Mayor Leyh Proclaims Jaycee Week in Sumner
Sumner Mayor Matt Leyh proclaims January 17 24 as Jaycees Week to honor the Sumner Jaycees and their local service. The observance highlights projects from a regional Jaycees meeting at the Legion hall to the Whitmire Memorial Heater Fund drive and Bloodmobile sponsorship with many other community efforts noted.
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Matt Leyh
Sumner
Jaycees
Legion Hall
Whitmire Memorial
Sumner Band Mothers
Leyh
Sumner Jaycees
Mattleyh
Dean Jacobson
Jaycee
Jacobson
Snow days prompt calendar revisions for Sumner schools
The Sumner Community School District announces changes after a winter weather closure January 4 5 and 6. The in service day January 18 is canceled and school will run at normal hours. The FHA style show moves to February 18 and the meeting and officer elections shift to March 11. First semester ends January 15 and second semester starts January 18 with makeup days to be set later depending on weather.
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Sumner Community
Donald Gosch
FHA
Newborns in Sumner Area Highlight Local Births
HE LLG WORLD HELLG WORLD STOA Leif Erik born January 7 at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo weight 6 pounds 7 ounces parents Rev Allan Ston Sumner Jamie Paul Bathke born January 8 Sumner Community Memorial Hospital weight 8 pounds 12 ounces parents Mr Mrs Lawrence Bathke Oran Sarah Ann Suazo born December 28 Clarion Iowa weight 6 pounds 2 ounces parents Mr Mrs Abe Suazo grandmother Neva Rakowicz Sumner Clint Ray Caune born December 21 1970 to live with La verne Caune Randalia weight 9 pounds 1 ounce grandparents Ivan Caine Maynard Ray Johnson Sumner Willers David born at St Luke's Cedar Rapids weight 5 pounds ? ounce parents Mr Mrs John Willers Marion grandparents Lester Schwerin Summer great grandparents Ernest Buhr Sumner
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Stoa
Leif Erik
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Allan Ston
Sumner
Bathke
Jamie Paul
Sumner Community Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Bathke
Oran
Suazo
Sarah Ann
Clarion
Iowa
Abe Suazo
Neva Rakowicz
Willers
David
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
John Willers
Marion
Lester Schwerin
Summer
Ernest Buhr
Adult classes begin late January at Sumner Schools
Sumner Community Schools announce second semester adult evening classes starting Monday January 26 at 5 30 pm with English Gardening and Escaping Knitting and Crocheting Physical Fitness for Women Recreational Activities for Men and Bridge All classes run fifteen weeks with options to prepare for the GED or earn credits English taught by Les Teeling Mathematics by Paul Zietlow Gardening and Landscaping by Allen McCollum Knitting and Crocheting by Gertrude Adorn and Elsie Leyh Recreational Activities for Men by Lynn Platt Bridge taught by Mrs Jim Kane Golf Tune-up starts April 6 Pre-registration ends January 25 Contact Larry Crow Sumner High School 224 3341 to enroll
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Sumner
State Board of Public Instruction
Les Teeling
Sumner High
Paul Zietlow
Melinda Krumm
Lynn Platt
Jim Kane
Larry Crow
Sumner Adult Education
Sumner High School
Assessor Rep at City Hall in Sumner This Week
A Bremer County Assessor representative will visit Sumner over the next weeks, based in Mayor Legh's office at City Hall. He will be here Jan 11 15 Jan 18 22 and Jan 25 26. Applications for Homestead Veterans exemptions and dog licenses can be filed. Personal property assessments will be recorded. Dogs due for rabies shots before July 1 1971 must be updated prior to license applications. Bring shot records. Additional Homestead credit applications may be made at City Hall.
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Bremer
Serviceman's wife seriously hurt in Ames crash
Anita Schedtler, 20, wife of Dick Schedtler of Sumner, remained in critical condition and in a coma at Mary Greeley Hospital Ames after a highway 30 collision. Her car skidded and was struck broadside by an oncoming vehicle. She, a Town State College junior, was among several fatalities and injuries reported from the Saturday night crash near Ames.
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Anita Schedtler
Mary Greeley Hospital
Ames
Dick Schedtler
Sumner
Schedtler
Highway 30
Sumner Study Committee on Low Income Housing Meets
The Study Committee on Low Income Housing in Sumner meets tonight as appointed by the Sumner City Council. The group, led by Chairman Steve Reuter and including James Bradford, JL. W. Pipho, Rev. Robert MacCanon and Rev. Daniel Heringer, reviews feasibility of low cost housing in Sumner.
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Sumner
Steve Reuter
James Bradford
JL. W. Pipho
Robert MacCanon
Daniel Heringer
Funeral services held for Mrs. Lillian Reimler
Mrs. Lillian Reimler 87 longtime Sumner resident died at Sumner Community Memorial Hospital at 6 30 p m Saturday Jan 9 after a brief illness Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p m at Salem United Methodist Church with Rev Robert Mac Canon and Rev Robert Feind nephew of the deceased officiating Burial was in Zion Cemetery northwest of Sumner Emerson Milnes Funeral Home directed arrangements She was born Lillian Feind October 2 1883 near Farmington Wisconsin daughter of Julius and Wilhelmine Kuhl Feind Married William Reimler November 20 1901 in Jefferson County Wisconsin They moved to Sumner area after marriage and spent life here past years at 42 Columbia Ave Mr Reimler died August 31 1959 Survived by several nieces and nephews
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Lillian Reimler
Sumner
Sumner Community Memorial Hospital
Salem United Methodist Church
Robert MacCanon
Robert Feind
Huron
S.D
Zion Cemetery
Emerson-Milnes Funeral Home
Lillian Feind
Farmington
Jefferson County
Wisconsin
Julius and
Wilhemine Kuhl Feind
William Reimler
Columbia Ave
Reimler
Four Sumner Students Named to State Honor Roll
Four Sumner Community High School seniors are among 2 000 Town seniors named to the state honor roll deemed the cream of the state’s young scholars. Recipients Mark Tegtmeier Marvin Freeman Mary Bray ton and Margaret Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Community High School
Sey Abe
J State
Mark Tegtmeier
Marvin Freeman
Mary Brayton
Margaret Wells
Des Moines Daily Register
Gartha Barker
Randy L Lamka
Fredericksburg
Gretchen Barkhoff
Jane M. Fink
Claudia Nielson
Jane M. Rathbone
Michael Schneiders
Tripoli
Rebecca A. Palmer
Hawkeye
Franz J. Schemmel
Sumner
Marcia Schemmel
North High
West Union
Marlys K. Cooper
Readlyn
Higher Education Facilities Commission
Installation of Sumner Masons officers at Lookout Lodge No 395
Installation ceremonies were held Tuesday night at the Lodge Hall for Sumner Masons Lookout Lodge No 395 AF and AM. Albert Rees was installed Worshipful Master for the coming year with Edward Henniges senior warden Lorenz Meier junior warden Reid Giese treasurer C E Strempke secretary Clifford Douglass senior deacon James Mangan junior deacon Robert Armen ivout senior steward Richard BD Creager junior steward Lesley Lamprecht chaplain Donald Bunce ruler
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Sumner Masons
Lookout Lodge No
A.M
Albert Rees
Edward Henniges
Lorenz Meier
Reid Giese
C. E. Strempke
Clifford Douglass
James Mangan
Robert Armenivout
Richard Bd, Creager
Sieward
Lesley Lamprecht
Donald Bunce
Rural Fire Dept. saves barn after 11 hour blaze
Sumner volunteers battled a stubborn 11 hour fire at a farm two miles north of Sumner owned by Bob White of Waukon. The barn, on the Bul farm, lost virtually all hay in the loft but the structure survived with minor damage. Fire was discovered around 1:00 pm by Ed Schulte. about 40 000 gallons of water were dumped using two tankers and Hawkeye Fire Department equipment. Firefighters endured heavy smoke and several were treated for smoke inhalation. Two Sumner firefighters escaped unharmed when flaming straw collapsed. Cause undetermined though suspected heat bulb or wiring. None of the pigs were lost. cattle saved.
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Sumner
Bob White
Waukon
Ed Schulte
Hawkeye
Tom Meighan
Kenny Henniges
Schulz
Glen Woods
Bloodmobile visit set for February 2 at Durant School
The Waterloo Regional Red Cross Blood Center Bloodmobile will visit Durant Elementary School on Tuesday February 2 under sponsorship of the Sumner Jaycees Chapter. Donors age 18 to 21 with parental permission may donate. appointments can be arranged by contacting Jaycee members Verla Buenzow or Al Schultz and others listed. Blood is provided at no charge by the Red Cross Regional Center in Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Durant Scehoal
Buenvow
al Schultz
Buenzow
Jaycee
Jaycetes
al Schulz
Duane Buenzow
Dennis Haupt
Lloyd Hoth
Red Cross
Band Mothers Seek S and H Stamp Donations for Uniforms
The Sumner Band Mothers request donations of S and H green stamps to redeem for cash toward new band uniforms. Marked containers in stores will collect full books or loose stamps for this purpose.
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Sumner
S&h
Iowa Tuition Grant applications due January eighteenth
Iowa private college hopefuls must file a grant application by Jan 18 with the Higher Education Facilities Commission in Des Moines. Students must also submit the Parents' Confidential Statement to the College Scholarship Service in Evanston Ill., by Jan 18. The program, created by the 1969 legislature, aids low and middle income students to attend Iowa private colleges.
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Iowa
Larry Crow
Sumner
Higher Education Facilities Commission
Des Moines
Evanston
Ill
Sumner Senior
Commercial Club to meet Monday night
The Sumner Commercial Club will hold its annual meeting and election of board members on Monday night January 18 at the Legion hall. A dinner is planned for 6 30 p m and all members are urged to attend this important gathering. Shop Sumner stores and save.
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Sumner Commercial Club
Legion Hall
Former Sumner resident Cyril Farrand dies in California
Cyril E. Farrand died December 29 in Long Beach California. A former Sumner resident he taught electronics in Long Beach schools for 35 years after service at Wabash College Crawfordsville Ind and Oregon State College Corvallis. He was the husband of Florence Hunter Farrand and father of JoAnne Garrett and Hunter Farrand with seven grandchildren.
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Sumner
Cyril E. Farrand
Long Beach
Calif
Farrand
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Ind
Oregon State College
Corvallis
Eugene Farrand
Florence Hunter Farrand
JoAnne Garrett
Hunter Farrand
Richard Gedde Receives U S Army Discharge
SP5 Richard L. Gedde has been discharged after three years of service. Stationed in Darmstadt Germany Wiesbaden and Greece for a month during overseas duty in Europe, he spent R and R in Germany Italy and Switzerland. Discharged December 28 at Fort Dix New Jersey, he now works at Northwest Electric Bell Telephone Co. in Waterloo. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Tavi Gedde of Sumner.
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Richard L. Gedde
U.S. Army
Darmstadt
Germany
Wiesbrecken
Greece
Europe
R & FH
Italy
Switzerland
Gedde
Fe. Dix
Weston Electric
Northwest Electric Bell Telephone Co
Waterloo
Priory
Tavi Gedde
Sumner
Whitmire Pool hires summer staff and supervisor
Applications for positions at Whitmire Memorial Swimming Pool are now being accepted by the Sumner Park Board. Open posts include pool manager lifeguards cashier basket room attendant and concession stand operator. A replacement is sought for pool supervisor John Brayton who resigned for business commitments.
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Whitmire Memorial
Sumner Park Board
Park Board
Herb J. Forsman
John Brayton
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Rural Fire Dept
Hawkeye Department
Band Mothers
Commercial Club
Shop Sumner
Save
California
Richard Gedde
Whitmire
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