Wakefield News Highlights Local Travels and Graduations
Elmer Jokinen heads three week trip to Finland visiting relatives near Helsinki and Lapland with return planned June 29. Local families attend Northern Michigan University commencement and nearby graduations while many relatives visit Wakefield for ceremonies and celebrations.
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Elmer Jokinen
Finland
Helsinki
Lapland
Wakefield
Dimiter Dimitroff
L. J. Ospley
Agnes Curley
Terre Haute
Ind
Marilyn Keegan
Brazil
Sabina Dimitroff
Dimitroff
Northern Michigan University
Marquette
Jack Harry
Sharon Boleau
Roger Rintamaki
Rotary Club hears Ojibway Job Corp Camp plan
The Wakefield Rotary Club met Monday at the Big Wheel with guest speaker Alfred Troutt assistant district supervisor of the Ottawa National Forest under John Wernham. Troutt spoke on The Ojibway Job Corp Camp Program noting the camp will be located five miles south of Marenisco one and a half miles east.
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Rotary Club
Wakefield Rotary Club
J. R. Franck
Alfred Troutt
Ottawa National Forest
John Wernham
Troutt
Ojibway Job Corp
Marenisco
Camp M64 progress notes and bid awards update
The M64 campsite is cleared and roads finished with electric service in place. A good water well has been found. Bids for three dwellings for the camp director and two assistants are awarded, with nine more dwellings to be bid on June 18 for the recreation center dormitories classrooms kitchen dining complex and warehouses. Activation hoped for October 1 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MSU
Michigan State University
Nurse Elizabeth Haglund Receives Commendation Medal
Elizabeth J. Haglund Nurse Director United States Public Health Service received the Commendation Medal on May 14 for exemplary duty. stationed Region VII with headquarters in Dallas Texas she serves as a Nurse Consultant in Chronic Disease Control and has been a commissioned officer for seventeen years. Her rank is equivalent to Navy Captain.
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Elizabeth J. Haglund
United States Public Health Service
Miss Haglund
Region VII
The
Public Health Service
Dallas
Texas
John Haglund
Youth Camp Co op o gan Opens July 1965 Near Chisholm Minnesota
Inquiries about the Youth Camp Co op o gan located about 20 miles northeast of Chisholm on Perch Lake. Camp runs July 4 to July 31, 1965 with a capacity of 50 youths per week and a price of 18 dollars weekly. Applications from Range Educational Society Box 172 Virginia Minnesota 55792.
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Co-op-o-gan
Chisholm
Minnesota
Beautiful Perch Lake
Wakefield Co-op
Range Educational Society
Virginia
Minn
Patrol Boys Appreciation Call to Action
A call to join with the police department to support and show appreciation for the Patrol Boys and their fine work. The message urges public participation and communal backing of law enforcement efforts.
City council handles bids and maintenance contracts amid disputes
The Electric Dept. bids for 15 000 ft of cable were rejected after Seppa noted the need. The council approved the 1965 66 Municipal Maintenance Contract with the State Highway Dept. Carr named Maintenance Sept. for the city. Debates on sewer rates, road repairs, and a gas franchise fraud claim dominated discussions, with multiple residents and officials weighing in before adjournment at 9 30.
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Electric Dept
Seppa
Graybar Electric
Westinghouse
State Highway Dept
Carr
Michigan Dept. of Health
Juran and Moody
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone
Ruble and
Miller
Nunimaker
Maki
Merrich
Wico
Plymouth
Burns
Lake Superior District Power Co
Putnam
Harrison
Michigan State Highway Dept
Valesano
Peter Napel
Martha Juoppert
Movrich
Scrap Iron Drive To Aid Patrol Boys
Wakefield City Police sponsor annual scrap iron drive to raise funds for Patrol Boys trip to Upper Peninsula State Fair in Escanaba on Patrol Boy Day August 17. Residents urged to donate scrap iron and contact police stations or detachment desks to arrange drop off.
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Wakefield City
Escanaba
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