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The Wakefield News

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1945

Page

4

Wakefield City Commission holds November 28 1945 meeting

Regular session at City Hall with Mayor Wilson and four commissioners present. Bills approved and later paid. reports on water quality fire calls and heating system filed. Discussions covered snow equipment, sewer work costing about 1600 dollars, veterans affairs funding, Christmas decorations, and plans for an outside entrance to the Memorial Community Building gymnasium.

Wakefield Michigan Ableman Company Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co City of Bessemer Goosenecks and Corporation Stops Board of County Road Commissioners News Record Ted Fulsher Hersey Mfg. Co Kelly-How-Thomson Co Peter Kiewit Sons’ Company Laird Lumber Co Lake Superior District Power Co Lesseryong Hardware Co O.K M. A. Mattola Fred Oberlander Peters & Hemkes A. Kingsmuth Hardware Marko Ruppe Skillings’ Mining Review Standard Oil Company Strand & Roe Westinghouse Electric Supply Co Wakefield Township The American Legion Geroux Post No. 11 Memorial Community Building

City considers grants for remodeling quarters

The commission discussed obtaining financial aid from government agencies for remodeling the quarters. The City Accountant was instructed to contact agencies and representatives. On motion by Commissioner Bedell and seconded by Commissioner Haapoja, the commission adjourned with the motion carried.

Lusa Bedell Haapola Mezzano Haapoja

Finland Inflation Bites Hard Yet Finns Stay Hopeful

A Duluth News Tribune series reports Finland faces steep inflation as the mark collapses, wages rise, and prices surge. Government limits wage hikes while cutting broad price increases. hope rests on credit, foreign trade revival, and policy action to stabilize demand.

Helsinki Finland Charwoman Russia

Wakefield Echo staff forms at first meeting

Wakefield high school Echo staff held its first meeting on Tuesday November 27 The Echo is the senior class annual with officers Editor in chief Erven Maki Associate editor Erna Jacobson Literary editor Thea Marander Business manager June Willa Production Elsie Mattson Photography Estelle Maki Art Betty Piccidi Athletics Dick Novak Stanley Radowski Administration and faculty Mayme Ferratto Class Charlotte Pkika Activities Janet Wilson A student council meeting followed in the Senior High cafeteria with Gust Wourinen presiding Topics on neatness and hall cleanliness were discussed A request to use the auditorium on December 12 was granted by the council Duties for two weeks assigned to various students including bulletin boards master key stamp salesmen and announcers A note ends with Finns fearing economic collapse similar to Germany in 1923.

Wakefield High School Echo Echo Erven Maki Erna Jacobson Thea Marander June Willa Elsie Mattson Estelle Maki Betty Piccidi Dick Novak Stanley Radowski Mayme Ferratto Charlotte Pkika Janet Wilson Gust Wourinen Duffin Beatrice Robichaud Jean Rydeski Donna Moran Master Key Tony Sertich Bill Picchta Joe Sailer Pearl Johnson Marian Ulrich Central Rod McDonald Ray Schiltz Eunice Dalbeck Clyde Benson Ann

Thanksgiving Tuberculosis Broadcast Planned by Students

Patriciae Castle and Jean Rydeski lead a school Tatler issue noting a December 15 broadcast by grades 1 and 11 on tuberculosis at 1:00 p.m. on WJMS Ironwood. Delores Hanson Reuben Haavisto Tony Sertich and Dean Kastelnak will speak as part of the fourth Annual Speech Project sponsored by the Woman's Auxiliary to the Michigan State Medical Society and the Michigan Tuberculosis Association. The statewide project theme is tuberculosis control with scripts entered by Miss Torey and Miss Shirley for state judging and a possible WKAR East Lansing airing on December 14.

WJMS Ironwood Delores Hanson Reuben Haavisto Tony Sertich Dean Kastelnak Woman's Auxil Iary Michigan State Medical Society Michigan Tuberculosis Association Torey Shirley WKAR Michigan State College East Lansing

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