Four Pensioners at Sunday Lake Plan Inaugurated
The first four pensioners of the Sunday Lake Iron Co. total 26 years old with 125 years of combined service, as compiled by AL Al Bawden safety director for Pickands Mather Co. The pension plan, recently started, followed months of correspondence with Bethlehem Steel Co. Names and ages include John Tusa 55, John Johnson 62, Andrew Niemi 61, Jacob Osbolt 75 with varying years at Sunday Lake mines. To identify eligible men, records from 87 years of mine history were examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Lake Iron Co
AL AL Bawden
Pickands, Mather Co
Rngne
Sunday Lake Tron Company
Bethlehem Steel Co
John Tusa
Sunday Lake
Brotherton Mines
John Johnson
Andrew Niemi
Jacob Osbolt
Bethlehem Steel Co. Takes Over Sunday Take Property
Bethlehem Steel Co. becomes sole owner of the Sunday Take property and places the local operation under the Bethlehem retirement plan, noted as one of the most liberal pension plans in the nation’s industrial life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bethlehem Retirement Plain
School Music Contest Plans Stir Peninsula Event
The article outlines enunciation interpretation appearance and accompaniment judging for instrumental events. The Northern State Normal School music cup will be awarded to the high school with the most points, with second and third place honorable mentions. First and second place winners receive cups or mentions from the Normal school, in a first-of-its-kind peninsula contest. Enrollment blanks will be sent to high schools soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peninsula
J. Mo Munson
The
Normal
Peters
Army officers named for Citizens' Military Training Camps
The Sixth Corps Area in Chicago announces Brigadier General Benjamin A. Poore will command Camp Custer Michigan and Colonel David L. Stone will command Jefferson Barracks Missouri for the July 28 to August 21 training camps. Over 3,000 young men to be trained. government pays transportation food uniforms lodging and medical care. Crosby to aid applications.
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Tos. Crosby
Sixth Corps
U.S. Army
Chicago
Benjamin A. Poore
Citizens
Camp Custer
Michigan
David L. Stone
Sixth Infantry
Jefferson Barracks
Hood O
Poore
CC. M. ‘Tc
Crosby
Wakefield Michigan City Commission Holds March 1925 Meeting
The Wakefield City Commission met at City Hall on March 26 1925 with Mayor Rummel and Commissioners Hart Strough and Matthews present. Minutes approved, bills totaling several dollars paid, Woman's Club rent refund approved, fire report read and filed, coal carload purchase authorized, meeting adjourned.
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Wakefield
Michigan
Rummel
Hart, Strough
Matthews
Hornibrook
Southern Surety Company
Wakefield News
Wakefield Fire Department
John V. Farwell Company
A. Cormier
Contratto & Michela
Eas Pras
City Electric & Plumbing Company
Wakefield Woman's Club
Seeeeeseee
Strough
Hart
Womans’ Club
Catholic Parsonage Planned After Easter
Construction of a new parsonage for the Church of the Immaculate Conception will begin immediately after Easter according to Pastor Rev. Charles Saygula. The old parsonage will be sold and the new, commodious home will be built on its site, with architect A B Nelson of Tronwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Harles Saygula
A. B. Nelson
Tronwood
Open Lumber Yard Set To Open In Wakefield City
Conutratto and Michela lease W.8 Peters warehouse and plan to open by April 1 supplying lumber and building materials. They recently built a small office, entered the fuel business, and aim to erect a coal elevator and larger yard to support expanding interests. They also purchased Bayliss Lumber and gained access to top Northwest suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conutratto & Michela
W. 8. Peters
Wakefield
Bayliss Lumber Company
Northwest
Hanna Co to Quit Ashland Mine Property
The M A Hanna Co will abandon work at the Ashland mine near Tromwood and return the property to its owners the Hayes Brothers of San Jose California. Despite years of exploration and millions spent on drilling drifting and exploring the ore stockpiled last winter failed to yield a body of ore of sufficient size or value to justify continued operation. The move follows the companys unsuccessful efforts and extensive expenditure with no clear plan for future of the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Hanna Co
ORE STOCKS AT LAKE PORTS SHOW DECREASE
Superior iron ore consumption in February totaled 100 006 tons, down 242 296 tons from January. January consumption was 1 241 002 tons. On March 1 1925 ore on Lake Erie docks and furnaces yards stood at 26 207 081 tons, 3 050 875 tons less than March 1 1924. Lake Superior furnaces active February 28 numbered 225, up from 220 January 31, with a net gain of five. There are 320 blast furnaces dependent on Lake ores.
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Superior
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
Local Personal News From Wakefield Area
W S Peters spent Thursday on business at Crystal Falls. Hleino Autio, employed at Tron River, visited here over the weekend. Dennis of Brooks-Ross Lumber Co Antigo Wis was a week visitor. Mrs Charles Babicky Bessemer visited daughter Mrs A Kerkes. Mr and Mrs Thomas Hicks and children visited Upson Wis with Hicks parents. Fred Cayia hosted T. E. M. bridge club Wednesday. Ray Rukey, former Wakefield resident now Mountain Iron Minn, called on friends. Mrs Frank Kosmicky and Mrs Frank Probelski Bessemer called at Kerkes home Thursday. Mr and Mrs A Kerkes and daughter Ruth and Mrs H W Ridge visited in Bessemer Monday. John F Satvitski Thomaston undergoing Mayo Clinic treatment Rochester Minn for gallstones. Miss Lenore Seegur and Eve Ive Olson University of Minnesota spending spring recess with parents. John Bonino returned from Milwaukee under doctor care. condition improved. Brick Erickson died last Saturday at Grand View sanatorium. interment Lionwood. Mrs L A Cluley taken to Ashland for appendicitis operation. returning home with favorable condition. Miss Elsa Bauehman visiting mother Mrs Hannah Bauehman while attending Northern State Normal Marquette. Special communication of Agegebic Lodge No 494 next Tuesday evening with second degree work. Adolph Frederickson at U of Minnesota Minneapolis spending spring recess with mother Mrs A C Frederickson. Y H N Hanson Wakefield Hot Dog Resort proprietor visited Watersmeet Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Sadie Goski has given up teaching at Comet School due to ill health.
Reforms in State Supervision of Banks Advocated
State bankers and the American Bankers Association urge independent bank supervision. A model code aims to separate Bank Commissioner duties from politics, ensure five year terms, and staff with qualified examiners. Proposals favor broad chartering discretion and clear receivership powers for failed banks.
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State Bank Division
American Bankers Association
Simmonds
Mississippi
Bank Ae
Banking Department
Miss Teppo Engaged for Instruction At Local School
Miss Kathleen Teppo has been engaged to complete instruction work at this school for the balance of the year. Miss Helen Monti and mother spent Sunday with friends in Bessemer. An eight pound girl arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs Aloysius Kerkes Thursday evening. The mother and daughter are doing very well according to reports from the nurse. Mrs Osborne motored to Ashland to visit her son in hospital, accompanied by her daughter Mrs Jay Tobin. The streets were spring cleaned March 26 with high pressure water from hydrants. This annual cleansing marks the return of spring. Dr Sun Yat Sen was once part of Greenwich Village literary circle. The chamois of the Alps are blighted by a new plague. Formosa possesses the highest sea cliffs in the world. Cairo adopted automatic telephone. Thirty falconers on horseback watched Edward Hishawks invade France.
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Kathleen Teppo
Aloysius Kerkes
Public Works Department
Lake Street
Lake Linden Wins State Basketball Championship
Lake Linden representing the upper peninsula scored the highest in the Class B and A state games at Ann Arbor, defeating Petoskey 36 to 17. Wakefield lost to Lake Linden by one point in the recent championship series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Linden
Upper Peninsula
Ann Arbor
Petoskey
Wakefield
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Sunday Lake Iron Company
John Lusa
Jacor Osbolt
Andrew Neem
Aristotle
Lake Mendota
Lake Front
University of Wisconsin
Lincoln
Neb
Knights of the Garter
England
Knights of the Houn d 'Pable
Desuetide
City Commission
Yous
Yeas
Nafs
Water Department
W. S. Peters
Crystal Falls
Hleino Autio
Tron River
TY. Dennis
Brooks-Ross Lumber Co
Antigo, Wis
Charles Babicky
Bessemer
A. Kerkes
Thomas Hicks
Upson, Wis
Fred Cayia
T. E. M. Bridge Club
Ray Rukey
Sle
Mountain Iron
Minn
Frank Kosmicky
Frank Probelski
Kerkes
Ruth
H. W. Ridge
John F. Satvitski
Thomaston
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn
Lenore Seegur
Eve Ive Olson
University of Minnesota
John Bonino
Milwaukee
Brick Erickson
Grand View
Lionwood
L. A. Cluley
Ashland
Elsa Bauehman
Northern State Normal
Marquette
Hannah Bauehman
Adolph Frederickson
State University of Minnesota At
Minneapolis
A. C. Frederickson
Y. H. N. Hanson
Wakefield Beverages
Sadie Goski
Comet
Frank W. Simmonds
Treory
Lous
State Banking Department
Helen Monti
Mother
Jonathon P. Nicholls
Grand View Hospital
Sun Yat Sen
Southern China
Greenwich Village
Alps
Island of
Formosa
South Pacific
Cairo
Egypt
Edward Hishawks
France
Ptah- Hotep
Coolidge
Newburgh
Tnion
Garment Workers’ Magazine
Hermann Augustus Adalbert de Buderns von Cartininsen
Bridgeport, Conn
Stannard
Stanward
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