Gogebic ore dispatch shift may alter Ashland Lake port balance
The Gogebic range could shift ore traffic to Escanaba as mine operators push for rail to lake docks. Diesel power and longer trains, plus earlier Escanaba shipping, threaten Ashland’s role. Wakefield to Iron River survey fuels debate about a radical but conjectural change with broad economic impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Gogebic Range
Escanaba
Northwestern Company
Lake Michigan
Lower Lake
Wakefield
Iron River
Northwestern
Ecanaba
Columbians Elect Annual Officers
Michael A. DeStasio was reelected grand knight of the Bishop Magnars Council Knights of Columbus. Charles Valesano was renamed deputy grand knight with Joseph Gagnon as chancellor Joseph Gill as recorder John Bonovett as treasurer and Louis Verch as warden. Other officers elected include Advocat e James Bria inside guard James Conterio outside guard Whitney Johnson and trustee Morton Hickey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael A. DeStasio
Bishop Magnars Council
Knights of Columbus
Charles Valesano
Joseph Gagnon
Marenisco
Joseph Gill
John Bonovett
Louis Verch
Advocate
James Bria
James Conterio
Whitney Johnson
Morton Hickey
Obergs Celebrate Golden Anniversary Home of Moyles
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Oberg will mark their golden wedding anniversary at the Moyles home, Friday June 9. Open house runs 3 to 5 p m and 7 to 10 p m. They recently moved from Milwaukee to Wakefield to reside with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Moyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Oberg
William Moyle
Obergs
Milwaukee
Moyle
Wakefield
Council Considers Four New City Ordinances This Week
The council discusses a temporary lighting plan for a school playground to aid a softball league with possible later use for the city white way. Four ordinances are proposed including pollution cleanup of Sunday Lake weed control urban housing survey and issuance of water revenue bonds with a higher minimum water charge. Twelve building permits totaling about 4500 dollars were approved and the 1950 51 budget was adopted with borrowing authority and water exploration funds explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Lake
Board of Education
Donald Brown
Brown
Sunday Lake
Housing Commission
E. P. Cormier
Federal Housing Administration
Kent
Daily Bible School to Start June 19
A vacation bible school runs June 19 to 23 and June 26 to 30 at Central School from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. It is sponsored by First and Immanuel Lutheran Churches with help from Wakefield Methodist Church. Open to children aged four to 13 from various church affiliations. Activities include worship, study, handicrafts, visual aids, and supervised play. Twenty three teachers have signed up. A nurse will be on duty. Parent’s night on June 30 features a program by children and a social hour with coffee.
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Central School
First and Immanuel Lutheran
Methodist Church
First and Immanuel
Wakefield Methodist Church
July 4 Wakefield Boat Races At Gogebic Club
A July 4 program of outboard motor boat races in Wakefield features seven events for racing runabouts utility runabouts and hydroplanes. The Gogebic Boat Club hosts with co sponsorship from the American Legion and the chamber of commerce.
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Gogebic Boat Club
Wakefield
American Legion and
Chamber of Commerce
Wakefield Woman's Club Officer Elected National Treasurer
Mrs. R I C Prout, charter member of the Wakefield Woman's Club, was elected treasurer of the National Federation of Women's Clubs at the annual convention in Boston. She has served as local club president, state federation president, and held roles in the national organization during wartime and the auditing committee this past year. She has lived in Wakefield since the death of her husband, Dr R I C Prout, in March 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. I. C. Prout
Wakefield Woman's Club
National Federation of Women’s Club
Boston
Mass
Burns Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary in Marinette
Mr and Mrs Peter Burns of Marinette Wisconsin observed their golden wedding at St Anthony s church and hosted a church hall reception for about 250 guests The celebration also marked the second anniversary of the marriage of Mr and Mrs George Nystrom Their daughter Marie married Noel F Dyer at the same mass Attendees included the Moran and Nystrom families and eight children of the Burns have attended the event Mr Burns a former Sawyer Goodman Lumber Co employee and his wife reside in Marinette since their marriage.
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Peter Burns
Marinette
Wis
Arthur Moran
Robert A. Burns
George Nystrom
Nystrom
Marilyn Morna
Burns
St. Anthony's Church
Marie
Noel F. Dyer
Silver Dome
Moran
Mrs. Burns
Joseph Sigler Dies at 84 in Hurley Area
Joseph Sigler, 84, died in his sleep early Saturday after months of ill health. He lived with his sister Mrs. Teresa Regis for four and a half years. Funeral rites were held Monday at St. Mary's church with burial at Hurley cemetery. Born in Austria on February 5, 1866, he married there in 1895. He and his wife and two children came to the United States in 1921, settled in Hurley until Mrs. Sigler’s death in 1942, then lived with his daughter in Bessemer and Wakefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Sigler
Teresa Regis
St. Mary’s Church
Hurley
Mr. Sigler
Austria
United States
Local Teacher Robert Grose Resigns From Iron River School
Robert Grose, a senior high school instructor for two years, has submitted resignation to the board of education. Mrs. Grose also resigned last year. The Grose couple reside in Iron River and his future teaching plans are undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Grose
Board of Education
Two Candidates Seek Re election To School Board
Clarence Jacobson and Ernst Trettin announce their bid for re election to the board of education. Both filed nominating petitions this week. Final filing day is Tuesday June 20 and each petition must carry at least 50 names of registered voters in the school district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Jacobson
Ernst Trettin
Membersip
Board of Education
Finnish Reading Club Elects Officers
Mrs. Oscar Kumpula was elected president of the Finnish Reading Club at a recent meeting. Other officers elected include Mrs. Isaa Syrjala as vice president, Mrs. Laine Ranta as secretary, Mrs. John Haanpaa as assistant secretary, Mrs. John Kangas as treasurer, and auditors Mrs. Nestor Niemi and Mrs. John Pirhonen. The book committee includes Mrs. Ida Lehto and Mrs. John Haanpaa, with Mrs. Laine Ranto named news reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Kumpula
Isaa Syrjala
Laine Ranta
John Haanpaa
Secrtary
John Kangas
Nestor Niemi
John Pirhonen
Ida Lehto
Laine Ranto
Travel talk on Europe entertains at tazy club
Mr and Mrs G R or present impressions from an eight week trip to Italy and France to the tazy club and wives. Mrs Connor reviews Rome Florence Venice Capri Nice Paris while Mr Connor discusses life and economics of Italians and French, noting Marshall Plan impact and reliance on U S aid.
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Italy
France
G. R. Or
Riviera Paris
Iles of Art
Rome
Nice
Paris
St. Peter's Cathedral
Pompeii
Mt. Vesuvius
Europe
Connor
Willie Jackson Still At Large After Escape From Wisconsin Prison
Willie Jackson escaped from the Marquette prison farm on May 18 and remained at large Thursday afternoon as state police aided Wisconsin officers in the Minocqua area. A birdhound failed to track him. he previously stole several cars including a truck near Winegar and was last thought to be in the Gaylord lake region after a night with Matt Anderson. He was serving 7½ to 15 years for breaking and entering and could have been up for parole later this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Jackson
Marquette Prison
Wisconsin
Minocqua
Willie
Winegar
Gaylord Lake
Entertain Past Matrons Hostess Leads Eastern Star Evening
Mrs Harlan Johnson hosted past matrons of Victory Chapter Eastern Star at her home Friday with card games and lunch. Plans were laid for a past matrons group. On Wednesday Mrs H L Trezise and Mrs Margaret Holmberg hosted Ironwood and Bessemer chapter matrons for a dinner served by the WSCS church group. Bridge and canasta were enjoyed. Conchita Garcia left for Detroit to visit relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Johnson
Victory
Order of Eastern Star
H. L. Trezise
Margaret Holmberg
Ironwood
Bessemer
WSCS
Methodist Church
Legion To Elect New Officers At Legion Post
The Geroux Post American Legion will elect new officers on June 20. Claude Cowling and Elmer Hill seek post commander with ballots available at the canteen and by mail to the Adjutant. Elections include multiple nominations for first and second vice commanders and eight other positions with twelve members vying for five executive committee seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Hill
Joe Desonia, Jr
Clyde Jacobson
Maurice Wozniak
William Kuivinen
Eugene Bendotti
Frank Galinatz
Toivo Komsie
Vernon Olson
William Luoma
Harold Michelson
Carl N. Olson
T. A. Drengacz
William Morriam
Joseph Patyk
George Harvey
George Nystrom
Roy W. Bedell
Celest Buccanero
Clarence Jacobson
William Lane
Roland Miljevich
Louis Orlich
Bruno Saari
Edward Strahs
John W. Thomas
Anton Valesano
Carlo Valesano
Irving Voyer
Wakefield Township School Census Shows Decline
The Wakefield township district reports 1073 school children ages five to nineteen in the latest census, down from 1104 last year. Total children under twenty reach 1522, with 566 boys and 407 girls in the key age range.
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Wakefield Township
J. W. Thomas
Viviano Rites Set Friday in Wakefield Funeral
Funeral services for Lawrence Viviano 59 will be held Friday morning at Frick Funeral Home with American Legion military honors. Rev Ronald J Bassett will officiate. A World War I veteran, Viviano died Tuesday from a heart ailment after years of ill health. He born in Calangero Italy on March 15 1891 came to the United States in 1905 and resided in Wakefield. He married Anna Bessie January 2 1922 and is survived by a son Harold of Saxon Wis and one grandchild.
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Viviano
Lawrence Viviano
Frick
American Legion
Ronald J. Bassett
Chino) Viviano
Calangero
Italy
United States
West
Wakefield
Anna Bessie
Harold
Saxon, Wis
Wakefield Man Set to Enter Lutheran Ministry
Tauno Jarvinen will be ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Suomi Synod at Bethany Lutheran Ishpeming next Wednesday evening. He earned a Wakefield high school diploma in 1941 and studied at Northern State Teachers College, Suomi College Hancock. He has accepted a pastorate in Aberdeen Washington and will move with his wife Ellie Maki Ramsay and family after the 18 June synodal convention. Mr and Mrs Isaac Juoni arrived in Wakefield from Boston after their Helsinki wedding January 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tauno Jarvinen
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Suomi
Bethany Lutheran Church
Ishpeming
David Jarvinen
Aberdeen
Wash
Ellie Maki Ramsay
West
Mr. Jarvinen
Wakefield Schools
Northern State Teachers’ College
Marquette
Suomi College
Hancock
Isaac Juoni
Wakefield
Boston
Mass
Junoi
Helsinki
Finland
Juoni
Mrs. Juoni
Castile
City to Seek Bids for Three Trucks and Diesel Engine
The city manager informed the council bids will be sought for two 2-ton and one 1 1/2-ton trucks plus turn-ins for two current trucks. A new diesel motor for the FWD truck, about 2500 dollars, is also planned. Bids due by noon Saturday June 17.
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R. F. Cloon
Nels Simonson
Vicar Mine
Us-2
Comet
Layne-Northwest Company
Legion
Eddy Park
Andy Lake
Wakefield Hospital June Admissions Summary
June admissions list at Wakefield Hospital includes Mrs William Rogers Merriweather medical. Mr and Mrs Leo Ahonen Ramsay baby girl. Mrs Lawrence LaBeske Bessemer medical. discharge notices for several patients. June 5 adds Mrs T Martin Freeman Puritan surgical. June 6 includes Ruth Czajkowski Bessemer medical. June 8 records Hurley Pelkola Bergland birth and Jerome Minier Thomaston medical, with various discharges.
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Wakefield Hospital News
William Rogers
Merriweather
Leo Ahonen
Ramsay
Lawrence LaBeske
Bessemer
Gene Nurmi
Wake
T. Martin Freeman
Puritan
Surgical
Stanley Dersnak
Ewen
Jack Clark
Wakefield
Medical
Robert Mazurek
John Mannan
Ruth Czajkowski
Eugene Bendotti
Teresa Beissel
Hurley Pelkola
Bergland
Matt Valli
Jerome Minier
Thomaston
Watersmeet
Immanuel Church Calendar of Junior Missionary Activities
Immanuel Lutheran Church hosts the Junior Missionary Society meeting on Saturday June 10 at 10:00 a.m. Mrs. Harvey Elliott will be guest hostess. The church school gathers at 9:15 a.m. Sunday with worship at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. The Board of Administration meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at 1011 Pierce St. The Women's Chorus practices Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. The Junior Choir meets Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and the Ladies Aid gathers Thursday at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. Tom Lane and Mrs. Einar Hoppa host. A brief Bible study and refreshments follow. Admissions and discharges listed for Ramsay residents.
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Immanuel Church
Junior Missionary Society
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Harvey Elliott
Immanuel Lutheran Church School
Board of Administration
Victor Hanson
Pierce St
Immanuel Women’s Chorus
Ladies Aid
Tom Lane
Einar Hoppa
Fiona Mattson
Ramsay
Leo Ahonen
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Tum
Michigan
Harry T. Ward
Michigan Good Roads Federation
Detroit
Ward
Good Roads Federation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Litvinoff
Mr. Rooseelt
Mr. Litvinoff
Mr. Roosevelt
Council
Tates
Mussolini
Conchita Garcia
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