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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1923
Page
5
The City Commission did not hold its regular meeting on Thursday November 29 1923 due to Thanksgiving Day. City Clerk William Jacobson records the cancellation and notes the official actions for the period.
The Wakefield City Commission met December 6 1923 at city hall with Mayor Alvin Rummel presiding. They approved minutes, paid numerous vendors, discussed snow plow bids, and authorized a rotary snow king contract subject to county road guarantees. They heard finance and audit discussions and calendar items including health conference funding and road improvements.
The 1924 calendar season looms as calendars flood homes via grocers bakers bankers and druggists delivering in waves. Families plan shelf space for kitchen doors bedrooms and mantels as the year’s dates birthdays and holidays are mapped with the leap year and Halloween noted. Fathers note paydays while mothers anticipate long weekends and reminders for bills and anniversaries in a lighthearted local take on the annual calendar deluge.
The text sketches holiday dates including Friday July 4 Labor Day on Monday September 1 New Year’s Day Tuesday Thanksgivings Day and Christmas on the same weekday Columbus Day on Sunday and Washington’s birthday February 22 suggesting two weekend trips as preludes and postludes to a two week vacation Visit Skud and Goldman’s Torlsead with the youngsters today.
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