Keeping Them Smiling in Wakefield Community Aid Drive
A long list of local donors and participating businesses backs a community campaign titled Keeping Them Smiling. Notables include James C. Bedell, Joe Zimmer, Ensign Walter Le pisto, S. T. Bonino, Wakefield Pharmacy, J. J. Frick Co, First National Bank, Knights of Columbus, public venues like Sunday Lake Tavern and Baby Face Tavern, and many residents contributing through shops and co op stores. The effort mobilizes Wakefield’s civic groups and merchant families to fundraise and support underprivileged residents.
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James C. Bedell
Joe Zimmer
Edythe Rummel
Walter Lepisto
Frank Kanieski
Melvin Melistrom
Edward Keskey
J. J. Frick Co
S. T. Bonino
Emil Ament
Alfred Rasch
Fred Gerbig
Oscar Nordlund
S. V. Autere
John Ahola Sr
John Maki
Joe Vicker
Victor Maki
Valentine Haavisto
Wakefeld Co-op
James Mezzano Sr
Sunday Lake Tavern
Baby Face Tavern
Art Cavender
J. Krienta
Martha Waataja
Peoples Co-op Store
George Steiger
Walter Grabowski
Eric Johnson
Edward Waataja
Joseph Monette
Joseph Finco
Ralph Olson
Ray Sorel
John McMillan
Thomas Amiland
Emilio Mattio
Walter Koski
Anton Hoblowitz
Paul Soulosky
Alvin Martin
Fred Fafford
Harold Mercer
Robert O’connor
Anton Perotti
George Mattonen
William Niemi
Oscar Youngren
Rube Laessig
John Cossetto
William Hautanen
John Simko
Irving L. Voyer Sr
Gordon R. Connor
Earl Angus
John
Regents Alumni Scholarships Open To Area High School seniors
One or more graduating seniors can receive four years of tuition at the University of Michigan if they qualify for Regents Alumni Scholarships offered in every accredited high school. Applications after Dec 15 with Feb 28 deadline. eligibility requires top third class rank, leadership, desire for college, good health, and passing University exams. Boys in first eight months after entry who face the draft are ineligible. Selection by University committee with alumni, teachers, and community leaders input.
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University of Michigan
Regents
Michigan's pay-as-you-go policy praised by state treasurer
State Treasurer D. Hale Brake touts a pay-as-you-go approach after Michigan spent 133.4 million to retire 80 million in World War I era bonds. The final retirements show savings versus debt, with a 737 thousand dollar yearly surplus and a postwar reserve fund. Brake notes high interest would have reduced taxpayers' flexibility and urges consideration of a lasting pay-as-you-go policy.
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Michigan
D. Hale Brake
Brake
State Highway Department
Blake
Treasury
Local Happenings Holiday Visits Across Cities
Mrs. Sam Simchak and Mrs. Jack Burt holiday visits. many local residents spent Christmas in Chicago Milwaukee Detroit and elsewhere. Families from Negaunee Brainerd Marquette and Rockford hosted relatives while students and workers paused for Christmas. Church notices from First Lutheran announce services and school resumption. Alaska note on continuous daylight in July.
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Sam Simchak
Jack Burt
Vranich
Chicago
Gladys Burt
First Lutheran Church
Pay-As-You-Go Lesson in Borrowed Funds Difference
The speaker notes that raising to pay off the $80,000,000 borrowed reveals the contrast with payroll funding. The remark frames the gap as a lesson in how pay-as-you-go budgeting affects overall debt management and financial strategy.
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George Nurmikko
A. Haug
Frank Anderson
Old Italian Grill
Wakefield Pharmacy
Laird Lumber Co
Edith Kallander
A. C. Johnson
Master Cleaners
Robert A. Burns
First National Bank
Gust Borgaro
Earl Gates
William Walter
J J. Ozzello
Andrew Pricco
Dave Cavan
Frank Brusseau
L. G. Wilson
F. A. Trewyn
Elmer L. Johnson
Harry Doering
Sydella
Kingsmuth Hardware
Wakefield Bakery
Cleon Motor Co
Mauritz Bye
Olson Brothers
Jack Douglas
Federal Cash
Sack’s
J. J. Novak
Ed Novak
Leo Patyk
Alex Harju
Joseph Kanieski
Hanson Brothers
Elmer Jokinen
Wakefield Lumber Co
Waine Hill
Adorable Beauty Shop
Delmet Mercantile Co
Matt Pikka
John Lane
Isaac Saari
Art Johnson
Hardy Jorgenson
William Jacobson
Chester Rydeski
Ann Galinats
Monica Kanieski
Celeste Beber Jr
Oscar Hallberg
William Lane
James Ozzello
Jack Koski
Albert Hanson
George Cavender
James Trebilcock
John Lewis
Reino Salmi
Stanley Neznanski
Nels Simonson
Catherine Galiardi
Lila Maki
Ernest Proteau
Jared Bordano
Andrew Forte
Hans
Hanson
Iver Hill
Joseph Urbanski
Joseph Patyk
Ida Saari
Victor Nurmi
J. A. Frederickson
Paul Lieberthal
John W. Thomas
Russell B. Wortley
Ed C. Sponberg
Knights of Columbus
William Brennan
Ed Murto
J. Mraz
S. Tyack
Jerry Tyack
August Bye
Godfrey Stevenson
Ed Linder
Arvid Nurmi
Joseph Piccldi
Wiettie A. Hill
Lila Kangas
Eunice Keskey
Edwin Schmidt
Alex Stralena
Walter Lewandowski
Wm. French
George Colgin
Peter Ceronsky
Ole Jacobson
Lawrence Viviano
Gust Hemke
Joe Woloszen
Eldred Keast
Matt Marusich
Willard Gray
John Kumma
Charles Carney
Henry Maki
George Simpka
Frank Hoffman
Wallace Olson
Walfred Willing
Joseph A. Ferrari
Richard Riski
Nick Gentile
J. H. White
H. H. Peters
Connor Lumber & Land Co
J. M. Anderson
Roy Porter
Jack Klemmer
J. C. Wiggins
E. F. W. Neidhold
George Abraham
John McDonald
Henry Carew
Louis Nobert
Lambert Thomas
John Gottwald
Domenic Ricca
Harry Jacobson
Emil Torkko
Robert Lawrie
Paul Oberg
E. J
Oscar Hendrickson
Louis Osier
Harry Hunt
Kenneth Bowker
Mike Obradovich
Arvo Liuha
Arvo Niemela
Sam Young
Paul Kreski
Nels Luoma
Carroll Bowker
Steve Galinatz
C A. Jacobson
W. E. Fisher
Leslei Bedell
Elmer Lusa
Oresti Bruno
Henry J. Osier
Mike Polovitz
Louis DelFavero
George Howe
J. H. Brown
Eli Popovich
Mary MacDonald
Patsy Corolewsii
Jennie Corolewski
Letizia Pitrone
Mary Stefanik
Curtis Rice
Shirley Weber
Doris Torreano
Gloria Carlson
Jean Stahowiak
Margaret Cowling
Arlene Ruhti
Beatrice Dianich
Esther Haglund
Helen Jalonen
Maryella Townsend
M. Neznanski
Anna Healy
Eleanor Priewert
Jane Wicker
Ruth
Rosemary Novak
O. Robarge
Virginia Beber
Eleanor Maki
Margery Sopko
Norman Olson
C. Beber Sr
Mary Ann Bordano
Emil Grasso
Sam Mettala
Gogebie County Nurses Association
Eunice Hill
Hazel Hill
Margaret Taylor
A. Laakso
Ralph Ranta
J. H. Oatey
Detroit Sunday Times
Pwcimmuved
Portland
Ore
Mrs. Louis Mall
Negaunee
Einar Lassila
Brainerd, Minn
Gerrith Olson
Detroit
Mrs
Anton Olson
Helen Wasielewski
Milwaukee
Mary Wasielewski
Louis Obradovich
Spencerian Business College
Tom Obradovich
Phyllis Kuiawa
St. Luke’s Hospital
Marquette
George Kuiawa
Lois DelFavero
Eileen Hemkes
Charles Hemkes
Helen Mraz
St. Paul, Minn
Joseph Mraz
Evelyn Patyk
Delores Benson
Oscar Benson
Andy Vranich
Roger
Rockford
Mida Tyyni
Marquette County
Anna Tyyni
Lois Zuidmulder
Wausau, Wis
Betty Johnson
Wakefield
Irja Kenno
Fairbault, Minn
William Kenn
Betty Patyk
Washington, D. C
Gloria Trudgeon
St. Luke's Hospital, Marquette
Garnet Trudgeon
Ruth Sampson
Port Huron, Mich
William Sampson
Thomas
Bonnie Jackson
Minn
John Bonino
Adam Libertoski
Mike Libertoski
Sault Ste. Marie
O. John Ranta
Michigamme
Laine Ranta
Elsie Danielson
Oscar Danielson
Jean Zuidmulder
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ashland
Chris Zuidmulder
Lillian Komsie
Eunice
Axel Hill
Virgil Baker
Bernice Haapoja
Bernadine Haapoja
Arthur Haapoja
Point Barrow
Alaska
Siuaeie
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Conetele
Ccw
Science Monitor
Yee
Tae Barga
True Story
Pathfinder
Silver Screen Household Poultry Tribune Farm Journal & F ’S Wife
Christian Herald
Country Gentleman
Protestant Voice
Screenland
Sports
the Woman
Science Illus
Vooeoell
Ectend
American Poultry Run
Arnal & Farmer’s
Poultry Tribune
Capper’s Farmer
Breeder’s Gazette
Kespaa Horns
Agazine Digest
National Digest
Magazin Pathfinder
Poultry Tribum
Reader’s Digest
Redbook
Ilnistrate Scientific
Ani
Postoffice
Wakefield Township
Fred Drier
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