Census shows increase in Wakefield school age population
Wakefield township school district reports 1104 children ages five to nineteen, up ten from 1953, with 1568 under age twenty. Boys outnumber girls in both groups. five to twenty group totals 582 boys and 522 girls. Five and under show a 32 loss. Board of education candidates file for two, election set for July 12 with incumbents Gilbert and Eunice Olson facing Ted Wasielewski Don Baltic and Tanio Maki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield Township
J. W. Thomas
Board of Education
James Gilbert
Anton
Eunice) Olson
Ted Wasielewski
Don Baltic
Tanio
Prince) Maki
Clarence A. Jacobson
Lempi Saari
Eli Mustapaa
Miss Patricia Makela Weds Reuben Nurmi at First Lutheran
Miss Patricia Makela and Reuben Nurmi wed at First Lutheran Church on Saturday June 5 before about 400 guests. The couple, with families and friends from Wakefield Waukegan and surrounding towns, plan to reside in Waukegan Illinois after a honeymoon to Port Arthur Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilho Jakkola
Registration For Playground Activities Begin Monday
Summer playground activities for boys and girls begin Monday June 14 with junior league baseball for boys in grades 6 to 8 registering at 2 PM at Cardinal Athletic Field. Third to fifth graders may join a softball league at 2 30 PM on Cardinal Field. Girls activities register Tuesday June 15 at 3 PM on Cardinal Field with options including softball archery badminton tennis croquet and rally ball. High school baseball practice runs daily 12 30 to 2 30 continue until Ameri can Legion games start on June 23.
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Cardinal
American Legion
Will Organize League For Tennis Players
A summer tennis league is being organized for learners and players. About twenty boys attended the initial meeting, with additional interest noted. Entries close at noon Friday, with names ages and grades to be left at the high school office. The league will begin next week under Francis W. Duffin and assistant Eugene Maki.
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Inter
Francis W. Duffin
Eugene Maki
Withdraws From Ministry Ingraham Plans Tea Room Move
The Rev H W Ingraham former Wakefield Methodist pastor withdraws from the ministry. He and his wife buy a Munising home to run a tea room and tourist home this summer and plan to move to Princeton New Jersey next fall where he will serve as chaplain at the Columbus Boy Choir school and join the music school faculty. Their nine year old son Paul was recently chosen for music and academic education at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Ingraham
Wakefield Methodist Church
Ingraham
Munising
Princeton
N. J
Columbus
Paul
Village Personal Notices Touch Local and Visiting Friends
A long list of Wakefield area residents and relatives visit and travel. Milwaukee visitors Mrs Edwin Wiita and child stay with Mrs Olga Wiita. Mrs Gowan from Barnum attends at Mrs Ted Neznanski’s home. Wayne Foster teaching in local schools summers in Randolph. Max Przyborski of Waukegan visits Mrs Anna Rytkonen. Robert Hero returns from Marquette then heads to Kenosha for summer work. Birth of Paul Harold Schock to Harold and Helmi Schock announced. Martin Haavisto graduates June 11 at Whitewater State Teachers College. Ernest Proteau returns from Des Plaines with Sam Affronti. Arvid Nurmi heads to Taconite Base with Longyear Drilling. Axel Hill and John Haapala visit Nationa Mine. Bob Cloon vacationing with family then to University of Michigan summer session. William Carroll leaves for Minneapolis for University of Minnesota summer program. Donald Maki heads to Milwaukee for work. Earl Maki to Jackson for Consumer Power job. Michelson Barber Shop closes June 14 to 23 for vacation in Flint and Detroit. Reynold Wertanen and family from Aberdeen visit Wakefield while attending church convention in Minneapolis. Wertanen and family’s children stay in Wakefield. Ali Wertanen arrives for furlough from George Wright AFB Spokane to stay with Wertanen and Symons families. Rev R R Terwiliger attends Detroit Conference in Dearborn. he pastors Newport Bessemer Wakefield. Joe Sutter plans summer study at University of Michigan after NSTC Marquette year.
Car Crash In Milwaukee Hospitalized Woman and Infant
A stolen car hit another vehicle on South 14th Street at 1 35 pm. Mrs Earlene Bugni 21 clung to her 8 month old son Michael to protect him both were thrown from the car. The mother suffered internal injuries and severe cuts while the infant had minor bruises. A teenage driver fled after the crash and was later captured in Milwaukee. James Bugni 22 unharmed was driving the family car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bugni
Earlene Bugni
Hawthorne Ave
Milwaukee
Doctors’ Hospital
Michael
Johnston Emergency Hospital
S. 14Th
W. Rogers Streets
Bugni
James
14Th St
Jaeger Oldsmobile Co
W. National Ave
Domenic Bugni
Arnold Hongisto Named City Clerk Typist
Arnold Hongisto was chosen to fill the clerk-typist vacancy in the auditor's office following Joan Rydeski's resignation. He will start July 6 and undergo a 30 day acclimation period before full duties. Margaret will handle acting city clerk tasks, while Martha Joupperi and Charlotte Lake remain on the certified list for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Hongisto
Joan Rydeski
Civil Service Board
Hongisto
Miss Margaret
Rydeski
Martha Joupperi
Charlotte Lake
Pfc Charles R Sager Serving in Korea With Indianhead Division
Pfc Charles R Sager age 22 son of Mrs Inez Sager Route 1 Wakefield Michigan serves in Korea with the 2d Infantry Division known as the Indianhead division. The unit that captured Heartbreak Ridge and Old Baldy is undergoing intensive training as part of U S security forces on the peninsula. Sager formerly worked for Plankington Packing Co in Milwaukee entered the Army in April 1953 and finished basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Sager
Inez Sager
Wakefield
Michigan
Korea
Volunteer Fire Department Seeks Three New Members
Peter F Delich VolunteER Fire Department chief announces applications for membership will be received by secretary A James Gilbert. City workers will not be considered. Contact chief Gilbert for details. Three memberships to be filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter F. Delich
Volunteer Fire Department
A. James Gilbert
Miss Delores Hanson Graduates Magna Cum Laude
Miss Delores Hanson daughter of Mr and Mrs Victor Hanson of 1011 Pierce Street Wakefield Michigan graduates Magna Cum Laude from Gustavus Adolphus College on Sunday afternoon May 30 with a distributive major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delores Hanson
Victor Hanson
Pierce Street
Wakefield
Michigan
Gustavus Adolphus College
Two Teachers Will Not Return Next Year
Mrs. Roderick Laird will not return as first grade teacher at Central school. She will teach elementary grades in Madison Wisconsin while her husband attends the University of Wisconsin. Mrs Carol Erickson James will not return and will join her army husband in Japan. Supt Thomas expects all vacancies to be filled early and notes an additional science and mathematics instructor may be needed at the high school.
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Roderick Laird
Arlene Keskey
Central School
Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin
Laird
J. E. Laird
Carol Erickson James
McDonald School
Japan
James
Wakefield
Hancock
Thomas
Mrs John Haanpaa Returns to Finland After 50 Years
Mrs John Haanpaa visits Finland for the first time since leaving for the United States fifty years ago. She plans to see relatives in Helsinki and Lapua and traveled by air from Duluth via Minneapolis New York City Newfoundland Nova Scotia Copenhagen to Helsinki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Haanpaa
Finland
United States
Helsinki
Lapua
Duluth
Minneapolis
New York City
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Copenhagen
Denmark
Wakefield Man Graduates In Television Service
Harry Lepinski of Wakefield Michigan completed a course in Television Service and was graduated on May 27 1954 from the Chicago School of Television Service. He plans to start his own television service business soon after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lepinski
Wakefield
Michigan
Chicago School of Television Service
Lepinski
Civics Award Presented To C A Jacobson
Clarence A. Jacobson received the annual Civic Award from the Wakefield Rotary Club for his work in education veterans affairs and community service. John W. Thomas and Irving Voyer spoke of his long service on the Wakefield Board of Education and in the American Legion. Next week Howard Anderson will report Rotary convention highlights from Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence A. Jacobson
Wakefield Rotary Club
H. A. Tressel
John W. Thomas
Wakefield Township
Irving Voyer
American Legion
Jacobson
Thomas
Wakefield Board of Education
Voyer
Wakefield American Legion
Rotary Club
Howard Anderson
Wakefield
Rotary International
Seattle
Wash
Wakefield Summer Swim Program Opens at Eddy Park
Wakefield Public Schools invite students to enroll in a morning summer swimming program at Eddy Park Beach directed by Roman C. Yatchak. Courses cover beginner to swimmer levels and junior and senior lifeguard training with Red Cross certificates and lifeguard badges for life saving students. Registration starts Wednesday June 16 from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. with daily sessions 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. and Eddy Park open for recreational swimming afternoons and evenings. Rudy Valesano will supervise lifeguarding from the weekend of June 19 from about 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily. Further updates will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield Public Schools
Eddy Park Beach
Roman C. Yatchak
Red Cross
Rudy Valesano
American Red Cross
Postmaster Bedell Heads to Michigan Convention
Postmaster James C. Bedell and his wife depart Saturday June 12 for Mackinac Island to attend the Michigan Chapter National Association of Postmasters annual convention at the Grand Hotel June 13 to 15. Bedell, chapter president, will preside at meetings and plans a week of visits with friends in the lower peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Bedell
Mackinac Island
Michigan
National Association of Postmasters
Grand Hotel
Bedell
Lower Peninsula
Also Mentioned on This Page
Patricia Lois Makela
Reuben Nurmi
First Lutheran Church
Reuben John Nurmi
John Makela Jr
Victor Nurmi
S. V. Autere
Jo-Ann Maki
John Howe
Dorothy Nurmi
Marilyn Saari
LaVerne Pennala
Waukegan
Maid of Honors
Miss Saari
Miss Pennala
Elmer Nurmi
Gene Nurmi
Nancy Waataja
Naomi Jarvi
Richard Hongisto
Ill
Ernest Nurmi
Carl Salminen
Flint
Arlene Saari
John Pennala
Ernest Mustapaa
Heino Autui
Walfred Risberg and Son
Iron River
Mich
Ed Williams
Stambaugh
John Saari
Kimball
Edwin Wiita
Irving Wiita
Olga Wiita
John Gowan
Barnum, Minn
Ted Neznanski
Gowan
Neznanski
Wayne Foster
Randolph, Minn
Mr. Foster
Max Przyborski
Waukegan, Ill
Anna Rytkonen
Przyborski
Fannie Rytkonen
Robert Hero
Northern Michigan College
Marquette
Waukegan, NL
Eino Haukkala
Paul Harold
Harold Schock
Ypsilanti
Ann Arbor
Schock
Helmi Haukkala
Valentine Haavisto
Whitewater
Wis
Martin
State Teachers College
Ernest Proteau
Des Plaines, II
Sam Affronti
Arvid Nurmi
Taconite
Beaver Bay
Minn
Longyear Diamond
Axel Hill
John Haapala
Nationa Mine
Bob Cloon
R. F. Cloon
Shirley
University of Michigan
William Carroll
Bessemer City
University of Minnesota
Donald Maki
Wm. O. Maki
Earl Maki
Jackson
Maki
Consumer Power
Michelson
Mrs. Michelson
Detroit
Reynold Wertanen
Aberdeen
Lauri Maki
Wertanen
Roger
Rickey
Robert
Rita Jean
Ali
Lloyd Wertanen
George Wright Air Force Base
Spokane
Mr. Wertanen
Herman Wertanen
Phillip Symons
Ironwood
R. R. Terwilliger
Dearborn
Mr. Terwilliger
Newport
Bessemer
Joe Sutter
NSTC
University of Michigan Liberal Arts College
Joe
Celeste Beber, Sr
Hancock Street
Tyrol
Austria
Edvige Negri
Italy
St. Mary’s Church
Francis Krusty
Lakeside Cemetery
Albert Bosetti
Eligio Zueck
Norman Olson
Clarence Sutton
John Mazurek
Charleston
S C
Eugene Bosetti
Carol
Cathy
David
Rosemary
Simon Beber
John Guiliana
Raymond
Louis Franzoi
Louis Formula
John Buseilio
Television Service
C. A. Jacobson
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