Society News honors Pvt Dennis Niemeyer at Ritz supper
Pvt Dennis Niemeyer and wife were honored Tuesday at the Ritz Cafe hosted by the Niemeyer and Miller families. Sunday picnic at the city park honored the couple with guests from Waverly Dunkerton and Tripoli. Dennis departed for a California base after serving at Ft. Jackson South Carolina.
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Pvt
Dennis Niemeyer
Ritz Cafe
Cletus Miller
Arthur Niemeyer
Orville Niemeyer
Everett Krause
Niemeyer
Donald Niemeyer
Waverly
Herbert Ni
California
Ft. Jackson S.C
Community club notes and 4 H updates
Reports from several local clubs include a 8 p m breakfast at Westgate Park with 10 members present and officer names for the coming year. The Sumner Champs 4 H Club met at the Hay brothers home with 17 members and plans for fair demonstrations and county judging. A Summer Lapidary picnic was held at Clermont Park hosted by Appelman. The Sumner Jaycee Ettes discussed proceeds for clock repairs and scheduled July 23 clock inspection by Edwin Pleah with budget approval and Blue Star Homes Plan review.
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Nebraska
Kay Wilson
Cindy Wells
Jan Lamphier
Randalia Methodist Church
Eileen Heller
Lyle Alcorn
Antique Acres
Cedar Falls
E. J. Radmond
Beloit
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Sumner
Marion
Cedar Rapids
West Union
Figin
Pitts
Paul Puller
Jim Grimes
Elgin
de Wilson
Sam
West Grimes
Alcoon
STUDY
Westgate Park
Ariin Knief
Willie Ruff
Russell Mullins
Marvin Holtz
Leo Coleman
Sumner Champs
Jim
John
Frank Hay
Frank Fay
Grant Pipho
John Fay
Fay
Mineralogy Club
Lapidary and Mineralogy Club
Clermont Park
Lucian H. Appelman
Clermont
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Ritz Cafe
Marilyn Christensen
Anne Lampe
Edwin Pleah
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Blue Star Homes
Leroy Gopherettes
Janet Kuethe
Joanne Fay
Pam Kuhlmann
Maureen Schoephoerster
Cathy
Julie Lienau
Hillcrest
Chris Fay
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Maureen Schoepperster
Spectacular CGW wreck after switch failure near Sumner
A through freight was diverted onto a branch line west of Sumner causing a massive wreck on eight mile per hour tracks. About 43 cars including detergents candy fruit alcohol beverages tires car parts and live frogs bound for Minneapolis were damaged and much merchandise looted by onlookers. An investigation into the cause followed.
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Road
Sumner
Chicago Great Western
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minneapolis
Sweets Marsh
Jim Kane
Dinkey
Donald Gosch
Gosch
Reading From the Library and Local Happenings
A community column notes delayed county funds, library book bus arrivals, and a mix of local club updates. Leroy Gopherettes hosts a July meeting with plans for Hillcrest Home service and fair booths. Five generations visit Mrs Ritland as trains and depot issues prompt replacement of a sleeping agent. New book titles include The Seventh Step and North Against the Sioux, among others.
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Bill Sands
Kenneth Ulyatt
Fort Phil Kearney
James D. Horan
Congressiona
Maslyn Williams
New Guinea
Ben Lucean Burman
Thomas W. Blackburn
U.S. Cavalry
Sitting Bull
White Dominion
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