Wakefield Voters to Decide on Memorial Building Closure
Wakefield residents will vote on August 7 in an advisory ballot asking if the Memorial Community Building should be closed as an economy measure. The council placed the question to gauge public opinion on keeping the building open or shutting it down. The report details prior costs, uses, and past upkeep, noting facilities like the theater and library, with retired services such as the pool and showers. A separate note covers Cosmo Bonello’s Rotary talk on Wakefield’s economic status and continued daylight saving time to attract workers from White Pine.
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Wakefield
Memorial
American Legion
Wakefield Woman's Club
Rotary Club
Girl Scouts
Brownies
Boy Scouts
Cosmo Bonello
Rotary
Wakefield Rotary Club
Bessemer
Ironwood
White Pine
Bonello
Clare Haskins
Lower Peninsula
Freman Haskins
Ford Haskins
Kenneth Long
D. Ferguson
City of
Michigan
Wakefield Memorial
Gogebic County
Knights of Columbus Picnic Set for August 5 at Eddy Park
The Knights of Columbus invite members and guests to a Sunday picnic at Eddy Park Pavilion near Sunday Lake on August 5. Serving starts at noon with bar baked chicken spaghetti salad buns coffee ice cream and refreshments at 1.25 per plate. Tickets available at Kingsmuth Hardware Ziggy's Food Shop and Charlie's Alert Service Station and must be purchased by July 28.
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Knights of Columbus
Eddy Park Pavilion
Sunday Lake
Kenneth Graff
Charles Valesano
Kingsmuth Hardware Store
Ziggy’s Food Shop
Charlie’s Alert
Named Superintendent at Grants New Mexico Mine
Rod Tregembo, formerly mining captain at the Sunday Lake Mine, is appointed mine superintendent of the Section 24 mine in Grants New Mexico. The move follows Kerr-McGe Oil Industries Inc subsidiary Kerman Nuclear Fuels Corp reorganizations. Tregembo moved from the area after Sunday Lake operations ceased and failed attempts to secure working capital and contracts. He is the brother of Mrs. A James Gilbert of this city.
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Grants New Mexico
Kerman Nuclear Fuels Corp
Kerr-McGe Oil Industries, Inc
Rod Tregembo
Ironwood
Sunday Lake
Section 24
Tregembo
Range
A. James Gilbert
Lydia Circle to Meet
The Lydia Circle of the First Lutheran Church will meet at the Gust Wourinen home on August 1 at 1 30 p m. The Wakefield Woman's Club Board of Directors will meet on August 8 at 7 30 p m in the Woman's club rooms at the Community building. This includes all officers and directors.
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LYDIA
First Lutheran Church
Gust Wourinen
The
Wakefield Woman’s Club
Woman’s Club
Catholic Social Services Fund Drive July 29
Catholic Social Services completes its second year serving Gogebic and Ontonagon counties with 33 cases and diverse placements including adoptions and child counseling. Board list shows leaders in Ironwood Ontonagon Bessemer Wakefield Marenisco Ewen. Public urged to support the 1962 fund drive scheduled for Sunday July 29.
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Catholic Social Services
Gogebic
Ontonagon
David E. McDonald
Ironwood
Francis Clark
Sec
Thomas Hawley
Anthony Landretti
Michael Petroski
J. E. McGrath
Mildred Pesavento
Bessemer
Donald Davidson
Roy Malmberg
J. R. Franck
Wakefield
Leo Arnestad
Marenisco
George Dudeaux
Ewen
Patricia Ann Kurta Weds Garland Gabbard in Pontiac
Mrs Elsie Kurta announces the marriage of her daughter Patricia Ann to Garland Gabbard of Pontiac. The ceremony was held Saturday morning at the bride’s home. Patricia is a Wakefield High School graduate and nurse at Northern Michigan College Marquette General Hospital. Garland works at the Tool and Die Company in Pontiac. They will reside in Lake Orion near Pontiac.
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Elsie Kurta
Patricia Ann
Garland Gabbard
Pontiac
Wakefield High School
School of Practical Nursing
Northern Michigan College
Marquette
General Hospital
Gabbard
Tool and Die Company
Lake Orion
Family Reunion Brings 27 Members Together at Cloon Home
Last Saturday evening a family reunion gathered 27 members at Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Cloon's Pierce Street residence. Attendees included Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Eisele Treasure Island Fla Mr. and Mrs. William G Cloon and family Ironwood Mich Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Elsemore and daughters Jill and Kathy from Ironwood Mich H J Boudry of Minneapolis Minn Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cloon Columbus Ohio Mrs. Bernice Hager Grand Rapids Mich Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sampier and sons Charles and Stephen Rochester Mich Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kennedy and children Karen Ann and Ricky Mrs. R F Cloon and daughter Shirley Mae Wakefield Mich.
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Joseph P. Cloon
Pierce St
D. C. Eisele
Treasure Island
Fla
William G. Cloon
Jerry Elsemore
Jill
Kathy
Ironwood
H. J. Boudry
Minneapolis
Wakefield Man to Receive MA at MTU Summer Commencement
Will receive the master of arts degree at Northern Michigan College Marquette on Friday at 2 p m. July 27. 64 bachelor degree recipients and 44 master of arts candidates to be honored. Ronald LeRoy Smith son of Mr and Mrs Lilburn Smith the sole Wakefield candidate to earn an MA. He previously taught music in Mio and Cheboygan schools. married to Marilyn Makinen with one daughter.
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Northern Michigan College
Marquette
Michigan
Kaye Auditorium
Wakefield
Ronald LeRoy Smith
Lilburn Smith
Ronald
Northern
Mio
Cheboygan Michigan
Marilyn Makinen
Mobile X-Ray Clinic Ends Wakefield Run Then Heads to Bessemer
The Michigan Department of Health X-ray Unit completed a three day clinic in Wakefield with 784 X-rays and 789 blood tests performed. Chest X-ray results will arrive in three to six weeks after film development. Blood test results trigger physician notification if diseases are detected. Volunteer workers are listed, with multiple helpers named across three days. Free X-ray and blood testing is available in Bessemer or Tronwood for those who missed Wakefield.
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Wakefield
Michigan Department of Health
Bessemer
Department of Health
A. James Gilbert
Irving Wanink
Mary Nelson
Joe Smiljanich
John Negretti
Arvo Seppa
Fred Lane
Robert Linn
Arnold Swanson
Richard Brown
Eino Haukkala
Mayme Reini
Ellen Davidson
Ernst Trettin
Marguerite Neznanski
Ed Laird
Harry Sawaski
Joseph Sanchez
William Walters
Alfie Windberg
Elmer Johnson
H. B. Sutter
Marie Schulz
Louis del Favero
V. Eugene Hanson
Earl Sibley
Bertha Campbell
Joe Patyk
John J. Novak
John Geroux
Francis Ament
Robert Anderson
Ted Bessen
Cosmo Bonello
Casper Draxler
Willis Harvey
Reino Salmi
Nels Seppa
Jacob Syrieni
Heino Seppa
Isaac Raisanen
Irving Voyer
John Howe
Elsie Kurta
Joe Bertie
Ben Yatchak
Frank Bertetto
Carol Lake
Sandra Sharon
Tronwood
Gogebic Hospital to Expand in Wakefield Project
The Gogebic Hospital in the former Wico School building plans a seven hundred thousand dollar addition funded by Hill Burton Federal funds and a county bond issue. Ground breaking occurred with wide community participation and completion is planned for September 1963, adding 80 beds and new therapy departments.
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Wico
Gogebic Hospital
Wakefield Woman’s Club
Gogebic County Welfare Office
Welfare Department
Hill-Burton
Stalin Architectural Firm
Duluth, Minn
County Welfare Commission
Welfare Office
Housekeeping and Food Service
Gogebic Hospital Auxiliary
County Board of Supervisors
Advisory Ballot on Wakefield Building Closure Question
Wakefield voters on August 7 face an advisory ballot regarding closing the Wakefield Memorial Community Building for economy. The ballot asks whether the City Council should close the building or continue maintenance. Also note: a birth announcement: a boy for Phil Cormier born July 25.
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Phil Cormier
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Grants, New Mexico
Catholic Social Services Fund
Kurta-Gabbard
Budd Wilbur
Lions Club
Bass Lake
Watersmeet
County Road Commission
Lion N. J. Kolinsky
Joe Mack
Wilbur
Kolinsky
Frank Basso
Elizabeth Wilbur
Mr. Kolinsky
John Bennett
Washington D. C
John Garber
Las Vegas
Nev
Gertrude Wilbur Wasson
Madison
Wis
Lion Harry Wright
Ontonagon County
Kink Lion
Mel” Steele
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