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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1932
Page
1
Wakefield district financial report shows educating each pupil cost 278.79 for the past year, including gymnasium and bond retirement. Total expenditures reached 402,878.41 with receipts of 404,094.98 and a district valuation of 14,200,225. Bonded debt stands at 150,000 with 100,000 for the gym and 50,000 for the senior high school.
Reuben Linn of Neenah is ae in the city with his mother Mrs M Linn. Dick Buck and Bob Peters left for Jacksonville Indiana to visit friends. Mrs J Cudahy and son from Chicago stay with Mr and Mrs Zachary Karling. Mae Hyppa Si and Betty Ahola returned from Ishpeming after visiting friends. Mrs Art Niemi and son Roy spent weeks at an out of town location. Swen Eckstrom and daughter Molly Ann of Ironwood visited this week with Mr and Mrs John Simonson. Verner Carr of St are visiting at J Carrs home. Edmund Crosby returned home from Western State Teachers College Kalamazoo for the summer. Fred Mackey of Minneapolis arrived to join Mrs Mackey and Dale for a visit. Clarke Bud Niemi left for Minneapolis for two weeks.
Four candidates John H. Kent Joseph Patyk Frank Savinski and John Lane have filed petitions for two city commission seats to be decided August 23. The two top vote getters will serve three years from September with the leading candidate choosing his department. Filing runs July 23 to 30 and petitions must include 60 to 120 names. Voters may sign two petitions and registration closes August 13. Over 750 of about 1400 voters have registered to date.
The Upper Peninsula Development bureau will hold its postponed 22nd annual meeting in Ironwood on Saturday August 6. Prospective speakers include Governor Wilber M. Brucker Senator Arthur H Vandenberg Congressman W Frank James and others. Attendance of Vandenberg and James depends on Congress adjournment. A noon luncheon and evening banquet are included in a 150 cent registration.
Payday for five board of education members honored 39 meetings in the past year at two dollars per meeting. They received a total of 344 dollars with individual sums: R F Cloon 74, Marian Delmet 78, H A Tressel 76, L G Wilson 78, and Victor Lepisto 68.
A narrator recalls a conversarion with a Wakefield resident who lists local features with uncertainty. The piece ends with a prompt to name ten city sights, noting seven identified by the speaker and inviting others to fill in the rest.
Mrs Marian Delmet won 519 votes for trustee and Dr L G Wilson 587 votes for secretary in three year terms. Opponents W S Peters 326 and John Williams 253 were defeated. Delmet and Wilson sought re election. William Niemi returned Thursday from Bergland and Vulcan after a week away.
Michigan secretary of state Frank D. Fitzgerald announced fall ballot items including repeal of state prohibition and creation of a liquor control commission. The initiative also features the Michigan plan for legislative reapportionment and other measures such as tax limits, homestead exemptions, and voting rule tweaks. Also noted is a group of firemen attending a training school in Munising with the city covering expenses.
Corrigan-McKinney Steel and Newton Steel have ended negotiations in a merger with McKinney to lead the combined unit. The deal follows key leadership, ore reserves, and customer relations, with stock swaps outlining the exchange. Cleveland-Cliffs Iron controls Corrigan-McKinney, led by president William G. Mather.
Glenn Benson dies en route to Ann Arbor hospital for osteomyelitis treatment after a leg injury and subsequent infection spread to the hip. Funeral services led by Rev. Robert B at Immanuel Lutheran begin at 1:30 pm at the home and 2:30 pm at the church in Plymouth. Survived by parents and two sisters. body brought home Friday.
Iron ore shipments from the Gogebic range totaled about 35,924 tons in June, part of a Lake Superior district total of 233,557 tons for the month. Last year, June shipments were nearly 4,000,000 tons for the period, marking a historically quiet mining period.
County politics show rising interest as July 26 is final for petitions. The mine inspector post attracts five to six candidates including John Tuora of this city Sidney Proctor of Bessemer Ferdinand Ohman current mine inspector Ironwood and Michael Collins of Ironwood. August Nelre Johnson seeks renomination as mine inspector.
The National Safety Competition honors long time mine operations with no or low lost time accidents. In 1931 350 mines across 34 states competed. top awards went to Dawson No 1 mine in New Mexico and Harold iron ore mine in Minnesota for flawless safety during thousands of man hours. Several metal and quarry operations received honorable mention for injury free records. Plymouth mine previously honored did not figure this year due to inactivity.
State highway department figures show Straits of Mackinac ferry receipts for April through June 1932 fell by 10 651 from the same period in 1931. June receipts were 29 763.25, down from 35 444.25. April and May totaled 22 055.25 versus 27 025.25 last year. Passenger traffic declined by 2 400 in June 1932 vs 1931. Automobile ferries dropped to 9 483 from 11 410. trucks rose to 477 from 291, signaling more freight movement. Anomalies include a lone cow crossing for 25 cents this June vs a calf in June 1931 with a 2.50 fee.
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