Wakefield Township announces new school staff lineup
Superintendent A W Clevenger releases the list of teachers and officers for Wakefield Township Schools. Vacancies are few before the new year. posts include principal, music, art, science, manual training, home economics, languages, and office staff across Wakefield High School and elementary grades.
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Wakefield Schools
A. W. Clevenger
Wakefield Township
J. A. Frederickson
Frances Laughner
Merk
Mayme Holma
Mabel Collins
Marie Dwyer
John Gilbert
Wakefield Township High School
G. W. Leman
Emma Wellers
Helen Brown
Okal Davies
Dorothy Erickson
Lloyd Wye
Fstella Perkins
Harold Peterson
Commentromer Long
Fred Hackett
Rosswell Miners
E. A. Rerucha
Fannie Rentola
Edith Martinson
Fallen Carlson
Gertrude Olson
Cecelia Carlson
William Carter
Fearl Griewski
Elvira Johnson
Wice
Plymouth
Estella Mas
Wakefield School Electors Registration Notice
Official notice lists registration days July 9 10 at the Old High School Building for Wakefield district electors. Four candidates vie for two school board seats including Henry Abola Abe Mathews Marian Delmet and W Oscar Mackee. Australia voting system to be used. district elections follow general election laws.
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Abe Mathews
Marian Delmet
W. Oscar Mackee
No Celebration This Year in Wakefield
The Upper Peninsula firemen will meet here two weeks later, so Wakefield will not host an Independence Day celebration. Residents plan to visit the Marquette range for the two day holiday to join Ishpeming’s big celebration and homecoming, while others will attend events in Bessemer or Iron River.
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Upper Peninsula
Wakefield
Marquette Range
Ishpeming
Bessemer
Iron River
Grade by grade teachers and classes listed
Verona kindergarten and music led by Winifred Eva. Wasco and Plymouth groupings show grade levels with heads such as William Niell Estella Mason and Ambrose names. Plainer plan includes Dorothy Hopper at Planter and Mabel DeFere at Jack's Spur.
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Evab Ives
Mamie Laxman
Camille Hammerberg
Ann Anderson
Verona
Winifred Eva
Alice Josephson
Dorothy Mack
William Niell
Edna Rummel
Elizabeth Simonson
Mabel Haglund
Mildred Larson
Angeline Suino
Della Simonson
Isabel Mack
Wasco
Margaret Feigley
Julia Lepisto
Anna Lindblom
Plymouth
Edythe Peterson
Charlotte Rarick
Rossell McGill
Wico-Plymouth
Gertrude Trier
Dorothy Hopper
Jack’s Spur
Mabel DeFere
Personal notices bring scattered updates from area residents
Joe Sailor returns from a business tip to Green Bay. Miss Ellen Eliason resigns from Bergland Lumber Co. Victor Lepisto visits Milwaukee this week. Frank Marta visits from Fresno, formerly of Gogebic range. Miss Irma Olson heads to Evanston for Northwestern summer session. Mae and Martha Niemi attend Northern State Normal graduation. brother William graduates. Mrs. J. G. Peterson visits Oconomowoc to see patient husband. accompanies Elmer Johnson. Students return from Northern State Normal College in Marquette. summer visitors include several named students and Mrs. G. W. Blom of Florida. Mrs. Blom, formerly Clarice Hooper, is visiting. Miss Olive LaBerdie boosts Elks popular girl contest votes. prize $500 and Chicago trip. H. F. Yackee resigns from Plymouth mine after ten years. plans move to Chicago. Dr. and Mrs. R. I. C. Prout return from Minneapolis and Rochester with Mayo clinics study. A. E. Stickley visits Wakefield to meet Fred Green and Mayor John W. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cloon return from Chicago with new Overland car. car to debut at Cloon Motor Company garage.
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Joe Sailor
Green Bay
Wis
Ellen Eliason
Bergland Lumber Co
Victor Lepisto
First National Bank
Milwaukee
Frank Marta
Fresno
Cal
Gogebic Range
Irma Olson
Evanston
Northwestern University
Mae
Martha Niemi
Northern State Normal
William
J. G. Peterson
Oconomoewee
Peterson
Elmer Johnson
Olive LaBerdie
The
Elks’ Lodges
Michigan
Chicago
H. F. Yackee
Plymouth
R. I. C. Prout
Minneapolis
Rochester
Minn
Trusty Harold Douchey Captured After Escape
Deputy Sheriff W T Hornibrook and Arthur Mann captured Harold Douchey, Marquette prison trusty, who escaped Tuesday afternoon. Douchey, exhausted and soaked, was spotted near Thomaston while fleeing on the Duluth bound South Shore train. He surrendered without resistance after recognition from a photo provided by Warden Corgan.
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W. T. Hornibrook
Gogebic County
Harold Douchey
Marquette Prison Trusty
Hornibrook
Mining Journal
Arthur Mann
Thomaston
William Hornibrook
Douchey
South Shore
Warden Corgan
Green Garden
Five enter city election race for two commission seats
J S Wilde Ivan Del Favero and Fred Deacon have filed petitions this week to contend for two city commission vacancies. Also in the race are Thomas Wojciechowski and John Pessetti. Nomination petitions run July 24 to 31, require 60 to 120 signatures, and signers may back two candidates. City attorney Harry K Bay says department clarity is not required, and the top two vote getters will win.
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J. S. Wilde
Ivan DelFavero
Fred Deacon
Wilde
Ivan del Favero
Thomas Wojciechowski
John Pessetti
Marenisco Schools on State Accredited List
Michigan university officials confirm Marenisco public schools remain on the accredited list with praise for progress. Lloyd Goodrich commends district and urges two year accreditation, noting needs in equipment and qualified staff. A new superintendent from St. Clair, Mich. with a masters degree will begin next year. Police experiment with a motorcycle fitted with bulletproof windshields in New York.
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Marenisco
University of Michigan
Lloyd Goodrich
B. B. Coles
Coles
Northern State Normal School
Marquette
University of Minnesota
Goodrich
Board of Education
St. Clair
Mich
State University
McNamara Weds Miss Marian Tolan in Ironwood Chapel
W H McNamara of Wakefield married Miss Marian Elizabeth Tolan at St Ambrose School chapel Ironwood this Saturday morning. Rev J B Moriarty officiated vows attended by close relatives. After a wedding breakfast at St James Hotel the couple left for a motor trip to Detroit Buffalo and other eastern cities and will reside after August 1 at Ashland Court Ironwood. The bride taught in Wakefield schools and the groom, city accountant, has served since WWI with Pickands Mather Co and city administration.
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St. Ambrose
Ironwood
Marian Elizabeth
Willian Tolan
W. H. McNamara
Wakefield
J. B. Moriarty
Kathryn McNamara
Jack Tojan
St. James
Ashland Court
T. L. Tolan
Milwaukee
J. J. Tolan
Detroit
Martha Heil
Chicago
Mae McNamara
Minneapolis
Memorial
Mac
Pickands, Mather Co
Mining Companies to Pay 92 Percent of City Taxes
The city tax roll shows total taxes of $204,416.06 with mining companies responsible for $189,748.56 or 92.8 percent. Taxes will be due in July and are held by City Treasurer W H McNamara, with July 1 as the start of collection. The remaining taxpayers owe $14,667.50 or 7.2 percent of the total.
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W. H. McNamara
Green and Smith Visit Wakefield to Back Governor Candidate
Fred W. Green of Tonia and Detroit Mayor John W. Smith spoke to about a hundred Wakefield business leaders in the Memorial Community Building. Green urged government by the people, a road program, state finances transparency, and an apolitical conservation push, while Smith endorsed Green and recalled past Republican conventions supporting publicity for Michigan’s delegation.
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Fred W. Green
Tonia
John W. Smith
Detroit
Memorial Community Building
Thomas Read
Shelby
Green
State Highway Department
Gogebic County
George Lord
Wakefield
Smith
Michigan
Taft
Harding
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L. A. Cluley
Muriel Kingsley
Florence Tanner
Frederick Schnoetder
Callienetta Qobb
Nival Verona
Comet Central
Verona— Donald
Mary Mac
Julia Komove
Amy Ericson
Faun Bow
Louis Saeks
Northern State Normal College
Margaret Simms
Anastasia Maloney
Mary Komove
Dagmar Saari
Joan Lepinski
Alice Yrkkola
Chrissie James
William Collins
Hans Hanson
William Niemi
Lawrence Hook
Jonas Frederickson
G. W. Blom
Florida
J. J. Pezzetti
Blom
Clarice Hooper
J. P. Cloon
Trusty
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Marenisco Schools
New York
Miss Marian Tolan
Green, Smith
American Telephone and Telegraph
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New York City
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Boston
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H. Blair-Smith
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