Funeral Services Saturday For John W Howe
John W Howe 59 of 13 Plymouth Road died Wednesday Aug 7 at Divine Infant Hospital after a brief illness. Born Feb 5 1909 in Wakefield he worked at Plymouth Mine and served in the Armed Forces 1937 39. Surviving wife Lorraine a daughter in Ann Arbor a son in Texas and several relatives. Funeral set for Saturday Aug 10 at 11:00 am at Trinity Lutheran Church Bessemer. Interment Lakeside Cemetery. Visitation 2:00 pm Friday.
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John W. Howe
Plymouth Road
Divine Infant Hospital
Wakefield
Wakefield School
Plymouth Mine
Armed Forces
Lorraine Miller
Ontonagon
Howe
Hazel Davidson
Pontiac
Michigan
Lakeside Memorial Chapel
Trinity Lutheran Church
Bessemer
R. W. Heikkinen
Lakeside Cemetery
Town News Highlights Many Visiting Families Travel Through Wakefield
Mrs. Clarence Sutton and sons Ale Bob and Scotty of Milwaukee visit Celeste Beber and relatives. Tro y Mich visitors Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mazurek and sons stay with Mrs Mazurek’s mother. Many others from Michigan Illinois and Wisconsin visit Wakefield relatives and attend weddings and gatherings. The Rev Wayne Kuusisto and family return from a 6168 mile Canadian U S tour with stops in Sault Ste Marie Ottawa Montreal Quebec City Niagara Falls Newport and Port Arthur before homecoming.
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Clarence Sutton
Ale Bob
Scotty
Milwaukee
Walter Mazurek
Troy, Mich
Mr. Mazurek
John Mazurek
Jack Harju
Sullivan
Missouri
Harjur’s
Wakefield
Rockford
Negaunee
Marquette
Wayne Kuusisto
Canada
United States
Kuusisto
Sault Ste. Marie
Copper Cliff
Sudbury
Ottawa
Parliament Hill
Montreal
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Revere de Loup
New Brunswick
Rhode Island
Newport
Niagara Fall
Detroit
DeKalg
VFW Discusses Additions as Digging Near Complete
Veterans group met to review plans for a new addition such as a community hall. Digging is already in progress and nearly finished, but final details remain undecided with no action taken. County fair slated for August 14 to 18.
Bertrand Leads Escanba Scuba Team Training in Little Bay de Noc
Bertrand, a member of Escanaba six man scuba unit, plans further training in Little Bay de Noc after poll training at the Chapekis home. The team, including five police officers such as Ed Bertrand, is aided by Delta County Prosecuting Attorney Chapekis who allows use of his indoor pool. The unit has completed classes in marine biology to limnology, totaling 38 hours of water training to support underwater search and rescue. Little League Held Meeting at Wakefield.
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Bertrand
Escanba Escanaba
Peninsua
Litte Bay de Noc
Nicholas Chapekis
Chapekis
Delta County
Ed Bertrand
Peter Salo
Goddard
Unofficial Returns For State County And Township Races
The August 6 primary yielded detailed results: Democratic and Republican candidates for Congress, state legislature, and county offices in Wakefield area. Notable tallies include Rudolph J. Egizi 257 for County Clerk and Louis A. Filippini 362 for County Treasurer with a write-in for Burns. Proposals 1 2 3 received 219 186 201 yeas respectively.
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Wakefied
Congress
Raymond F. Clevenger
Jack B. English
Russell Heiman
Jerome C. Nadolney
Eugene Zinn
Chester J. Prebish
Frank T. Perlich
Rudolph J. Egizi
Louis A. Filip
Alfred Wright
David MacDonad
Art Pertile
Wilbert Juntti
John Balone
Olga E. Hanson
Francis W. Duffin
Wakefield
Bessemer Township
Axel Jacobson
Matthew Jurakovich
Peter Romane
Wakefield Township
Wanink
Jarvenpan
Marenisco
Watersmeet
B. J. Conterio
Maki Named General Maintenance Foreman at St Clair Plant
David Maki of Port Huron, son of Mr and Mrs Diva Maki, has been appointed general maintenance foreman for the Diamond Match Company at the St Clair Plant. A Wakefield High School 1958 and Michigan Tech graduate, he has worked at Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co and Boeing in Seattle and taught at Michigan Tech. He is married to Nola Modjewski of Bessemer and has two sons.
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Maki
David Maki
Port Huron
Diva Maki
Diamond Match Company
St Clair
David
Cleveland Cliffs Iren Co
Michigan College of Mines and Technology
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
Nola Modjewski
Bessemer
Wakefield High School
Michigan Tech
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Carl
Michigan Higher Education Assistance Authority
Gogebic Community College
Judy
Gogebic Area
Gogebic Community Colege
Paulette
National Defense
Northern Michigan University
Tom
Zazeski-Wanink
Gretchen Wanink
Leslie Wanink
Thomaston Road
Roger Zazeski
Xavier Zazeski
Pierce St
Christ the King Church
Ramsay
Neil Smith
Sharelyn Wanink
Charles Gosch
Chicago
Lester Medford
Plastics Foundary
Hurley
City Police News
Wayne Hartwig
Pequot Lake
Minnesota
Fred Williams
Hjalmer Maki
Ironwood
John Knodt
Los Angeles
California
Williams
Gerald Warren
Gust Seppa
Pulaski
Wisconsin
Robert Teizlaff
Todd Robert
Carl Raisanen
Judith Salmi
Paulette Anderson
Thomas Budgick
Arthur Haapola
Hancock
Susan Heikkinen
Laurium
Frank Taucher Jr
David Salo
Saginaw
Gary Salo
Rachel Vikanen
Lake Forest, Ill
Nick Hongisto
Zigmund Urbanski
Adam Libertoski
Sao St. Marie, Michigan
al Bridgeman
James Beedy
Frank Urbanski
Ivar Johnson
Royal Oak
Leonard Swanberg
Harvey
Karen
Kenosha
Arnie Wirpie
Gerald Downey
Silver Bay
Gary Pikka
Carl Pikka
Pikka
Traverse Air Force Base
Travis Lodge Lake Tahoe
Traverse Afb
Steven Galmatz
Betty Jean
Kathryn
Roger Sailer
Aurora
Jack Pogliano
Illinois
Iowa
Tom Sporcich
James F. Lebada
Col
James L. Scott
Maine
James Hyppa
Einer Hyppa
Palmer Swanson
Clarkston, Mich
Mr. Swanson
William Harvey
Duluth
Robert Huttle
Ronald Smith
Sheri
Ricky
Cheboygan
Edwin
Doc) Willa
Willa
Eino Haukkala
Lake Superior
Doc
Copper Harbor
Norman Johns
Flint
Mr. Johns
Mrs
Joseph Johns
Roy Williams
Mike Bonello
Antonette Divizio
Robert Doney
Sulivan
Arlington Heights
Ill
Aso
Charles Whiteman
Livonia
Donald Luoma
Whiteman
Kenneth Syrieni
Miwaukee
Syrieni
Walter Salo
Mr. Syrieni
Jacob Syrieni
Harry Zemplinski
Cudahy
Gerald Wensing
Brian
James Davey
Wensing
Davey
Bob Burroughs Sr
Forest Lake
Peter Delmet
Bob
Delmet
Larry G. Mullineaux
Barrington, Ill
Chris Mullineaux
Delmets
Rueben Nurmi
Waukegan
Victor Nurmi
Nurmi
John Franck
Leonard Hellman
Ruth Ann
Mich
Mr. Hellman
Vic Hellman
Bruno Guzin
Bruce
Joy
E. J. Rintamaki
Guzin
Robert Simchak
Ed Lepinski
Walter Simchak
Anton Cassiette
Meur
Mme Pierre Capra
John Pierce Money
Phillip Paragnat
Lyon
France
Swante Pirkola
Santa Clara
Hilma Ahola
Isaac Saari
Daniel Ruona
Wilbert Ruona
Neagunee
Kathy Ruona
Flushing
Nancy Williams
Isaac Saar
Kenneth Reinemann
Famiy
Sheboygan
VFW
Board of Trustees
Mt. Zion
Ironwood Armory
Ironwood Armory Assembly Hall
John J. Negro
Judith-Ann Smolcich
Michael Smolcich
John Negro
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Little League
Wakefield Little League
Robert Brunelle
Charles Piccldi
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