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Sumner Missouri shines as state community betterment prize winner
In Sumner Missouri population 178 the town won the state sponsored Community Betterment award for 1971. The piece traces how MCB projects built a church and town center while reshaping the town’s identity around civic involvement. Local leaders recount early struggles and the town’s rise through cleanup projects, a museum, a kitchen and a fall goose tourism identity that fueled investment and pride.
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Sumner, Mo
Richard J. Olive Sumner
Cunningham
Ernest Bloss
Sumner
Homer and
Ethel
Homer Douglas
Bloss
Roland Epperson
Jefferson City
Epperson
Missouri Division of Commerce and Industrial Development
Sumner McB
Walter DeWeese
MCB
Mendon
Brookfield
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Fountain Grove Wildlife Area
DeWeese
Missouri
Federal Reserve
Fulbright Museum
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Pioneer Kitchen
Museum
Frank Wanamaker