Christmas visitors flock to Wakefield area in festive week
Local Christmas season highlights include Mary Trolla visiting her mother and sister, plus numerous university and college students returning home for holidays. Several families travel from Milwaukee Detroit and Chicago to celebrate at relatives’ houses, while military service and academic honors feature among town notes. Highlights include Operation AYACUCHO participation by Ralph Conway and Linda Sjoblom’s initiation into Kappa Delta Pi.
Annual Children's Party Held By Local Rotary
The Wakefield Rotary Club hosted its annual Children's Party on Monday December 21 at 6 p m. Rotarians plus a child guest enjoyed a program of America pledge Christmas Story readings and carols. Mrs Paul Reading led readings including How Mrs Santa Claus Saved Christmas with Santa and an elf making a nighttime entrance. Gifts were given, Santa departed, and Silent Night closed the event with elfin centerpieces and seasonal decorations by Mrs Carl E Kleimola.
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Wakefield Club
Rotaryann
Eugene Maki
Ben Novak
Carl E. Kleimola
Paul Reading
Christmas Caroling By High School Students
A large group of high school students met in the music auditorium at 6 30 Monday night to go Christmas caroling. They split into smaller groups and serenaded Gogebic and Divine hospitals and homes around town. They gathered on city hall steps for a song session then returned to the auditorium for refreshments and a Senior High Student Council sponsored dance. Admission to the dance was a ten cent gift later distributed among the students. The dance was supervised by Mr Daniel Mestnik, student council advisor. Mr and Mrs James Anglim of Madison and Miss Marie Anglim a Eastern Michigan University student are visiting the Anderson home for the holidays. Also visiting is Mrs Irene Anderson of Ewen mother of Mr Anderson.
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Gogebic
Divine
Senior High
Daniel Mestnik
James Anglim
Madison
Marie Anglim
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti
Lawrence Anderson
Anderson
Anderson Home
Irene Anderson
Ewen
Mr. Anderson
Christmas at the Long Branch in Tants City
A festive tale set on Christmas Eve in Tants City where kaupois and seepherds share music and merriment. The gathering ends in conflict as outsiders threaten peace, then unity returns with the Spirit of Krismas uniting Sester Toc Matti and Kitty despite tension.
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Krismas
Miss Kitty
Mattia Toon
Sester
Aala Kaupois
Matti
Mister Colt
Tants
Colt
Anta
Komen
Kitty
Wakefield Ski Lodge To Open December 24
Miljevich Bros sawmill south of Cemetery Location in Wakefield was totally destroyed by a early Thursday fire started from an unknown source and fed by propane and oil. Wakefield Fire Department, aided by officers Don Luoma and Tony Valeno, battled the blaze amid water shortages, with roof collapse signaling the blaze’s duration before discovery. Investigators probe propane heater and wiring as causes. Miljevich Bros employ 15. Wakefield diary and local residents report dramatic fire lighting across the night sky.
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Miljevich Bros
Cemetery
Wakefield
Wakefield Fire Department
Eli
Vernon Miljevich
Don Luoma
Tony Valesano
Cemetery Loc
Final 1964 Wakefield council meeting overview
Wakefield's council, led by mayor pro-tem Olga Hanson, approved minutes and late November bills, heard fire department reports on a Dec 14 chimney fire and the Miljevich sawmill destruction, and debated treasurer attendance at meetings due to two month arrears. Additional actions included appointees to the Planning Commission, a lease renewal with Cleon Motor, and a curb-cut request for M28. A new winter traffic order limits parking on Hancock and Pierce streets, and local concerns included a snow loader trial and city layoffs.
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Olga Hanson
Wakefield
Bob Linn
Miljevich
Wakefield Township
Linn
Hodge
John Ballone
County Extension
Gogebic
Ballone
City Planning Commission
Mayor Linn
Morrich
Hanson
John Graves
Irving Wanink
Wanink
Cleon Motor Company
Wakefield Iron
Michigan State Highway Department
Northern States Realty Fund
State Police
Hancock and
Pierce Streets
Sunday Lake
Brotherton Street
Ruble and Miller
Duluth
Joseph Cloon
Wertanen
Westlund
Luther League Christmas Caroling and Gift Exchange at Churches
Thirty six Luther League members from First Lutheran Church caroled through the city at 6 30 pm on Tuesday and handed out twenty five small gifts to church shut ins. They later gathered at Immanuel Lutheran Church for lunch, games, and prizes for Linda Pusakulich Roberta Kauranen Dan Seppa Joann Perry and Kitty Johns. Pastor Rudolph Kemppainen joined, receiving a gift and cookies for his family.
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Luther League of the First Lutheran Church
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Katherine Salmi
Heino Korpela
Rudolph Kemppainen
Linda Pusakulich
Roberta Kauranen
Dan Seppa
Joann Perry
Kitty Johns
Pastor Kemppainen
Lida Mae Kor- Pela
Gogebic Hospital
Kemppainen
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Mary Trolla
Pacificia Trolla
Sister Anne
Wakefield Public Library
Joseph Tarro
Milwaukee
Mrs
Joe Tarro
Renaldo Negri
Marquette
Isabel Lepinski
Chicago
Kenneth Lepinski
Leona (Lepinski) Rogers
Richland
Washington
Marsha Beling
St. Scholastica
Joan Lepinski
Barbara Olson
Minneapolis
Ralph Olson
Olson
Walter Burke, Jr
Grays Lake
Illinois
Ted Golembeski, Jr
Ted Golembeski, Sr
United States Marine Corps
South Carolina
Jean
James Berg
Erland Berg
Germany
Berg
James Whitburn
Janice Wahlberg
Superior State University
Superior, Wis
Varley Wahlberg
Roger Suomi
Minnesota
William Suomi
Mickey Ginolfi
Northern Michigan University
Terry Salmi
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Reino Salmi
Jeffrey Drake
Ellen Drake
Nancy Wanink
Michigan State University
East Lansing
Arnold Perry J
Concordia College
St. Paul
Arnold Perry
Sheryl
Jean Solberg
Waukegan
Vernon Solberg
Joseph Gill
Sheboygan
Wis
William Gill
Joe Gill
Northville
Mich
Joe Mazurek
Detroit
Joe Patyk
John Mazurek
Walter Mazurek
Mr. Mazurek
William Roberge
Henry Gagne
John Makela Jr
Seattle
Wash
John Makela Sr
Richard
Santa Marie
Calif
Donald
Reuben Nurmi
Margaret Hill
Lew Bramer
Ensign, Michigan
Richard Hill
Lake Linden
Margaret
Bramer
Mr. Hill
William Hill
Don Kirkandall
Walnut Creek
Hubert Fountain
Kirkandall
Mrs. Fountain
Kirkandalls
Jacqueline Fountain
Huber Fountain
Fountain
Pat Snyder
Johnny
Sydella Tiberi
Mary Kingsmuth
Flint
Kathyrn
Judy
Clouquet
Anton Ringsmuth
John Negro, Jr
Stout State, Menominee
John Negro
Jack Hero
Elmer Lusa
Susan Korpi
Arnold Korpi
Leila Korpi
Ree
Patrick Ozzello
Ada Ozzello
Fort Orr
Eee
Donna Willis
Carthage College
Kenosha
William Willis
Ida Lehto
Voitto Lehto
Karen Seppa
St. Louis Park
Nels Seppa
Colleen Ann Burns
St. Scholastica, Duluth
Robert A. Burns
Colors
Ralph E. Conway
Auberdene
Ayacucho
Lima
Peru
Conway
U. S. Army Forces Southern Command
Argentina
Bolivia
Colombia
Paraguay
Venezuela
252D Signal Company
Fort Clayton
Canal Zone
Army
Fort Benning
Joe H. Conway
Rt 1
Wakefield High School
Linda Ann Sjoblom
Delta Zeta
Kappa Delta Pi
Sjoblom
Leonard Koski
Thomaston Road
Northern
Puoctinen
Archie Tregonning
Chippewa Falls
Chippewa Falls Hospital
Plymouth
Eau Claire Junior College
Mary
Clara Tregonning
Iron River
Ray Johns
Maurice Wozniak
Chippewa Falls Methodist Church
Wakefield Ski Lodge
Wakefield Memorial
Skllers
Northern States Realty Fund, Inc
James Johns
Mount Morris
Mr. Johns
Joseph Johns
Clayton
David Green
Joseph Green
Dan Negro
Dan
David
Wakefiel
Tiberi
Ziggy’s
Olson’s
Delmet and
Wakefield Co-op