shirl Darlene Santini, school youngster was lost for a time in the woods around Upson, but Marlene Smith, Mary Pat Sullivan, Dr. Frank R.

Olson, 43, a native chemical warfare" phase of our 'de- denly on Saturday morning in New York city, where he was under treatment. He was a resident of Frederick, Maryland, where he had a family home constructed about three years ago. He was the son of Mrs. Olaf Nelson, Sixth avenue, south. Dr.

Olson was engaged in research work almost from the day he entered the University of Wisconsin in 1927. He received his doctor's degree some years" later, after receiving an M. A. degree from Wis- both at Wisconsin and Purdue uni vprcitv Ha th lat. ter school along with his research work in agronomy.

The former Hurley man remained on inactive duty in the army after receiving a commission in the R. O. T. C. at Wisconsin.

He was called into active duty while at Purdue university. Most of his service tenure was spent in Maryland. At the time of his death his base of operations as a civilian was Camp Detrick, Fred-erick, Md. Little is known of the exact nature of his work. It is known that part of his work took him to all part3 of the country and many parts of the world.

It is known that he had a responsible post in his work, but he was never known to confide the, nature of it to any person. Whenever his travels took him to the midwest, he made uips vo we nuney area, where he visited, briefly with his relatives and friends Dr. Olson was born in Hurley on July 17, 1910. He was graduated from the Hurley high school in 1927. The next fall he went to the University of Wisconsin.

In much of his research at the university he was associated with Dean E. B. Fred of the agricultural school, who is now president of the university. In 1939 he was married to Miss Alice Wicks of Madison. There are three children, Eric, 9, Lisa, 7 and Nils.

Besides his mother and his im- mediate family he is survived by a brother, John Hjalmer Olson of Mt. Clemens, and a sister. Mrs. Walter Anderson, Ironwood. The brother and sister and a nephew, Robert Anderson of Mt.

Clemens, attended the funeral at Frederic. Christmas Cheer Agency Starts Annual Activity The Christmas Cheer Central Agency will be "in business" again to see that "everyone in Iron coun ty has a happy Christmas." For the past five years the Christmas Cheer organization has been coordinating thc.efforts to bring cheer to needy rwramg nnri fami lica nr Christmas I representatives from county groups will get together by Dec. 12 to agree on a plan and the families that an; to be assisted. The various groups will submit the names of families in need. The Central Agency will assign found his.

way out. LEOPOLD NOLDIN HEART VICTIM WHILE HUNTING Leopold Noldin, 59, a native OI Hurley and a well known person nere ior some years, passea a way iunaay -uunung Alfred Pasqualiicci: Marilyn suffering from a heart attack. He Pauison, Alice Pickera, David Pier aiea ai pont, Michelme Pinzuti, Gail FI-where he had been taken in an am- S0( Sandra Ratlif Janet Saari, bulance from the vicinity of Fence, jjacklyn Smith, Minerva Soine, Jack in Florence county, where he was sturguL Summers, Jerry Ver-deer hunting. He had been living amini in Green Bay. i HIGHSeHO0LHONOir Following is the honor roll of the Hurley high school for the second six week period as released by Principal H.

Connors: Seniors Kathleen Alike, Dar-lene Anderson, Rose Lee Autio, John Bertolone, Marcia Bertoluzza, Lucy Biondi, Robert Briskie, Patrick Busdh, Joanne Christiansen, Constance Colosimo, Alvin Crego, Bernard DeRubeis, Bernadine Ers-pamer, Janet Fritz, Charles Hei-den, Eleanor Hinch, Kristine Johnson, Mary Jo Kasten, Marlene Kel-lerman, Melvin Koski, Jeanette La-Verdure, Nancy Peterson, Richard iSaari Joyce Santini, Conley Swee, ames vann.001, iseruia wneeier, Patricia Zanella, Barbara Coli, Pat Kirby. Juniors "Robert Barnabo, Mary Ann Bertolini, Marion Brignoli, Pa-trica Calvi, Marion Connors, Kathleen DeFerro, Jean Holman, Billie Komsi, Marion Lantta, Dennis Maki, Nancy Miles, Kathleen Morzenti, Mary Kay Organist, Audrey Rayala, Suzanne Rowe, Edwin Sy-beldon, Nancy Vecellio. Sophomores Donna Alto, Janice Andrews, Kathleen Baima, Marianne Barto, Jack Benson, Carol Beres, Theresa Bertagnoli, John Biondi, Margaret Borgo, Carmen Brikowski, Loretta Tomasin, Fred Warzynskj, Freshmen Cathy Biondi, Marianne Christiansen, Jane Cimarosti, Jeanne Connors, Diana DeStefani, Nancy Elz, Jack Geach, Nancy Hoffman Jovce Jeskewitz. Marpar- iaf cnn Parnla If nmncia TnaraA Kubiak, Carol Lassi, Rosella Lau Marguerite LaVerdure, Tom Tax Collections Start Dec. 17 The collection of the 1953 taxes will start on Thursday, Dec.

17, it is revealed by Mrs. Agnes Baron, city treasurer. The city will start collections on a levy of $200,000 nn a fair raf nf 5n mills. Thf lew ig down $12 000 and the mill rate Arrv Jtrta mill tf $11 fT a fhnil- sand doUar vaiuation. tax rate full without interest or penalty up lastyear was Sljnills taxes are delinquent after that date and subject to a penalty of .8 of one per cent interest per month or fraction thereof from January 1st preceding.

It is provided that real estate taxes may be paid in installments, providing 25 per cent of the total taxes is paid before Jan. 31 as the first installment. The second installment must be paid on or before April 30, 1954 and the third and fourth installments before July 31, 1954. Personal property taxes, says Mrs. Baron, must be paid in full on or before March 1, to avoid interest, Mrs.

Baron suggests that taxpayers bring in a description of the property or last year's tax receipt. Drive Is On vhy Ciw iTto .5 Christmas, assuring this blind per- son oi a seeing eye aog as anriM- mas gift. In addition to the seeing eye dog, the person who will receive it, must attend a Seeing Eye Institute School for instruction. Biw' fimiifi nnrl rhilflrpn of the 0T ve to jh-rivm wiR oers oi the university of Wiscon- Rinf a Phristmnc pnnroft in Ha Wisconsin Union theatre on the campus Tuesday, Dec 15, at 8 p. m.

Under the direction of Prof. Paul G. "Jones," who recently acquired his doctorate in sacred music at Union Theological seminary, New York, the i group will sing Pachel-bel's "Magnificat" and Bach's "Christmas Oratorio." Stores On Christmas Hours Next Week Hurley stores will start their Christmas schedule next week with a schedule adopted at a recent Chamber of Commerce meeting, it is revealed by Joe Erspamer, secretary of the Chamber. Retail stores will remain open the Monday evenings of Dec. 7 and 14.

They will remain open each evening on the nights of Friday and Saturday, Dec. 18 and 19 and Christmas week from Monday, De cember 21, through Wednesday, December 23. The stores have agreed that they will remain closed on the Saturday following Christmas and New Year's It is emphasized that this new schedule applies principally to the stores that feature items for Christ mas gift giving. The food stores will not be affected by the extra night openings, nor the closing on Saturday after the holidays. The principal change in the schedule is that the stores will stay open on Monday nights on Dec.

7 and 14. It is also noted that the stores will remain open on Saturday night, December 18. through heavy enemy fire to a forward position to direct fire. Meanwhile, the patrol grenadier had attached a grenade to his rifle to fire at the enemy and light up their positions when a shell hit the gren- lade, splashing the four patrolmen I with phosphorous. The grenadier.

blinded, began to wander into the enemy's line of fire. Lt. Masterson, with complete disregard for his nwn safpfv iiimriprl in his ftt nnrl ran to within 15 yards of the enemy and rescued his comrade. He then continued his heroic actions, exposing himself to the di rect observation and. fire of the en- machine gun and mortar fire from the friendly outpost.

When the en emy guns were silenced, Lt. Mas- iterson covered the safe withdrawal of the patrol, being the last man to leave the area. Advertising pays; try The Miner. Bernard Patritto Midget Offensive Star The Midgets have averaged 67 13 uver brose, Superior East and Phillips, Jcrry Morzenti has been the top scorer in these games. In each of emptied his bench.

Hence, the Midgets have yet to meet a team to test them. This seems to be assured in the Ashland game on Friday. The preliminary encounter will pit the undefeated Hurley Bees, coached by Mario Gianunzio, against the Ashland juniors. Hurley i 1 71 led by Lt. Masterson went out to'emy in order to call in effective determine the enemy's strength and position.

Noises were heard which indicated the possibility of an enemy ambush, and Lt. Masterson led a group to investigate. After a short distance, the group was stopped by enemy fire and grenades. Lt Masterson crawled forward Commies. How could they be soas chaplain.

The pallbearers were idgets I ravel I rvsriiand mC au persona wug ejinitial Michigan Wisconsin confer- to be assisted by the respective or- tilt for teams. xhe 0re-ganizations. The groups will pur-1 dockerg win be especially rough af-chase the articles for the baskets thov Noldin served a term as county treasurer of Iron county and was the second commander of the Hurley Legion post. He visited Hurley every Memorial day and marched in the ranks with the Hurley Legionnaires. The body arrived in Hurley on Wednesday morning and was taken to the Jelinski funeral home.

Funeral services were held at the Jelinski funeral home on Thursday morning with the Rt Rev. Michael A. Prock officiating. Burial was in the Hurley cemetery. Military rites were by the Hurley Leg iJ0n post with Edgar Dresely acting an past commanders of the Hur Morris, Henry VanHoof, Frank Ers- pamer, ueiestm xner, narry bo-dah and Birger Julin.

Noldin was born in Hurley March 1 IRQ! snrf Ml hon. ahmit 23 years ago and resided in Chicago before moving to Green Bay six years ago. He was employed as a terminal manager for the Cities Service Oil Co. in the Green Bay area. Surviving are his wife, Elsie; a son Sherman, of Green Bay; a daughter, Mrs.

Eugene Lillistrom of Negaunee; two brothers, Raymond of Hammond, and Clarence of Duluth; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Donovan, Mrs. Delphine McMillan and Mrs. Emma Struble, all of Duluth, and eight grandchildren. 'White Cane' The "White Cane" drive to raise funds to purchase a seeing eye dog for a Hurley blind man is now underway with a goal set of $1,500.

The drive is sponsored by the Hurley Lions club, as part of its "sight program," designed to aid, the folks with Door eyesight and the blind. creigmon 4 St-MA-Ft i 4 Vita effort, saia mat tne ciud is unaer- wj-jf--fiminwmmi received some really nice letters, with some nice checks. I The Lions club members will get on 'full ctccm" this eek end when business places, individuals, organizations and professional men will be contacted. Mr. Coxey states: which are to be centered around food for one complete meal for Christmas and any other articles, toys or clothing which the organization wishes to include.

Miss Nancy Caruso, secretary ol thi rhristmaa rhr' Anrv Haithat game and they faced a red hot The Hurley Midgets will have their hands full Friday night when hpv travpl to Ashland to meet a determined Purgolder five In the ceived at Superior on Tuesday night, when the Central Vikings swamped. them by the score of 75 to 44. The Oredockers were down in Viking five, which rode on a 24- point scoring spree by Bob Olson and some fancy rebounding by Ron Schultz. Jack Brose and Tad Bret ting of the Ashland quint will not have the viking height to contend with in the Hurley game. Coach Carl Vergamini will de- 'pend on the 12 lettermen for most of the action against the Purgold-crs.

Almost sure starters are Jim VanHoof, Jerry Morzenti, Bernard Patritto and Dave Bartolutti. Oth ers who are showing a good per- Icentage in their shooting efforts arc Bob Sbraggia, Dick Zell and Alvin Crego. The remaining lettermen who may see action are Dick Vit- tone. Bob Barnabo, Gerald St Cath-j Prine. Leon Baron and Earl Rich- lax? Here was Truman spending 4 Greece, in Italy and and permitting it to flourish under his nose.

We are not worried a-bout how this thing will affect the Tlomnnrat nnrtips. A "ePuulafl" mJI i.n Vm-V tVifir houses. public is not the winner surely. The blundering of Brownell, who made the original wild charges at a po-; litical meeting; the hysterics of Tru-1 man, especially in the latter part; ire of his speech the antics or joe McCarthy, who is now running for president, have not done our prestige abroad any good. As one writer put it, even our friends overseas must conclude that we have no responsible leadership and that verily we must all be crazy.

"One sometimes wonders if they are not partly right. Fear begets madness and President Eisenhower, as he remarked sadly at a press conference, does not believe that 'we can live in fear of each other This remark is worth pondering, even as practical politicians anxiously "total up the political profit and loss in the White case." AFC The passing of Frank Olson is noted in this column. It is difficult for us to call him Dr. Olson. Frank had a very important job in the defense program greater ihan he let it be known.

His loss will be felt in more ways than one. His Wnrk took him all over the world, h. ffjTiT'-'i (Continued on page 5) The worst thing about trying to settle down is that there is so much to be settled up. sent out letters to the organizations again enlisting their aid. Each group delivers its own baskets.

SCHOOL COMMITTEE TO MEET A meeting of the Iron county School Committee will be held at Gilding in Hurley. C.llffoJd St. Louis Mo on Tuesday afternoon in Iron coun ty court on a charge of parking overtime on highway US 51 in 11 f- waf arrested by Hurley police on Tuesday morning. Dr. WiSjwrslriUa.

wood, was kililed instantly Wed- (driving skidded off an icy, road between Kockland and Ontonagon, jMtting a treeMiss. Begins. Ruppe, Ironwood, a passenger in the car, is in a hospital and reported to be in "fair" condition. aFds. The Hurley mentor has beenje games, Coach Vergamini has rard which thev will olace inlesday night when a car he was carrying 15 men on tne varsity It includes freshman Ronald Lundgren, who has shown a good eye but who lacks experience.

Jim Patritto, a sophomore, has shown scoring potential. Ed Vick is a senior who has been on the varsity squad. their window. The committee of the Lions club in charge of this ef- fort has conceived tha i idea of small white lapel cane. The white cane is the identifying mark of a blind man..

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