Summer music classes begin for sixty pupils
About sixty junior and senior high students enrolled in summer music instruction. Instructors plan daily weekday sessions with extra hours for individual lessons. The district has spent nearly 1000 on band and orchestra gear, adding items like a bassoon, cello, viola, oboe, trombones, and drums to school property. Schedule includes band Mondays Wednesdays Fridays at 8 45, orchestra at 9 45, advanced violin and clarinet, beginners violin, saxophone, and after noon individual instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arens Niales Exhhmong
al Erick Schneider
Jessons
Sonsehone
Narrowly Escaped Injury In Car Crash On Thomaston Road
Louis Scott and Manuel Jermo escaped serious harm when the steering failed at about 35 mph causing their topless car to plunge over a high embankment on the Thomaston road. The Wakefield township workers were en route for supplies. Scott suffered a head cut and Jermo a severe thigh cut from broken glass. The article notes the other driver’s troubles but provides no further detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Scott
Manuel Jermo
Thomaston
Wakefield Township
Scott
Jermo
Personal notices of Wakefield residents and visitors
Mrs. Mel Milan returns from St Paul relatives. Miss Ila Matteson leaves for Detroit to stay indefinitely. Mr. and Mrs B G Hedquist travel to Iron River Wisconsin for a week or ten days. Mr. and Mrs O H Olson host Mr and Mrs Lundeen and son and Oscar Olson from South Haven. Miss Ermelinda Cairelli returns to spend vacation after Columbia School of Expression graduation. Miss Hazel Olson returns to summer with parents after teaching in Detroit. Mrs Celia Kastalnak and Miss Viola Hanson attend Luther League convention in Merrill Wisconsin as Wakefield delegates. Harry Matthews leaves for Higgins Lake to work with University of Michigan. Wakefield attendees at UP Development bureau meeting in Ontonagon include Abe Mathews, Victor Lepisto, Y H Hanson, Arthur Mann, A F Olson, S T Bonino, H L Trezise, Frederick Schneider and J Arthur Fredrickson. Mr and Mrs L E B Scudder of Hamberg ND visit. They plan summer in Michawaka IN before returning to duties. H J Richards and other mining officials attend Lake Superior Mine Safety Conference in Duluth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Milan
St. Paul
Ila Matteson
Detroit
B. G. Hedquist
Iron River
Wis
O. H. Olson
Lundeen
Oscar Olson
South Haven
Minn
Ermelinda Cairelli
Columbia School of Expression
Chicago
James Cairelli
Hazel Olson
Andrew F. Olson
Celia Kastalnak
Viola Hanson
Merrill, Wis
The
Luther League of the
Ogema District
Wakefield Society
Wakefield
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Ontonagon
Abe Mathews
Victor Lepisto
Y. H. Hanson
Arthur Mann
A. F. Olson
8. T. Bonino
H. L. Trezise
Frederick Schneider
J. Arthur Frederickson
Wakefield to Pay Twenty One Percent of County Taxes
Wakefield will pay 21.50 percent of the total county road and state taxes to be raised this year, per the equalization and apportionment committee. Ironwood 31.77 percent, Bessemer 8.86, and Bessemer Township 14.9. 1927 shares were 20.17 for Wakefield and 33.67 for Ironwood. County valuation $61,823,989. Ironwood city $19,639,920. Wakefield’s 1928 valuation up due to mine values with a 15 percent flat tax value reduction for individual property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Ironwood
Bessemer
Bessemer Township
Ironwood City
J B Rotnour Brings Tent Show to Wakefield
The Friends of J B Rotnour announce a week long engagement in Wakefield starting Monday July 2. The northwest’s strongest popular priced company visits with eleven actors, vaudeville between acts, and Hanley and Leon performing song and dance. Miss Griffith remains from the prior visit. opening play is Her Companionate Marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Rotnour
Wakefield
J. B
Northern
Michigan
Northwest
Hanley and
Leon
Miss Leon
Mr. Hanley
Miss Griffith
Stores Close Wednesday Noon
All grocery, hardware and dry goods stores were closed Wednesday after noon. The closing will continue on each Wednesday afternoon during the summer months. The plan meets with the approval of all and was suggested by members of the commercial association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All
Commercial Association
Wife and husband trade playful insult over vanity
A humorous exchange has a wife telling her husband he looked silly at night and the husband retorts that his silliness was a conscious choice, framing it as a shared joke about vanity. The brief vignette captures light domestic banter between the couple.
The Irate Father and Chorus Girl Intrigue Dispute
A humorous exchange unfolds as a father accuses a chorus girl of intrigue while his son defends the fashion of the day and explains why he stopped singing in the choir. The dialogue reflects social tensions and dating mores in a playful tone.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry Matthews
Higgins Lake
University of Michigan
Leigh Young
L. EB. Scudder
Hamberg
N. D
Ole Otterson
Marion
8. D
Alfred Kallander
Scudder
Michawaka
Ind
H. J. Richards
Sunday Lake Iron Company
A. A. Bawden
Pickands, Mather & Co
A. J. Cugin
Wakefield Iron Company
R. R. Trengove
M. A. Hanna Company
John Gotwald
Lake Superior
Duluth
Oxfords
Louis Sacks
Wakefield, Michigan
Calvin Coolidge
United States
First National Bank
Netstei
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
U.S
Skad & Goldman
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