Wakefield News Mixes Weather Notes and Civic Updates
The column blends weather remarks about a cooler June with local humor and public notices. It reports Wakefield extending sewer and water lines to a new motel, approving a police squad car bid, and plans for a mobile home court, plus millage election timing, housing ordinance changes, and school district actions including lunch program talks and state aid considerations. It also notes community events for Fourth of July and a wedding attendance.
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City Hall
Elden Honkala
Honkala
Robert Gerbig Sr
Cleon Motor Co. Wakefield
Big Valley Ford
Ewen
Lake States Wood Preserving Inc
Quinnesec
William E. Carroll
Chicago
Sunday Lake
Carroll
Michigan
Russell Hellman
D-Dollar Bay
Clarence Halberg
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Wakefield School Board
Interstate Business Machines
Ironwood
Gogebic Typewriter
Gogebic Typewriter Exchange
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Sunday Lake Nets Yield Abundant Fish Says DNR
DNR officials reported ample catches at Sunday Lake after nets were pulled on Tuesday June 27 with wall eye weighing 11 pounds 4 ounces and 32 inches and many pan fish plus perch up to 8 to 11 inches. For more results contact Ernest Sharon and other DNR officials.
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Sunday Lake
DNR
Department of Natural Resources
Ernest Sharon
Milwaukee Wedding: Miss Jean Trettin Weds Dean Langdon
Jean Elizabeth Trettin and Dean Howard Langdon united in marriage on Saturday June 17 at 4 p.m. in Emmanuel United Methodist Church Milwaukee. The couple, both graduates of Northern Michigan University, will reside in Wauwatosa Wisconsin. Guests from Michigan Wisconsin and Illinois attended a reception at Willis Island Inn. The bride teaches physical education in Elm Grove and the groom works as a lab technician for Aldrich Chemical.
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Jean Trettin
Howard Langdon
Milwaukee
Emmanuel United Methodist Carren
Wis
Jean Elizabeth Trettin
Dean Howard Langdon
Chester M. Schendel
Ernst Trettin
Wakefield
Reuben Langdon
Bessemer
Jeff Underberg
Thomas Boehme
Donelle Johnson
Elizabeth Lemke
Peggy Laine
Greg Yangdon
John Kleber
Willis Island Inn
New Orleans
W. Meinecke Ave
Wauwatosa
Brewer’s Chalet
Wakefield High School
Northern Michigan University
Marquette
Elmbrook
Elm Grove
Bessemer High School
Aldrich Chemical Company
Michigan
Wisconsin
Illinois
Elver Wahlberg retires after 35 years with major orchestras
Local bassist Elver Wahlberg ends a 35 year career with leading ensembles including Dallas Symphony, Toronto Symphony, CBC Symphony, and Radio City Music Hall. He studied at local high school and Interlochen, later becoming instrumental specialist with the Metropolitan Toronto School Board. He performed for conductors such as Kubelik, Solti, Ozawa, and Boulez and worked with pop and ballet figures across North America.
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Elver Wahlberg
Lower
Michigan
Metropolitan
Toronto
Wahlberg
Dallas
Texas
National Symphony Orchestra
Washington, D.C
Toronto Symphony
CBC Symphony
Radio City Music Hall
N.Y
Leopold Stokowski
Victor de Sabatoe
la Scalaa Opera
Milan
Italy
Karl Boehm
Berlin
Vienna Philharmonic
Karel Ancerl
Czech Philharmonic
Rafael Kubelik
Chicago Symphony
Pierre Monteux
San Francisco
Boston
Pierre Boulez
New York Philharmonic
Georg Solti
Sir Bernard Heinz
Australia
Seiji Ozawa
Boston Symphony
Benjamin Britten
England
Igor Stranonsky
Sir John Barbirolli
Otto Klemperer
Berlin Philharmonic
Sixten Ehrling
Detroit Symphony
Andre Kostelanetz
Arthur Fiedler
Mantovani
Howard Barlow
Paul Whiteman
Skitch Henderson
Fred Waring
Leroy Anderson
Alfredo Antonini
Canadian National Ballet
Royal Ballet
London
Margot Fonteyn
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Bolshoi Ballet
Moscow
Vienna State Opera Ballet Opera
Canadian Opera Co
Metropolitan Opera Co
New York
Artur Rubinstein
Emil Gilels
Russia
van Cliburn
Rudolp Serkin
Claudio Arron
Chile
Witold Makurzinski
Poland
Helen Tranbel
Renato Tebaldi
Lawrence Tibbetti
Helen Jepson
Rise Stevens
Leontyne Price
Vivian Della Chiesa
Meliza Korjus
Grace Moore
Gladys Swarthout
Mario Lanza
James Melton
Donald Dame
Hazel Scott
Benny Goodman
Gizelle McKenzie
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Danny Kay
Roy Rogers
Phil Silvers
Captain Kangaroo
Joan Blondell
Desi Arnaz
Cary Grant
Olivier DeHaviland
Bert Lahl
Joan Bennett
Frances Langford
Mr. Wahlberg
CBC Radio
Nbc-Tv
BBC
Columbia
RCA Victor Records
Burl Ives
Mitch Miller
Ives
Leaders and Sponsors Sought for Local Girl Scout Troops
Community notice seeks adults to lead Brownie or Junior Girl Scout troops and encourages contact with Mrs Gary Seppa. Plans aim to organize troops in the fall as schools begin with sponsors also needed.
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Gary Seppa
Wakefield High School Class of 1962 Reunion
Wakefield High School graduates from the class of 1962 plan a reunion on July 1 at Lake Shore Veterans Hall. A 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. cocktail hour precedes dinner and social time, with calls requested to Mrs. Jerry Bryant at 229-5905 for attendees.
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Wakefield High School
Lakeshore Veterans Hall
Jerry Bryant
Immanuel Lutheran Church to Welcome Guest Speaker Sunday
Worship services at Immanuel Lutheran Church are set for Sunday at 9 A.M. with George Nygard as the guest speaker. Rev Wallace Leno is on vacation, so he will be absent during the service.
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Immanuel Lutheran Church
George Nygard
Wallace Leno
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