09 Jan 1975
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1975
Page
1
The article urges Bremer County to organize a local Bi Centen nial committee for the 1976 observance. It notes Fayette County already has an accredited group and that the Bremer County Historical Society should lead the initiative, seeking volunteers and county supervisor support to enable active participation next year.
A letter to Sumner’s mayor urges readers to value local habit of personal, first name recognition in smalltown shops. It argues that neighborly service builds trust and self-respect, warns against chasing pennies with impersonal out-of-town shopping, and calls for appreciation of merchants who treat customers as people.
The year 1975 opens with a mixed progress view for Sumner. Home building and Hillcrest Home expansion boost jobs while a fire at Summer Pack trimmed employment. hospital activity declined but health care hiring may rise. New residents and a growing population strengthen the community as Hillcrest adds units and a new church edifice rises. The hospital modernization and physician recruitment are planned as a community-wide effort to sustain growth. Overall, despite a dimmer short term financial picture, confidence remains in a bright future with continued revitalization and cooperation.
A Flurry of post holiday visitors centered on DeForest and surrounding towns. Jim and Jane Smith hosted relatives from Wisconsin, while Mr. and Mrs. Tom Werderitsch and others welcomed extended kin for Christmas meals and hospital or home visits. Several guests came from Des Moines, Readlyn, Waterloo, Mason City, Denver, and Cedar Falls, with seeable patterns of family hosting and Sunday dinners.
Sumner Gazette publishes weekly in Sumner Iowa with reader submissions at editor discretion. Notices include obituaries condolence poetry and cards of thanks at set rates and legal ads per law with circulation about 2 180 weekly for year ending 1973.
Rates listed for Bremer Black Hawk Fayette and Chickasaw counties plus outside Iowa. Paperboy service noted for Sumner city. No further details provided on prices or durations.
The page records anniversaries and deaths of local residents including Mr and Mrs Edward Kaepple Hawkeye marking 50 years. Otto Meswarth 91 Sumner area. Harold P Lauer 66 West Union. George Schlatter 68 Hawkeye. Ralph Wedemeier 44 Oran. Robert Hoth 64 Oelwein. Arnold Bartels 51 near Westgate. Mrs Walter Buhr 49 near Westgate. other notices cover hospital opening, hatchery fire, and local business changes.
In Dubuque County, Democrat Robert Carr won the special election by a clear margin, giving the Democrats control of the Iowa Senate 26 to 24. Republican Jim Esmail trailed, with unofficial results showing Carr around 6,200 votes to Esmail’s 4,200. Special elections also filled two House vacancies, yielding one seat for each party and expanding Democrats to 60 seats in the House.
Richard Ba, Jerry and Pamela Meyers, and Mr and Mrs Jim Sterba plus Eric were pre Christmas dinner guests of Mrs Florence Mack in New Hampton. Meyers were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Alan McAloon in Newport Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Richard Schmidt and family and Mrs Edwin Judas were Christmas Day dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Earl Haase in Charles City.
The excerpt pairs Wordsworth style musings with a cosmic journey motif. It contrasts learning from the past, living in the present, and aiming for a wiser future, then shifts to a meditation on the questioning mind traveling through cosmic spheres toward ageless seers and confronting mortality. The final line presents the idea that the infinite spark fears not the call of destiny.
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