Wood Man Will Be Sheriff Denis O Leary's Aid After January 1
Vacancies in many offices loom as Denis O Leary of Ironwood takes office as sheriff January 1 after defeating Levi S. Percy of Ironwood is named undersheriff. The article notes turnover in county offices, upcoming appointments, and shifts in county clerk treasurer and road commission posts plus local lumber operations and logging industry activity in Wakefield and nearby mills.
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Sherriff
Denis O'Leary
Denis O’leary
Ironwood
Levi S
Percy
Johnson and Hornibrook
Bonifa
Dis- Power
Marehideo
Wakefield
Maren
A Valley
Community trees brighten city holiday display
Several community trees stand in the city lawn area this year serving as festive lights. The Plymouth Min through the city marks the season with skating rents and holiday cheer. Bernadette Delmet arrived Saturday to spend the holidays with Mrs Peter Scholastica at the conservatory.
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Plymouth Minthro
Telmet
Iss
Bernadette Delmet
Mrs
Peter Scholastica Conservatory of
Welfare Clubs Remember the Poor With Christmas Baskets
Wakefield groups distributed over 65 baskets valued 3 to 20 dollars, averaging about 10. Contents varied by family, including meat, canned goods, vegetables, butter, fruit, and clothing for children. Old men received tobacco, elderly women aprons, and the Woman’s club provided mittens and stockings. Canned goods came from school children, with ongoing donations during the week before recess, plus cash totaling about 200 dollars from organizations and individuals.
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Wakefield
Manual Arts
Woman’s Club
Telephone aided Detroit Windsor tunnel opening
The Detroit Windsor vehicular tunnel, a 26 million dollar cross border project, was completed seven months ahead of schedule aided by telephone guidance during sinking of the tunnel tubes and ongoing operations. Telephones at both ends, in walls, and 17 inside the tunnel support emergency use and daily operations.
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U. S. Canada
United States
Canada
Detroit-Windsor
New York
George N. Posey
Alameda
California
Detroit
Detroit River
Windsor
Supervisors Meet Tuesday For year end session
The final meeting of the cow board of supervisors for the year will be held next Tuesday. The adoption of the contract between the sheriff and the county for the board of prisoners will be considered, and reports of the work of a number of county officers, including the county agricultural agent, will be presented.
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Cow Board of Supervisors
Silent Night lyric fragment celebrates holy night
A compact verse fragment presents a corrupted version of Silent Night with repeated lines about the holy family, shepherds, and savior. It preserves named entities like Christ and Jesus while noting missing words and garbled phrases. The mood is reverent and sacral, focusing on birth and light.
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Christ
Jesus
Miss Mae Niemi Visits Washburn Friends For Holidays
Many local residents plan holiday travels and family gatherings. Individuals named include Miss Mae Niemi from Chicago visiting Washburn area friends, Mrs. Keype, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Johnson, Harold Gustafson, and Mrs. R. L. C. Prout, with journeys to Minneapolis Duluth and Marquette noted among others.
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Mae Niemi
Washburn
Rotary Club Host To College Men Monday Night
Wakefield Rotary Club invites college students visiting for holidays to Monday night meetings at 5 30. J P Cloon and Robert A Burns lead a short program with speeches music and stunts. Names of invited students from Michigan Western State Teachers Northern State and more are listed with several others believed away this term.
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Wakefield
Who
Michigan
Henry Carr
Evald Seppa
Nels Simonson
Hautenen
Anton Gembolis
Smith
Harold Jorgensen
Western State
Collee
Gus Hanson
George Ernest Skytta
Nels Karling
Edmund Crosby
Willard Burdeau
William Collins
Suomi College
Walter Mattson
University of Michigan
Carl Frederickson
Julius Gouza
Notre Dame
Joe Gill
Arthur Cavender
University of Detroit
Joe Hrbacek
Michael Remondino
Purdue
John King
Illinois
Robert Peters
Winonate Teachers College
Clarence Ebert
Michigan State
William Palm
Lawrence College
Howard Anderson
Carlton College
Arthur Tressel
Stout Institute
Vernon Olson
Harold Brandt
University of Minnesota
Berthal Wahlbero
Spencerian Business College
Walfred Perkin
Duluth Business College
Joe Ringsmuth
Russel Eddy
John Valli
Kenneth Draver
Everett O’brien
City Commission Meeting Date and Resignation Action
The city commission will meet Wednesday December 31 to act on the resignation of Harold J. Richards as commissioner of engineering. Several candidates are in the field for upcoming elections including state offices and a county school commissioner. The Plymouth pistol is slated for winter duty with repairs to begin January 5. Iron and steel industry conditions show a 32 year pattern of cycles with recent blasts at less than 40 percent capacity, mirroring 1907 1914 and 1921 trends.
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Harold J. Richards
Speees
T Vulcan
Mich
Pickands, Mather & Co
Are Ee Ee
Are and Inc
Mrs Erickson Celebrates 70th Birthday at Mattila Home
At the home of her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Philip Mattila Mrs Erickson marked her 70th birthday with a social evening of short talks and music by guests Lunch was served by hostesses Mesdames P Mattila Elizabeth Haapola John Salmi to many friends including Sofia Sippola Selma Musta Holma Isaac Keskey Arvo Luiha A Waai Victor Kruutari and others The Ericksons expressed thanks for considerate news and appreciation for the well wishers.
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Philip Mattila
Erickson
Mesdames P. Mattila
Elizabeth Haapola
John Salmi
Sofia Sippola
Selma Musta
Holma
Isaac Keskey
Arvo Luiha
A. Waai
Victor Kruutari
Alex Har
Johns
Jack Rini
Vieko Rintamaki
Churches Plan Yule Services At St Marys
Christmas services at St Marys feature a midnight Mass with Roses Mass in G minor, a one oclock children’s Mass, and a choir performing. The diocese urges liberal support for orphans while a new list of parish members joins the church. The pastor notes forthcoming music will follow papal law and Catholic guidelines after the holidays. Sunday school children will present guitar and piano pieces, with a lunch to follow.
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Rosewig
St. Mary’s
Gelis Ayotte
Oreste Bugni
Fred Bordano
Savino Cavender
Joseph Gouza
Stanley Kovaleski
Henry Myers, Sr
Theodore Wiesta
Ase Revrealli
Alexander Rydeski
Theodore Ry- Rydeski
Fred Vincent Ao Ieather Mark
St. Mary's
Pope of X
Mildred Lepisto
N. Ko
Centaseute Coion
Rytkonen
Irene Koski
Gladys Urkola
Julia Ahola
Berth Maki
Buehla Ahola
Gertrude Torkko
Free Christmas Eve Ice Skating Show in Wakefield
The city offers a free holiday ice skating program for children during Christmas season. Welfare agencies collaborate to ensure every needy child is remembered with charity, with an estimated attendance using this free event.
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Wakefield
Ali
Masons Name Officers for Gogebic Lodge F and A M
The following officers were recently elected and installed for Gogebic Lodge F and A M for the coming year. The ceremony highlighted new leadership and the lodge’s ongoing charitable and community efforts in the region.
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Masons
Gogebic Ledge
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