Wakefield Faces Water Shortage Amid Leak and Low Pressure
City water department hunts a leak on a Bedell Avenue main causing widespread low pressure and outages. A new well operates at low capacity while Loomis Pit pumps supply supply. Gogebic Hospital and Plymouth tank experience shortages as officials warn residents to conserve until repairs restore normal pressure.
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City Water Department
Water Department
Bedell Ave
Pierce
Lewis Streets
Loomis
Chicago
Wakefield
Plymouth
Civil Defense
Divine Infant Hospital Admissions and Discharges Listing
Hospital admissions and discharges dated December list multiple patients by name and home town across Wakefield Ironwood Bergland Bergland Marenisco and other communities. Entries include medical surgical and injury notes with patient and guardian details.
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Divine Infant Hospital News
Berta Lapinski
Ramsay
Aliiia Bjorkquist
Wakefield
Connie Marie Conley
Marenisco
Janice Hendrickson
Bessemer
Eugene Koski
Cynthia Koski
Sandra Kaski
Fred Gustafson
Watersmeet
Einar Wirtann
Medical
John Douglas Corullo
Thomas Barbacovi
Lisa Mars
Charle Allen
Ironwood
Lucian Olejniczak
Surgical
Albert Brunk
Mdical
Jacqueline Wirtanen
Anvil
Axel Laine
Lorraine Cox
Peter Holup
Medic Pertile
Ralph Massa
Edward Lillie
Peter Basolo
Son
US-2 Construction to Start on Two Contracts
Work to begin on two contracts totaling 2.6 million dollars for more than 16 miles of US-2 between Watersmeet and Gogebic Station in Gogebic County. The new highway will parallel the existing route and eliminate several curves and hills as part of the Department’s long-range modernization plan for the Upper Peninsula.
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Watersmeet
Gogebic Station
Gogebic County
Highway Department
Upper Peninsula
Students Discuss Responsibility At Home School Government And Society
At the Mary MacDonald Club meeting, Wakefield High FTA panelists John Petranek Margaret Kaczmarek Joyce Reinecke and Gretchen Wanink explored student responsibility at home at school to government and to society. They stressed family cooperation classroom rules respectful critique voting and understanding laws to preserve freedoms and welfare. The discussion included a lively Q A and a teacher pledge precedes the session.
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Mary MacDonald Club
Wakefield High School
Future Teachers Associaton
Gary Pikka
FTA
John Petranek
Margaret Kaczmarek
Joyce Reinecke
Gretchen Wanink
Ella Noll
Elsie Kleimola
Grace Graves
Christmas Trees For Sale By Methodist Youth Fellowship
The Methodist Youth Fellowship offers Christmas trees for sale to raise funds. Trees are viewable and purchasable at the Irving Waniik residence. Also a reminder to voters to check registration at the clerk's office.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Irving Waniik
Michigan student earns U S Senate Youth Program spot
John Petranek of Wakefield High School earns one of two Michigan seats in the U S Senate Youth Program. The trip to Washington D C runs January 27 to February 1 and includes meetings with Congress members and government officials, with all expenses paid by the Hearst Foundation and the U S Senate. Petranek is Student Council chairman for Division III and active in FTA 4 H football basketball tennis swimming and other clubs. He departs January 26 for Washington with a focus on leadership and civic learning.
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John Petranek
Wakefield High School
U. S. Senate
Michigan
Hearst Foundation
Washington
D. C
Congress
John
Francis W. Duffin
Pretti
University of Michigan
FTA
Peter Petranek
Washington, D. C
Saint Nicholas Visits Divine Infant Hospital on December 6
Saint Nicholas visited Divine Infant Hospital patients on December 6, with Father Marion in role as chaplain and a bishop’s gift for each patient. The piece recounts Nicholas’s charitable history from early life in Patara to bishop of Myra and the dowry story behind Santa Claus.
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Saint Nicholas
Divine Infant Hospital
Marion
O.F.M
Saint Nick
Santa Claus
Patara
Asia Minor
Myra
Nicholas
Funeral Services Held For Daniel Delich 74
Daniel Delich 74 of Hamtramck died Thursday at the Veterans Hospital in Dearborn. Born February 22 1889 in Lika Yugoslavia he came to the United States as a young man and lived in the area since 1920. He worked for General Motors and was not married Surviving relatives include nieces and nephews Funeral services were held Tuesday at Lakeside Memorial Chapel with Rev James Ritchie officiating Burial followed at Lakeside Cemetery Pallbearers named Delichs and Ramseys from Wakefield.
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Daniel Delich
Hamtramck
Veterans Hospital
Dearborn
Lika
Yugoslavia
United States
Detroit
Delich
General Motors Corp
Lakeside Memorial Chapel
James Ritchie
Lakeside Cemetery
Peter Delich
Dewey Delich
Mike Dewey
Robert Delich
Fred Lane
Wakefield
Nick Dellich
Ramsay
Pot-luck Supper Planned by Circle Four at Olejniczak Home
Immaculate Conception Church Circle Four sets a pot-luck supper for Sunday December 15 at 6 00 PM at the home of Mr and Mrs Bernard Olejniczak. All members urged to attend and note the time change.
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Immaculate Conception Church
Bernard Olejniczak
Wakefield School Board Raises Ice Rink Use and Bus Transport
Wakefield board approves leasing the ice rink to a committee led by Troopers Moyle and Francisca for winter skating, with fuel oil supplied by the district. A bus will transport Ski Club to Porcupine Mountains, and church film showing on race relations is permitted without charge.
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Trezise
Wasielewski
Moyle
Francisca
Wakefield
VFW
Junttila
Bethany Lutheran Church
Porcupine Mountains
Tiberi
Gilbert
North Central Association
MASA
Sutter
NCA
Chicago
Kleimola
Grand Rapids
Tosco
Ironwood
Personal notices of visitors and holiday plans
Mr and Mrs Jack Baker and daughter Cathy of Grayling Michigan visited Mrs Baker s mother and relatives. Mr and Mrs Ray Hulmer of Napa California visited here. Mr and Mrs Ernest Saari and Diane left for Denver Colorado to spend holidays with family. A Blood Bank is planned for Monday Dec 16 at Divine Infant Hospital from 9 am to 6 pm CST. Wakefield Post Office announces window service all day Saturday Dec 14 and 21. Patrons are asked to mail parcels early for Christmas deliveries.
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Jack Baker
Cathy
Grayling, Mich
Ernest Saari
Diane
Denver
Colo
Jack Sarri
Charles Onstatt
the Divine Infant Hospital
Wakefield
Chamber of Commerce Christmas party set for Saturday
The Wakefield Chamber of Commerce announces its annual Employer-Employee Christmas party Saturday December 14 at 7 p m in the American Legion Quarters. Dinner follows with group singing Santa visit for the ladies and a program. Art LaHa will screen two colored films Wintering White Tails and Adventures in Alaska featuring caribou bear and moose hunts.
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Chamber of Commerce
Wakefield Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Santa
Art LaHa
Alaska
Christmas Fair A Success At Wakefield PTA Event
The Wakefield PTA sponsors a Christmas Fair in a church setting with a lifesize Nativity scene and traditional choir music. James Empey chaired the program while Mrs. Wilfred Willa gave the welcome and the fair committee offered thanks for a successful fundraiser.
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Wakefield Pta
James Empey
Wilfred Willa
PTA
November Registrants for Gogebic County Selective Service
The list of individuals registered in Gogebic County during November includes Dennis J. Jacobson John P. Lauzon Ralph W. Peterson Reino Hill Jr Dale W. Berg Russell T. Wasielewski Robert J. Lamont Mathew J. Rooker Clement J. Kolesar James W. Talaska Thomas R. Walczak Paul D. Kangas Keith Carlson and John A. Halvorsen.
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Gogebic County Selectve Service
Dennis J. Jacobson
John P. Lauzon
Ralph W. Peterson
Reino Hill, Jr
Dale W. Berg
Russell T. Wasielewski
Robert J. Lamont
Mathew J. Rooker
Clement J. Kolesar
James W. Talaska
Thomas R. Walczak
Paul D. Kangas
Keith Carlson
John A. Halvorsen
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John Riesinger
Eli Milkovich
Wakefeld
Albert Saily
Bergland
Kurt Morden
Wesley Rice
Eugene Hautamaki
Bruce Crossing
Pedro Garcia
Eli Miljevich
Ralph Dinnocenzo
Tron Mountain
William Brennan
Connie Conley
Milon McKenzie
Presque Isle
Matt Kangas
Ernest Salonen
Ernest Sandell
Frank Kovaevich
Paul Heikkila
Edwin Laitinen
Trout Creek
St. Scholastica
Duluth
Marsha Beling
Carol Gay
Judy Reese
Jane Gilbert
Kay Ranello
Rosemary O’connor
Mary Liefield
Carl Kliemola
Carl E. Kleimola
John Tosco
Gordon Moyle
Frank Francisco
Loren Jakkola
Department of Public Instruction
David Mac
Ray Hulmer
Napa, Calif
John Ahola
Okie
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