Council Deliberates Mon Day Meeting on Veterans Monument and Fencing
Greene Grigmore and Peterson Granite Co. advised against adding inscriptions to the Wakefield cemetery World War I veteran monument saying a bronze marker would clash with the memorial. Council set bids aside, will reexamine. Other actions included settling Joe Tarro fence dispute, installing parking meters, repairing the Plymouth water reservoir, and considering social security for city workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield Cemetery
Alwen Olson
Greene, Grigmore and Peterson Granite Company
Duluth
Olgon
Olson
Joe Tarro
Tarro
Tobin Addition
Kessler Company
Detroit
Plymouth
Castile
Ruth Cosgrove
Oscar Mackee
League of Michigan Utilities
Houghton
Old Charles Street
State Retirement Association
Chamber of Commerce
Strand & Roe
Minneapolis
Ray Lutwitzi
John D. Morrison and Co
Ironwood
County Road Commission
Clean Motor Co
Hanson Bros. Inc
Lake Superior District Power Co
Teacher Mary Katherine Smith Assigned to Negaunee Third Grade
Miss Mary Katherine Smith, four years a Wakefield teacher, will teach the third grade at Central Grade school in Negaunee. A native of Ewen, she is a graduate of Northern Michigan College, Marquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Negaunee
Mary Katherine Smith
Wakefield
Miss Smith
Ewen
Taconite Film Shows Mesaba Range Program
Rotary club meeting featured a 40 minute color film detailing the Mesaba range taconite project. R D Hodge chaired and explained the mining, crushing, washing, and roasting steps leading to pellet size ore for shipment and furnace use. Next week the club will tour Washington DC with refreshments from WSCS Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesaba Range
Rotary Club
R. D. Hodge
Sunday Lake
Lake Superior
Victor Lepisto
Washington, D. C
WSCS
Methodist Church
J. P. Cloon
Polio Cases Rise in Upper Peninsula
Four new polio cases were admitted at St. Luke's hospital in Marquette. Four fatalities have occurred in the UP this year. Last year by this date there were 16 cases and one death. Counties reporting cases include Alger nine, Iron and Marquette eight each, Chippewa three, Delta two, Houghton two, Baraga, Dickinson, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft, and Mackinac one each, with Gogebic reporting none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P
St. Luke’s Hospital
Marquette
National Foundation For
Upper Peninsula
Alger
Iron and Marquette
Chippewa
Delta
Houghton
Baraga
Dickinson
Ontongan
Schoolcraft
Macmaw
Gogebic County
Death of Tom Drazenovich at Grand View Hospital
Tom Drazenovich 9 of Chaney Lake Road died at Grand View Hospital at 9 15 Saturday. Born March 27 1897 in Austria he worked for Castile Mining Co. Surviving sister Mary Bicanic Mrs Mary Anderson Houghton Yugoslavia visited her son in law and daughter Funeral rites were held Tuesday at St Marys Church Ramsay with Rev Louis Cappo officiating Burial in Lakeside Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Drazenovich
Cnaney Lake Road
Grand View Hospital
Louis Cappo
Ramsay
Lakeside Cemetery
News From Town A Round of Visits and Visitors in Detroit
Mrs Elenora Langston and Mrs Loretta Baron of Detroit returned Thursday after visiting Mrs H L Trezise. Trezise travels to Ann Arbor for her niece Linda Lofberg wedding and plans stops in Owosso and Atlanta to see family. Local readers noted visits by Olson family from Milwaukee, Wozniak in Chippewa Falls, Hobson Williams from Gary, and Bordano of Iron Mountain welcoming a new son David Paul born August 5. The Moline library to close Aug 22 to Aug 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elenora Langston
Loretta Baron
Detroit
H. L. Trezise
Ann Arbor
Linda Lofberg
Douglas
Owosso
David
Atlanta, Ga
Maurice Wozniak
Chippewa Fall
Wis
Wakefield
Steve Bordano
Iron Mountain
David Paul
Bordano
Doris Anderson
Hotel Motel Planned on Raymond Mullen Property
Outsiders purchased the Raymond Mullen property on the south side of US 2 west of Gogebic Auto Co garage for a future hotel motel project. Additional adjacent ground is under option to support the building program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Mullen
Gogebic Auto Co
Immanuel Lutheran Church Weekend Services Schedule
The Immanuel Lutheran Church announces Sunday services on August 21 with Early Worship at 7 00 am Jr Worship at 9 00 am Sunday School at 9 35 am and Family Worship at 10 30 am led by Ronald Bennett a Seminarian from Rock Island Illinois. On Thursday August 25 the Women's Missionary Society meets at the home of Mrs Oscar Marander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Ronald Bennett
Rock Island, Ill
Women’s Missionary Society
Oscar Marander
Cement Shortage Delays Wakefield Public Works Projects
Cement shortages halt Wakefield public works including sidewalk paving on the US-2 contract east of Wakefield. Ready mix concrete has been unavailable for several weeks and may extend into late September, with minor job sacks obtainable from some sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Former Pastor to Teach In Munising High School
Former Wakefield pastor Herbert Ingraham will teach French and English at Munising High School next year after leaving Wakefield three years ago to serve as chaplain and teacher for the Columbus Boys' Choir in New Jersey. He will keep Detroit Conference church membership and has preached as guest in Marquette this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Ingraham
Methodist Church
Munising
Wakefield
Columbus Boys
New Jersey
Detroit
Marquette Methodist Church
Two Weddings Highlight Weekend in Bessemer Milwaukee Area
Lois Marie Lusa wed Jerome F. Tieman in a home ceremony August 13 in Milwaukee with family attending. Rose Marie Gavan and Eero Haukkala joined in marriage at St. Sebastian Church in Wakefield with plans to reside in Bessemer.
Wedding Bells At Drummond Aldridge Wiitanen
Miss Love Esther Wiitanen and Frank E Aldridge wed Saturday August 13 at 2 pm at First Lutheran Church Drummond Wisconsin The ceremony was performed by Rev Arnold Stadius before gladioli decor The bride’s parents are Elias and Love Wiitanen of Comet Location The groom is W E Aldridge and his wife is a Wisconsin State College graduate The bride will teach third grade in Superior The groom is a Calumet High School graduate and a former Army lieutenant now a Wisconsin State College student
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tieman-Lusa
Lois Marie Lusa
Jerome F. Tieman
Oakland
Milwaukee
Elmer Lusa
Anderson Ave
Tieman
Charles Tieman
Thorp
Wis
F. J. Lunn
Michigan
Wisconsin
North
Bartlett
Wakefield High School
Western Union Telegraph Company
Madison
Greenwood
Griffins
Shirley Tieman
Linda Tieman
Ronald Tieman
Glen Tieman
Owen
Don Tieman
Alice Tieman
Walter Gudegast
Eagle River
William Eliason
West Ishpeming
St. Sebastian Church
Rose Marie Gayan
Leo Gagan
Bessemer
Eero John Haukkala
Charles Haukkala
Earling Road
Milton Vanitvelt
Gavan
Wesley Jakkola
Wakefield
Myrtle Wanke
Duane Lane
Marquette
Joseph Mezzano
Superior
First Ave
West
Haukkala
A. D. Johnston
St. Mary’s School of Nursing
Grand View Hospital
U. S. Navy
Gogebic Community College
Love Esther Wiitanen
Frank E. Aldridge
Elias Wiitanen
Comet
W. E. Aldridge
Drummond
Arnold Stadius
Ironwood
Wisconsin State College
Carpenter School
Calumet High School
Army
Korea
Six Wakefield students win nursing scholarships at Reese Hospital
Miss Barbara Ann Sachs, June graduate of Wakefield schools, receives a scholarship from the Woman's Board to enter Michael Reese Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago. Five other girls share the award, covering tuition for the three year program chosen for outstanding achievement at the Midwest’s largest private hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Ann Sachs
Wakefield Schools
Michael Reese Hospital School of Nursing
Chicago
Woman's Board
Miss Sachs
Michael Reese Hospital Medical Center
Midwest
Parking Meters to Be Installed for Sept Service
The Wakefield city council approved a parking meter ordinance at a special meeting, setting a $1 fine for violations and approving 139 meters for Sunday Lake Street and nearby blocks. The meters, removable for winter snow removal, require payment at the Violations Bureau. Installation is slated for the first week in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Bugni
Lake
R. A. Burns
Andy Lake
Wakefield
Harold B. Coolman
Ann Arbor
Jackson
Mich
Nunnemacher Street
Putnam Street
Hancock Street
Sunday Lake Street
Harrison, Hancock and
Pierce Streets
Coolman
Escanaba
Gladstone
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Straits
Post Ofiice
Ee Ane Oe
Lake Street
Resume of Band Classes Begins Next Monday
Carl E. Nelson announces the resumption of instrumental music classes starting next Monday and continuing to Sept 2. Senior band meets 8:15, 8th grade 9:30, 7th grade 10:30 each morning. afternoon rehearsals begin with 5th and 6th brasses at 1, Reeds at 2, drums at 2:30. Seventh graders planning to enroll should report Monday at 10:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E. Nelson
To Present Show Tonight The Big Baby Revue at High School
The Big Baby Revue, an all male spoof, returns tonight at the high school auditorium. Sponsored by the VFW, the entertainment features a lighthearted program for local audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
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Richard Buck
Chad
Ann Anchor
W. S. Peters
Joe Sutter
Carl Peterson
Clawson
Joe
John V. Rancel
Midland, Pa
Rancel
William Tiebel
Louis Cohen
Mr. Cohen
Skud, Goldman Co
Ben Franklin
Norman Olson
Rosemary
Mrs. Hobson Williams
Gary
Ind
John Booke
Okemus, Mich
Lloyd Tobin
Jay Tobin
Mr. Tobin
F. J. Cunneen
San Francisco
Matt Komove
Frank Radowski
Stockbridge
Tom Wojciechowski
Radowski
Michigan City
Adolph Beausoliel
Oakville
Ontario
Hector LaBelle
Royal Oak, Mich
David Bellmore
Frank Bellmore
Charles Rizzie
Manistique
Rizzie
Chevrolet
Mr. Bordano
Ruth Matis
Lenore Sieger
Ashland
Margaret Taylor
John Ozzello
Kewatin, Minn
Ozzello
Albert Linder
Mr. Ozzello
Ada Ozzello
Lake Gogebic
Navy
William Bonifas
Thomas L
Divine Word Seminary
Nea
Gayan
Aldridge-Wiitanen
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