Mayor Proclaims Jaycee Week in Sumner 1966
Mayor Mattia Zurbriggen on January 16 22 1966 proclaimed Jaycee Week in Sumner to honor the Sumner Junior Chamber of Commerce and their service. The Jaycees sponsored projects include city park cleanup Sunset Theatre operations a Fourth of July picnic football barbecue trap shoots and landscaping at Hillcrest Home. The annual Jaycees banquet will reveal the Outstanding Young Farmer and Distinguished Service Awards.
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Mattia Zurbriggen
Chamber of Commerce
Sumner
Park
Sunset Theatre
City Park
Hillcrest
Jaycees
Sumner Junior Chamber of Commerce
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ex Sumner School Leader to Receive Honorary Degree
Walter L. Hetzel, former Sumner superintendent and Ames schools chief, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws from Upper Iowa University on January 20 and deliver the mid year commencement address to 32 graduates at Dorman Memorial Gymnasium. He has long service in education including Cresco and Decorah posts and co authored works.
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Walter L. Hetzel
Ames
Sumner
Upper Iowa University
Eugene E. Garbes
Hetzel
Arlington
Upper Iowa
University of Town
Blackstone School of Law
Chicago
Cresco
Decorah
Drake Wa
Beta Kappa Chapter
Pi Delta Kappa
ISU
USU
Dorman Memorial Gymnasium
Gerald Rakowisg
Navid Robinsop
One of Funniest Shows Of All Times at Sunset Theatre
A classic comedy film John Goldfarb Please Come Home starring Shirkay MacLaine Peter Astonoy and Richard Crenna screens at Sunset Theatre Friday Saturday and Sunday January 14 16. The plot mixes football international intrigue with a U2 pilot crash in the Kingdom of Fawzia and features a Notre Dame fans versus Fawz U. team football game as a highlight.
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Sunset Theatre
John Goldfarb
Shirkay MacLaine
Peter Astlnoy
King Fawz
Richard Crenna
Kingdom of
Fawzia
Fawz
Goldfarb
Notre Dame
Fighting Irish
Fawz U
School lends new Oldsmobile to Sumner employees
Lande Chevalet Oldsmobile Inc of Sumner loans a red 40 Oldsmobile to Sumner Community Schools for use by school employees at no cost to taxpayers.
Sumner Mayor’s Wife Breaks Arm in Fall
Mrs. Mattia Zurbriggen wife of Sumner’s mayor fractured her arm in a fall at her home Tuesday morning. She is receiving treatment for the injury at Sumner Community Memorial Hospital.
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Mattia Zurbriggen
Sumner
Legion Stag At Sumner Legion Post Dinner Jan 18
Sumner Legion Post hosts a men s stag at the Legion Hall Thursday evening January 18 with clubroom doors opening at 6 PM A roast beef dinner is planned for attendees and is the featured menu item planning details for the event
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Sumner Legion
Legion Hall
Sumner City Council Sets Police Hours and Insurance Plan
The special meeting addressed police work hours and city hall building insurance. The police force will get 24 hour coverage with each member taking about one day off weekly, and officers received a 25 dollar monthly pay raise. Nelson Insurance Agency’s policy for the city hall was approved with bids not opened. further bids were not acted on.
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Sumner
City Hall
Mattia Zurbriggen
Greg Smitley
Nelson Insurance Agency
Nelson
Council
Extension Service Moves to New Quarters in Tripoli
The Bremer County Extension Service has completed moving offices into the Old Savings Bank building in Tripoli. The bank building, vacated when the bank moved to a new building, has been remodeled for Extension Service use. The extension office has served Tripoli for about eight years, relocating from Waverly.
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Bremer County Extension Service
Retail Sales Show Increase in Bremer County in 1965 Quarter
Bremer County merchants led Sumner and surrounding towns to higher second quarter sales tax payments, with Sumner rising from 25 258 768 in 1964 to 28 820 77 in 1965, and overall county totals edging up to 130 198 14 from 120 805 02.
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Bremer County
Sumner
State Tax Commission
Waverly
Tripoli
Denver
Janesville
Readlyn
Chickasaw County
Chickaysaw County
New Hampton
Churches Conduct Annual Meetings
The Voters of St Pauls Lutheran Church held their annual meeting in the church parlors. new officers include Pres Erwin Wehling and Secretary Norman Flanscha. St John American Lutheran elected officers, adopted a new constitution. many church roles filled, deaths, marriages, baptisms, and attendance figures noted. The Peter Men and Sunday School built a picnic table for the Eastern Iowa Bible Camp EWALU. St Peter Lutheran Westgate elected elders Harold Meyer and Eugene Sleck, trustee Ito Geske, education board Carl PoStewardship, secretary Bernard Reinking, and finance chair Warren Weber. installed by Rev. Krahn.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Pres
Erwin Wehling
Herman Kasemeire
Norman Flanscha
Herman Stahlhut
Jln Gaede
Orin Kuhn
Vern Schuldt
Board of Education
William Bruch
Ed Braun
Wm. Cross
Lyle Kasemeier
Roger Volker
St. John Lutheran
St. John American Lutheran Congregation
Theodore Oberlieu
Lyle Yungtum
Clarence Waskow
Reuben Koester
Laverne Nacke
Walter Schulz
Bernard Gehrke
Jerry Gitch
Eugene Knoplich
Ernie Meyer
Duane Miner
Duane Buenzow
Milton Federer
Erwin Haverkamp
Charles Heyer
Eugene Rappold
John Mohr
Richfield
Peter's Eee
Tie Records
Whow & Polevedo
Daily Vacation Bible School
Church
Erwin Niemann
Vernon Quade
Gerald Richards
Kenneth Diemer
John Niewoehner
Robert Heinzeroth
Walter Beler
Kenneth Bergman
Robert Reinking
Donald Boie
Duane Bahe
Clarence Ungerer
Art Niewoehner
Carl Laabs
Will Hetek
Ervin Schemmel
St. Peter
Iowa
Strawberry Point
St. Peter's Lutheran Westgate
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Sumner School Questionnaire Shows Low Response Gaps
Sumner High students answered a state questionnaire similarly to peers across the state. The 71 questions covered biography, school life, aspirations, and attitudes, with many students indicating no response could be chosen. Father’s occupation and transportation patterns showed notable Sumner differences, while overall response differences were small.
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Cardpac
Sumner
Dale Hadley
Ley
Committee Okays New Construction At High School
Sumner Community School District voters may decide on bonds for a Sumner Senior High School addition including a gymnasium, industrial arts and arts rooms. Petition signatures and a four week newspaper notice precede a bond election. Total estimated cost about 400000 with 60 percent approval needed.
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Citizens Committee
Sumner Community School
Sumner Senion
Board of Directors
M. M. Rogers
Supt. Rogers
Vocational Agriculture
Durant
Pean
Construction Advances at Sumner Community Hospital Addition
In spite of cold adverse weather, work on the Sumner Community Hospital addition proceeds on schedule. Nelson Construction Co. of Caledonia Mina crews heat brick blocks for the new space, with a large central heater shown. The expansion aims to add office, storage, and living space.
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Sumner Community Hospital
Nevo
Nelson Construction Co
Caledonia, Mina
Gaylatte
Fox
Insurance Class Outline for Adult Education in Sumner
The adult insurance class will feature five teachers covering Fire Insurance Casualty Auto Life and Health and Accident topics. Fire Insurance is first on January 24 and 31 taught by William Ziegler Cedar Rapids representative of Iowa National Mutual. Casualty Insurance follows taught by Harry Hagan from United Fire and Casualty Cedar Rapids. Auto Insurance sessions February 21 and 28 led by Nels Arnold of General Casualty Des Moines. Life Insurance March 7 and 14 taught by Virgil Folkers of Lutheran Mutual Life Waverly. Health and Accident segment continues.
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William Ziegler
Iowa National Mutual Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids
Harry Hagan
Hagan
United Fire and Casualty Insurance Company
Nels Arnold
General Casuarty Insurance Company
Des Moines
Arnold
Ziegler
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Sumner Jaycees
Robert Relaner
Mattila Zurbriggen
Bomner Gasette
Phote Ary
Jaycee Werk
Zurbriggen
Legion Stag
Hadley
Sumner Community
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