City approves power contract with small rise for five years
The Lake Superior District Power Company will supply electricity to Wakefield for five years at 1.40 per kilowatt hour starting July 1, a 4.93 percent increase over the current rate. The deal, approved unanimously by the city council on the manager’s recommendation, aims to protect the city if rates rise. The present contract expires in March 1950, and the new agreement includes a five year term with an option for another five years.
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Lake Superior
Utilities Commissions
Wisconsin
Michigan
Wakefield
George Donald
William Jacobson
Oscar Mackee
Light and Power
Power Company
Personal News From Wakefield and Surroundings
Richard Novak visits Whitewater relatives in Wisconsin while Mrs. Benedict Novak Sr. and Mrs. J J Novak travel to Marquette to see Arthur Stoughton and friends in Negaunee. Viola Irene Kivi engages Uno Maki of Ironwood with wedding date undecided. John Jarvi dies in Butte after illness. Matt Jarvi of Wakefield the survivor. Dennis Maiden discharged after gasoline burn treatment. Mrs. A L Stannard returns from Ann Arbor and New York. William Jacobson and son visit from Ann Arbor for summer with Jacobson family. Sofia Torkko returns from Detroit. Ernest Lavers and family spend weekend in Plymouth with Jacobsons. John Niemi and others seek Milwaukee work. Barbara Wundrock returns to Milwaukee for summer with companions. Hope Hanson visits before June 25 wedding to Jacob Venema at Immanuel Lutheran. R A Burns travels to Grand Rapids for Michigan Elks convention.
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Richard Novak
Whitewater College
Whitewater
Wis
Benedict Novak
J. J. Novak
Tippy
Marquette
Arthur Stoughtons
Wakefield
Negaunee
Axel Kivi
Viola Irene
Uno Maki
John Westerback
Ironwood
Matt Jarvi
Finland
Dennis Maiden
Thomaston
Wakefield Hospital
A.L. Stannard
Ann Arbor
New York
William Jacobson
Mr. Jacobson
Sofia Torkko
Detroit
Ernest’ Lavers
Tomahawk
Harry Jacobson
Plymouth
John Niemi
James Bugni
Frank Orlich
Robert Churitch
Milwaukee
Barbara Wundrock
Susan Karling
Joyce Kunes
Hope Hanson
Niles
Mich
Albert Hanson
Jacob Venema
Nunica
Immanuel Lutheran Church
R. A. Burns
Grand Rapids
Elks Lodges
Michigan
Wakefield Hospital Head Dies in South Bend Indiana
Mother Mary Virginia mother general of the Sisters of St. Joseph died at the Mother House on June 9 in South Bend Indiana after a long illness. Funeral services will be held in Stevens Point Wisconsin on June 14. She led the order that operates Wakefield hospital and runs the catechetical school at St. Mary's parish. The funeral mass will be at St. Mary's church with attendance planned by Rev. T A Drengacz and Sisters Mary Rose Angeline Mark Marie and Mrs John Ozzello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bart
Gregory Meier
W. J. Doyle
Margaret Doyle
Robert Hein
Robert
Edward Hein
New York
John C. Buscher
Bronxville
N. Y
Helen Spaeth
Davenport
Robert Reister
Highland Falls
Joseph Quinn
Ridgewood
Mary Virginia
Order of Sister of St. Joseph
South Bend
Ind
Stevens Point
Wis
Sisters of St. Joseph
Wakefield Hospital
St. Mary’s
T. A. Drengacz
Mary Rose
Summer Playground Program Opens Monday at HS Field
Roman Yatchak, high school athletic director, will oversee the summer playground program starting next Monday. Students in grades 4 to 9 must register by Wednesday at the school gym. Boys in grades 7 to 9 will form a baseball league, grades 4 to 6 join softball at Cardinal field, and girls may participate in archery, badminton, horseshoe, tennis, and croquet. A swimming instruction program at Eddy Park will be scheduled later this month.
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Roman Yatchak
Cardinal Field
Yatchak
Eddy Park
Tyack Family Attends Michigan State Commencement
Mr and Mrs 8 N Tyack returned Tuesday from East Lansing where they attended the Michigan State College commencement exercises. Miss Joan Tyack received her degree at that time and will teach in Menominee schools next year.
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N. Tyack
East Lansing
Michigan State College
Joan Tyack
Miss Tyack
Menominee
P M Co Asks Valuation Cut Of Plymouth Mine
Pickands Mather & Co seeks reduction of Plymouth mine valuation from 1 095 000 to 700 000 after a slide endangers a million tons of ore. Company argues north bank hazards and 400 000 rock slide removal costs were ignored by state appraiser. If not granted, it will appeal to the state tax commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Pickands, Mather & Co
H. C. Jackson
Cleveland
Board of Review
State Tax Commission
MaOnbens
Fevien
Michigan Tech grads 529 earn degrees in Houghton
Graduate Robert Edwin Gilbert and Leo Arducant were among 529 students receiving degrees at Michigan College of Mining and Technology in Houghton. Gilbert earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering and Arducant a science degree in mechanical engineering. The Gilberts attended with Mr and Mrs William Gilbert.
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Michigan Tech
Robert Edwin Gilbert
Leo Arducant
Michigan College of Mining and Technology
Houghton
Gilbert
Arducant
William Gilbert
Gilbert, Jr
Wakefield
Columbus
Hanson Family Attends Lofgren Ordination in Minneapolis
Mr and Mrs Victor Hanson and family travel to Minneapolis on Sunday for the ordination of their son in law Melvin Lofgren to the Lutheran ministry at Mt Olivet church. Lofgren received a missionary commission on June 10 and plans a four year Africa service. The Rev and Mrs Lofgren return to Wakefield next week for an unspecified visit.
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Victor Hanson
Minneapolis
Melvin Lofgren
Mt. Olivet Church
Lofgren
Dorothy Hanson
Wakefield
Africa
Rummage Sale at St. Marys Church June 14
Circle No 5 of St Marys Church will hold a rummage sale and novelty party in the church parlors on June 14. The sale opens at 7 p.m. and the party begins at 8 p.m.
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St. Mary’s Church
School Census Shows Small Gain For 1949
Wakefield school district census shows a net rise of 13 from 1948, with 435 children aged one to five and 1104 aged five to nineteen. Superintendent J W Thomas notes the census informs tax distribution and reflects a second yearly increase, suggesting Wakefield city and township may total 4607 people at one third of the population.
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Wakefield
J. W. Thomas
Wakefield City
Wakefield Man Dies After Leukemia Battle
Einar Keto aged 28 of Wakefield died Wednesday at 8 p m in University Hospital Ann Arbor after a month of treatment for leukemia. A veteran of 30 years in the Army postwar he worked at the Vicar mine and was injured in a fall last year. He was born October 29, 1920, in Wakefield and married Elizabeth Rutherford on December 15, 1948. He is survived by his wife, his parents Mr and Mrs Eli Keto, two sisters and a brother. Funeral services are set for Monday at First Lutheran church with interment in Lakeside cemetery.
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Einar Keto
Wakefield
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Grand View
Vicar Mine
Wakefield Hospital
Elizabeth Rutherford
Vinegar
Eli Keto
Onni Koivu
Sydney Mayr, Jr
Bell, Cal
Oliver
First Lutheran Church
W. Autere
Lakeside Cemetery
Deadline set for dog license purchases and disposal rule
Deadline June 15 approaches for buying a dog license or risk city police disposal of unlicensed dogs. Mr and Mrs Charles Sampier visit at Mrs Sampier’s parents home, with Mr Sampier just earning a Michigan business degree. Norma Cloon is Mrs Sampier. W E Trezise, second year UM medical student, returns home for summer with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sampier
Sampier
R. F. Cloon
University of Michigan School of Business Administration
Norma Cloon
W. E. Trezise
University of Michigan Medial School
H. L. Trezige
June Ardith Pezzetti and Milton Krznarich Wed in Ironwood
Miss June Ardith Pezzetti married Milton John Krznarich in a 10 am Holy Trinity church ceremony. The Wakefield groom's family and Ironwood connections honored the couple with a large reception for 400 guests at the Memorial Building and a 19 relative dinner at Lakeview Inn Wakefield. The bride, a Wakefield High School graduate, and groom, Ironwood native, plan to live in Wakefield while he completes studies at Superior State Teachers College.
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J. J. Pezzetti
June Ardith Pezzetti
Milton John Krznarich
Mary Krznarich
Ironwood
Holy Trinity Church
E. Milhalich
Bruno Rodegherio
Honor
William Blom
Minneapolis
Blom
Clarice Hooper
Lakeview Inn
Wakefield
Memorial Building
George Nystrom
Carl Olson
Wakefield High School
Superior State Teachers College
Third Army
Sailor Twins Serve Together in Army Air Corps
Sailor twins Roger and Robert Sailer from Wakefield endure basic training together in the army air corps at San Antonio Texas. They graduated in 1947 from Wakefield schools and will return home to Wakefield in September after completing their enlistment.
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Sailor
Roger
Robert
Wakefield
Army Aircorps
San Antonio
Texas
Joseph Sailer
Brotherton Street
Budget Adopted For City Fiscal Year
More than 106000 will be collected by taxes to operate the city during the coming fiscal year as the council adopted a total budget of 263730.97. Income will come from city services state refunds sales gasoline and weight taxes liquor licenses and other sources. Salaries are estimated at 107930. The meeting was calm with the first reading of a revised building ordinance and street name changes including Eddy to Peters Old County Road to Lake Shore Drive and Castile Mine road to Castile road. One hour parking signs were authorized on Sunday Lake street and board of review members were paid 50 each plus 50 for extra work. Approved a new power contract with Lake Superior District Power company.
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Council
Planning Commission
Eddy Street
Peters
Old County Road
Lake Shore Drive
Castile Mine
Castile Road
Best
Seppa
Lake Superior District Power Company
Stosel Rites Held Thursday in Sacred Heart Parish
Funeral services were held at Sacred Heart Church Schaeffer Delta County Michigan for Cunigunda Stosel 75 mother of Rev. Thomas Drengacz pastor of St. Marys Wakefield Her death followed a heart attack Saturday and a recent hospitalization She came from Chicago to live with her son She is survived by her son a sister in Europe and a brother in Escanaba Also noted were Wakefield St Marys services and a large funeral gathering with Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus pallbearers and many priests from the region
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Church
Schaeffer
Delta County
Michigan
Cunigunda Stosel
Thomas Drengacz
St. Mary’s Church
John, Levo
Joseph Batryn
August Schultz
Edward Lasnoski
Joseph Potvin
Sacred Heart Parish
St. Mary's Church
Wakefield
Albert Pellissier
St. Joseph and
St. Mary Church
Iron Mountain
Frank Ronkowski
St. Michael’s Church
Ironwood
Victor Karch
St. Adelbert’s Church
Menominee
Thomas L. Noa
Marquette
Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus
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HS Field
BY MacKenzie
P-M Co
Krznarich
Pezzetti
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