City debates Wake field theatre lease options
Nine bidders submitted three year proposals for Wake field theatre operation starting October. The commission weighs a flat rent against profit sharing, aiming to favor city finances and steady motion picture service while avoiding profit manipulation. The building’s costly upkeep and underuse fuel calls for possible cooperative lease to a responsible group. Also prep for Nims mineral tax exemption bill review in upcoming session, with support from four counties and minimal opposition anticipated.
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City Commission
Wakefield
American Legion Post
Commission
Nims
L. M. Nims
State Tax Commission
Upper Peninsula
Marquette, Iron
Gogebic
Dickinson
House Committee On Taxation
Frank Pardee
Senate
Cleon of
U. P
Portal-to-portal pay suits loom for USW in Lake Superior
The United Steel Workers on the Marquette range led by Jack Powell plan federal suits early in January for retroactive portal-to-portal pay. Local leaders cite union action across Lake Superior and cite potential delays from national opposition. Details show time spent daily, from mine entry to parking, and the backward calculation under the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act. The effort involves miners, fabricating employees, and public average overtime figures, with no total amount yet estimated.
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United Steel Workers of America, Cio
Marquette Range
Jack Powell
Lake Superior District
Ramsey Wilson
CIO
Gogebic Range
The
Mining Journal
Marquette Mines
Powell
National Association of Manufacturers
USW
Mezzano Quint Trims Ashland Merchants 59-37
The Mezzano Quint routs Ashland Merchants 59 to 37 in a local high school gym, keeping Wakefield undefeated in M W semi pro play. Ashland drops to two and two while Wakefield shares first with Rhinelander, both unbeaten. Next home games feature Ironwood’s Northland Rangers and the Chicago Brown Bombers, a famed traveling club.
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Mezzano
Bar
Ashland Merchants
Wakefield
Ashland
Rhinelander
Mezzanos
Ironwood
Northland Rangers
Chicago Brown Bombers
Brown Bomber
VFW To Elect Officers At Sunday Lake Gun Club
The VFW local chapter schedules a Wednesday evening meeting at the Sunday Lake Gun Club to elect officers. A charter application has been filed with the state organization, with formal chapter institution expected in early March. Mr and Mrs Thomas Wills of Virginia Minn spent New Year at the James McGraw home, joined by Mr and Mrs Ed Anderson and daughters Margie and Katherine of Crystal Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Rotary Lab
Roderick MacDonald
H. B. Sutter
Uthrotars
Dean Haapoja
William Brennan
Dave
Constance Johnson
Harlan Johnson, Jr
Jack Victor
VFW
Sunday Lake Gun Club
Thomas Wills
Virginia, Minn
James McGraw
Ed Anderson
Margie and
Katherine
Crystal Falls
Wakefield 1946 Top News Events Highlight City
The Wakefield News itemizes a year of change and conflict with Mayor R. F. Cloon’s election, hospital sale to Sisters of Joseph, iron mine strikes, veterans homecoming, Schilka property purchase, new highway projects, Plymouth mine development, a school leased to a factory, iron ore explorations, and floods with washouts on June 23 and 24.
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R. F. Cloon
Sisters of Joseph
Schilka
Plymouth
Personal notices of residents' holiday visits and travels
William Harvey and Elmer Johnson, both at Wakefield hospital for medical treatment. Many others, including Misses Aili Lehto and Mildred Lehto of Chicago, and Lila Niemi of Waukegan, Illinois, spent the holidays with family in Wakefield. Several residents left for East Lansing and Chicago, while others returned home to Michigan and Minnesota for the holidays.
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Elmer Johnson
Merriweather
Wakefield Hospital
Frank Pairlero
Ramsay
Aili
Mildred Lehto
Chicago
Ida Lehto
Lila Niemi
Waukegan
Ill
Gust Niemi
Earl Harry
Ann Arbor
Mich
Alice Niemi
Isaac Niemi
Milwaukee
Arvo Kujala
Hibbing
Minn
Kujala
Jacob Kujala
William Keskey
East Lansing
Michigan State College
Walfred Westeen
Bessemer
Lillian Lehto
Hope Hanson
Albert Hanson
Joan Tyack
Stanley Tyack
Helen
Margaret Sporcich
Thomas Sporcich
Earl Maki
Pontiac
W. Oscar Maki
Bernhardt Maki
Cardinals to Entertain Bessemer Hero Tuesday
Wakefield high school Cardinals host the Bessemer Speed Boys Tuesday at the Cardinal gym. Both teams sit at 1-4 in league play. Wakefield aims to rebound offensively after prior holiday scrimmages, with Lane and Kasternak at guard and Trudgeon at center leading a deep bench.
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Ansel Anderson
Wakefield High School
Cardinal
Bessemer
Cardinal Gymnasium
Ironwood
Wakefield
Iron River
DePadua
Hurley
Kingsford
Negaunee
Lake Linden
Ashland
Lane
Kasternak
Trudgeon
Randall
Harry
Ken Russ
Tony Sertich
Don Veda
Alden Lumakka
Jim Cudahy
James Bugni
Pukema
Skwor
Kangas
Webber
Balacz
Rampanelli
Ashland Golders
Dr J R Franck Opens Medical Offices in Wakefield
Dr. J R Franck physician and surgeon opened general practice offices in the Kingsmuth building Wakefield after 44 months in the Army Air Forces medical corps. He served in U S hospitals and in the South Pacific and Japan, ending as a captain. He trained at St Louis School of Medicine interned at St Louis City Hospital residencies at St Vincent Sanatorium and MacNeal Memorial Hospital. He is a Chaffee Missouri high school graduate, married to Jeanne Martinetti Hurley, with two children.
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J. R. Franck
Kingsmuth
Franck
Wakefield
Medical Corps
Army Air Forces
United States
South Pacific
Japan
St. Louis School of Medicine
St. Louis
St. Louis City Hospital
St. Vincent Sanitarium
MacNeal Memorial Hospital
Berwyn
Ill
Chaffee, Mo
Richards Heads New Mines General Superintendent Appointment
Harold J. Richards former Sunday Lake mine superintendent is named general superintendent of the Davidson mines Iron River now owned by Pickands Mather & Co. He also oversees the companys other operations on the Menominee range north of Iron River near the James mine.
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Harold J. Richards
Sunday Lake
Davidson
Iron River
Pickands, Mather & Co
James
Richards
Menominee Range
Walton fined for deer area violation in closed season
Earl Walton of Wakefield was fined $10 and costs after pleading guilty before Judge W. S. Baird to a conservation law violation. Walton faced charges of possessing a shotgun and buckshot in a deer area during the closed season.
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Earl Walton
Wakefield
W. S. Baird
Bessemer
Walton
Will Get Discharge Cpl Lloyd Maki From Fort Sheridan Visit
Corporal Lloyd Maki arrived at Camp Kilmer from Foggia Italy on Christmas Eve and now at Fort Sheridan where he will receive an honorable discharge from the Army Air Forces. He served with the M P unit after enlisting in June 1944 and will visit Wakefield this week to see his parents Mr and Mrs William O Maki.
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Cpl
Lloyd Maki
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Foggia
Italy
Fort Sheridan
Army Air Forces
M. P
Maki
Armed Forces
Wakefield
William O. Maki
Local Attorney Honored for State Bar Appointment
Robert A. Burns of Grand Rapids has been named to the 12th Congressional district state bar agreements committee. The appointment was made by Lawrence T. Varnum, president of the State Bar of Michigan.
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Robert A. Burns
Lawrence T. Varnum
State Bar of
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Bonds plan discussed for Legion club improvements sale
Finance plans for bonds to finance Legion club improvements were reviewed by the executive committee on Monday evening. Bonds will be issued in $100 units and offered to the public in a few days.
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The
Legion Club
Mine Workers Ready To Talk New Contracts
The CIO United Steelworkers union covering northern Minnesota Wisconsin and Upper Michigan announced demands for contract revisions this month including an undetermined wage increase paid holidays extra pay for weekend work union shop and severance pay Health and old age insurance would be paid by steel and mining firms Minimum wages for white collar workers to be set at the common labor rate The district director Henry A Burkhammer said the demands were drawn up over months and approved by the union leadership Negotiations expected to start around Jan 15 with strike notices possible under the Smith Connally act as contracts expire Feb 15 in the Lake Superior district Details stress peaceable settlement and no price rise for products.
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Cio-United Steelworkers Union
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Henry A. Burkhammer
Duluth
Cio-Usa
Burkhammer
Pittsburgh
International Union
Lake Superior District
Puumalas Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Alex Puumala of South Wakefield were honored at a 25th silver anniversary party hosted by Mr and Mrs Nestor Niemi. The event featured singing, a talk by Rev S V Autere, vocal solos by Mrs Emil Kelto, and a shared luncheon for 75 guests.
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Alex Pummala
South Wakefield
Nestor Niemi
Rev
S. V. Autere
Emil Kelto
Bessemer
8. V. Autere
Ted Hill
Nels Luoma
Gust Lehto
Pummala
Matilda Willing
Wakefield
Waino
Water Drilling Progress Limited by Gravel Bed
Layne-Northwest company drilled one hole to 70 feet in search of a new city water supply. Gravel at that depth caused equipment failure and halted progress. Drilling will resume next week with hopes the gravel bed yields more water, though additional holes are likely needed.
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Layne-Northwest Company
Wakefield Schools Reopen After Christmas Recess
Wakefield schools reopened Thursday after the Christmas recess with buildings cleaned and in excellent condition. The next recess is slated for Easter. Higher institutions of learning will reopen Monday across the state as students resume visits.
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Wakefield
Higher Institutions of Learning
Record Snow Low as Winter Deepens
Cold snap deepens with readings of 24 to 26 below zero, marking the heaviest snow fall of the season. Officials report winter conditions across the region as snow persisted into Monday with significant accumulation and closures expected.
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Keski
Sarah Sally Keski
Nick Keski
Methodist Church
J. H. Oatey
Mezzano Quint
Joe Beaver
Ed Nofzige
Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agricultors
Wakefield News Files
William Harvey
Cardinals
New Mines
Puumalas
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