Christmas Party and City News from Wakefield
Christmas party details include treats and performances by Central school girls and Marlys Teppo, plus Santa gifts for children. A free matinee for city kids is set at the Wakefield theater with Joe E Brown reels. The Junior Woman's Club plans stockings and gifts for over 200 needy children.
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Central School
Marlys Teppo
Legion
Wakefield Theater
Joe E. Brown
Junior Woman’s Club
Santa Clause
Woman’s Club
St Marys Club Plans First Meeting At Parish Parsonage
The newly organized St Marys club will hold its first meeting Tuesday evening at the parish parsonage. All members or prospective members are urged to attend as organization matters will be discussed. Ed Frederickson of Duluth visits his mother at the Wico location for Christmas. Vincent Sleepy Yeatchak a Purdue student travels home for the holidays. Mae and Kathryn McNamara of Minneapolis visit their brother and family. Harry Sawaski CCC at Gibbs City and Varley Wahlberg CCC Ludington return home for the holidays. Natalie Sterling leaves for Chicago to spend Christmas. Ruth and Emma Karling attend Detroit funeral for their father Zachary Karling. Mrs Con Cudahy spends holidays with her daughter Mae Karling in Chicago.
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St. Mary’s Club
Ed Frederickson
Duluth
Wico
Vincent
Yeatchak
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Mae
Kathryn McNamara
Minneapolis
W. H. McNamara
Harry Sawaski
CCC
Gibbs City
Varley Wahlberg
Ludington
Natalie Sterling
Chicago
Miss Sterling
Wakefield
Ernest
Ruth
Emma Karling
Detroit
Zachary Karling
Con Cudahy
Ceiss Mae Karling
Camps in Lake States Reported by U.S. Forester
E W Tinker U S regional forester Milwaukee reports 59 Civilian Conservation Corps camps operating in Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota with about 11 800 men stationed. Camps spread across 14 in Michigan, with improvements including open spaces latrines wells and burnable debris pits. Nursery work, seed collection, timber stand improvements, landscape projects, landing fields and water development are among documented efforts. The note credits the CCC and the army for building men and advancing outdoor recreation in the north country.
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Civilian Conservation One
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
E. W. ‘Tinker
U. S. Regional Forester
Milwaukee
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Marquette
Mr. Tinker
Lake States
Tinker
United States Army
County road work expands under CWA progress in Michigan
Michigan reports 22,8347 men on 422 CWA road projects in 72 counties, with 860 more employed as work starts in four counties. Ten residency area lists Ontonagon through Gogebic counties showing numbers of men and trucks allocated to projects as of December 9.
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CWA
Michigan
Murray D. van Wagoner
CWA Preelan
Civil Works Administration
Ontonagon
Keweenaw
Houghton
Marquette
Dickinson
Gogebic
Baraga
Tron
Novak Leases Sacks Store and Expands Stock
John Novak announces the lease termination for Sack's store on December 31 and plans to move stock into larger quarters soon after January 1. He will broaden inventory to include furnishings for children and ladies, expanding beyond his current men’s clothing line. Louis Saek’s stock was sold to Ironwood’s Cut Rate Store as they push sales. Sacks has relocated to Duluth, purchasing a small cap making business, and the family plans to move to Duluth early in the new year.
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Novak
Sacks
Sack
John Novak
Mr. Novak
Louis Saek
Ironwood
Mr. Sacks
Duluth
Postoffice and Bank Holiday Schedule
The postoffice will be open Saturday afternoon until 6 o'clock. Sunday morning holiday hours observed with lock box mail. No mail delivery or distribution Monday. No rural deliveries from Saturday to Tuesday. Bank and city offices closed all day Monday. Most offices expected to reopen Tuesday morning.
Doomed To Disappointment At Christmas Aid Query
A. F. Olson, poor commissioner, faced a skeptical request as a Santa Claus figure. A customer asked if Roosevelt would provide chickens to the needy at Christmas, to which Olson had to reply with a firm no.
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A. F. Olson
A Bawden Honored by Plymouth Mine Rotary Club
A A Bawden welfare official for Pickands Mather and Co has been guest of honor at two parties this week. Plymouth mine men hosted a party at the Plymouth club house with cards and cake while Rotary club members welcomed him with a year’s membership and a cake. Dr Anderson and C W Bemer spoke of Gus as a friend and worker. Bawden plans to leave January 2 for sanatorium treatment. his employer grants a six month leave and he will stay with family during absence.
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A. A. Bawden
Pickands, Mather & Co
Plymouth
Clarence Jacobson
Bawden
Rotary Club
Aanderson
C. W. Bemer
Wakefield Club
Sunday and Monday Church Services Announced
The church announces Sunday services including masses at 8 and midnight high mass at 12. Confessions are set for afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock. Sunday schedule begins at 10 o'clock.
Local note highlights births and holiday travels
Roy W. Bedell has been in Minneapolis and Duluth on business. John Kuiawa's family welcomes a son Ira John born Friday December 15. J J Cummins and daughter Ruth travel to Calumet to visit. Elmer Johnson and son Leonard visit Duluth for holidays. William Collins from Cooks Michigan arrives for an indefinite stay. Andrew Olson and daughter Margaret visit from St Olaf College. Mildred Erickson returns to Kalamazoo Teachers College for holidays. Pat Luoma returns from Dallas by bus after four months with a traveling orchestra. Margaret Rowan to spend holidays at her mother Marie Ronan’s home after Northwestern University. Edward Collins visits Albion College mother Mabel Collins. Jennie Bonino, Janet Cavender, Licille Thom and Arthur Cavender of Duluth visit Joe Cavender this weekend. Mrs J J Novak and Anna Saladin travel to Negaunee for Christmas. Gertrude Luoma returns from Chicago due to illness, staying with her parents indefinitely. Ruth and Jolene, Western Teachers College students, spend holidays with rents. Janet Highland Park and Della Simonson to spend holidays with Detroit and Ann Arbor friends. Robert A Burns to Marinette, Wis. for Christmas with parents. Kenneth Duncan and son Bob head to Minnesota for Christmas with Mrs Duncan’s family. Jack Saari and wife welcome a daughter Joyce Eleanore born December 15 at Wakefield hospital. Mihieve returns to Marquette for holiday work. A M Gilbert, former postmaster and Alger County relief administrator, plans to move after year’s end. James McGraw and ...
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Roy W. Bedell
Minneapolis
Duluth
John Kuiawa
Ira John
J. J. Cummins
Ruth
Calumet
Elmer Johnson
Leonard
William Collins
Cooks School
Cooks
Michigan
Dallas
Texas
Margaret Rowan
Northwestern University
Ans Ae
Marie Ronan
Edward Collins
Albion College
Albion
Mich
Mabel Colns
Jennie Bonino
Janet ,Cavender
Licille Thom
Arthur Cavender
Joe A. Cavender
J. J. Novak
Anna Saladin
Novak
Wen
Negaunee
Gertrude Luoma
Chicago
Waino Luoma
Ruth and
Jolare
Gee Gee
Western
Kalamazoo
Ice
Janet Highland
Della Simonson
Detroit
Jeanne
Ann Arbor
Robert A. Burns
Marinette
Wis
Kenneth Duncan
Bob
Minn
Watersmeet Hatchery Expansion Planned In Gogebic
Work has begun on enlarging the Watersmeet hatchery at Cook’s Run to supply brook trout for streams and lakes in the western Upper Peninsula. About 75 men will be employed for two months. projects funded by CWA with supervision from the Michigan Department of Conservation and local welfare relief officials.
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Cook’s Run
R. Marsh
Warsmeet
Gogebie County
Deby
State Emergency Welfare Relief Commission
Hunting Accidents Claim Twenty Four Die This Season
Reports count 24 deaths and 52 injuries from hunting accidents this season. Officials note past deer hunting incidents were common but precautions with CCC camp workers helped reduce danger. Signs warned hunters near worker territory and safety measures aimed to prevent further harm.
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ivAlthough
CCC
City Expenditures Reported for November 1934
The city’s November expenditures totaled 18 623 25 with December 1 cash balance shown. The year end 1934 balance was 191 749 92 with 98 633 67 available for months.
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William Jacobson
Santa Claus to Visit Schools as Holiday Work Ends
Fragmentary item notes a Santa Claus at schools during holiday period with work to resume on January 2, 1934. The readable text implies school activities or closures around Frida date. Further details are unclear in the OCR snippet.
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Cises
Santa Claus
Frida
Three Liquor License Applications Before City Commission
Three applications for hard liquor licenses were presented by beer license holders at a Wednesday city commission meeting. Action was deferred pending more information on the city’s authority under the new liquor law. Names include John Ozzella, Mose Giansante, and Sam Olejnickzak. Also noted were plans for a census of unmarried men for future work assignments and a past collision that damaged a street light at Sunday Lake Street, with replacement cost pegged at 58 dollars.
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John Ozzella
Lake View
Sunday Lake
Putnam Streets
Mose Giansante
Uptown Garden
Hancock
Seatee Lake
Sam Olejnickzak
Harrison Streets
Iquor
New
Sour Control Commission
Mayer
We Jin
Aiden 7
Ee Ae Een
Robert A
Deer Hunt Totals Compare 1983 to Earlier Years
The Conservation Department reports lower peninsula deer hunters north of the Straits of Mackinac bagged 4 955 deer in 1983, versus 6 139 in 1982 and 5 169 in 1931. Upper peninsula hunters faced snow and missed camp access, while seven more counties opened south of the Straits, boosting the southern kill to about half of 1932.
Finnish Lutheran Church December Holiday Schedule
Confirmation class December 23 from 9 to 12. Services at Ramsay town hall December 23 evening. Sunday school Christmas exercises begin 7:30. Tuesday December 26 Young People program at 7. Program page unreadable. Sunday December 31 church services at 10:30 and at Ramsay town hall 2:00. New Year services at 7:30 p.m.
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Ramsay
Young Peoples Bop
Church
Town Hall
Wakefield
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