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The Wakefield News

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1972

Page

2

Gogebic County Sheriff reports November activities

Chester L. Prebish reports Gogebic County Sheriff Department activity for November. Nine on duty with 245 man days and 1905 total hours across traffic patrols complaints court and other duties. Department processed 19 prisoners and investigated 13 accidents with 11 property damage and 2 personal injury. Multiple patrols inspections and assists to state police and local departments noted along with 20 liquor inspections and 9 firearms registrations.

Chester L. Prebish Ollowing Gogebic County Newberry State Hospital Lapeer Michigan Gogebic Community College Prebish Michigan Sheriff’s Association North Central Air Michigan State Police

Indianhead Chosen For Midwestern NASTAR Pacesetting Trials

World Wide Ski Corp selects Indianhead Mountain as the Midwestern site for the NASTAR pacesetting trials December 4 to 6. Pacesetters from Midwest areas will race Thursdays Saturdays and Sundays through the season to establish handicaps, with Indianhead praised for terrain and facilities.

Indeiaead World Wide Ski Corp Nastar Vail, Corp Waterville Valley N. H Bob Beattie Indianhead Vail Midwest Beatie United States Mike Sullivan

NASTAR racing offers $2 entry for timed slalom trials

The program gives skiers a fixed handicap by ranking them within trials. A giant slalom course on an intermediate trail lets participants race the clock rather than others. About 80 Midwest ski areas host NASTAR events with a zero handicap for top performers.

Midwest

Park Falls Man Elected Power Company Director

Norman C. Hoefferle, president and general manager of the Flambeau Paper Company Park Falls Wis, elected a new director of the Lake Superior District Power Company at a quarterly Ashland Wis board meeting. He fills a vacancy and has long ties to local business and civic groups.

Park Falls K. S. Austin Lake Superior District Power Company Norman C. Hoefferle Flammbeau Paper Company Wis Kansas City Star Company Ashland Wisconsin Hoefferle Lincoln Manitowoc Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company General Motors Pontiac Michigan Dessie Miller Flambeau Paper Company First National Ist Flambeau Power Company Trees For Tomorrow, Inc Wisconsin Paper & Pulp Manufacturers Traffic Association Wisconsin Paper Information Service

GCC Board of Trustees Scholarships Awarded

The Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees began scholarships in 1968 to honor academic achievement. One or two awards per high school in Gogebic County are given based on enrollment, with $300 to cover one year’s tuition at GCC. For 1972-73 recipients include Julie Jeske and Jeanne Pretti among others.

GCC Board of Trustees Board of Trustees Gogebic Community College Julie Jeske Floyd Jeske Star Route Box 11 Marenisco Mich Julie GCC Jeanne Pretti Henry J. Pretti Pierce St Wakefield Jeanne

Two Wakefield Girls Receive Gogebic College Scholarships

The Gogebic College Board of Trustees honors two Wakefield students Mary Beth Bonello and another recipient with annual honorary scholarships first awarded in 1972 73. Eight high school graduates receive these $100 awards each year for education at Gogebic Community College.

Wakefield Gogebic College Board of Trustees Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees Gogebic Community College Mary Beth Bonello

Wakefield Students Named Freshmen at GCC

Mary Beth Bonello and Barbara Negri, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bonello and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Negri of Wakefield, are freshmen at GCC. Mary Beth concentrates in music while Barbara studies Animal Technology.

Michael Bonello Ashland Ave Wakefield Mary Beth GCC Music Barbara Negri Joseph Negri Third Avenue Barbara

UPCAP Winter Meeting Includes Economic Expansion Talk

William L. Welch will address the UPCAP Delegate Body at the winter meeting in Menominee on December 5. The agenda includes the Upper Peninsula Man of the Year, reports from local agencies, and the Lake State travel and recreation association, with public attendance invited in Escanaba.

UPCAP William L. Welch Michigan Office of Economic Expansion Upper Peninsula Commission For Area Progress Menominee Motor Inn Menominee Harold L. Dettman Upper Peninsula Association of County Commissioners Frank Stupak Gladstone Michigan Upper Peninsula Welch Madison Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Michigan State University Department of Commerce Office of Economic Expansion Wolvrin World Wid Rockford Ill Harvey Sorenson Stephenson Soil Conservation Service Nelson Cook Sault Ste. Marie Ignace U.P. Travel and Recreation Association Robert Leach Marquette Michigan Employment Security Commission Jerome Nesbitt Menominee County R Myron Ross Escanaba Dettman

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Sheriff Department Conservation Department Indianhead Mtn Thomas J. Richter Union Cab Wakefield Township Leslie Waniik For All Blue Ribbon Products Walter Decker State OF Michigan County of Gogebic Rhoda Boller Court House Bessemer Hancock Street Michael E. Nolan Ann S. Massie Robert A. Burns Lake Street P. O. Box Watersmeet Township Ber Clyde Britton Township Marenisco Township Philip Graves
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