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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1972
Page
1
A locally varied note from Wakefield comments on pleasant Sunday weather and mosquito bugs, with reads on community poetry, student writings, and a long bulletin of Michigan Municipal League proceedings. It highlights Wakefield events, readers’ poems, and upcoming municipal meetings and awards.
The Ruth Guild of the Immanuel Lutheran church will hold its last meeting of the season on Monday June 12 at 2 p.m. in the church hall. A pot luck lunch will be served and all members are urged to attend.
Patty Johnson from Minong July Jones from Pence and Dottie Barrette lead a new member group affiliated with the Indianhead Chapter of the Sweet Adelines.
Emil Grasso Wakefield commissioner was chosen as advisor for the 15 U P Michigan Association of Counties at a Mather Inn Ishpeming meeting. Main speakers included James Bourque William Boutell and Rep Phi Mastin. The gathering aimed to address county issues notably high taxes and welfare costs.
Funeral services for Mrs. Stephanie Olejnizak 84 who died May 28 in Milwaukee were held at St Josephs Church. Former Wakefield residents moved to Milwaukee 18 years ago. Survived by son Bernard and three daughters in Milwaukee eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Interment at St Adalbert Cemetery Milwaukee. Gold Star Auxiliary members served as guards and honorary pallbearers with active pallbearers including grandchildren and a nephew. Attending relatives included Bernard Olejnizak and Berandette of Minneapolis.
Services will be held at 9:00 am on Sunday at Immanuel Lutheran Church. There will be no Sunday school classes for the summer.
Six young people were received by the Rite of Confirmation into membership of the Immanuel Lutheran Church. Pictured with their pastor are Mary Pikka Nancy Morrison Joey Raymond Pastor W G Leno Gerald Deney Denise Beckman Lori Goodreau. Photo by Kennys Studio.
Voters in Wakefield Marenisco Bergland Bessemer Township Watersmeet and Gogebic Community College go to polls June 12 from 8 am to 8 pm. Incumbents Edwin Aho Frank Stempihar Gail Charles Donald McKenzie LeRoy Dellies Sam Sorensen Richard Caudill Alfred Lund J Eugene Janov Thomas Dishneau Hazel B Johnson Carl Saubert Thomas Steiger Hugh Drury Jack McKenzie and five candidates for Bessemer City School seek full terms.
Voters in Marenisco Township meet Monday June 12 to consider a millage for school purposes. The proposal, not an increase, would maintain the current four mills. failure would force heavy curtailment of the school program. The item echoes votes approved in 1952 1957 and 1967. In other brief notes Mr and Mrs Robert Tetzloff and son Todd Pulaski Wis visited Wakefield relatives including Mrs Seppa the former Arlove Seppa.
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