Personalities and Travel Notes Fill Holiday Visitors Log
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Simonson of Springfield Oregon returned home after visiting James and Mary Randall. Mrs Randall accompanied them to St Paul Minnesota to visit relatives. Mrs Andrew Luoma and two grandchildren Dougis and Debbie Nelson are visiting Milwaukee and Chicago for a week. Various listings cover visits from Milwaukee to Kalamazoo, Denver, Grants New Mexico, and Detroit with multiple families, graduations, weddings, and military moves noted. A long stream of relatives and friends visit, travel, and attend events across Michigan and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Simonson
Springfield
Ore
James Randall
Andrew Luoma
Dougis
Debbie Nelson
Milwaukee
Chicago
Bernhardt Maki
Beck Hately
Grants
New Mexico
Local Winner of Gates Rubber Mystery Car Award
Eugene Vittone owner and manager of Bingo and Sons on M-28 Wakefield received a Gates Rubber Company Mystery Car Award on June 26 in recognition of exceptional customer service. The plaque included two uncirculated silver dollars two Kennedy half-dollars and a special commemorative coin set in an automotive engine design as part of the company sponsored national contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates Rubber Co
Eugene Vittone
Bingo and Sons
Wakefield
Kennedy
Gates Rubber Company
Rubber
Mystery Car program honors service station staff nationwide
A Gates Mystery Cars tour recognizes station personnel who spot worn fan belts and offer belt replacements, awarding plaques for exceptional customer service. The item mentions Rockland High School, a 1966 Northland College graduate, and teaching roles at Manitowoc Board of Education. It reports a wedding at St Marys Rockland and future residence in Escanaba. A Little League district tournament update notes Wakefield hosting in July with Iron Mountain to follow. A penny scale at a corner drug store is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland High School
Northland College
Ashland
Manitowoc Board of Education
Manitowoc
Wis
Wakefield High School
Northland
Northern Michigan University
Marquette
Verch-Hunt
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Rockland
Mary Mona Hunt
Robert Hunt
Richard L. Verch
Louis Verch
Wakefield
Donald la Londe
Verch
Escanaba
Bay de Noc Community College
Bride
Michigan
Iron Mountain
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Henry Werthein
Lake Gogebic
Orville Gerkin
Fred Gerken
St. Charles
Missouri
Peter Petranek
Peter Jr
Ferris State College
Big Rapids
Aso
Charles Petranek
Kalamazoo
Ernest E. Carr
Brotherton Soc
Edward Hakala
Kardova
Alaska
Bernhard Hakala
Seney
Mich
Carr
Jeanen Haugen
Denver
Colo
Charles Bertolino
Marlene
Madison
Bertolino
Joyce Carr
Larry Niemi
Peggy
Newberry, Mich
Derald Whitley
Marenisco
Grants, N. M
Niemi
Whitley
Oakie Whitley
Robert Williams
James
Robin
Roger
Brainerd
Minn
William
John Williams
Williams
Philip Funderburk
Lancaster, S. C
Funderburk
Jeanne Bedell
Walter Burke
Grays Lake, Il
Ralph Olson
Oear Maki
Reino Hill
Spec
Saigon
Viet Nam
Judy Davidson
Fort Bliss
Texas
Keee
Phyllis Schlect
David Koski
Marine City
Koski
Ironwood
Mr. Koski
Mrs
Charles Koski
Jean Trettin
Camp Minokemeg
Clam Lake
Wisconsin
Ernst Trettin
Melvin Kouppela
John Pilarzyk
Chester Pilarzyk
Melvin
Eli Mustapa
Florida
Lyn Taylor
Grass Lake
Nels Kuivinen
Kuivinen
Horace Farmer
Howell
William Walden
Helen
Kalispell
Montana
James Farrington
Marsha
Ernest Karling
Sonia Paulson
Katherine Paulson
Detroit
Toivo Karling
Lake Louise
Canda
Celeste Beber Sr
Virginia
Alice
George Westlund
Racine
Norman Olson
Olson
Mary Beber
Charles Piccldi
Ricky
Robert
Joey
Wallace Romagnoli
William Mezzano
Minneapolis
Joe Sanchez
Sullivan, Mo
Terry Salmi
Ann Arbor
Terry
Reino Salmi
Sandy Grasso
Jean Syreini
Sandy
Emil Grasso Jr
Jean
Jacob Syreini
Mary Ann Kolak
Gary Good
Flint
Mary Ann
Health Report
Health Department
Michigan Department of Public Health
Vivian
Cormier’s Service
Wrecker Wakefield
Hancock
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York, N. Y
Lake Superior
Lake Superior District Power Company
Power Company
City of
Olson & Anderson
Assessor’s
Olson Avenue
Lepisto Avenue
City of Wakefield
Martha Juopperi
First National Bank
Wakefield Civil Service Commission
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