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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1957
Page
6
Local column lists numerous visits and travels by residents and relatives from Wakefield Iron River Iron Mountain Detroit and Milwaukee. Highlights include extended family visits to the Saari and Yatchak households, a birth announced for James and Jeni Wojciechowski in Denver, graduations and convention notes, and travel plans involving Chicago Tampa Milwaukee and Detroit.
Sgt Wendell Omlor and his wife Mrs Jean Omlor formerly Miss Jean Borgaro wed at the Immaculate Conception Church in Wakefield with a ceremony attended by family and friends.
Two x ray units checked 5417 people in Gogebic county by Tuesday night. About 14000 residents over 15 are in the target pool. Wakefield site logged 1167 applications in three days, roughly one third of city’s estimated population. Final day Friday offers last free chest exams at US 2 near Carlson Market before 8 p m.
Miss JoAnn Marie Maki and Paul C. Hagstrom wed at 3 p m Saturday June 8 at The First Lutheran Church. Rev Gust A Wuorinen and Rev S V Autere officiated and 250 guests attended a church reception. They will live at 1212 Anderson Ave in a trailer after a brief honeymoon.
Donald L. Hopkins of Wakefield has been promoted to Airman First Class at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Hopkins and serves as an Air Traffic Control Radar Repairman with the 1911-2 Airways and Air Communications Service Detachment at Lincoln Air Force Base Nebraska. Hopkins, a 2 1/2 year veteran, is a Wakefield High School graduate.
Mrs. Ruth Potter reports 188 children enrolled and an average daily attendance of 165 at the vacation bible school this week. Classes are under way.
Morning sessions run daily except weekends. Thursday June 20 features parents night at Central School with a short program and a student work exhibit. Engagement announced for Jeanne Elizabeth Jarvela to Richard L. Giackino. no wedding date set. Cloverland Eastern Star group officers returned from Ontonagon after the annual session.
The Rev. D. C. Carpenter was reassigned to the Wakefield Methodist church by the Detroit Conference at its recent sessions in Detroit. He remains pastor of the Bessemer and Newport churches.
Mrs Harlan Johnson Mr and Mrs Vernon Carr and Mrs J J Novak are listed among attendees or participants in a local social or community notice. The fragment implies personal names connected to an event or notice in a historical newspaper context.
Named health officer Dr. J. R. Franck takes office and begins duties. The city council will meet with him to establish standards for administering community health needs before next Monday’s session.
Stanback offers prescription type formula tablets and powders to relieve cold discomforts. It combines pain relievers to speed relief from headache neuralgia and muscle aches and reduces fever. Snap back with Stanback.
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