Lapeer dairy banquet amid war food debates and plans
SGT. LUOMA LOST 70 POUNDS IN 100 DAYS AS POW One hundred days of misery in a German prison camp ends as Sgt. William Luoma returns home on furlough. He recounts capture near Schoenberg Germany, brutal transport in 40 8 boxcars, meager rations and brutal conditions, weighing 135 pounds on return after starting at 205.
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Sgt
Luoma
William Luoma
Ann Ribich
Oscar Luoma
Schoenberg
Germany
Frankfort
Bad Ord
Ziegenlein
Grant Leman Funeral Rites Planned in Wakefield
Grant W. Leman, former principal of Wakefield schools from 1925 to 1927, died at home in Bogota New Jersey. His widow Mrs Gladys Neidhold Leman will join their daughter after graduation to live with her parents Mr and Mrs E F W Neidhold for an indefinite period due to illness.
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Grant Leman
Wakefield
Grant W. Leman
Gladys Neidhold Leman
Bogota
N. J
Wakefield War Dead Memorial Wreath Commemoration
Mrs Bertha Bell laid a wreath at the Wakefield monument to honor residents who died in the war on foreign shores. The tribute recalls the fallen and preserves local memory of their sacrifice.
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Wakefield
Death Takes Arthur Strand Well Known Here
Arthur Strand, 40, former county superintendent of schools for St. Louis County Minnesota, died Sunday in a Duluth hospital of pneumonia and heart trouble after three days illness. He had visited Wakefield and Virginia, and last month saw his parents in Ontonagon County. A Minnesota graduate and Phi Beta Kappa member, Strand was active in farmer cooperatives. Funeral services were held in Virginia with burial at Tower. He leaves his widow and one son.
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Arthur Strand
St. Louis County
Minnesota
Edgar Laird
Duluth
Strand
Wakefield
Topaz
Ontonagon County
Legion and Auxiliary honors awarded at Thure Gay meeting
Louis Remondino and Adele Cor mier received American Legion and Auxiliary awards for leadership and courage. Adele also earned the Legion Auxiliary prize. The gathering recognized basketball, track, tennis, life saving, music and student patrol, with letters and emblems presented to several pupils.
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Louis Remondino
Adele Cormier
American Legion and Auxiliary
Adele
Legion Auxiliary
Young Lady From Washing High School Seen In City
A young lady attends Washing High School in the city. Her father is a former instructor who recently left the district and has also served as purchasing agent for the school district.
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Young Lady
Washing High School
Memorial Day Address Reflects on Sacrifice and Freedom
The speech honors fallen soldiers, arguing their sacrifice embodies heroic character. It traces the origin of democracy from ancient Germania and England through the American wars, noting the nation’s trials from the Revolutionary War to World War I and the rise of a diverse, common-people democracy.
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Anies
Germania
Channel
England
Scotland
Atlantic
New England
Missis
Virginia
Grant
America
Wakefield Soldier Albert Windberg Dies in Germany
Pvt. Albert Windberg, 30, of Wakefield, died in Elpersheim Germany on May 1. His father Charles Windberg was notified by the War Department as a letter from a commanding officer expressed regret. Windberg, born Nov. 3 1915, had worked at the Wakefield mine before enlisting in 1942 and had not been home since. Surviving are his father three sisters and three brothers including Carl in the Aleutians and Arthur in Norfolk Va. The article notes Pfc Ernest Rintamaki, discharged under the point system with 87 points, arrived from Fort Sheridan. Rintamaki, son of Mrs Ida Rintamaki, Brotherton, earned the Good Conduct ribbon overseas service and two battle stars.
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Pvt
Albert Windberg
Elpershein
Germany
Charles Windberg
War Department
Pvt. Windberg
Windberg
Wakefield
Carl
Aleutian Islands
Cpl
Arthur
Norfolk
Pacific
Ida Rintamaki
Brotherton
Service Shorts T-5 Reino Joki on 19 day furlough
Reino Joki spends a 19 day furlough at his mother Amelia Joki's Verona home after serving as a medic in the South Pacific for 29 months. He has now transferred into the Signal Corps.
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Reino Joki
Amelia Joki
Verona
South Pacific
Air Corps
Signal Corps
William Pikka
Navy Seabees
Matt Pikka
Gilbert and Mashall Island
Hawaiian Islands
Sgt
Leonard Johnson
Elmer L. Johnson
Westover Field
Mass
Joseph Sanchez
Celeste Buccanero
Andrew Sanchez
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Wilbur “Buba” Wahlberg
Einar Wahlberg
FC Forrest Rosendahl
William Rosendahl
Drew Field
Tampa
Fla
Gulfport
Miss
Harold Lake
Andy Lake
Marenisco
Methodist Church Services and Evening Baccalaureate
A Children's Day program replaces Sunday school at 10 45 in the Methodist church with recitations and songs from classes. Rev J H Oatey preaches at 9 30 on Smooth Things. Evening ecumenical baccalaureate at 8 at the high school gym. High school band to provide music. Oatey fills in due to illness. Church board reorganization meeting at 8 Monday.
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Methodist Church
Early Gates
J. H. Oatey
T. A
St. Mary’s Church
Oatey
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