Wakefield voters set Plebiscite on lake shore land sale
Wakefield residents will vote next Tuesday September 9 at city hall on two measures. Proposal 1 asks approval to vacate a portion of Lake Shore Drive and Proposal 2 seeks permission to sell or dispose of the west 555.5 feet of lake shore land near Sunday Lake for educational recreational or industrial use. Polls open 7 a m to 8 p m with bids opening September 10 if the sale is approved.
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City of
Wakefield
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lakeshore
VFW
Sunday Lake
City Hall
Lake Shore
Lakeshore Drive
Lake Shore Drive
Kowalewski
Michigan
Fire Destroys Connor Plant near Thomaston Mill
A fire at Connor Forest Industries Mill in Thomaston destroyed an 80 by 70 foot maintenance shop and its machinery. Wakefield firefighters fought the blaze from 4:30 p.m. until it was out about 6 p.m. Damages run to thousands, with an insurance adjuster expected next day.
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Connor
Connor Forest Industries
Thomaston
Here
Edwin Aho
Wakefield
Michigan
Wakefield Fire Department
Dimiter Dimitroff
Aho
Dimitroff
Thomas Rasmussen
Treaister
Wakefield Mayor Urges Yes Vote for Sept 9 Election
Mayor Eugene Maki urges Wakefield voters to approve sale of a small city lake shore parcel for commercial and recreational use to attract new business. He says the move will broaden the tax base and spark community growth and investment.
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Maki
Eugene Maki
City of
Wakefield
Lake Shore
Lake Front
Wakefield Soldier Earns Zero Defects Award
Sergeant Otto A. Korpela of Wakefield is a supply inventory specialist in the Alaskan Air Command’s 21st Supply Squadron at Elmendorf AFB Alaska. The unit earned a U S Air Force Zero Defects Award for exceptional performance. He is a Wakefield High School graduate who attended Gogebic Community College Ironwood. The Wakefield News notes a new paper price of four dollars per year starting Sept 8 1969.
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Otto A. Korpela
W. Korpela
Rt., Wakefield
U .S Air Force
Department of Defense
Korpela
Alaskan Air Command
21St Supply Squadron
Elmendroff Afb
Alaska
Wakefield High School
Gogebic Community College
Ironwood
State Highway Commission Seeks Bids for Upper Peninsula Resurfacing
The State Highway Commission will take bids December 16 in Escanaba for resurfacing 46.2 miles across five Upper Peninsula counties as part of a 6 million dollar annual program for 1969 0. The project covers portions of M 16 M 28 and US 2 in Delta Gogebic Houghton Ontonagon and Schoolcraft counties with 12 miles of M 28 in Houghton County to be patching.
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State Highway Commission
Escanaba
Upper Peninsula
Commission
Lower Peninsula
Claude J. Tobin
Delta
Gogebic
Houghton
Ontonagon
Schoolcraft
Tobin
Ononagon
Tula
Ontonagon County
Wakefield Education Association Rejects Start-School Plan
The Wakefield Education Association rejects the boards proposal to begin classes September 4 1969 under the 1968 69 agreement without binding fact finding. Negotiations since June 5 1969 have failed and the WEA will pursue legal avenues to resolve the dispute while continuing talks if possible.
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WEA
Wakefield Board of Education
Wakefield Education Association
Board of Education
Robert C Howlett
Employment Relations Commision
Carl E. Kleimola
Wakefield
Edwin Aho
Patricia Sievert Wins NMU Nursing Scholarship
Patricia Sievert, a Wakefield student, is among six Upper Peninsula girls awarded nursing scholarships to Northern Michigan University in Marquette. She receives a $600 stipend for 1969 70. Other winners hail from Bruce Crossing Laurium Negaunee Ontonagon and Trout Creek. The NMU program is the UPs first nursing degree program and fourth in Michigan. Clerk's Office Open for Absentee Ballots Applications for absent voter ballots are accepted until 2 p m Saturday Sept 6 for the Sept 9 1969 election. Electors unable to vote at city hall may apply if qualified.
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Patricia Sievert
Wakefield
Martha Jueppert
New Chaplains Named at Divine Infant Hospital
Fr Dominic OFM longtime chaplain at Divine Infant Hospital and Immaculate Conception Church departs for St Michaels Hospitals Stevens Point Wisconsin. Fr Budgik PHD arrives from Saginaw Michigan to chair hospital chaplaincy following Fr Leander’s death.
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Dominic
OFM
The
Divine Infant Hospital
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Michaels Hospitals
Stevens Point
Wis
Leander
Budgik
Saginaw, Mich
Bergland Hires Osier as Superintendent and Smith as Principal
Bergland Community School District trustees appoint George R. Osier Wakefield as district superintendent and J Edwin Smith also of Wakefield as Bergland High School principal. Both assume duties immediately.
Labor Day Picnic a Successful Event at Eddy Park
The Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department sponsored the first annual Labor Day Picnic at Eddy Park with perfect weather. Activities included social games, a fishing contest, boat rides, and evening dancing by Dons Trio. Winners earned fishing rods and reels, with big prizes including an Admiral TV, shotgun, clock radio, and electric knife. Gordon Erickson won the 10 pound ham door prize.
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Wakefield Volunteer Fire Department
Eddy Park
Dons Trio
James Carey
Ronnie Brunelle
Ronnie Sawaski
Danny LaMaide
Fire Dept
Ziggy Urbanski
Rade Orlich
Admiral TV
Bonnie Orlich
Jimmy Grambow
Admiral Clock-Radio
John Koskie
Gordon Erickson
Bessemer
Range Town
Transfer of George Smith to Wakefield Baraga District
George Smith formerly stationed in Marquette with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has been temporarily reassigned to the Wakefield area of the Baraga District effective August 25 1969.
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George Smith
Marquette
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Wakefield
Baraga District
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Diane M. Anderson
Robert A. Anderson
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Mary Anderson
Lee Carlson
Jayme Maki
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David
Diva Maki Jr
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Robert Western
Scott Maki
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Michigan Tech
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Rapid River
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Renee Dillon
Maribeth Mukavitz
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Hoyt Lakes
Minn
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Lawrence P. Nezworski
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John A. Erickson
Rodney L. Rukkila
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Albert P. Kampes
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Peter F. Petranek
Gary D. Antilla
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Robert N. Kalla
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Menominee
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Clayton
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Lori
Douglas
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Bobby
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Joey
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Rockford, Mich
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