Wakefield News Roots and Readers Through the Years
Editor recalls Wakefield’s weekly papers from 1887 to present, detailing the Wakefield Bulletin under Walter S. Goodland, the Wakefield Advocate by Richard F. Hasbrook, and the Wakefield News by Harry L. Trezise and George Westlund. The piece notes political zeal, editorials shaping local views, moves of the newspaper offices, and the author’s purchase of the News in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Wakefield Bulletin
Walter S. Goodland
Gogebic County
Goodland
Wisconsin
Richard F. Hasbrook
Wakefifield News
Trezise
J. P. Cloon
City Commission
Wakefield News
Commission For Solution
Cloon
George Westlund
The
News
George
Harry Trezise
Pierce Street
Kingsmuth
Sarah’s
Wakefield Scrapbook talk highlights local iron ore era
John Haglund editor of Wakefield News and president of the Wakefield Historical Society spoke at a Wednesday Senior Citizens dinner on June 11 about Wakefield’s iron ore history. He traced ore discoveries from 1882 to the rail routes to Ashland, recalled mining towns and workers, and noted changes from boarding houses to cars. The event drew about 50 seniors despite bad weather and featured a communal meal and the song Edelweiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Sarri
Edelweiss
Sound of Music
John
Jack) Haglund
Wakefield News
Wakefield Historical Society
Ramsay
Dale Ramsay
Eureka
Mellen
East
Gogebic
Haglund
Watersmeet
Ashland
Mr. Haglund
Fink
Teppes
Sunday Lake
John Hill
Putnam
Charles Johnson
Wico
Castile
Meteor
Comet
Morgan
Brotherton
Pike
Alpha
Chicago
Plymouth
Asteroid
Mikado
Tilden
Yate
Olson Brothers
John Lepisto
Eldon Nikkita
France
Local Births and Visits Highlight Week in Wakefield
Mr and Mrs Daniel Hoffmann of St Paul welcomed son Bryan Daniel born June 2. Many relatives and friends from Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan visited or attended weddings and events. Includes travel notes on Mike Kentta Marie Lahti Il arrivals and military retirements in August 1976 with several family gatherings across Wakefield and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Hoffmann
St. Paul
Bryan Daniel
A. J. McDonald Jr
Tronwood
Stanley Tyack
Wakefield
Mike Kentta
Aurora
Oregon
Marie Lahti
Local U P Legion Convention Parade Attended by Geroux Post
American Legion Geroux Post No 11 sent a contingent to the U P Legion Convention Parade in Ironwood on June 14. Represented were WWI vets Roman Novak Earl Sibley WW2 vets Ben Budgick Edward Blaskowski Bernard Olejniczak Jack Kujala and Tom Saxwold Korean vets Robert Sailer Stanley Radowski and Vietnam vets Tom Bolen and Tom Budgick. On the return trip they paid respects at the Bessemer and Ironwood Post Homes and arrived home eleven happy proud men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. P. Legion
Geroux Post No. 11
American Legion
Ironwood
Geroux Post
Roman Novak
Earl Sibley
Ben Budgick
Edward Blaskowski
Bernard Olejniczak
Jack Kujala
Tom Saxwold
Robert Sailer
Stanley Radowski
Vietnam
Tom Bolen
Tom Budgick
Bessemer
Services at First Lutheran Church Evening Bible Study
First Lutheran Bible Study is tonight at 7 30 at the church. Sunday worship in English at 9 am features guest speaker Harold Peterson. The notice urges support for the 4th of July Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Lutheran Bible Study
First Lutheran Church
Harold Peterson
Aaron W Berg 63 dies. longtime Wakefield resident
Aaron W Berg, 63, of 235 S Currey St Ironwood died Sunday afternoon at Ashland Memorial Medical Center. Born July 13, 1977 at Wakefield he was a woodsman in local lumber camps and lifelong Wakefield resident before moving to Ironwood. He was not married and belonged to Ironwood Apostolic Lutheran Church. Surviving are one brother and four sisters. Funeral services were held at Lakeside Memorial Chapel Wednesday at 1 p.m. with Rev Norman Kangas officiating. Burial followed at Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron W. Berg
S. Currey St. Ironwood
Ashland Memorial Medical Center
Wakefield
Ironwood
Ironwood Apostolic Lutheran Church
Erland
Walter Oman
Jenny Wiirtanen
Ironwood Township
John Mackey
Archie Robbins
Scottsdale
Ariz
Lakeside Memorial Chapel
Norman Kangas
Lakeside Cemetery
Mrs H J Graves Opens OES Convention in Cloverland District
Mrs Harold J Graves opened the Cloverland District Association session in Norway Michigan. She introduced the 1975 officers, installed the 1975 76 officers, and presided as installing officer with staff Virginia Story and Doris Olson. Key officers included Mrs Sarah Sanford and Robert Leslie. The event drew Worthy Grand Matron Marjorie Barton and Worthy Grand Patron Robert Hayes along with all grand officers and 23 grand committee members. Delegates from 25 Upper Peninsula chapters attended with visitors from all CES districts in Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloverland District Association
Oder
Eastern Star
Norway
Michigan
Harold J. Graves
Bernice Valentine
Gladstone
Doris Olson
Menominee
Sarah Sanford
Robert Leslie
Ontonagon
Wakefield City Council halts signing final union draft
The Wakefield City Council postponed signing the final draft of a union contract with the police officers, sending it back to the negotiating committee and the union for changes. They also approved a $200 donation to the July 4 celebration, cut Eddy Park yearly pass to 500 for seniors, and set an informal hearing with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources on waste disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefeld
Eddy Park
Wakefield Senior Citizns
Bessemer City Hall
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Verona
Cleo Salter
Planning Commission
Sister Mary Virginette Returns From Catholic Health Assembly
Sister Mary Virginette returns from a Catholic Health Assembly in San Francisco on June 15. She toured Universal Studios and Disneyland, visited a friend in Los Angeles, went to Camp Pendleton to meet Vietnamese refugees and interview two doctors willing to relocate if sponsored by Wakefield area residents. She also spoke of two more doctors and a Milwaukee visit en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sister Mary Virginette
Catholic Health Assembly
San Francisco
Universal Studios
Disneyland
Los Angeles
Camp Pendleton
Wakefield
Milwaukee
MTU Awards Degrees at 90th Anniversary Commencement
Michigan Technological University awarded 828 degrees in its 90th Anniversary Year commencement on May 24. Economist Norma Pace, vice president of the American Paper Institute, delivered the address. Read among Wakefield recipients were Jean A. Korgua, B S in Business Administration, daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter E Koruga, and Brian K Jasberg, B S in Chemistry with honor, son of Mrs Mildred Jasberg, Laurium. Former Wakefield
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Technological University
Norma Pace
American Paper Institute
Wakefield
Jean A. Korgua
Peter E. Koruga
Brian K. Jasberg
Mildred Jasberg
Laurium
Funeral services held for Mrs John V Carr 90
Mrs. John V Carr aged 90 of 1311 Pierce St Wakefield died Thursday afternoon at Divine Infant Hospital after May 30 admission She was born Fannie G Johnson April 11 1885 in Finland lived in Montreal before moving to Wakefield in 1916 married John V Carr in El Paso Texas August 1917 He died 1975 Survived by two daughters a foster daughter 13 grandchildren five great grandchildren and one sister Funeral services Monday 11 am at First Lutheran Church with Rev Rudolph Kemppainen burial Lakeside Cemetery Remains taken to church 10 am Pallbearers Arvid Nurmi Jean Nurmi Elmer Nurmi Ray Nurmi Eero Nurmi James Dean Attendees from out of town listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V. Carr
Pierce St
Wakefield
Divine Infant Hospital
Fannie G. Johnson
Wiipuri
Oulu Laani
Finland
Montreal
el Paso
Tex
First Lutheran Church
Maria Circle
Lety Heikkila
Kimball
Ray Mittmiller
Bel Aire
E. L. Heine
Cedarburg
Wis
Mayme Rissula
Milwaukee
Alice
Vernoa
Rudolph Kemppainen
Lakeside Cemetery
Arvid Nurmi
Jean Nurmi
Elmer Nurmi
Ray Nurmi
Eero Nurmi
James Dean
LeRoy Heikkila
Miss Leeann
Ray Rittmiller
BelAire
Wayne Kostopolis
Hurley
Mayme Rosila
Steven Thomas Sr
Ironwood
Verne Backlund
Cicero
Ill
Hilda Olgren
Florence May
Funeral Services Held for Reuben A Sell at Lakeside Chapel
Reuben A Sell 45 longtime Wakefield Marenisco and Superior resident died Wednesday morning at Superior Memorial Hospital. Born September 3 1929 in Ashland he served in Korea with the 114th Army Engineers in 1950 and 1951. Survived by son Gary two daughters Karen and Gail mother Mrs Lyle MacArthur Ashland one sister Mrs David Beauchamp Dodgeville and four brothers Raymond Gerald Edgar and Lawrence Sell Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery. Funeral services were at Lakeside Memorial Chapel with Rev Raymond Schaedig officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben A. Sell
Superior
Wakefield and
Marenisco
Moring
Superior Memorial Hospital
Ashland
Rosemary LaMaide
Bessemer
Korea
114Th Army Engineers
Wakefield
Gary
Karen
Gail
Lyle MacArthur
David
Beauchamp
Dodgeville
Raymond
Gerald
Edgar Sell
Lawrence Sell
Calif
Lakeside Memorial Chapel
Raymond Schaedig
Lakeside Cemetery
Navy Radioman Wienandt Aboard Tattnall Visits Leningrad
Ric hard J. Wienandt of Wakefield visited Leningrad as a crewmember of the guided missile destroyer USS Tattnall during a five day exchange. The port call marked the first by a U S warship in the Soviet Union since World War II and accompanied the arrival of Russian destroyers in Boston. Wienandt, a 1971 Wakefield High graduate, is on a Mediterranean deployment with the Sixth Fleet and will visit England Spain France and Italy. The Tallwall is home ported in Mayport Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Richard J. Wienandt
Kenneth E. Wienandt
Eddy Street
Wakefield
Leningrad
Soviet Union
Tattnall
U.S
Boston
Europe
Wienandt
Mediterranean
U.S. Sixth Fleet
England
Spain
France
Italy
Tallwall
Mayport
Fla
Wakefield High School
Fourth of July Committee Plans Colorful Celebration
The Fourth of July Committee met July 16 at Cleon Motor Garage to review plans for a community celebration. Events include a 1 p.m. children's and general parade with prizes for floats and comic entries, post-parade confections, children’s races at VFW grounds, greasy pole, tug of war, log rolling, dunking contests, sky diving exhibition, horseshoe pitching at American Legion grounds, a Sunday Lake Venetian Parade with 75 50 25 prize deltas, a large fireworks display, and a street dance beginning near Balkan Inn. The next meeting is set for 6 p.m. July 1 at the VFW Hall.
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Cleon Motor
VFW
American Legion
Ralph Newman Home Burns Down in Thomaston
Monday evening a fire destroyed Ralph Newman’s home and the adjacent property, erasing their lifetimes of possessions. No one was home, and the cause remains unknown. The author witnessed the scene and urged community aid for the Newman family.
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Ralph Newman
Thomaston
Newman's
Newman
Gogebic County Reports 3100 Veterans as of Dec 31 1974
A Veterans Administration tally lists Gogebic County with 3100 veterans up to December 31 1974. Michigan totals show 1,195,000 veterans from all wars at start of year with 307000 Vietnam era, 230000 Korea, 541000 World War II, 37000 World War I, and 130000 who served between Korea and Vietnam. In Gogebic, 510 Vietnam, 500 Korea, 1700 World War II, 180 World War I, and 270 served between Korea and Vietnam. Wayne County ranks third in U.S. for veteran population with 372000, behind Los Angeles County and Cook County.
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Gogebic County
Veterans Administration
Michigan
Korea
Vietnam
Wayne County
Los Angeles County
Cook County
Illinois
Worship at Immanuel Lutheran Church Sunday Service
Worship services will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church. A fellowship and coffee hour will follow the worship services.
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Immanuel
Immanuel Lutheran Church
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David Olson
Joy
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New Berlin
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Alice Beber
Barbara Beber
Dean LeBlanc
Edmond Johnson
Lake Villa
John Klatka
Douglas Cankar
Wintrop Harbor
Rueben Nurmi
Antioch
Kenneth Nurmi
Flint
Kathi Hayden
Mich
Dennis Salminen
Grand Blac
Dan Nurmi
Jeanie Pretti
Emil Grasso Sr
Reed Harris
Rod Harris
Spring Lake, Mich
Fred Williams
Pasadena
Henry Johnson
Kenneth Hanson
Roman Yatchak
Marquette
William Wigg
Bernard Morrison
Kerry
Sule Earl
Fort Hood
Texas
Frances Morrison
Jean Korpi
Thailand
Army
Armed Forces
Lawrence Tomczyk
Miss Cheryl
Martin Krakovec
Rock Island, Ill
Krakovec
Corinne Tomczyk
Ryan Korpi
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Richard Hongisto
Duluth
St. Luke’s Hospital
Roy Maki
Gust Maki
Marie Shiltz
the Divine Infant Hospital
Elmer Johnson
Joseph Ringsmuth
Bock
Minn
Frank Lunn
Lunn
Renaldo Negri
Mary Liz
Adrian
Ben Novak
John Negri
Robert
J. Harold Wallis Spen
Adrian College
Adrian, Mich
Brian Brown
Rockford, Mich
Terry Korpi
Fort Knox
Germany
Joe Grasso
Lake Tomahawk
H. J. Graves
MTU
Weinandt
Balkan Inn
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