Christmas Concerts At Two Churches In Wakefield
Immanuel Lutheran and First Lutheran adult and youth choirs present a Christmas concert Thursday at First Lutheran Church starting 7 30 p m under Mrs Wallace Leno with Bonnie Seppa as accompanist The program includes Bach and Alfred Burt pieces with solos and duets and ends with traditional carols There is no admission charge and a free will offering will be taken Coffee follows in the parlors Also Calvary Baptist Church hosts a Christmas program directed by Troy Smith featuring a Young Peoples Choir and multiple solos and skits The public is invited and no admission fee is noted.
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Immanuel Lutheran
First Lutheran
Immanuel Lutheran Choir
Wallace Leno
Jerry Geroux
Fin Hill
Bonnie Seppa
Bach
Alfred Burt
Herman Vo Berge
Immanuel Lutheran Church Choir
Robert Graham
Walter Ehret
Neidlinger
Haworth
Arlene Potter
Martin Beckman
First Lutheran Church
Gloria
Frances Hood
Jungst
Ehret
Rudy Jarvi
Raymond Hill
Wayne Kuusisto
Carl Pikka
Goss
Seppa
Miss Hill
Immanuel
Franz Gruber
Calvary Baptist Church
Troy Smith
Mr. Smith
Christmas Storey
Luke
Martha Lane
Young Peoples Choir
Floyd Amble
Martha
Susan Lane
Marjean Newberg
Janice King
Ricky Mattson
Susan
Sharon Smith
Carolyne
Christopher Anible
Frank Anible
Dixie Helberg
John Miljevich
Danny Lane
Holy City
Susan Smith
Carolyn Anible
Dennis Kannanen
Young Peoples Department
Billie Juoni
Floyd Anible
Paul King
Christopher Amble
Divine Infant Hospital Christmas Display Praises Decor
The sisters at Divine Infant Hospital create a grand holiday display indoors and out. Carolers in robes stand by the entrance, a lit nativity silhouette graces the yard, and Santa enters a chimney while pixie figures and clever decorations fill every hall and the lobby.
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Divine Infant Hospital
Sisters of We Divine Infant Hospital
Santa Claus
Visit To Iron Mountain Vets Hospital By VFW Group
Mrs. T N Komsie reports Wakefield VFW Auxiliary and about twenty members visited Iron Mountain Veterans Hospital on Sunday December 11 bringing 81 laprobes they had made for the patients. The Uniques from Sweet Ade provided a program in the recreation hall then visited wards with informal performances and refreshments.
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Iron Mountain
Uniques
Wedding Reception for Nurmi Couple at VFW Hall
A reception honoring Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nurmi, married Dec 3 at Bethany Lutheran Church Wakefield, was held Dec 10 at VFW quarters starting 5 30 p m. About 150 guests attended. Hostesses included Mrs Una Hendrickson Mrs Charles Drier Mrs Michael Smolrich and Mrs Elmer Nurmi. Mrs Modesta Wright served at the silver, Miss Selma Sturkol cut the cake, Mrs David Sturkol ran the gift table, and Misses Jane Negri and Judy Negri watched the guest book. Guests enjoyed gifts, dancing, and a social time.
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Richard Nurmi
Bethany Lutheran Church
Wakefield
Una Hendrickson
Charles Drier
Michael Smolrich
Elmer Nurmi
Modesta Wright
Selma Sturkol
David Sturkol
Jane Negri
Judy Negri
Holidays Bring Many Local Family Visits and Travel
Local residents plan Christmas and New Year trips and visits with relatives across Michigan and Ohio. Ed Novak and family fly to Washington DC to see relatives. Sylvester Patyk and Warren Michigan relatives stay here. multiple others visit Duluth, Milwaukee, Detroit, Columbus, and Gaylord. The community also held a Christmas program at Apostolic Lutheran Sunday School and mourned William Colberg with funeral services and military rites.
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Sylvester Patyk
Warren, Michigan
Joseph Patyk
William Colberg
Gogebic Hospital
Calumet
Wakefield
Apostolic Lutheran Church
Geroux Post
American Legion
Celeste Buccanero
Oscar
Andrew E. and
George
Alexander Colberg
Detroit
John H. Kent
Hjalmer
Elbina Mattola
Lakeside Memorial Chapel
Wayne Kuusisto
Lakeside Cemetery
Engagement of Eu nice Herberg to Arnold Perry
Mr and Mrs B C Herberg of Beardsley Minnesota announce the engagement of their daughter Eu nice Rejean to Arnold Roger Perry son of Mr and Mrs Arnold H Perry of Wakefield. Miss Herberg will receive a BA degree in chemistry from Concordia College Moorhead in April. She is a member of Alpha Society. Mr Perry is a 1962 Wakefield High School graduate and a 1966 Concordia graduate with a history political science major. He was a four year member and an officer of the Concordia Concert Choir. He is attending Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary in Minneapolis. An early summer wedding is planned.
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B. C. Herberg
Beardsley
Minnesota
Eunice Rejean
Arnold Roger Perry
Arnold H Perry
Wakefield
Miss Herberg
Concordia College
Moorhead Minn
Alpha Society
Concordia
Perry
Wakefield High School
Concordia Concert Choir
Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary
Minneapolis
Claudia Salmela Soprano in Messiah at California State College
Claudia Salmela, Wakefield native and music major, sang the soprano solos in California State College Hayward's Messiah performance on December 4. She was chosen after tryouts this quarter and has participated in the campus opera workshop and won the William D. Thompson Memorial Youth Talent Award for Singers.
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Claudia Salmela
California
Claudia Salemela
Uno Salemal
Wakefield
California State College
George Frederick Handel
Calmela
William D. Thompson
California State College At
Hayward
Christmas Meeting Supports Victory Chapter Fund Drive
A Christmas table laden with foods boosted a December Victory Chapter Eastern Star fund raiser. Worthy Matron Mrs Arnol d Korpi led the regular meeting, with reports on the Ironwood school of instruction and Aurora and Dorcas Chapters. Plans for a potluck with the Agegebic Masonic Lodge were discussed. Mrs Grant Leman, Mrs Florence Bordeaux and Mrs Ernst Trettin led the Christmas Table project. Lunch served festive cookies at tables with mini lamps. Anton Olson and Mrs Daniel Raess helped.
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Victory
Order of Eastern Star
Arnold Korpi
Ironwood
Aurora
Dorcas
Agegebic Masonic Lodge
Grant Leman
Florence Bordeaux
Ernst Trettin
Anton Olson
Daniel Raess
Wakefield approves public skating rink project
At the city council meeting the Wakefield council authorized planning and operation of a public ice rink without school board support, aiming to have skating available during the Christmas vacation. The state and federal lagoon projects were also approved for related funding.
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Wakefield
Movrich
Forte
Michigan Water Resources Commission
Federal Water Polution Control Administration
Electric and Water
Gogebic County
Car Olson
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Holiays
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Michigan Technological University
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Suomi College
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George Air Force Base
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NMU
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Chicago
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Charles Bruning Co
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Marquette
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William Pikka
Lansing
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David Zazeski
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Charles Koivu
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Little Town of Bethlehem
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Akron Edison Company
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Jane
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Ohio Edison
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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University Club of Akron
Westinghouse Corporation
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Commonweath Associates
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