Keyes eyes 1950 bid for Michigan governorship
Former Lt. Gov. Eugene C. Keyes quietly builds a $60,000 drive for the GOP nomination in 1950. He guards funds, updates a 350,000 name GOP voter list, and schedules radio and billboard time well in advance. Keyes, a 48-year-old Dearborn physician, dentist, and attorney, has invested about $150,000 in his political career and plans to spend $22,000 allowed by law from his own pocket in the primary. He argues for budget readjustment to cut government costs and greater education funding by beneficiaries. The field for governor includes Alger, Blake, Black, and others. party dynamics loom large in Lansing.
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Eugene C. Keyes
Michigan
Keyes
Dearborn
Lansing
Alger
Blake
Black
Dearborn Hospital
Frank Fitzgerald
Keyer
Rotary Club
Three Rivers
Republican Party
Vernon J. Brown
Sigler
GOP
Kelly
Engel
Dignan
Bonnie
Detroit
Jeffries
Corp
Wakefield blanks Monarchs 2 0 in Western Division clash
Wakefield pushed two runs in the top of the ninth to defeat Ironwood 2 0 at Ironwood Sunday. Jarvinen beat an infield bunt to reach second, Maki moved him to third, Sertich hit a long fly for the first run, Grambow doubled, Mazurek added an infield double, and Wakefield held Ironwood scoreless while Lou Mazes pitched six strong innings.
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Ironwood
Butson
Stevens
Monarchs
Wakefield
Abrh Jarvinen
B. Maki
Eee Sertich
Cf Grambow
Wee Mazurek
Mazes
P Jarvi
Rf Hallberg
D. Maki
Ironwood Monarchs
DeMotts
C Rouker
Bourdages
Ee Korne
Ewe
Enn
R. B
Sertich
Mazurek
Gram
Maurin
Tronwood
Castle
Tuna
Jarvinen
Bernie Maki
Tony Sertich
Grambow
Richie
Lou Mazes
Wall of Walls Becomes Talk of Neighbors in Beer Toast
In a 1949 advertisement, Handy Peterson and Easy Roberts mend a stone wall between farms while discussing how walls and boundaries between people persist without need. They call for tearing down walls of intolerance and living and letting live to make more friends.
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Handy Peterson
Easy Roberts
Easy
Handy
Wakefield Notice Dated May 20 1949
A dated notice from Wakefield Michigan records the 20th of May in the year 1949. The fragment confirms a formal timestamp likely for a legal or official notification issued in Wakefield. No additional context or names are present in the readable text.
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Board of Education
Township of
Wakefield
City of
Gogebic County
Michigan
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Lempi M. Saari
Conoco
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