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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1971
Page
5
At the annual Activities banquet, high school students were honored alongside Rosarians and their spouses, with faculty members and their partners in attendance. The event featured remarks by Bill Severin, a columnist for the Waterloo Daily Courier, who spoke to attendees about the year’s achievements.
Scouts from Pack 45 and Troop 45 will canvass Sumner residents to sell Scout-O-Rama tickets for the May 8 event in Jesup. Tickets cost 1.00, funds aid the Wapsipinican Agena Council, with proceeds partially returning to the two units. A free hearing test by O’Brien’s Drug Store, April 22–23, will roam downtown Sumner April 27–28, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., no appointment, no charge.
The Third District of the Rural Letter Carriers Association of Iowa will hold its spring convention in Waverly on Saturday April 24 hosted by Bremer county unit and its auxiliary. Sumner carriers Fred Yungtum Lloyd Johnston and Clarence Haupt Jr are members. The district totals 160 carriers who will be accompanied by their wives. The organization links state district and county units to relay information up and down to shape national policies and legislation.
Three Sumner and two Frederick servicemen returned home after completing thirteen months in Vietnam. Dale Craun Melvin Gonnerman and Dave DeHaven of Sumner Ben Pleggenkuhle and Duane Sehellhorn of Fredericka. Gonnerman has two years remaining and will begin a second tour May 14. Marengo native Col. Russell Jones returned from his fifth Southeast Asia tour with 28 years in the service and eight medals including honors from the Vietnamese government. He is the son of Paul Jones of Marengo.
Evening programs restart at 7 30 p m in the Senior High building guided by Larry Crow adult education coordinator The golf and mathematics courses begin Thursday April 15 Maundy Thursday services caused a one week pause Knitting crocheting bridge and fitness classes held final sessions last Monday with golf to continue for four more sessions
Obituaries list multiple services from early April 1971. Mrs. Nellie Madden Long 68 of Waterloo died Friday at Parkview Care Center with service at Calvary United Methodist Church in Waterloo. Richard Leroy Felix 60 died suddenly at KOEL building after a sales conference. Victoria B. Madsen 54 died of cancer in Cedar Falls. Frank Kimpston 81 died at Hawkeye after long illness, with services in Hawkeye. Ada Farnum 89 Sumner resident died March 30. services at Salem United Methodist Church and burial at Mentor Cemetery. Survivors and family details accompany each notice.
The Vocational Agriculture Department and the Sumner FFA Chapter will run a job placement service for interested farmers and employers in coming months. John A. L. Scott says the central clearinghouse will gather part time and full time openings, hours per week, and contact methods. Students and graduates should contact Scott to be listed, aiding both employers and vocational agriculture students in securing summer and 1971 72 work opportunities.
Five more sessions remain for English and math credit classes. Seventy two adults have registered for the winter and spring offerings under the Sumner Adult Education Program. Next fall’s course lineup will be announced later.
Admission notes list patients admitted in April by date, including Ben H Davis from Fayette and Otto Raether from West er, with medical and surgical categories. Discharges show multiple patients, such as Mrs Dennis Block and Louis Beevers, and dates ranging from April 7 to April 14, with venues including Janesville Wisconsin and Readlyn.
Sumner's Jaycees conducted their annual light bulb sale Tuesday night with house calls for missed homes. Report on Region III meeting by Roger Volker and Eugene Knoploh. board of directors sets Thursday, April 28, for a meeting. Next regular Jaycees meeting slated for Tuesday, April 27. Billy Perkins reports an Angus Charolais cross calf born last month weighing 134 pounds at birth, largest he has seen.
Dennis Harmening, a Sumner resident and 1969 Sumner Community High School graduate, becomes an apprentice combination man with United Telephone System in Summer. District Manager Bill Shrum announced the hire. Harmening works with Larry Cotter in the Sumner Westgate area. He previously worked as a mechanic for Pipho and Tiedt in Sumner. The Harmening family plans to move to 11138 North Railroad St in Sumner.
Petty Officer John B. Milnes, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Milnes, spent Easter with his parents while stationed on the USS Rowan. The destroyer of the 7th Fleet recently finished his tour in the West Pacific area of operations. An estimate notes every million added to population requires 172,000 more beef cattle at current consumption rates.
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