Wakefield Mine Valuations Face Radical City Cuts
The Wakefield city commission weighs drastic reductions in mine valuations as ore bodies deplete and taxes rise. Officials warn postwar public works will fail without trimming top heavy administration costs. James Hoskins, CIO financial secretary, traveled to Detroit for the Republican state convention as a county delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
State Tax Commission
James Hoskins
The
Sunday Lake Cio
Detroit
Planes Down in Wilderness Safe Recovery Planned
Ten crew members of a B-17 bailed out Wednesday morning after a crash near Mirror Lake in the Porcupine mountains. All are accounted for with no serious injuries, and the bomber lies in a tangled wreckage some 12 miles west of Nonsuch mine. Salvage plans await military orders as rescuers reach the site. The bomber, from Sioux City, Iowa, was on a routine flight. Crew includes Sgt Leonard Rogers and Lt Thomas P. Smith Jr among others, with 12 names listed.
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Porcupine Mountain
Mirror Lake
Little Carp Lake
Nonsuch M‘ne
Fot
W. J. Pinkerton
Union Bay
Silver City
Marquette
Peninsula
Sioux City
Iowa
Leonard Rogers
Pulaski
N. Y
Thomas P. Smith Jr
Louis Starks
Raymond F. Reitschel
Alexander W. Calder II
Charles F. Sturgeon
Dalmar C. Spears
Richard H. Hayes
Jeff W. Britton
M. Sieler
Nine At Lutheran Church Confirm Nine At Lutheran Church
Sunday church activities include Sunday school at 9 30 a m and morning worship with confirmation at 11 00 a m The confirmation class lists Sally Gustafson Billy Gustafson Dean Kasternak Lester Martinson Ernest Johnson Reuben Johnson Dorothy Jokinen Shirley Bolen and Betty Lou Nelson Also planned are Immanuel society gathering at 8 00 p m Wednesday with refreshments by Mr and Mrs Oiva Koivula Thursday Ladies Aid at 3 00 p m hostesses Mrs Ella Evans and Mrs John Eliason and choir at 7 00 p m The W M S meets Friday at 8 p m at Miss Esther Olson home with Miss Elvira Johnson in charge of the program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Gustafson
Billy Gustafson
Dean Kasternak
Lester Martinson
Ernest Johnson
Reuben Johnson
Dorothy Jokinen
Shirley Bolen
Betty Lou Nelson
Immanuel Society
Oiva Koivula
Ladies Aid
Ella Evans
John Eliason
Esther Olson
Elvira Johnson
Trezise Accepted for V-12 Naval Training
David Trezise returned from Milwaukee Wednesday morning and was accepted for naval training under the V-12 program. He will be in the naval reserve until high school graduation in June, then be subject to call for active duty. He will study at an accredited school to train as a deck officer. He turns 18 in October and has three older brothers in the military. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Trezise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Trezise
Milwaukee
Naval Reserve
David
H. L. Trezise
First Lutheran Church Finnish Activities Schedule
Saturday church school meets at 9 30 a m. Sunday quarterly meeting begins with service at 9 30 a m. Tuesday choir reheals at 6 30. Wednesday Luther League at 7 30. Thursday no Ladies Aid but group serves lunch at Ramsay Town Hall after afternoon service there on April 30. Mrs Toivo Pyykola is chairman. March April birthday group plans program on Sunday evening April 30. Members urged to participate. Mrs Isaac Saari and Mrs Gust Wourinen are co chairmen.
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cChurch School
cChoir
Luther League
Ramsay Town Hall
Toivo Pyykola
Isaac Saari
Gust Wourinen
Methodist Church Worship and Choir Plans
The Methodist Church holds Sunday worship at 9 30 with special choir selections and a sermon titled Two People at an Old Well. Sunday school meets at 10 45. Choir rehearses Thursday at 6 30, confirmation class Saturday at 10 30, and the church invites all to attend with a welcome. Pastor J H Oatey signs the notice.
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Methodist Church
J. H. Oatey
Air Hero Grasso to Visit Parents on Furlough
Emi Grasso, hero of European missions, has arrived in the United States on a special assignment. After quarantine, he is expected to receive a furlough to see his parents Mr. and Mrs. Emil Grasso of Pike. Sgt. Grasso is a seven time awardee, with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with oak leaf clusters, and the Purple Heart for wounds and gallantry in action. He has three years in air service and spent a year in England.
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S/Set
Emi Grasso
Europe
United States
Emil Grasso
Pike
Sgt
Grasso
Air Service
England
Injunction Awarded to Halt Cutting on Connor Lands
A temporary injunction to prevent further cutting on the Connor lands in the Porcupine area was granted in circuit court Thursday. The order to show why the injunction should not be permanent will be heard May 22.
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Connor
Porcupine
Musicians Entered In The Board Approves Large Group
The board of education has given its consent for a large group of musicians. Gordon Walton is recuperating in Chicago from cataract surgery on his left eye. Months earlier he had Mrs. Vincent Sleepy Yatchak remove a cataract from his right eye and has returned from Vining Minnesota.
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Board of Education
Gordon Walton
Chicago
Vincent
Sleepy
Veterans' Hospital Serves as Center for Returning Servicemen
The veterans' hospital, one of the nation's longest established, is being used as a central facility for servicemen returning from duty. It acts as a hub for medical care, rehabilitation, and support services to help veterans readjust after service.
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Veterans’ Hospital
Wakefield Bakery Change of Ownership May First
Wakefield Bakery will enter new ownership after May 1 as James Randall buys Arthur C. Johnsons interests and continues the business as The Wakefield Bakery. Randall has long served as chief baker. the Johnsons will remain in Wakefield with no definite plans announced.
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Wakefiel Bakery
Wakened Bakery
James Randall
Arthur C. Johnson
Wakefield Bakery
Randall
Johnson
Wakefield
Local Happenings Highlight Cross-Country Travel and Returns
Mrs. William Strough visits Chicago to see her son William and friends. Marengo hosts Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rintamaki visiting Mrs. Maria Rintamaki. Hans Hanson, employed in L'Anse, spent the weekend with family. Ilsa Salmela returns from Detroit relatives visit. John Ahola Jr. visits Eagle River with Walter Gudegest. Various Wakefield residents travel to Detroit Chicago Calumet Hancock and Green Bay for work and family reunions.
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William Strough
Chicago
William
Jack Rintamaki
Marengo
Maria Rintamaki
Hans Alvin Hanson
L’anse
John Salmela
Detroit
John Ahola Jr
Eagle River
W. C. Davies
Betty Work
Wakefield
Rachel Graves
Ironwood
V. Autere
George
Calumet
Hancock
Mohawk
Tillman Thompson
Metropolitan Insurance Agency
Torkko
Trettin
Navy
Lucien Olejniczak
Wausa
Wis
John Rosemargy
Olejniczak
Jack Wojciehowski
Frank Wojciehowski
England
Dries
Mary Hallberg
John Makela
Reino Korpi
Whitehorse
Canada
Brook
Mae DelFavero
Louis DelFavero
Plymouth
Ellen Nyman
Wakefield Hospital
Muskegon
Frank Weber
Verona
Milwaukee
Mary
Sarah Batinich
Ailie Lehto
Ida Lehto
Sgt Keskey Missing Since 1943 Now Prisoner of War
Sgt. Wiliam Keskey reported missing in April 1943 is identified as a prisoner of war in Germany. He is alive, and the War Department will inform his family of better news while arranging insurance allotment and sending his personal belongings. Keskey earned the Air Medal on February 1, 1943 and later oak leaf clusters for meritorious achievement over continental Europe.
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Wiliam Keskey
Germany
War Department
Keskey
Sgt
Europe
Free pre school clinic for Wakefield kindergartners
Wakefield schools host a free clinic for children entering kindergarten in 1944 or January 1945 born, with Dr. H A Tressel providing physical exams and smallpox vaccination. Attendees may go to Junior high on April 23 at 2 30 pm, Central School on April 27 at 2 30 pm, or Wico School on May 2 at 3 08 pm.
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Wakefield
H. A. Tressel
Central School
Wico
New Postoffice Location Move Reported for Wakefield
Before May 1 the Wakefield post office will be located in the north half of the Kerkes building on Sun Gay Lake street. Orders to move were received this week by Post Office officials and the change is to be completed promptly.
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Postoffice
Wakefield Postoffice
Kerkes
Sun- Gay
City Receives 2235.36 From State Funds for Postwar Plans
The city will receive 2235.36 to help cover surveys plans and specifications for postwar projects. City Engineer Nels Simonson and City Accountant William Jacobson reported after a county city and school meeting at the court house in Bessemer. State planning officials noted projects should be funded by need materials and labor and urged immediate local action to prepare data for the 50 50 state aid distribution.
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City Commission
Nels Simonson
William Jacobson
Simonson
Jacobson
Court House
Bessemer
Robert R. Wright
State Planning Commission
Gale Gibson
Gibson
Mr. Jacobson
Olson
Trolla
Wico
Hanna Iron Ore Company
Madeline Bugni
Ernest Swanson
Nunnemacher Street
M. A. Mellstrom
Electric
Midwest
ISMA
Chicago
Order of Eastern Star
Percy Jones Hospital
Attend Rote Meet Mr and Mrs L Voyer R A
A brief social item notes that Mr and Mrs L Voyer and R A attend the Rote Meet. Details mention their presence at a local gathering and indicate a social engagement of the period.
Sponberg Promoted to Engineer in Charge at Volunteer mine
Ed Sponberg, longtime Plymouth mine engineer, is promoted to engineer in charge of all operations at the Volunteer mine in Palmer on the Marquette range. He succeeds Thomas Wills, now superintendent at Embarrass on the Mesaba range. Wills moves to Embarrass, joining the active shipping list as ore stockpile. Willam Benson opens season next week as planned. Wakefield mine to ship stock ore starting next week. Sgt. Paul Lepisto, son of Mr and Mrs Victor Lepisto, has arrived in Africa per parental notice.
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Sponberg
Ed Sponberg
Plymouth
Palmer
Marquette Range
Thomas Wills
Mr. Wills
Embarrass
Mesaba Range
Willam Benson
Wakefield
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Kabootski
Wakefield News
Ann Galiatz
Betty Ahola
Betty
Ann
Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church
Air Hero
Louise and
Rita
Waukegan, Il
Ludwig O. Hattula
Superior
Hattula’s
Mrs. L. Voyer
R. A
Paul Lepisto
Mrs
Victor Lepisto
Africa
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