Bits of Local Take for the Men Over There
A rambling Wakefield column reflects on deer hunting misadventures and snowy scenery. Tales include Johnny Lane and Nels Simonson chasing a buck, Clare misidentifying a red squirrel as game, and the mood of the woods with friends like Mungy Mellstrom and Baldy Haskins. Other bits note pool table ingenuity, encounters in Boston, Plymouth mine activity, and home front humor about wives guiding hunts. A light farewell honors Fr. Tom and messages to soldiers Kernitski and Kabootski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Lane
Nels Simonson
Johnny
Nels
Mungy
Baldy
Haskins
Clare
Abie” Kimbell
Kim
Emil Grasso
Tala Road
Mike Radowski
Burma
Edmond Wasielewski
Boston
John Thomas
Wakefield
Plymouth
Tom Obradovich
Verne Gowe
Verne
Harry Sutter
Buck
Lake Gogebic
Tom
Ashland
Heaven
Anna Margaret Healy
Gertrude Young
Bill Koch
Koch
Mr. Koch
Shakeup Seen in Liquor Control Department
Auditor general and lieutenant governor elect Ver non J Brown advocates liquor department reorganization after Gov Kelly asks for information. He cites study of other states and a potential constitutional amendment to rethink the three member commission and improve administration amid tensions with Brig Gen Louis Kunzig. Brown criticizes the commission's cooperation and management during the current strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon J. Brown
State Liquor Control Commission
Gov. Kelly
Brown
Kelly
Ohio
Pennsylvania
The
Liquor Commission
Louis A. Kunzig
Kunziig
Michigan
Commission
George Bullen
Kunzig
War Stamp Sales and Citizenship Honors Highlight School Notes
War stamp sales in junior and senior high rise to 1565 total with 580 in junior and 985 in senior. D A R Good Citizenship winner Adele Cormier led senior class candidates while Miss Del Favero and Mr Koch shared honors for perfect stamp participation. Science notes mention gold ensupster mice and other reptiles. junior high basketball plans include intramural teams, schedules, and coach H W Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Tyack
Patty Duffin
Adele Cormier
Adele
Nona Karling
Mary Petroff
Gone
Jerusalem
Asia
Gowe
Erwin
Washington
Puritan
Wakefield
Community Building
H. W. Marshall
To the People of this Community War Bank Appeal Message
A fragmented patriotic notice speaks to residents about supporting the Pacific war effort and urges awareness of war bonds. It references GI Joe and a $100 War Bond program, but readable details are limited and garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Joe
Michigan Mirror Decline Reported in Consumer Income
Michigan Mirror notes a drop in consumer income while Nims forecasts 1945 revenue at 92 million dollars. The state stream control commission orders the city of Saginaw to take action on the related water project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nims
The
State Stream Control Commission
Saginaw
Michigan Works To Improve Sewage System And Camp GI Aid
The commission moves to complete a sewage collection and treatment system and to stop raw sewage dumping into the river. It served its first notice in September 1958. War-time tuberculosis deaths rise in Michigan as Christmas Seal campaign opens. Anticipating 50,000 veterans in colleges, 25 institutions gain GI Bill training approval. An army GI editor suggests raffling a discharge each day to pay off national debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
State Board of Education
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kernitzski
Kabootski
Liquor Control Department
Wakefield Township
Fred Drier
Pacific
Michigan Mirror
Our
First National Bank of Wakefield
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Tae Tin
A. Us
Iavnrid Lomiser Co
Wike
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