Thanksgiving Feast Dominates Local Morsel Tales
A long-wrowned Thanksgiving tale recalls All-Wool Niemi bragging he could out eat all at the table, demanding a double dessert. Lectures at Community Building touched on looking beyond rainbows, coal dust makeup, and lipstick myths. Post office changes and return of servicemen highlighted local life, with Ed Bertrand delayed by illness and a New York return. Migration trends favor smaller towns. White Pine reawakens with copper, new housing, and a single dollar rent. Milkman closures end local dairies, and a Wakefield couple welcomed a son, Robert Thomas.
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Niemi
Woods Work Courses Offered at Tech
In response to requests from prospective students, the Michigan College of Mining and Technology will start a second group in its Practical Woods Industries School on January 2. The 33 week program includes tree identification forest surveying timber estimating logging methods sawmill operations lumber grading scaling logs and forest care. Students live in a forest camp about fifty miles from Houghton during much of the work and should contact the registrar at once.
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Michigan College of Mining and Technology
Practical Woods Industries School
Houghton
Patricia Duffin Elected Freshman Council Rep
Patricia Duffin of Wakefield was elected representative of the freshman class to the Student Council at Western Michigan College in Kalamazoo during campus elections this week. Renew your News subscription.
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Patricia Duffin
Wakefield
Western Michigan College
Kalamazoo
Sarah's Place Farm Sale Sparks Family Clash
In McClure News segment by Ronald Keeler, Sarah faces a forced sale of the family farm as her father insists on cash-only terms. Lawyer Jayne arrives to review the deal while Sarah pressures to buy with her own funds. The scene shifts to the pig pen as the livestock’s bizarre behavior signals tension before final decisions. Clarence LaChance and A Ross Pascoe visited Wakefield, with Pascoe speaking at Ironwood police school.
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Sarah
Jayne
Clarence LaChance
State Tax Commission
A. Ross Pascoe
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Lansing
Wakefield
Mr. Pascoe
Ironwood
Rotary Sponsors Football Banquet for Cardinal Team
Members of the Cardinal football team and coaches will be honored guests at a banquet sponsored by the Rotary club at their regular Monday meeting at six. Dan Young Ramsay will be the speaker. J H Brown is the program chairman and dinner will be served by the Ladies Aid of Immanuel Lutheran Church.
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Cardinal
Rotary Club
Dan Young
Ramsay
J. H. Brown
Ladies Aid
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Knights of Columbus to Hold Monday Meeting
Knights of Columbus to meet Monday evening at the club rooms in the Pharmacy building. Sgt Nick Modders is in Lansing on business and conference at state police headquarters.
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Knights of Columbus
Pharmacy
Nick Modders
Lansing
State Police
Soldier Seeks Reenlistment and Branch Choice
A service member states that reenlisting for three years preserves current rank and allows choosing a branch of service Air, Ground or Service Forces with potential posting to any overseas theater of choice. The remark highlights career flexibility and international posting options.
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Anaes
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