Joyous Wakefield Wedding Bonds Budgick Krook
Miss Joyce Krook and George D Budgick wed at First Lutheran Church in Wakefield with 150 guests. Attendants included sisters and Milwaukee guests. couple plans home in Milwaukee after a brief honeymoon. Bride a Wakefield High graduate 1960. groom a Wakefield High graduate and Western Electric employee.
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First Lutheran Church
Joyce Krook
George D. Budgick
Edward Budgick
Wakefield
Nels Brook
Rudolph Kemppainen
Clifford Randall
JoAnn Hallberg
Milwaukee
Darlene Gagan
Greta Krook
Susan Krook
Thomas Budgick
Richard Mikkola
Bruce Crossing
James Budgick
Anna Mikkola
Kenneth Johns
Emily Salmela
Punch
Janet Budgick
Judith Keski
West Hampton Ave
Old Fashioned Picnic At Immaculate Conception Church
A parish picnic hosted by Circle No 5 will be held Sunday afternoon on church grounds starting at 2 pm. Funds support the circle activities with a variety of sandwiches and sides available at nominal charges. Children’s games are planned and a strong turnout is anticipated.
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Immaculate Conception Church
Circle No. 5
Eeeay
Carr Haskins Appointed City Plans Survey
The city council appointed Vernon Carr to finish Milo Kronsich’s term on the Library Board and reappointed Clare J. Haskins to a three year Civil Service Commission term. A comprehensive city survey contract with Williams and Works Co. was discussed with an estimated net cost of 2900 after city work credits, contingent on state reimbursement and possible federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Carr
Milo Kronsich
Carr
Kronsich
Clare J. Haskins
Civil Service Commission
Johns
Williams and Works Co
Council and Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Gogebic
Theodore Rydeski
Eddy Street
Ashland Park
Valesano
Halberg Bros
Linn
US 2
M28
Hodge
State Higgway Dept
Ballone
Mr. Koski
Wakefield Bible School program and local candidacy news
Wakefield Methodist Bible School showcased a Sunday program with songs, prayers, and a sermon by Lew Bordeaux, featuring Nursery through Junior High classes and 28 enrolled children. Separately Joe Sanchez announced his bid for Gogebic-Ontonagon State Representative as a Democrat, detailing his background in Wakefield, military service, civic roles, and tax reform stance. Also announced is Parents Night for the Daily Vacation Bible School at Central School with varied grade level devotions, songs, and a post program lunch and student treat.
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Wakefield Methodist Bible School
Lew Bordeaux
Sunshine Mountain
Jesus
Zaccheus
Juses
God
Ivory Palaces
Joe Sanchez
Vicki Sanchez
E. J. Goodney
Judy McDonald
Lester Medford
Nancy Wanink
Tom Brown
Thomas Buzza
Renaldo Boetto
Irving Wanink
Bible School
Arnold Swanson
Wakefield
Gogebic-Ontonagon
Joe Mack
Sanchez
Ironwood
Spain
Gogebic County
Wakefield High School
Sunday Lake
Democratic
Board of Review
Democratic State Central Committee
Young Democrats
Upper Peninsula
Williams and
Swainson
American Legion
Wakefield Chamber of Commerce
Porcupine Mountain Development Committee
June Buccanero
Daily Vacation Bible School
Mark Wickstrom
Immanuel Lutheran
B.V.B.S
Imanuel Lutheran
First Lutheran Church
Funeral Held For Hugo E. Syreini 52
Funeral services for Hugo E. Syreini of Anvil, aged 52, were held Wednesday at First Lutheran Church with Rev. S. V. Autere officiating. Burial followed at Hillcrest Cemetery in Bessemer. Surviving are sister Mrs Ronald Pikka of Wakefield, brothers Jacob and Eino of Wakefield and Ramsay, and half brother John Aho of Wakefield.
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Hugo E
Syreini
Anvil
First Lutheran Church
S. V. Autere
Hillcrest Cemetery
Bessemer
Ronald Pikka
Wakefield
Jacob
Eino
Ramsay
John Aho
Roads To Be Paved In Gogebic County Projects
The State Administrative Board on June 5 approved 12 highway construction projects totaling 317,972 dollars. Gogebic County Road Commission to receive 76,793 dollars to pave five miles on Presque Isle Road in Wakefield Township, 2.1 miles on Janet Road in Ironwood Township, and 1.3 miles on the South Bessemer Road in Erwin Township.
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State Administrative Board
William Tucker Jr. Dies. Rites Held at Lakeside Chapel
Funeral services for William Tucker Jr., 68, of Thomaston were held Thursday at Lakeside Memorial Chapel with Rev. James Ritchie officiating. Burial followed at Lakeside Cemetery. Survived by wife, four daughters, one son, one sister, 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren, plus three half siblings. Kenneth Carr of Willoughby, Ohio, visiting with his parents Ernest and Mrs. Carr in Brotherton Location, is a professor of Art at an all girls prep college and freelance artist. first trip home in ten years.
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William Tucker, Jr
Thomaston
Lakeside Memorial Chapel
James Ritchie
Lakeside Cemetery
Elmer Milner
Kenneth Carr
Willoughby
Ohio
Carr
Ernest Carr
Brotherton
Kenneth
Short on contributions for area TV project
Community effort for the Bessemer Ramsay Wakefield TV Improvement Association trails a 106 member short of its 400 goal. Donors may contact James Davey Ted Bessen or Richard Brown or drop funds at Bus Station Borgaro's Barber Shop Range Cab First National Bank or Wakefield News.
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Bessemer-Ramsay- Wakefield TV Improvement Association
James Davey
Ted Bessen
Richard Brown
Anne H. Bay
J. J. Novak
John C. Novak
Ernest Cari
Albert Oman
J. P. Cloon
Lauri Maki
Lawrence Anderson
Vernon Miljevich
Peter Pezzetti
Nick Wancash
Harry Sawaski
Ed Lillie
Lozo Lunch
Chester Dillon
Joseph Marczak
James Trebilecock
John Cappo
John Tankka
F. W. Duffin
Alex Danula
Stanley Johnson
Tony Valesano
John Ballone
Marie Tyack
Mary Teppo
Oscar Marander
Russell Kanto
Frank Blaskowski
Ted Cramblit
Joseph Ringsmuth
Tony Sertich to teach at Goose Bay Labrador base
Tony Sertich longtime Gaastra Schools principal and instructor resigns after ten years to take a teaching post with the US Air Force Base at Goose Bay Labrador for the next school year. He joined Stambaugh around 1952, served in the Army, then returned to Stambaugh where he has remained. He was honored at multiple going away events with fare well gifts from students parents and faculty.
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Tony Sertich
Gaastra
US Air Force
Goose Bay
Labrador
Sertich
Stambaugh
US Army
MSU Commencement Bestows Degrees on 2,406 Graduates
Milo Kronsich, a former local school instructor, earned an MA in Guidance and Personal Services at Michigan State University commencement on June 10. He taught in Wakefield, took a leave to study guidance, and plans to stay in Lansing to teach and pursue further courses. Janet Salmela of Waukegan, Indiana, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Venner Salmela.
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Milo Kronsich
Michigan State University
Kronsich
Wakefield
Lansing
Janet Salmela
Waukegan, IN
Mrs
Venner Salmela
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Budgick
Krook
Wisconsin Electric Power Co
Western Electric Co
Polly Ann Soderstrom
Merriweather
Stanley Mikorski
Waukegan
Anton Kostac
Montreal
Ernest Brown
Eugene Kujanson
Patricia
James Matrella
Julieann
Allan Halberg
Joleen
Richard Gagan
Shelley
Marcia Finco
Marjorie Rintamaki
Polly Halberg
JoAnn Koski
Ellie Ferrando
David Kangas
Susan Korpi
Geroux
Haskins
Methodist Bible School
Hugo E. Syreini
William Tucker Jr
Area TV
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