Three trips a year for Komsie family bus station owners
The Komsies conduct three annual vacations totaling about 650 miles starting at 5 30 a m on holiday mornings. They visit Oshkosh and Milwaukee using Highway 45 outbound and 51 on return, with Lil limited to one hour per stop. Local weather notes and regional events are described along with parish priest ordinations and community fishing trips.
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Tom Komsie
Komsies
Lil
Oshkosh
Milwaukee
City Council Relinquishes Lease and Sets Budget Hearings
In a special meeting the City Council adopted a 1969 70 budget of 638649 with funds from electric and water utilities moving into the general fund. A public hearing approved relinquishing the Wakefield Estate lease on Section 8 Township 47 North Range 45 west, with December 30 1969 lease end and six months notice to place the land on the tax roll. The bid for an electric hydraulic boom extension was awarded to Reach All Co. at 2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Maki
Movrich
T. M. Taylor
H. Dorr Wakefield
Township 47
Range 45
Wakefield
Chamber
Mevrich
D. A. McPherson Co
Iron River
Lake Shore Inc
Negaunee
Champion Co
Iron Mountain
Cappo Sales
Reach-All Co
Anderson
Ishepming
Albert O. Anderson
Eli Miskovich
Public Service Commision
Lansing
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Department of Natural Resources
Planning Commission
Michigan Department of Health
Leslie Wanink
Supt. of Public Works
Vidakovich
Wakefield Honor Roll Names For Junior Senior High Students
The Wakefield Township Junior-Senior High School announces the fourth marking period Honor Roll. Students across grades 7 through 12 are listed by grade with multiple names including Marilyn Callovi and Susan Lane in grade 12 and Barbara Beber in grade 11 among others.
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Wakefield
Wakefield Township
Marilyn Callovi
Linda Cudahy
Edward Drier
Douglas Foster
Andrew Hill
Brian Jasberg
Fern Johnson
Karen Junitila
Richard Krznarich
Susan Lane
Joan Londo
Eugene Mattila
Rita Radowski
Bruce Rukkila
Patricia Sievert
Debra Swanberg
Ronald Wanink
Sharelyn Wanink
Barbara Beber
Peter Burne
Kenneth Drier
Susan Gembolis
Gail Grabrick
Fin Hill
Mathew Jarvi
Mark Jarvinen
Dale Johns
Larry Johnson
Daniel Junttila
Alice Kahila
Emilie Karling
Jeannine Lake
Donald Lumsden
Dianne Pretti
Mary Ann Rolando
Michael Schweig
Sylvia Skytta
Ellen Sein
Mark Stempihar
Lynette Marten
Mary Lou Niskanen
Jeanne Pretti
Shelley Rukkila
Mark Daniels
Michael Finco
Michael Jarvinen
Lauri Maki
Dale Mattson
Mark Miettinen
Margaret Olson
Robert Sievert
Susan Tarnaski
Richard Brown
David Hongisto
Mark Johns
David Kinnunen
Timothy Makela
Laura Maki
Arlene Martinson
Diana Miettine
Richard Miskovich
Michelle Negri
Carla Pikka
Margaret Radowski
Nacy Ricca
Blythe Swanberg
Derek Taavola
Sheryl Wienandt
First Mass for Father Jim Kaczmarek in Wakefield
The Rev Jim Kaczmarek celebrated his First Solemn High Mass of Thanksgiving at 4:00 p m on June 8 in Wakefield with a large procession and a 700 person reception. Attending clergy included Msgr Robert Chisholm Rev Roland Dion and Rev B Neil Smith among others. Deacon Peter Carll read the gospel and Fr Kaczmarek delivered the homily on priestly duties. A reception followed in Fr Daniel Hall with a buffet meal and floral decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Kaczmarek
Dennis Keniny
Robert Lahti
Msgr
Robert Chisholm
Roland Dion
Menominee
Neil Smith
Ramsay
John Shirverski
Jack Banach
Ironwood
Daniel Sparapani
Ishpeming
Ted Brodeur
Negaunee
Terry Tearly
L’anse
Michael Rhoades
St. Ignace
John Landreville
Lake Linden
Peter Carll
Kacmarek
Father Landerville
Peter Carli
Kaczmarek
Christ
Carls
Robert Kennedy
Daniel Hall
Wakefield
Father Grambow
Father Kaczmarek
Farewell Social For Rev James Lumsden Family
The Wakefield United Methodist Church hosts a farewell party in the church parlors on Monday June 16 from 7 30 to 9 00 p m for Rev James Lumsden and his family as they depart Wakefield to serve a new parish in Lower Michigan. Members and friends are invited.
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Wakefield
First Mass for Fr Arnie Grambow at Immaculate Conception
Fr Arnie Grambow celebrated his first Mass at Immaculate Conception Church on Sunday June 8 after being ordained the previous day at St Peter's Cathedral in Marquette. Concelebrants included Fr Annie Chisholm Fr Cappo Fr Healy Fr Challancin and Rev Rhoades with a large local and distant turnout and a reception at the VFW Clubrooms.
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Arnie Grambow
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Marquette
Annie
Msgr
Robert Chisholm
Louis Cappo
St. Anne’s
Escanaba
Terrence Healy
Sacred Heart
L’anse
James Challancin
St. Mary’s
Sault Ste. Marie
Michael Rhoades
St. Ignatius
St. Ignace
Arnie
Daniel Draxler
Michael Finco
Mark Zielinski
Casper Draxler
Roger Randall
Leon Draxeler
John Valesano
Jerry Orsoni
Wakefield
Donald Louma
Jean Korpi
Donald Barrette
Domicella Finco
Marcie Finco
Fr. Healy
Marianne Patyk
Tracy Olejniczak
Jim
Mary
Jerry
V.F.W
Msgr. Chisholm
Dominic Valesano
Healy
Immaculate Conception Altar Society
Father
Milwaukee
Stratford
Wisconsin
Tucson
Arizona
Michigan
Upper Michigan Area
Funeral Rites Held Friday For Ivar Hakala 74
Ivar Hakala 74, Pike Location, died Monday at Divine Infant Hospital where he had been a patient since May 15. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p m at First Lutheran with the pastor officiating. Burial will follow. remains go to the church at 11 a m Friday. Hakala born June 28 1894 in Teuva Vaasa Finland came to the United States in 1916 settling in DeKalb Illinois and has lived in Wakefield since 1918. He married Anna J Hyppa in Wakefield on June 5 1926. He worked at Ramsay and Sunday Lake Mines and then for the City of Wakefield for 10 years before retiring in 1961. He was a member of First Lutheran Church and the Bessemer Order of Runeberg.
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Waine A. Korpela
Wisconsin
Ernest Korpela
Washburn
Jackson
Bessemer Township
Korpela
Kuortani
Vassa Laani
Finland
Wakefield
St. Mihiel
Meuse
Argonne
Metz
Hilda Ronn
First Lutheran Church
American Legion Geroux Post
Toivo Dahlbacka
Waukegan
Ill
William Allen
Weslaco
Texas
Oiva Salli
Ironwood
William
Duluth
Otto
U. S. Air Force
Anchorage
Alaska
Alma Korpela
Ali Korkeala
Elie Rantala
Rauha Maunus
Urho
Ivar Hakala
Irvar Hakala
Pike
Monda
Divine Infant Hospital
Wayne Kuusisto
Lakeside Cemetery
Hakala
Teuva
Vaasa Laani
United States
DeKalb
Anna J. Hyppa
Ramsay
Sunday Lake
City of
Bessemer Order of Runeberg
MTU to Award 572 Degrees at Spring Commencement
Michigan Technological University will award 572 degrees at the spring commencement on June 14. Among Wakefield candidates are Leon J. Draxler son of Casper and Mrs Draxler and Gary B. Johnson son of Frederick Johnson Route 1, both earning bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and civil engineering respectively.
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MTU
Michigan Technological University
Wakefield
Leon J. Draxler
Casper Draxler
Olson Ave
Gary B. Johnson
Frederick Johnson
Park Sticker Pickup for Residents and Visitors
City residents and out of town visitors are urged to visit the city clerk’s office to obtain free park stickers. Vehicle license numbers are required. Wakefield Township will pay $1.00 for a seasonal sticker or 50 cents daily. Trailer parking costs $1.00 daily with a nine day maximum and 25 cents daily for electric hook-up.
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Wakefield Township
St Scholastica 1969 Commencement Honors 142 Degrees
The College of St Scholastica awarded 142 degrees at 1969 commencement at Duluth Fregeau Auditorium. Bishop Paul H. Anderson conferred degrees. Sister Mary Richard Boe presided, and Marion Stephenson spoke. Mary Elizabeth Gaik, Cum Laude, Wakefield, English, was among honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Gaik
CSS
College of St. Scholastica
Fregeau
Duluth Cathedral High School
Paul H. Anderson
Duluth
Mary Richard Boe
O.S.B
Scholastica
Marion Stephenson
NBC Radio
New York
Peter Bartzen
Mary Elizabeth Gaik
Wakefield
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Arnold Grambow
James Kaczmarek
Stanley Kaczmarek
Lake Gogebic
Eale River
VFW
Lake Superior
Rollie Miljevich
Adeline Hoffman
Ohio
Woodrow Dodson
Reynoldsburg
Adeline Gilbert
Charles
California
A. James Gilbert
Wakefield United Methodist Church
NMU
Northern Michigan University
Peter H. Eschenbauch
Howard D. Harris
Roger Schoeller
Germany
Anna Bay
Wakefield High School
Roger
Whitsunday
Wayne V. Kuusisto
Jon Hudson Spencer
Elaine Perry
Mark Mattson
Jerrold Jarvela
Jacalyn Nerva
Susanna Carroll
Marie Jarvi
Dana Harju
Pastor Kuusisto
Elsie Honzik
Crandon
Essie Ringsmuth
First National Bank
Joseph Honzik
Joseph Honzik Jr
Joseph
Anton Ringsmuth
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Neva Corners
Kauranen-Tervo
Roberta Jean Kauranen
Eino Kauranen
Dennis C. Tervo
Onni Tervo
Ironwood Township
Sky Lawn
St. Paul
Minn
Employees Insurance Company
Wausau
Ironwood High School
North Central Technical Institute
Remmele Engineering, Inc
Gogebic County
Jill
Jill Wasielewski
Helvi Wasielewski
Lakeview Inn
Miss Wasielewski
Muskegon
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