Michigan Civil Defense readies 24 hour aircraft spotting plan
Michigan CD officials prepare a 24 hour aircraft spotting service as 27 states set alert for July 14. Brig Gen Maitland says 9,000 volunteers are needed in Michigan to man ground observation posts and deter atomic attack threats with radar and interceptor coordination.
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Michigan
Pusan
MacArthur
Inchon
Yalu
Chonjin Reservoir
Panmunjon
America
Joe
Lester J. Maitland
Russia
Maitland
Yucca Flats
Civil Defense Corps
Arctic
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Soo Locks
Red Star
Alaska
Civil Aeronautics and Air Force Liaison
Bill Carter resigns to join Michigan State College program
William H. Carter, Port Huron Public School chief engineer, resigns to become a consultant in continuing education with Michigan State College. Superintendent Howard Crull notes the action, effective June 30, with board approval likely July 14. Carter has long overseen maintenance of district facilities and transportation and has teaching ties to MSC.
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Port Huron Times Herald
William H. Carter
Port Huron
Michigan State College
Howard D. Crull
Carter
Board of Education
MSC Department of Continuing Education
Crull
Death of Thomas Soini 73 in Wakefield Michigan
Thomas Soini 73 died Saturday morning at Grand View Hospital after Friday admission for medical treatment. Born in Finland he came to the United States and Iron County at 19, lived in Wakefield 30 years, worked as a carpenter, retired seven years ago, suffered a stroke four years ago, and died living alone near Cheney Lake Road. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Frick Funeral Home with Rev S V Autere officiating. pallbearers named. Miss Ellen Haanpaa, Whittier School instructor, spending summer with family and will return west in September.
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Thomas Soini
Grand View Hospital
Finland
United States
Iron County
Mich
Wakefield
Cheney Lake Road
Frick Funeral Home
Eastern Star Honors Michigan State Officers in Ironwood Dinner
The Wakefield and Ironwood chapters hosted a public dinner and reception at Ironwood Masonic Temple last Friday to honor Mrs. H L Trezise and Mrs. George Carah. More than 200 attendees included grand officers and members who lauded Carah as organist since 1898 and Trezise as organist of the grand chapter for the past year.
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Order of Eastern Star
Wakefield
Ironwood
H. L. Trezise
George Carah
Masonic Temple
Carah
Mhember
Michigan
Trezise
Harlan Johnson
Victory Chapter
Eastern Star
Ada Richards
Dick Richards
Detroit
John R. Mader
Bader
Lorena Vanderstel
Grand Rapids
Harold F. Koch
Dearborn
Genevieve Nauman
West Branch
Evelyn Parks
Linden
Grace Richards
Goodrich
Wilda
George Bashara
Grosse Pointe
Vena Duncan
Eleanore Langston
Esther Baxter
Etta Howard
Margaret Hossler
Birmingham
Mildred Schmidt
Unionville
Slocum
Ewen
Bernice Hoagland
Blissfield
George Huot
East Lensing
Elizabeth Harter
Brighton
Martha Reardon
Royal Oak
Sarah Parks
Mullet Lake
Helen McLachlen
St. Ignace
Mrs Wojcieski To Head Autili Again As Legion Auxiliary
Mrs Thomas Wojciechowski won a third term as president of the Legion Auxiliary at a Wednesday meeting. New officers include Ann Novak first vice president Luella Olson second vice president Jennie Patyk secretary Millicent Gill treasurer Mary Helen Novak historian and directors Alice Wilson Frances Bye Novak. The group named Lila Korpi Lorraine Howe and Isabel Valesano judges for the July 4 parade and discussed Iron River convention. Hospital notes list admissions June 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 and discharges through June 25 for Wakefield Verona Esk and nearby towns.
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Frances Bye
Novak
Lila Korpi
Lorraine Howe
Isabel Valesano
Iron River
Wilson
Wojciechowski
Sanna Saari
Lempi Saari
Ann Poikonen
Elsie Pietch
Storm Sewer Survey Begins Next Monday
The Wakefield city manager announced a survey by Francis Engineering Co starting next week to evaluate storm sewer needs and locate a disposal plant. A first construction phase would target the Bedell Avenue swamp area, with road rebuilding projects planned under the current budget.
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Wakefield
Bedell Avenue
Francis Engineering Co
George Meholick
State Highway Department
Joseph Sikorsky
Elmer Bessonen
Kuivinen
Ahola
Third
Dewey Streets
Miss Joyce Lane Vacationing With Parents In North Chicago
Miss Joyce Lane a registered nurse in North Chicago Illinois spends two weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Lane. Other notices include visits by Mr and Mrs Henry S Davies and Mr and Mrs Joseph Thomas and daughters from Indianapolis and nearby towns. Primary voter registration ends July 7 with extended hours. Bethany Lutheran church service Sunday at 11 conducted by Rev Erkki Penttinen of Fitchburg Massachusetts.
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Joyce Lane
R. N
North
Chicago, Ill
Mrs
Thomas Lane
Joseph Thomas
Betty Joe
Sharon
Indianapolis
Ind
Lloyd Johnson
Thomas
Johnson
Malcom Gardner
Erkki Penttinen
Fitchburg
Mass
Bethany Lutheran Church
W. A. Ranta
Camp Nesbit
Sidnaw
Retiring Mine Worker John Ferratto Ends 25 Years at Local Mines
After twenty five years underground at the Sunday Lake and Brotherton mines John Ferratto retires. He began May 2 1927 after five years at Anvil Palms mine. Born April 9 1887 in Senefret Italy he came to the US in 1911 settling in Coal City then Wakefield. He lives with his wife in a Wakefield frame cottage with nurse daughter in law and two married daughters.
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Sunday Lake
Brotherton
John Ferratto
Castile Road
Ferratto
Anvil- Palms
Senefret
Italy
United States
Coal City
Ill
Wakefield
Mayme Ferratto
Divine Infant of Prague Hospital
Dominic Bugni
Frank Menghini
Stanley Shifka
Ed Foster
Watersmeet
Former Verona Resident Dies In Minnesota Car Crash
Stewart Brockbank aged 29 of Hibbing Minnesota died in a car crash three miles from his home while driving from Chisholm to Hibbing. He was a Hanna Mining Company truck driver, survived by his wife Stella and infant daughter Bonnie Lou, and several relatives. Military funeral rites were held, and Wakefield Methodist pastor Rev H W Ingraham was reassigned to Wakefield for a third year.
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Minnesota
Stewart Brockbank
Hibbing
Minn
Verona Reident
Chisholm
Hanna Mining Company
Mitchell Bridge
Bernard Flynn
Flynn
Verona
Wakefield
Stella Martin
Superior
Duluth
Bonnie Lou
Matt Brockbank
James Ozzello
Donald Baltic
Carl Anderson
Bessemer
Albert Nielson
Arnold
Raymond Richardson
H. W. Ingraham
Methodist
Detroit
Newport Church
Ironwood
Newport
Ivan Gonser
Wesley Church
Bay City
William Mertz
St. Ignace
Baton Majorette Training Attends Syracuse Camp
Marilyn Gustafson a high school junior attends a two week majorettes school at Syracuse Indiana the only camp of its kind She will receive marching and baton twirling instruction and plans to attend a baton clinic at Negaunee She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Gustafson.
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Marilyn Gustafson
Syracuse
Ind
Negaunee
Harold Gustafson
State To Help Pave Old US Two Mark M Twenty Eight
The state highway department will cover half the cost of resurfacing old US-2 from Sunday Lake Street to Ramsay with the new US-2, the road commission a quarter, and the city and Bessemer township a quarter. Work includes patching and a new 1.75 inch black top surface this summer. The state plans to abandon old US-2 from M-28 extension to the new highway near Ramsay soon. M-28 from Wakefield to Chaney Lake will be marked as a state trunk line this summer with future maintenance by the state. No immediate plans to pave the gravel road. possible paving if local funds are available next year. Ziegler reported no definite plans for widening Sunday Lake junctions. priority could be given if Bessemer funds US-2 paving and Wakefield funds M-28 paving. Ziegler also discussed a new highway north of Bergland and urged seeking federal funds for it.
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State Highway Department
Northwestern Railway
Lake Street
Ramsay
Road Commission
Bessemer Township
Koronski
Charles Ziegler
Lansing
J. P. Cloon
Robert A. Burns
Robert McCormick
R. F. Rozatti
Crystal Falls
Sunday Lake Street
Ziegler
Wakefield
Chaney Lake
Sunday Lake
Wakefield Township
Bessemer
White Pine
Bergland
Washington
Michigan graduates William Jacobson and family note
William Jacobson earned a bachelor of laws at the University of Michigan commencement in Ann Arbor and will work until taking the state law board exam late this summer as Glen Jacobson, a bachelor of arts, plans a fall return for his master's degree. G Richard Keskey graduates from the medical school in Michigan. His parents, Dr. and Mrs. George S. Keskey of Marquette, cite his Wakefield schooling and 30 years since graduation from Michigan Medical School.
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Michigan
William Jacobson
University of Michigan
Glen
William
Ann Arbor
State Law Board
Jacobson
G. Richard Keskey
George S. Keskey
Marquette
Medical
Wakefield
Michigan Medical School
Wakefield Schools
Auxiliary names officers at Iron River meeting
Mrs. Thomas Wojciechowski was named member of the executive committee and delegate to the state meeting. Mrs. Eina Skytta of Marquette was re-elected district president of the Auxiliary. The state meet will be held August 1 2 3 at Grand.
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Thomas Wojciechowski
American Legion
Iron River
Eina Skytta
Marquette
Wojciechowski
Grand Rapids
Mrs Anne Strough Moves to Camp Diedrick Maryland
Mrs Anne Strough left Wakefield for Camp Diedrick Maryland to make her home. Her son Captain William Strough is stationed at the camp. Before leaving Wakefield she sold her dwelling to Mr Island of North who works for Turner Construction Co at the White Pine development.
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Maryland
Anne Strough
Camp Diedrick
William Strough
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