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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1967
Page
7
At a Monday Board of Directors meeting the Sumner United Fund was urged to include rural residents in its annual campaign. The drive funds a summer youth program including peewee and midget baseball arts and crafts and swimming. Contributions may be sent to Cal Harms, treasurer, with pledges marked for the local drive.
Sumner FFA chapter and area farmers cut back corn at more than twenty intersections to improve sight lines for motorists. Several corners remain hazardous and require cutting with permission from farmers. Mike Schoonover urges entry approval or for farmers to cut. John Scott suggests farmers call the vocational agriculture building to assign an FFA member.
Tana Jean was born Monday August 21 at Santor tal weighing 7 pounds. Parents Moira Tones and Ronald Aschbrenner are named, with grandparents Arthur Aach, LaVern Warnke and others listed.
The renewal team will be at city hall main floor Assembly Room on Saturday September 2 from 8 am to noon. Drivers with renewal due within 30 days before or after this date may use the service. The team will renew drivers and chauffeur licenses and process new applications and instruction permits.
City officials met Monday to explore replacing a deteriorated wooden bridge with a culvert system to restore creek crossings and ease traffic on West Sixth Street between Division and Madison. The council weighs costs, feasibility, and impact on a narrow creek channel while plans may include galvanized culverts with concrete roadbeds. A separate note announces a September 10 turkey dinner at Immaculate Conception Church from 11:30 to 3:00, adults $1.50, children under 12 75 cents, preschool free.
Sunset Theatre presents Bullwhip Griffin a Walt Disney comedy with Roddy McDougall Suzanne Pleshette Karl Malden and Godino. Shows run Friday through Sunday September 1 2 3 with 7 30 pm start time and a later weekly return. The lineup shifts to The Greatest Story Ever Told on September 8 9 10 at popular prices.
The Sumner Community School District sets Friday September 1 as the deadline to file nomination papers for the annual board of directors election. The vote is scheduled for Monday September 11. Papers are available from School Board Secretary Mrs. Siegfried and must be returned before noon. Incumbents Lyle Yungtum of Sumner and Eldan Schoephoerst er of Summner seek re election.
Banks Township 4-H members posted a record at the Fayette County Fair with eleven blue ribbons and a purple for Monte Kauffman. Roger Pagel won Breed Champion Holstein and Grand Champion Suffolk with his entries. Open Class runnerups and multiple blue ribbons followed across several livestock divisions.
Zatha Bertha Tegtmeyer, 5, lifelong Summer resident, died Aug 26 at Sumner Community Memorial Hospital after four weeks of illness. Funeral services Aug 29 at St John American Lutheran Church with Rev. John Mohr officiating. Interment at the North Sumner cemetery. Survivors include two brothers Warner Davenport and Arthur Sumner, two sisters Isabelle Buenzow and Fleatier Schnor. Her parents John and Clara Plagens Tegtmeyer preceded her in death. Memorials and flags promoted by Sumner American Legion with flag and pole options through Fred Yungtum.
Residents may attend a unique local event the Fly-in and Flight Breakfast at the Wayne Priebe farm on Sunday September 16. The Sumner Jaycees will run serving from 7:30 to 10:30, with adult plates 75 cents and children under 12 at 50 cents. Stunt and acrobatic flying will entertain, alongside a display of National Guard equipment. The Priebe farm lies three miles west and three quarters mile south of Sumner.
Local military notices list David D. Moore promoted to Specialist Fourth Class with Decca Navigator Systems in Viet Nam and stationed at Cu Lao Re. mail address updates shown for San Francisco APO. Also Pvt Lloyd Hoth enlists for two-year Marine Corps tour with new San Diego address. Pvt Larry Wendt serves in the Philippines. Sp/4 Darwin Giteh discharged to attend Ellsworth Junior College. Sp4 Roger Buhr returns from Viet Nam. misc notes on duty, training, and postings for several area service members.
Sumner Community Schools opened with near record enrollment as Kindergarten classes reached 117 pupils the largest since the district reorganized in 1957. Superintendent Gosch noted the year is the district’s second largest in 10 years with total enrollment 1 234, Durant Elementary increasing to 678 pupils and junior high up 16 from last year while high school declines by 11.
Clayton Scott representing the Manpower Study Committee announced a personal interview program to be held Tuesday afternoon and evening and Wednesday next week September 5 and 6. Interviewers will call those who did not submit their survey sheets. The study is conducted by the Iowa Employment Security Commission. Lawrence- whitcher’s 1967 Buick was slightly damaged after hitting a fishing pole while backing from his driveway. The accident occurred at 9 33 am on August 16.
Sumner Jaycees open a membership drive led by President Duane Buenzow, inviting men aged 40 to 35 year inclusive to join. The nonprofit group aims to develop the community through projects like theatre operation, annual Fourth of July Picnic sponsorship, cleanup campaigns, and football events, with training not offered in schools.
Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien announced a contract winner to remodel and lease the Sumner post office building at 107 North Carpenter Street for five years with renewal options up to six. The project aims to handle growing mail volume using mechanized equipment while remaining under private ownership with real estate taxes paid by the owner.
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