Davies Resigns Mine Position After 13 Years as Superintendent
J Davies retires as active head of the Sunday Lake and Brotherton mines after 13 years. M W Froney named to succeed him, bringing prior work at Carey mine and overseeing new surface equipment. Davies, 65, plans to become ore sampler for Pickands Mather across Gogebic and Marquette ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Davies
Sunday Lake
Brotherton
M. W. Froney
Carey
Pickands-Mather Company
Davies
Froney
Pickands- Mather
Gogebic
Marquette Ranges
Ironwood
Wakefield
Pike
Webster, Camp and Lane Company
Akron
Ohio
Tower, Minn
Marquette and
Menomineé Ranges
Mikado
C. E. Walton
Crystal Falls Officials Here On Inspection Trip
Crystal Falls officials led by Mayor Rogers and city officials visited Wakefield Friday morning on an inspection tour. Joseph Green, a former Wakefield resident, and two Crystal Falls commissioners toured the Community Building Crown Point park water plant and city departments to gather ideas to apply back home. They praised Wakefield calling it the biggest little city in Michigan and among the most progressive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Saunders
Dwyer
Joseph Green
Wakefield
City of
Crystal Falls
Crown Point Park
Michigan
Wakefield welcomes Froney as mining engineer new to city
Mr Froney arrives in Wakefield after years of active supervision in mining with an excellent efficiency and production record. He married Beatrice Dahl, a Wakefield native, and previously worked as mining engineer at Pickands-Mather company mines in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Froney
Wakefield
Beatrice Dahl
Pickands-Mather Company
Wakefield High to Graduate Largest Class in History
Commencement week at Wakefield High begins Sunday with a 2 PM baccalaureate in the school auditorium, Rev. Axel Pearson delivering the sermon. The 1925 class, the largest yet, includes 32 graduates to receive diplomas at Community Theater Wednesday night, with Prof. Guy Folkes as speaker on "Seven Rules of Living."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakéfield High School
Axel Pearson
Swedish Methodist Church
Ironwood
Dora Lyons
Christian Soldiers
W. M. Hughes
Guy Folkes
University of Wisconsin
Emma Heitikke
BAC Cronong
Former Local Teacher Sadie Goski Dies in California
Miss Sadie Goski daughter of Mr and Mrs John Goski of this city died at her sister Mrs Stanley Margison home in Lincoln California after a long illness Her body was shipped here for interment arriving Sunday or Monday She taught briefly at Comet school before ill health ended her duties Survived by her parents brother Jack and sisters Mrs William Rosendahl and Mrs Matt Nyman Wakefield high school class of 1920 and Northern State Normal at Marquette were among her affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Goski
John Goski
Stanley Margison
Lincoln
Cal
Jack
William Rosendahl
Matt Nyman
Wakefield High School
Northern State Normal
Marquette
M-12 Concrete Project Still Undecided
Plans for the M-12 pavement from Watersmeet to Gogebic station are up in the air as of now. County and federal authorities have not decided what work will be done this year, with work likely postponed until 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Road Commission
Bessemer
Washington
Watersmeet
Gogebic Station
Thomas Furnace Co to relight its Milwaukee furnace
Preparations are under way to relight the Thomas Furnace Co. stack in Milwaukee idle since October 1923. The furnace is expected to be active late in June. R. W. Coats named general superintendent, formerly with Toledo Furnace Co. The company plans to ship ore from Morgan mine near Wakefield, after relinquishing its lease and abandoning pumps. Wakefield Iron Co. now holds the lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Furnace Co
Milwaukee
R. W. Coats
Toledo Furnace Co
Thomas Co
Morgan
Wakefield
Thomas Company
The
Wakefield Iron Co
Young deer seen in city Friday morning headline scene
A bakery doorway sighting on Sunday Lake street near city hall reports a young deer moving across the street and toward the lake after stopping at Henry Olson’s yard. Officials suggest recent forest fires may drive wildlife from habitats. A timber wolf seen nearby on Norwich road toward Ontonagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Cormier
C. R. Burgey
Norwich
Ontonagon
Charges Against Gurney Webb Dismissed In Court
In Alger county circuit court Judge Louis H. Fead dismissed the case against Gurney Webb Marquette city commissioner noted Wakefield resident charged with larceny and obtaining property under false pretenses tied to Onota township finances Webb's attorney MacDonald moved for dismissal arguing insufficient evidence and lack of jurisdiction as acts allegedly occurred in Marquette county Webb discharged with charges dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alger County
Louis H. Fead
Gurney Webb
Marquette
Wakefield
Onota Township
BE. A. MacDonald
Webb
Marquette County
Fead
Rev Alpo Setula Returns to Wakefield Pulpit
The Rev. Alpo Setula resumes duties as pastor of the local Finnish Lutheran Church in Wakefield after a year in the West recovering from a lung ailment. The Rev. A Karlin moves to Ishpeming as missionary headquarters for the church in the Upper Peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Karlin
Ishpeming
Upper Peninsula
Alpo Setula
West
Wakefield
Hart Guests Of City At Wakefield Dance
Commissioner and Mrs W C Hart will be honored guests as Wakefield hosts a Tuesday evening dance at the Community building from 9 to 1. The city orchestra will play. funds from a $900 band music budget will be split between the orchestra and the city band for upcoming outdoor concerts at Crown Point Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Hart
City of Wakefield
Crown Point Park
Legion Quarters
Playground Apparatus to Be Installed Near Ball Park
Work to install playground equipment on grounds east of the Community building will begin next week. The swings trapeze slides and teeter totters have been received and the area is being prepared to receive the material.
City to seek bids for north shore Sunday Lake dance pavilion
Crown Point Park on Sunday Lake will host bids next week for a 40 by 60 foot concrete and steel dance pavilion. The structure will be a floor and roof, with later side additions for shelter. lakefront cleanup and a new bathing pier are advancing. Thor Hoseid won $299 contract to raze the steel stand pipe and water tower near city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Point Park
Sunday Lake
City Commission
Sunday Lake Street
Thor Hoseid
Pig iron demand lifts eastern ore trade optimism
Heavy pig iron sales in the eastern market have spurred talk that independent mining firms will boost iron range operations in coming weeks. Analysts expect pig iron prices to recover to prior levels while iron ore prices remain steady. A mining map says ore output may rise this summer as production runs at capacity, despite slow Pittsburgh sales. Martha Washington Candy now weekly at A. F. Olson's. try a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Duluth
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Wm. Muldoon
John L. Sullivan
Crown Park
PES
Skud & Goldman
Wakefield, Michigan
Wakefield High
Chrissie James
Supt
A. W. Clevenger
Board of Education
William Webb Weston
John Charles Best
George John Skytta
Joseph Samuel Livo
John Elmer Saari
Kenneth George Draver
William Collins
Stephen C. Earl
Charles Walton
Lawrence John Hook
Andrew Peter Broccone
Herman Joseph Hook
Eino Samuel Latvala
Anastasia Maloney
Clarice Ethel Kellow
Ruth Hildegarde Johnson
Chrissie Louisa James
Ethel Nikula
Anna Galinats
Clara Grace Seals
Emma Sofia Heitikko
Sylvia L. Tosa
Elinor Elizabeth Johnson
Mayme Karling
Martha Katherine Niemi
Mamie Ida Holma
Velma Marie Jakeway
Olive Isabelle LaBerdle
Leatha Muriel Hillis
Joan Lepinski
Evelyn Derosier
California
Gurney
Setula
Amundsen
Roald Amundsen
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Harts
Hart
Ball Park
Hoseid
Martha Washington
A. F. Olson
American Bankers’ Association
First National Bank
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