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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1940
Page
6
Special meeting of Wakefield Michigan City Commission at City Hall revises and amends department budgets for the 1940-41 fiscal year. Commission votes to deliver approved budgets to the Department of Accounts and Finance for incorporation in the annual city budget. Adjourned after motion carries. Chester A Rydeski, City Clerk.
Wakefield Michigan City Commission meets at City Hall with Mayor Wilson and four commissioners present. Minutes from May 29 approved. Bills listed from Wakefield News to sewer tile purchases approved. Reports from Health Officer Fire Department and Guide Demonstration Project accepted and published with minutes. Invitations to conferences accepted. Building permits approved for multiple residents. Tourist license for E J Novak approved. Purchasing authorized for lawn mower and sewer tile. Meeting adjourned.
About 225000 acres reverting to the state last November will be auctioned starting July 15, beginning in upper peninsula counties. Former owners have a 20 percent down payment option with 10 years to pay and retain mineral rights, while other buyers pay cash and receive no mineral rights. Minimum sale price is 25 percent of the 1939 assessed value. Revised maps of state lands in 47 northern counties are ready, with land use maps for remaining acreage in preparation.
The Detroit News will publish an eight page rotogravure section next Sunday featuring Nancy Brown Experience Column. It includes a portrait of Brown, a Peace Carillon story, Sunrise Services guests, an Arts Institute party highlight, and a staff portraits set, all in sepia rotogravure with Sunday edition.
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