May Day City Report From Police and Public Works
Police report includes 4 minor complaints disposed of 1 door left open after hours and 5 records checked plus 5 subjects checked and 6 cars checked for safety. Traffic at funeral noted 5, warnings for minor violations 2, several arrests for drunks 5 and speeders 8. Memorial Day traffic redistributed. multiple arrests for stop sign violations 6. Fire department handled several fires May 13 1954 house and car fires and May 23 1954 car fire and May 25 1954 loading dock fire plus firemen meeting. Public works itemize street, sidewalk, sewer, and culvert work plus cemetery grading and meter work and water line projects. Electric department lists repairs, street lights, transformers, meters, and service installations. Vacations and line work concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dragging River
Ahola Ave
Ahola Avenue
Ahola
Dewey Street
M-28
Consumers
City Hall
Plymouth
Personal notices cover travels and service news
Mrs. Garnet Trudgeon and others return from Cloverland district Eastern Star meeting in Gladstone. Joe Sutter and Robert Cloon head to Ann Arbor for University of Michigan summer school. Gerald Salmela on 30 day Navy leave from Adak Alaska reports to Seattle. H L Anderson returns from Seattle after Rotary and Boy Scouts activities. Arlene Saari vacationed with August Saari in Wico Loc. Arnold Nikula promoted to Aviation Electronic Technician Second Class in San Diego and soloed as a pilot. Attending Northern Michigan College of Education in Marquette are Eugene Maki Florence Bordeau Ella Noll and Shirley Mae Cloon. John Mazurek visits. Mazurek later attends Celeste Beber Sr funeral in Charleston. Mrs. Alphonse Cormier dies at 89. survivors listed. funeral held at Frick Funeral Home. Ernst Trettin attends Metropolitan Life conference in Three Lakes Wisconsin. Trettin represents Superior district office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Nikula
San Diego
Calif
Nikula
Peter Randall
Bedell Ave
Eugene Maki
Florence Bordeau
Ella Noll
Shirley Mae Cloon
Northern Michigan College of Education
Marquette
Ernst C. Trettin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Three Lakes
Wisconsin
Laire
United States
Canada
Mr. Trettin
Superior
William J. Coel
M r and Mrs Mauritz Bye Celebrate 40th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Mauritz Bye will observe their 40th wedding anniversary with an Open House on May June 23 at 212 Hancock Street from 7 to 10 p m. Friends are invited to attend. Mrs Josephine Krienta and son Sylvester returned this week from Chicago where they had been visiting relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Krienta
Sylvester
Chicago
Funeral Services for Anton Laxstrom Near Ramsay
Funeral services for Anton Laxstrom, 67, Ramsay, were held Wednesday at 2 PM from Frick's Funeral Home in Bessemer. Burial followed at Lakeside Cemetery in Wakefield. Surviving are three sisters Ida Kanto Verona, Anna Salmi Milwaukee, and Mrs John Saari Red Deer Alberta Canada, and one brother Alfred Laxstrom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Laxstrom
Ramsay
Frick
Bessemer
Lakeside Cemetery
Wakefield
Ida Kanto
Verona
Anna Salmi
Milwaukee
John Saari
Red Deer
Alberta
Canada
Alfred Laxstrom
Rotary Convention Highlights and Summer Swim Schedule
Howard Anderson presented highlights from the 1954 Rotary International Convention in Seattle with delegates from many countries and remarks by John Foster Dulles on Indo Chinese issues. The meeting featured Rotary’s Golden Anniversary plans and a preview of next week’s Wakefield Chamber of Commerce dinner with Detroit Red Wing highlights. Also announced are summer swimming classes at Eddy Park Beach under Roman C. Yatchak from June 21 for Wakefield Public Schools, with daily sessions and Rudy Valesano on duty as lifeguard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Anderson
Rotary
Rotary International
Seattle
Wash
Wakefield Rotary Club
Anderson
Wakefield
John Foster Dulles
United States
Dulles
Washington D. C
Boy Scouts
Harry L. Trezise
Wakefield Chamber of Commerce
Detroit Red Wing
Terry Sawchuck
Eddy Park Beach
Wakefield Public Schools
Roman C. Yatchak
Roman C. Yatchek
Rudy Valesano
Brake to Campaign in Ironwood Area Next Friday
D. Hale Brake state treasurer and Republican gubernatorial candidate plans a series of brief meetings in Ironwood and nearby communities next Friday. He arrives about seven o clock Friday evening and stays overnight at the St James Hotel. He then leaves Saturday for the Michigan United Conservation Clubs banquet in Petoskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Hale Brake
Ironwood
Leigh H. Thomas
Brake
Upper Peninsula
St. James Hotel
Michigan United Conservation Clubs
Petoskey
Court Rules No Fraud In Conner Case
An opinion by Judge Arthur M. Scheller of Wood County Wisconsin finds the guardianship account of William Connor Rhyner to be accurate and approved. The court rejects claims of fraud by Richard M. Connor and Gordon R. Connor over the sale of 217 shares of Connor Lumber stock at 200 dollars per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Wis
Arthur M. Scheller
Waupaca
Richard M. Connor
Laona
Connor Lumber & Land Co
William Connor Rhyner
Marshfield
Rhyner
Connor
Richard Connor
Gordon Connor
Wausau
Michigan
Guardian
Gordon R. Connor
R. B. Graves
Wisconsin Rapids
Scheller
Gordon
Mrs Mary Urbanski Szymczak Dies at 69 in Wakefield
Mrs Mary Urbanski Szymczak, 69, died Wednesday at her home on Cemetery Road after several months of illness. Born in Poland March 4, 1885, she emigrated in 1921 and lived in Wakefield. Survived by two daughters Ray Johnson and Peter Logisz, a son Casmir Urbanski, nine grandchildren, three great grandchildren, four brothers and a sister. Funeral Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at St Marys Church with burial at Lakeside.
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Alphonse Cormier
Leslie Bedell
Plymouth Road
Cormiers
Mellon
Wakefield
Cormier
William Joyce
Chicago
Chester Jacobson
Aurora
Minn
Bedell
Ervin Cormier
Frick Funeral Home
C. L. Harries
Hurley
Lakeside Cemetery
Mary Szymczak
Cemetery Road
Poland
Michael Urbanski
United States
Urbanski
Sam Szymczak
Polish Society
St. Theresa Lodge
Ray Johnson
Peter Logisz
Casmir Urbanski
Francis Krusty
Brother of Local Residents Dies
Gust Kujampaa, 72, died Saturday at 11:30 p m at Grand View Hospital where he had been a patient for four years. Funeral service held Tuesday at 2 p m at J J Frick Funeral Home with Rev S V Autere. Burial in Hillcrest Cemetery. Survived by one sister Mrs Hana Mastomaki in Finland and several US cousins, including three in Wakefield: Mrs Axel Hill, Mrs Victor Maki, and Mrs Herman Korpi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gust Kujampaa
Grand View Hospital
J. J. Frick
S V. Autere
Hillcrest Cemetery
Hana Mastomaki
Finland
United States
Wakefield
Axel Hill
Victor Maki
Herman Korpi
Milwaukee woman dies after auto crash in South Milwaukee
Mrs. Jas. Bugni 21 of 870 Hawthorne Ave South Milwaukee dies at Doctors Hospital from internal injuries after a 1:35 p.m. crash at South 14th and West Rogers. Her 8 month old son Michael survived after emergency care. husband James 22 uninjured. Car was hit by a minor in a stolen vehicle. teen driver captured in Milwaukee. Funeral held at St. John's South Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Bugni
Milwaukee
James Bugni
Hawthorne Ave
South Milwaukee
Doctor’s Hospital
South 14Th Street
West Rogers Street
Michael
Johnston Emergency Hospital
James
Domenic Bugni
Wakefield
St. John’s Church
Leonard Hancock
Ironwood
Janice
Stanley Shefka
Frank Menghini
Jaeger Oldsmobile Company
Gogebic County Mines Short On Reserves
Michigan's Gogebic iron range shows lower 1954 ore reserves and tonnage than Marquette and Menominee districts. The report from the state tax commission notes 1953 and 1954 reserves and output, with Gogebic lagging behind in tonnage and value per ton at the lower lake docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Gogebic
Menominee
Marquette
Michigan
H. J. Hardenberg
State Tax Commission
R. C. Reed
Marquette Range
Gogebic
Ironwood
Wakefield
Mather “A
Mather
Ishpeming
Negaunee
Geneva
Bessemer Township
Menominee Range
Wauseca-Aronson
Hanna Iron Ore Company
Hiawahta
Lower Lake
Daughters of Isabella Name Delegate for State Convention
Immaculate Conception Circle Daughters of Isabella held a regular meeting in the Knights of Columbus clubrooms Monday night. Mrs Robert A Burns was named delegate to the state convention in Marquette June 25 and 26. Members seeking transportation to Marquette should contact Mrs Edna Yatchak at 2001. Lunch followed, hosted by committee chair Mrs Peter Pezzetti with assistants Mrs Anton Ringsmuth Miss Joan Rydeski and Mrs Agnes Rydeski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Knights of Columbus
Robert A. Burns
Marquette
Edna Yatchak
Peter Pezzetti
Anton Ringsmuth
Joan Rydeski
Agnes Rydeski
Bible School Closes After Two Week Session
Vacation Bible School sponsored by First Lutheran Immanuel Lutheran and Methodist Churches finished its two week session at Central School. Parents Night was Thursday June 17 at 7 30 with a child program and display of handiwork projects followed by a lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
First Lutheran
Immanuel Lutheran
Methodist
Central School
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Police Department
3Rd Avenue
Ahola Street
Lahti Street
Charles Street
Water Department
Joe Sutter
Robert Cloon
Ann Arbor
The
University of Michigan
Gerald Salmela
RMSN
Venner Salmela
Sunday Lake
Communications Division
Navy
Adak
Alaska
H. L. Anderson
International Rotary
National
Executive Council of the
Washington, D. C
Arlene Saari
Waukegan
Mrs
August Saari
Wico Loc
Carl Peterson
Clauser, Mich
Bob Cloon
John Mazurek
Charleston, S. C
Celeste Beber Sr
Mauritz
Francis E. Krysty
St. Mary’s Church
St. Sebastian’s Church
Father Monore
Father Daniels
Perkins, Mich
Father Krysty
Hospital News
Clarence Penegor
Ontonagon
Albert Wacker
Albin Erickson
Surgical
Daniel Shauger
Anna Evsich
Medical
James Albertina Tannheimer
Friedley
White Pine
Daniel Sprecksel
Bernard St. John
Wm. Jacobson
Irwin J. Neault
Guy Ross
Richard Newman
Chester Sanders
Donald Latvala
Bergland
Mary Barba
Marvin Morrison Coin
James Piper
Calvin Taylor
Marenisco
Pauline Plumley
Clarence Penegar
Lawrence Orth
James Friedley
Gogebic County
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