Lake Superior mining group delays 1934 meeting
The Lake Superior Mining Institute will not meet in 1934. Secretary A J Yungbluth of Ishpeming says members favor deferring until 1935. Meanwhile industry activity rose with 116 blast furnaces active nationwide and May iron ore receipts at Lake Erie ports reaching 1,467,591 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Superior Mining Institute
A. J. Yungbluth
Ishpeming
Vanbluth
Lake Superior
Lake Superior Iron Ore Association
Lake Erie
United States Steel Corporation
Dg Alii
Deans Gantiheitngs
United States
American Iron and Steel Institute
Wakefield Iron Co. sells ten six room houses to local buyers
Ten six room houses formerly of the Wakefield Iron Co. have been purchased by locals and moved to various city sites. One will stand south of the Wico chapel, two to Olson Anderson lots, others to Comet and Tula roads. John Gilbert bought one and will place it near the Sunday Lake engine house. another buyer plans a Lake Gogebic summer home. Axel Hill holds the moving contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield Iron Co
Wico Chapel
Olson-Anderson
Comet
Tula
John Gilbert
Sunday Lake
Lake Gogebic
Axel Hill
Unemployed Teachers to Register for ERA Summer Work
Local school system unemployed teachers must register Monday morning with C. W. Benner at his office from 9 to noon. ERA plans recreational activities and music instruction for the summer. Registered workers will be assigned to positions paying up to 12 dollars per week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Benner
Mr. Benner
Northern Warehouse opens Brotherton Street branch
Opened by The Northern Warehouse company, the Ironwood and Hurley stores establish a new Brotherton Street branch in the old Hanson Garage. The outlet will sell flour feeds and mill products direct to consumers with truck deliveries. A. C. Johnson leads the local store, while Raymond Dick runs the range stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Warehouse Company
Ironwood and Hurley
Hanson
Brotherton Street
A. C. Johnson
Raymond Dick
City Budget Hearing Set For Wednesday
The 1934-35 city budget hearing will be held Wednesday evening in the city hall commission rooms. Taxpayers may speak on proposed expenditures. The complete budget appeared in last week’s News. copies are available at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
The
News
Church Service Sunday at Union Church
The Rev. F. H. Sullivan will conduct a service Sunday morning at 9 45. The public is invited. Sunday school will be held before the morning service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Sullivan
Union Church
Rotary Committees For Year Chosen By New President
C. H. Christopherson elected president of the Rotary Club selects committees for the coming year. Appointments include Aims and Objects, Community Service, Vocational Service, Club Service, International Service, Boys Work, Classifications, Membership, Program, Fellowship and Attendance, Publicity and Rotary Information. Committees will begin duties July 1 and new officers will be installed at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
C. H. Christopherson
J. A. Frederickson
H. A. Tressel
J. P. Cloon
K. Duncan
Y. H. Hanson
Alois Kerkes
Ed. Neidhold
Mauritz Bye
R. B. Wortley
A. C. Johnson
E. L. Johnson
W. C. Smith
C. Haskins
R. A. Burns
Dr. R. I. C. Prout
H. L. Trezise
Rotary
W. H. Hanson
Victor Lepisto
A. F.olson
John Gilbert
L. G. Wilson
A. F. Olson
Stanley Tyack
I. H. Dulebohn
H. 0. Sonnesyn
R. I. C. Prout
H. O. Sonneyson
Tyack Runs For School Board Presidency
Filing closes at 5:00 this Saturday with two candidates vying for board president. Stanley Tyack and John Ahola submitted petitions while Dr. H A Tressel will not seek re election. Election set for Monday July 9 for qualified electors in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Stanley Tyack
John Ahola
H. A. Tressel
Town Notes Highlight Local Moves And Birth
Miss Agnes Hammer returns from Marquette while a stream of residents visit relatives in Wakefield Nashwauk Manitowoc and Oshkosh Ohio none. Several families attend Chicago exposition and Augustana Synod meeting in Minneapolis. Twin girls born to Mr and Mrs John Mattson and a 74% pound boy to Mr and Mrs Andrew Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Haglund
Wakefield Hospital
Eleanor Ayotte
Chicago
William Ayotte
Josephine Bugnn
Nashwauk
Stanley Tyack
Oshkosh
Wis
Anton Yatchak
Milwaukee
John Yatchak
Andrew Yatchak
August Monti
The
Soo
Ashland
Helen Thorpe
Minneapolis
Alfred Kallander
Ashland General Hospital
June Miljevich
Detroit
John Mattson
Wakefield Township
Kathryn McNamara
John Albert
Elsie Fritz
Oconomowoc Falls
George Skytta
Bangor
Mich
Andrew Johnson
Plymouth
A. F. Olson
Margaret
Kalamazoo
George Johnson
Drew Candidate For Sheriff Opens GOP Primary Campaign
Percy Drew declares his bid for the Republican nomination for sheriff in Gogebic County with 20 years as a resident and recent undersheriff to Denis O Leary. Fellow candidate William Paynter, a deputy fire marshal, seeks the Democratic nomination. Filing petitions require 124 signatures for Republicans and 79 for Democrats. final deadline is July 24 at 4 PM with the county clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Drew
Drew
Gogebic County
Denis O’leary
William Paynter
Wakefield Man Heads Finnish Temperance Group 1935 Officers Named
Alfred Laakso of Wakefield elected president of the National Finnish Temperance Brotherhood at Crystal Falls. Hjalmer Makila of Crystal Falls named vice president. Officers include Secretary Anna Leino Ely Treasurer Mary Oja Gilbert Directors Terraoja Ishpeming Lammi Crystal Falls Strang Dodgeville. 1935 convention set for Wakefield. The group dates to 1888 and promotes temperance, including a school course on temperance and vetted teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Alfred Laakso
National
Finnish Temperance Brotherhood
Crystal Falls
Hjalmer Makila
Lakso
Esaias Torkko
Soudan
Minn
Anna Leino
Ely
Mary Oja
Gilbert
John Terraoja
Ishpeming
John Lammi
Santeri Strang
Dodgeville
Mich
Republic
Canada
Boards of Education
Concrete Pouring Under ERA Project For City Water Tank
Work on a new water reservoir north of the old pumping station and east of Thomaston road advances under the ERA program. Four crews poured the walls with ninety men over two days, using more than 250 yards of concrete. The 95 by 24 foot tank will store about 175 000 gallons and feed the city from the Chicago mine and nearby springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomaston Road
Chicago
Sunday Lake
Soo Line Brings First Rail Service to Sunday Lake Mine
For the first time in Wakefield history Soo Line cars locomotives and crews serviced the Sunday Lake mine this week. The shift follows a Northwestern Soo agreement to pool ore shipments on an 81 percent Sea and 69 percent Northwestern basis. Interchangeable equipment and dock storage at Ashland belong to either line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soo Line
Wakefield
Sunday Lake
Northwestern
Soo Roads
Ashland
Picnic plans complete for Gogebic County gathering
Gogebic County Agricultural Agent C E Gunderson announces a big farmers and business men's picnic set for next Thursday June 28 at Little Girls Point Park Lake Superior. Buses will transport families without cars with coordinated routes and timing. Band performances include Johnny Johnson's Russian band with special entertainment and two speakers Rev G G Curtis and J G Wells. Attendance expected from Bessemer Wakefield and eastern county, picnickers urged to bring baskets cups and spoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Gunderson
Gogebic County
Little Girls Point Park
Lake Superior
Committee On Transportation
Ralph Rowell
Elmer Mickelson
R. H. Salmela
J. E. McNicholas
Patrick Kelly
Nesto Erickson
Board of Education
Bessemer Township
Vincent Semmerling
Johnny W. Johnson
Wm. G. Peterson
Conrad Velin
Mr. Velin
Joe Moncher
W. J. Anderson
E. Gunderson
Conrad Hansen
Johnny Johnson
Mayor Schneider
Ironwood
Garland
Wm. L. Burns
Louis Jacquart
Rev
G. G. Curtis
J. G. Wells
Chatham
Mich
Y. H. Hanson
Robert Achatz
J. H. Kent
Bessemer
Wakefield
Paul Mars Sr Funeral Held Tuesday in Wakefield Area
Funeral services for Paul Mars Sr were held Tuesday afternoon at the family home, with Rev. Henry Anderson officiating. Mars died early Saturday at his farm east of Wakefield from angina pectoris. Born July 18, 1868 in Finland, he spent 41 years in the United States and 26 in Wakefield area. He is survived by his wife and six children, including son Wiettie who died last August in a motorcycle crash, and son Paul who is recently involved in the deaths of two Ramsay men in a recent automobile accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mars
Henry Anderson
Mars
Wakefield
Finland
United States
Wiettie
Paul
Ramsay
Paving Progress on US-2 Section Between Jackson Creek and Cheney Farm
About 3000 feet of concrete pavement laid this week by the contractor on the US-2 section between Jackson Creek and Cheney Farm. Work slowed by PWA rules requiring use of workers from federal relief rolls if possible. Mrs. Marks of Watersmeet is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Monti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Creek
Cheney Farm
PWA
Mrs. Marks
Watersmeet
Mrs
August Monti
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Ray Dunfont
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Arthur James
Robert Benner
Interlochen
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Harold J. Richards
Julius Gouza
Paw Paw
Fred Hazlit
Gary
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Hazlit
Thomas Desonia
Abe Mathews
Elcor
Pickands, Mather & Co
P. M. Company
M. Rydeski
Ann Rydeski
Louis Zawaski
Ted Rydeski
Roman Rydeski
Alfie Windberg
Superior
State Teachers College
William Erickson
Billy
Peter Trezise
Mellen
Paul Ringsmith
Atlanta
Frank .Ringsmith
Charles
Margaret Ronan
Evanston
Marie Ronan
Miss Ronan
Northwestern University
Ed. Leach
Hibbing
Kenneth Duncan
Leach
GOP
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