Wakefield High School Holds Fifty Fourth Commencement
Wakefield High School held its fifty fourth commencement Tuesday night at the Wakefield Theater. James Franck presided as senior class president, with the program featuring Pomp and Circumstance, a class song, a flute solo Reverie by Debussy, salutatory by Mary Beth Gaik, valedictory by Shirley Martinson, and remarks by Dr. Richard P. Bailey of Northland College.
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Wakefield Theater
Wakefield High School
James Franck
Elgar
Phyllis Schlecht
Junnior
James Billie
Barbara Hill
Rudolph Kemppainen
First Lutheran Church
Christine Orlich
Schecht
Grace Graves
My Fair Lady
Joanne Perry
Debussy
Mary Beth Gaik
Shirley Martinson
Foundation For Dreams
Orlich
Carl E. Kleimola
Wakefield Township
Richard P. Bailey
Northland College
Ashland
Harry B. Sutter
A. J. Gilbert
Board of Education
Pat O'Brien 54 Dies in Los Angeles After Heart Attack
Pat O'Brien 54 longtime Wakefield native and former WHS football star died Sunday after a heart attack in Los Angeles. He is survived by his wife Joyce, a son and daughter, and eight siblings. Funeral and interment will be in California. A joint meeting of the Men’s Club and First Lutheran Church Women is set for Wednesday June 9 at 7 30 with a program titled Comes the Moment To Decide followed by lunch.
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Pat O’brien
California
James Jacobson
Mark Patrick
Pat) O’brien
Los Angeles
O’brien
Wakefield
WHS
Mike Gorski
Yatchak
Joyce O'Niel
Leigh D. O’brien
Monrovia
Calif
Delbert
Pink) O’brien
LaCanada
Jack O’brien
West Covina
Everett O’brien
Chevy Chase
Eileen Yow
Alhandra
Irene Thomas
Lacile Seiheimer
Chicago
James
Marie) Jacobson
First Lutheran Church
Rudy Kemppainen
Pine Lake
Waupaca
AE-3
Ronald Korpela
Lawrence Anderson
Leila Korpi
Bertha Maki
Chester Pilarzyk
Isaac Saari
Lida Mae Korpela
Heino Korpela
Lydia Scharbius
Beaverton
Mich
Roland
Ranger
Viet Nam
Butler, Penn
Graduates Honored At First Lutheran Luncheon
Graduates from First and Immanuel Lutheran Churches were honored after Sunday worship on May 30 with a luncheon in First Lutheran parlors attended by about 100 guests. The Luther League gave each graduate a long stemmed red rose, class flower, and Pastor Kemppainen and Pastor Leno spoke.
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First
Immanuel Lutheran
First Lutheran
The
Luther League
Rudolph Kemppainen
Wallace Leno
Luther Leaguers
Church Council
Sacred Music Program At Calvary Baptist Church Wakefield
Calvary Baptist Church Wakefield invites the public to a sacred music program on Monday evening June 7 1965 at 7 00 p m by the Choralaires a seven voice ensemble and accompanist from Omaha Baptist Bible College Nebraska The program features old time hymn and gospel song arrangements with solos duets and instrumental numbers Richard H Fleming director of PR will accompany and present the college ministry Music with a Message guiding the event.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church of
Wakefield
Choralaires
Omaha Baptist Bible College of
Omaha
Nebraska
Richard H. Fleming
Honors Day Convocation Honors Northland College Ashland
Two Wakefield students Sydney Lane and Carol Mattson were named to the honors list at Northland College in Ashland during Honors Day Convocation. Forty two students cited for academic achievement. thirty two others received scholarships and awards. Northland, an independent liberal arts college, offers B A and B S degrees across humanities social science and natural science with pre professional courses in 15 subjects. Enrollment rose 28 percent last fall.
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Northland College
Ashland
Wakefield
Sydney Lane
Carol Mattson
Northland
Ahland
Wis
United Church of Christ
Plane Lands Safely After Engine Trouble In Wakefield
Dr Neil Harris of Waterloo Ontario piloting a Beachcraft with passenger Dr William Sunday landed in a farm pasture east of Wakefield about 6:00 am May 30 after engine trouble. Both men uninjured. Plane to be towed to Gogebic County Airport for repairs once highway move is approved.
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Neil Harris
Waterloo
Welland
Ontario
Canada
Ahonen
Wakefield
Harris
William Sunday
Wakefield Motor Lodge
Memorial Day Weekend Locals Host Visitors and Graduates
The town hosted many visitors over Memorial Day weekend from Milwaukee Marquette Sheboygan and Ishpeming among others. Residents welcomed relatives and friends while several local residents attended Wakefield high school graduation and Stout State University commencement exercises with hundreds of degrees awarded and local families traveling to nearby cities.
Michigan graduate Bordeaux to teach in LA district
Lewis J. Bordeaux earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at the University of Michigan and plans to teach in the Los Angeles Hollywood School District while pursuing an advanced degree at UCLA. He will depart for California after a brief visit to Michigan and Lansing relatives. He previously taught in Detroit Public Schools and held roles with student and church programs.
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Lewis J. Bordeaux
Florence Bordeaux
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Bordeaux
Wakefield High School
Adrian College
Trigon Social Fraternity
Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity
Young Republican Club
Wesley Foundation
Marketing Club
Michigan Student Business Teachers’ Association
The
Interfraternity Council
Michigan Union International Affairs Committee
Methodist
Wayne State University
Eastern Michigan University
Detroit
Los Angeles-Hollywood
California
U.C.L.A
Minnie Haglund
Wakefield
Thomas K. Beber
Lansing
Wakefield School Election Sets Board Seat and District Plebiscite
Voters in Wakefield go to the polls on June 14 to elect one board member to fill Charles Valesano's vacancy. No candidate filed besides incumbent Valesano and newcomer Nels Kuivinen. Also on the ballot are the consolidation of Goge bic and Ontonagon Intermediate School Districts and an advisory vote on a Hot Lunch Program for the Wakefield Township School system. Mrs Mabel Collins and Miss Pearl Jacobson are visiting.
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Wakefield
Board of Education
Charles Valesano
Nels Kuivinen
Gogebic
Ontonagon
Wakefield Township
NMU to honors three alumni for public health and journalism
Three notable former residents will receive Northern Michigan University's Distinguished Alumni Awards at weekend ceremonies. Dr. Gordon H. Seger of Washington, D C, W H Treloar of Marquette Mining Journal, and Dr. Sylvester W Trythall of Detroit are recognized for education, leadership and community service. All were raised in the Upper Peninsula and have long careers in medicine journalism and public health.
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Northern Michigan University
NMU
Gordon H. Seger
Washington, D. C
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
W. H. Treloar
Marquette Mining Journal
Sylvester W. Trythall Detroit
Crittenton General Hospital
Upper Peninsula
Seger
Gladstone
Treloar
Marquette
Trythall
Wakefield
Ironwood
Houghton
Shakopee
Minn
Gladstone High School
Northern
University of Michigan
Flint Public
Gennessee County Tuberculosis Association
U. S. Public Health Service
National Cancer Institute
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and
American Public Health Association
The
Association of Management In Public Health
Laurium
Michigan
Russell
Mining Journal
Marquette High School
Northern Michigan University Foundation
Marquette Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
Naples
Amsterdam
Cairo
Vienna
Prague
Rio de Janeiro
John D. Pierce
University of Michigan Medical School
Redridge
Owosso
Harper Hospital
Crittenton
Sara Goveraux Trythall
Orchard Lake
Detroit Surgical Society
American Medical Association
Robert Williams Receives BA Degree at Augustana College
Robert Williams son of Mr and Mrs John Williams will receive his BA degree at graduation exercises at Augustana College Rock Island Illinois on Monday June 7. Mr and Mrs John Williams will attend the graduation. Bob expects to continue his studies in preparation for the ministry.
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Stout State University
Memonomie
Velma Linford
VISTA
Federal Office of Economics Opportunity
Thomas P. Cvengros
Wakefield
Vincent Cvengros
George
Robert Williams
John Williams
Augustana College
Rock Island
Ill
Bob
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Waukegan
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Raymond Peeschek
Milwaukee
Andrew Luoma
Peeschek
Mrs. Luoma
Tomi Luoma
Amanda Luoma
Mae Goodrich
Siiri Tanner
Mark Goodrich
Oliver Williams
Glenview, Ill
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Tke
Tom Komsie
Hubert Fountain
Darlene Bruno
Ishpeming
Mrs. Fountain
Ronald Solberg
Willard Solberg
Fond du Lac
Vernon Solberg
James Whitburn
James Berg
Erland Berg
Henry Poikonen
Larry Anderson
Richard Bebernitz
Larry
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Ewen
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Waynard Thiel
Victor Nurmi
Roger Suomi
Minneapolis
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Rake
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Edwin Smith
University of Michigan At
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Ellen Drake
Eke
Donald Best
Gail Simonson
Kalamazoo
Elsie Koski
Charles Best
Ree
Ralph Himes
Round Lake
Rueben Nelson
Joe Mazurek
Joseph Patyk
John Mazurek
Sidney Olson
Dorie Olson
Kenosha
Eugene Vittone
Jean
St. Joseph Hospital
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Grosse Points Woods
Illa Williams
John C. Williams
John
Bernard Matison
Portland
Oregon
Williams
Arthur Haapola
Finlayson
Edwin Norlund
Castro Valley
Norlund
Laverne Haapola
William Norlund
Karen
Haapola
Cameron
Roman Yatchak
Steve Zorich
William Wiggs
Joseph Laurich
Wakefiel
Hoyt Lakes
Laurich
Debra Kolesar
Luther League of First Lutheran Church
Black River Harbor
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Lauri O. Maki
Howard Anderson
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Eo Nohl
Bobie Jean
Jay Nohl
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Stanley Gaik
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Celeste Beber Sr
Carmel Dossette
Milwwukee
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Frank Urbanski
William Mezzano
James Mezzano
Ralph Harrison
Myron McMillan
Phillip Mattila
Arnold Salo
Mr. Salo
Coffee
Mabel Collins
Pearl Jacobson
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