Bids Sought To Operate Civic Theater And Sell Rummel House
City commission, after adopting the upcoming year budget, plans to invite bids to operate the Wakefield theater and to sell the Rummel house and pump station dwelling. Mayor Cloon urged theater bids to secure top films. the Rummel house requires exterior repairs. A public hearing will precede adoption of the annual budget.
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Thomaston Road
George Karling
City Commission
Bedell
Water and Light
Cloon
Manley
Public Works Department
Wooden nickels boost Gladstone jubilee in Michigan
Gladstone Michigan city celebration honors the fiftieth birthday with wooden nickels issued by the Gladstone City Club. The coins, the size of a dollar, are accepted by merchants for goods and can be exchanged for real money at banks, though not usable in slot machines. The program accompanies the Golden Jubilee Homecoming set for July 3 to 5.
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Mich
Gladstone
Gladstone City Club
Upper Peninsula
Delta County
United States Buffalo
Masses at St Marys Church This Summer
Three masses will be sung at St Marys church on Sundays during the summer, at 6 8 and 10 oclock in the morning per Rev Fr Thomas Drngacz pastor. Also notes from Union Church program and Finn Lutheran services with times and leaders.
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Thomas Drengacz
Ion Boneiste
Jackson Creek
Bia
Young Peoples
Nilo Korhonen
Safe Bicycling Rules for Michigan Pedestrians and Riders
The past year saw 20 bicycling deaths and more than 175 accidents in Michigan with thousands narrowly avoided. Citizens should obey traffic laws, dismount at busy corners, ride single file near the right edge, avoid squeezing between cars, signal turns, refrain from hitching, racing, or carrying a passenger, and avoid sidewalk riding. Night riding requires lights. state laws mandate signal equipment. Parents may be responsible for accidents involving their children. police vow to curb riding and violators face police court action.
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Michigan
Union Organizer Gets Cool Reception
Norman Harris introduced himself as organizer of the CIO and Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers at a Community Building meeting. Less than a dozen underground miners attended while others asked about the aims. Harris refused to proceed when non miners were present and soon closed by saying the government would be notified of the reception and that officials would come to force a union.
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Norman Harris
CIO
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Harris
City halts new liquor licenses amid capped quota
Wakefield city officials approved a sixth liquor license for a property on W Street, but the state commission informed the clerk that cities of Wakefield’s size are limited to five licenses. The city’s latest application awaits commission review and potential legislative change to raise the cap.
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State Commission
Wakefield
Local unions win strong vote at three mines
Voters at Sunday Lake Plymouth and Anvil mines backed local unions to represent them with the mine mail. Anvil mine reported 100 percent support and Plymouth 99 percent.
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Anvil Mine
Wakefield community notices and regional gatherings
Reported weekend visits fill Wakefield homes with relatives from Grandon Wausau and Two Harbors. Local officials and clubs plan Memorial Day services Rotary Outing at Koerner’s Resort and a July 4 observance alongside St Mary’s club picnic. Notices cover obliquely railway strikes effect, mining resumption, and various family visits and hospital care.
State To End Moose Trapping On Isle Royale
The Michigan conservation department ends its three year live trapping of moose on Isle Royale. Twenty three animals were moved this winter to two mainland locations the Keweenaw peninsula and the Casino game refuge near Munising. Scientists fear winter starvation and low numbers and say efforts to establish a mainland herd depend on protection from poaching and local support.
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Keweenaw Point
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Verona Water Service Considers Takeover Proposal
The Verona city commission will decide on taking over water distribution after Kenneth Duncan of Plymouth Mining Company requested action. The mining firm’s former houses have been sold to current occupants. Installation of meters emerged as the major cost factor at the meeting.
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Verona
City Commission
Kenneth Duncan
Plymouth Mining Company
School Board Election Notice In July
The term of Stanley N Tyack president of the board of education expires in July. The annual election of a board president will be held July 13. Qualified voters who are not registered can register at the office of J A Jackson in the senior high school.
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Board of Education
J. A. Jickson
District to Construct Two Tennis Courts
The district will build two new concrete tennis courts at Central school grounds on Sunday Lake and at Wico school, funded from year end surplus. The move aligns with the board’s healthful recreation policy, with no building upkeep funded in the upcoming $155,906 budget. Continuation of annual operations allocates major sums to salaries, transportation, supplies, and utilities, as Wakefield schools plan a June 18 closure and June 15 commencement for 72 graduates.
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Board of Education
Wakefield
Upper Peninsula
Luther Leaguers Meet in Ogema Next Weekend
Luther League members from the Ogema district will gather in Ogema at Immanuel Lutheran Church for a three day meeting Friday through Sunday. Some fifty delegates and visitors are expected for illustrated lectures on China, devotional services, Bible study, a Saturday picnic at Eddy Park, and an inspirational address titled Righteousness Exalteth a Nation by local clergy.
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Otto H. Bostrom
Marquette
Eddy Park
Oscar Lund
Gunnard R.grahn
Wakefield Delegation Heads to Lansing for State Talks
Dr. A W Colberg will represent Wakefield city in Lansing next week as a county board delegation seeks early completion of the Chaney Lake road south of Wakefield, with over 200000 spent by county and state agencies. They will meet the state health department on forming a Gogebic county unit and discuss timber land purchases with conservation WPA and highway officials.
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Enrollment Open for Kindergarten Next Fall
Parents should confer with teachers to plan kindergarten instruction. Eligible children are five or six by Feb 1, 1938. Enrollment slots: Tuesday June 8 2 to 4 45 p m at Junior High, Wednesday at Central, Thursday at Wico, Friday at Verona. Bring birth certificates.
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Roosevelt Democratic Club Meeting Scheduled Next Wednesday
The Roosevelt Democratic club will hold its regular meeting at the Community building next Wednesday June 9 at 8 o clock. All members are urged to attend and bring their neighbors along. Chester McGraw and CCC camp notes appear in the fragment.
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Roosevelt Democratic Club
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