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PAGE FOUR THE WAKEFIELD NEWS, WAKEiTJKU), MICHIGAN Picked Up Here and There "Agogebic" means "treacherous in an old Indian language, so the legend goes. The history of the Lake Gogebic proves the lake is a dangerous one. Its depth and its situation between the hills can change its surface from a peace- full ripple to a savage squall within a few minutes. The tragic deaths of two Wakefield men this week brings the score of 15 deaths during the past 15 years. Three years, May 27, 1917, two Wakefield men lost their lives on a fishing trip when their boat capsized in a sudden storm.

Ernest Weeke and William Mustapaa, were the unfortunate victims. Rudolph Saari, the only survivor, saved himself by clinging to the capsized boat during most of the night. The worst tragedy in the history of the lake occurred Oct. 31, 1936, when seven persons lost their lives. Four teachers in the Bessemer township schools were among the victims.

Four of the party were members of the same family. The victims were I. H. Dulebohn, 44, superintendent of the township schools; James Halama, 39, Lawrence Petrusha, 28, and Stanley Cory, 30, all of the same school system. Jacob Halama, 71, father of Frank Halama, 37, and James Halama, 11, were the other persons who lost their lives.

The party set out from Hendrickson's landing on the west shore for their camp on the other side of the lake. Two boats, laden with hunting supplies and equipment, capsized. Theodore Olson, the eighth member of the party, was the only survivor. Mrs. Oscar Hendrickson, who witnessed the accident, won recognition over a national wide hookup for her heroism in trying to resuce the members of the party.

bus for a vacation trip as guests of the company. They will visit the famed Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wis. Friday morning and in the afternoon attend the Michigan-Wisconsin baseball game. Another ball game Saturday and a pre-view of the football squads of the University in the annual spring game and track meet with Wisconsin, Michigan and Northwestern universities competing are attraction for Saturday afternoon. The party will return to Wakefield Sunday.

Advice to David--Someone has said marriage is a mutual partnership--with the husabnd the mute. PERSONALS "Taxes are paid in the sweat of every man who labors, because they are a burden on production and are paid through production. Our workers may never see a tax bill, but they pay. They pay in deductions from wages in increased cost of what they buy, or in broad unemployment throughout the land." F. D.

Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States. Somthing more on the happier side: Don Veda, who seeing the world through a porthole on a navy man of war, left his "sack" long enough in European waters to take in Rome and other places of interest in the Mediterranean. He reports, through our naval reporter, Irving L. Voyer, cadet at Annapolis academy that he has seen the pope, visited the Isle of Capri and was an eye witness to the Great Ingridd Bergmann in a hotel on the Isle of Stromboli. William F.

Jacka, second city manager of Crystal Falls, began his 15th year in that capacity May 1. Quite a record for these "stormy petrels" of local politics We often wonder just what the casualties are in city manager jobs. Marquette has had two managers in three years; Ishpeming, the second in three years, and Ironwood, if our reckoning is correct has had seven managers in about 25 years. Noah would have saved a lot of trouble if he had swatted those two mosquitos as they went aboard the ark. News item: With the Sunday Lake shipping approximately 500,000 tons and the Plymouth 350,000 tons of iron ore this season, the Chicago a.nc? Northwestern railroad revenues from the Wakefield district will be more than This does not include revenues from the lumber industiy nor the sale of passenger fares.

Central School Presents Annual Spring Festival In the gayly decorated gymnasium of the Central school the grade school pupils entertained their mothers and friends in a colorful program of songs and dances Friday afternoon. The children entered the gymnasium to the strains of the march, "Land of Hope and Glory" and took their places in a massed choir with the sixth grade girls assisting in the carefully arranged formation. The girl scout color guard entered and the presentation of the colors audience and children gave the Pledge of Allegiance and sang "America." The fourth, fifth and sixth grades then sang three partiotic songs, "America from the Smyphony America" by Ernest Bloch, "The Flag Without a Stain" by G. A. White, and "Land of Hope and Glory by Edward Elgar.

A Kentucky mountain song "Down in the Valley" was sung in three-part harmony by the sixth grade boys and girls. With the exception of Danish dance of greeting, rye waltz, and the Maypole dance, all the dances were of American folk origin, square, round and long dances! These dances have come into great popularity of late years among young and old alike. The children enjoyed taking part in them as much as the audience enjoyed watching them. The Maypole dance, in keeping with the season was a unique and beautiful old English version, gracefully executed by a group of fifth and sixth grade girls around a flower bedecked pole with green and yellow streamers. The program was under the direction of Miss Kathryn McNamara assisted by Mrs.

Lily Korpi, Mrs. Lempi Koivu, Miss Faith Miss Pauline Anderson, Miss Martha Bjork, Miss Verdum We- verka, and Miss Marian Finstad, teachers at the Central school. Miss Kathryn Wilson, vocal instructor of the Wakefield schools, accompanied the songs and folk dances at the piano, while Delores Pikka of the Central school sixth arade Gotfred Stevenson has returned from Iron Mountain where he received treatment at the new Veterans hospital. The war veteran said there are about 90 patients at the hospital and the 250-bed institution should be filled to capacity before summer. Joseph Gill and S.

T. Bonino left Friday afternoon for Mt. Clemens to attend the annual convention of the state councils of the Knights of Columbus. Alex Jaffe left Thursday for Marquette to attend the spring ceremonial of the Francis Moore Consistory. Mr.

and Mrs. George- Zinglar, son Danny and daughter Lynette, China Lake, Cal. are spending ten days as guests at the home of Mrs. Zinglar's parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Herman Wertanen and other relatives and friends here and in Ramsay. They were former residents of Ramsay and Wakefield. Mrs. Zinglar is the former Jeanette Wertanen. Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Strough and family arived here from Trinidad, Col. They were called here by the drowning of Mr. Strough's uncle, John Strough. Miss Rose Galinatz, who is employed in Chicago has arrived to visit her mother Mrs.

Catherine Galinatz, 'and attend the wedding of her sister Miss Anne to. John Ballone on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bertetto and family have returned from Caspian where they attended the wedding of Mrs.

Bertetto's sister, Miss Lorraine Pasquali to Herbert Burt of Chicago. Mr, and Mrs. Franklin Moore have returned to their home in Dearborn, Mich, after spending several days visiting their son-in-law and daughter, State Trooper and Mrs. Richard Terpstra. Miss Joan Tyack, an instructor in the schools of Menominee, Mich, spent the week end visiting her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Stanley Tyack. Ray Beling-, a student at Superior State Teacher's college, spent the week end visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Beling.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Livingston, Watersmeet, spent several days as guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Dahl.

Robert Grochelski, Coldwater, spent the week end here visiting friends. He was a former member of the local unit of Michigan State Police. Godfrey Agriesti, who is with the probation department at Bay City, spent the week end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Agriesti.

Miss Maxine Reis, Vulcan, visited at the Joseph Bertie home in Plymouth location over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gagne and daughter have returned to their home in Duluth after a visit with Mrs. Gagne's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. William Robarge. She is the former Verna Robarge. Miss Mary Ann Novak, student of nursing at Duluth, spent the week end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Ed Novak. Mrs. Axel Hill, Mrs. Ted Hill, and Mr. and Mrs.

Jacob Harju have returned from Iron River, Mich, where they attended the funeral of William Lahti. Also attending was Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Williams and son Ronnie. Chicago.

Mrs. Williams is the former Eunice Hill of Wakefield. The deceased was a stepfather to Mr. Williams. Mrs.

Axel Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hill returned from Iron River this week they were accompanied by Mrs. Williams who will visit here for an indefinite period. Clarence Hillis, South Rockwood, Mich, spent the week end visiting his sister and brother-in-law, Mr.

and Mrs. Anton Olson. He was accompanied here by William Hillis, Fair Haven, who will visit here for an indefinite period with son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs.

Clyde Brusseau and family, Crystal Falls, spent the week end visiting at the Oscar Benson home, Plymouth location, and. with other relatives and friends. Kenneth Hanson returned to Chicago Friday after spending a two week vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Han Hanson, Bedell Ave.

Mrs. Helen Veda and son Warren left Friday for Duluth, where Warren will receive medical treatment at the St. Mary's hospital. Mr. and Mrs.

Archie Tregonning and family, Chippewa Falls, Wis. spent the week end here as guests at the Clarence Jacobson, Maurice Wozniak and Clara Tregonning homes. They were former Wakefield residents. Mrs. Tregonning is the former Janet Davies of Wakefield Miss Arlene Keskey, Eugene Maki, George Vidakovich, William Ribich, Jack Laird, students at Northern Michigan College of Education, Marquette spent the week end here visting their parents.

Jack Laird, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Laird, who is a student at Northern Michigan College of Education, Marquette, was attending college classes on crutches last week, suffering from severe sprained ankle.

Mr. and Mr. Carl Nieminen, Marquette, spent the week end here visiting relatives. Mr. Nieminen is a student at Northern Michigan College of Education at Marquette.

Cardinals Take Conference Tennis Coach F. W. Duffin's tennis squad coped the M-W conference title for the third cosnecutive year to take permanent position of the trophy by a decisive margin Wednesday afternoon on the lical courts. Ironwood placed second with 12 points, Hurley third with 10 and Ashland fourth" with 8 points. Places Third In Track Meet Here Putting on probably their weakest track display in many years, Wakefield's Cardinal cinder squad finished a weak third behind Ironwood and Bessemer at the annual Invitational Track and Field Meet held here last weekend.

Meet's Points Ironwood--76 Bessemer--36 Wakefield--2114 Ewen 8 Trout Creek-- (P4 Ironwood swept 10 of a possible 13 first places in winning- the event again. The DevHs have been perenial winners of the meet. Wakefield's Ken Kilponen garnered the only first place by jumping 5' 6" to capture top honors in the high jump. Joe Schimdt tossed the shot 44 ft. 4M- inches to win the shot put event for Bessemer and C.

Franti stepped off the 880 yard run 2:14.4 to grab first in that event for Ewen. Probably the most interesting fact about the event was the unexpected power displayed by Bessemer. The Speed Boys showed good team balance and will be the am to beat in the Regional Meet at FRIDAY, 19, 1950 Ironwood Saturday. John Leppi provided the biggest thrill when he sped through the tall timbers a new record time of 15.6, bettering his high hurdle mark of 16.1 set last year at Wakefield. Cards who placed included Ken Kilponen first in the high jump; Ward Zuidmulder third in the 100 220 yard dashes and 4th in the Shot Put; Paul Gottwald second in the 440 yard dash, Makela tied for second in the pole vault, Valesano, Wojciehowski and Justinak with five other for second in the high jump; and Wakefield's 880 Medley Relays teams placed third each race.

The Cards will be hard pressed to defend their Class Regional track title Saturday at Ironwood against Bessemer, Crystal Falls, Ewen and Ontonagon. Bessemer and Wakefield will be the top contenders. A. proper trim is the best foundation for a lasting permanent wave. Come in and have your hair trimmed expertly before your next hair-do.

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