First National Bank Names New Directors In Sumner
First National Bank announces the election of three new directors to bring the board to eight. James R. McAloon fills a vacancy after his father J L McAloon’s death. Steven C. Reuter and Melvin K. Harris join, with active civic roles in Sumner and longtime community service and business leadership.
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E First National Bank
James R. McAloon
J. L. McAloon
Steven C. Reuter
Melvin K. Harris
McAloon
Congregation of St. John American Lutheran Church
Sumner Volunteer Fire Department
Sumner Development Corporation
Sumner High
Harms
Sumner High School
St. John Lutheran
Commercial Club
Sumner Fire Department
Rotary Club
Hillcrest Home, Inc
Harms Insurance
Sumner Realty Co
Reuter
Sumner Rotary Club
Sumner
Commercial Club Board
St. John American Lutheran Church
US Marine Corps
Good neighbors aid Lorenz Albrecht farm hay project
Frede ricksburg farmers and neighbors gathered at the Lorenz Albrecht farm on Tuesday and Thursday to cut and stack 45 acres of hay. Albrecht has been laid up three weeks with a sprained hip. Helpers on Tuesday included Art Decor Joe Sterba Lloyd Peters Paul Boedeker and Harry Johnson. Thursday crew featured many locals plus visitors from Readlyn Maynard New Hampton Sumner and others. Food was provided by neighbor ladies and kitchen help included Leona Dedor Wanda Sterba Joyce Willadsen and Grace Albrecht.
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Lorenz Albrecht
Mr. Albrecht
Art
Joe Sterba
Lloyd Peters
Paul Boedeker
Harry Johnson
Glen Eliott
Paul Joachem
Reynold Davis
Bob Ross
Truman Stokes
Harley Milbrandt
Everett Prestein
Edmund Ommen Rites Set After Sumner Hospital Death
Edmund Frederick Ommen 67 retired farmer from Sumner Fredericksburg area died July 18 at Sumner Community Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services July 21 at 2 pm at St Pauls Lutheran Fredericksburg with Rev John Mohr. burial in church cemetery north of Sumner. He was born August 19 1899 at Langsworthy IA. Survived by wife Evelyn six daughters two brothers one sister and 16 grandchildren.
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Edmund Ommen
Sumner-Fredericksburg
Sumner Community Memorial Hospital
St. John American
Church
Sumner
Edmund Frederick Ommen
Langsworthy
Iowa
John
Ella Bendtschneider Ommen
Evelyn Zieske
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Fredericksburg
Evelyn
Delores
Paul Eick
Maynard
Mary Ann
Darwin Strempke
Joan
Leon Lease
Roberta
Bill Phelps
Mason City
Arlene
John Clark
Badger
Town
Clarine
Alfred
Monticello
Gerhardt
Elsie Oltmann
Doretta Gitch
Pauline Thompson
Fire erupts in Ross Woods home garage blaze
Sumner's Volunteer Fire Department responded to a Ross Woods residence around 4:20 p.m. Tuesday. Fire damaged the garage area with several rafters burned through. Cause was not definite but possible from heat buildup in the insulated overhead storage area under the roof of the bulletin area.
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Sumner
Ross Woods
Woods
Hello World Winter and Christopher John Cain Births
Two births listed at Sumner Community Memorial Hospital July 1967. Hello World Winter male weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces with parents Mr and Mrs Martin Winter. Christopher John Cain male weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces with parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Cain. Shop Sumner Stores and Sayel.
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Winter
Larry Philip
Sumner Community Memorial Hospital
Martin Winter
Cain
Christopher John
Thomas Cain
Sumner Man Edward Ehlert Dies at 79
Edward Ehlert 79 longtime Sumner resident and former owner of the Sumner Lockers died Sunday evening July 16 after a brief illness from bronchopneumonia. Born February 2 1888 in Bremer County he and Lydia Buhr wed October 29 1914 at Buck Creek. Survived by wife Lydia daughter Dena Allenstein brother Henry Ehlert and three sisters. Funeral July 19 with services at John Mohr and burial at St John American Lutheran Cemetery north of Sumner.
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Edward Ehlert
Sumner Lockers
Sumner Community Memorial Hospital
Branchopneumonia
Mr. Ehlert
Sumner Locker Plant
Sumner Ire
Bremer County
William
Dora Pries Ehlert
Lydia Buhr
Buck Creek
Lydia
Dena
R. J. Allenstein
Sumner
Henry Ehlert
LaPorte City
Martha Stroschein
West Union
Hulda Waskow
Emma Ziserath
Harold
Dona
St. John American Lutheran Church
John Mohr
Emerson- Milnes Funeral Home
St. John American Lutheran Cemetery
Sumner SHS 1957 Class Holds 10th Reunion
Sumner Community High School’s 1957 graduates marked their tenth anniversary with a Saturday dinner and dance at Riviera Ballroom JanesVille and a Sunday family picnic at North Woods Park. Seventy seven attendees included 41 class members. Dora Lee Frisch traveled 1900 miles from Washington state. Ronald Senft is deceased. Luvern Tiedt and La Etta Nuss have the longest marriage among survivors. Four couples had four children, the most of the group.
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Sumner Community High Schools
Riviera
Janesville
North Woods Park
Dora Lee Frisch
Washington State
Luvern Tiedt
Waverly
Sumner High Band to perform Pops concert Friday
The Sumner High School Band under James Burr will present a Pops concert Friday at 8 p.m. as part of Ridiculous Day. The event at Main and Carpenter features light varied music including Music Man Hello My Baby My Fair Lady Yankee Doodle Boy and several marches.
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Sumner High School
James Burr
Main and
Carpenter
Two Cars to Be Given Away on Ridiculous Day
Two cars will be awarded through drawings on Ridiculous Day. The 1956 Ford, donated by Lande Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc., is a Saycees project, with tickets available from members on Friday July 21. The drawing occurs at the Ball Park at 9 p.m. Friday. The 1956 Oldsmobile is featured in a pencil selling project by the Sumner Jaycees, donated by Walker Motor Co. Buying an FFA pencil earns one ticket for the car drawing Friday evening.
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Ford
Lande Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Inc
Ball Park
Sumner City Council approves budget with tax rise
Sumner city council, in regular session Tuesday, rejected a last minute bid to cut the property tax levy and approved the tentative budget for the coming year by a four to one vote, subject to a hearing on August 1. Councilman Claude Waskow urged a reduction near the 30 mill limit, but failed. The council also granted permits, posted speed signs, tabled a park land proposal, and set dates for upcoming meetings and fairs.
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Sumner
Claude Waskow
Sumner Gazette
Fred
North Pleasant
North Division
Worth Railroad
City Park Commission
Division
Fifth Streets
Farm building damaged by flames at Haar farm
Sumner firefighters were called to the Erhardt Haar farm around 3 pm Friday where a former schoolhouse moved to the property caught fire. Sparks from burning corn husks on the ground likely started the blaze, damaging only a roof patch until Haar and volunteers held it with buckets and a small hose before the fire department arrived. The site is the former Alvin Nuss farm, six miles south on the county line and a half mile west.
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Sumner
Erhardt Haar
Buck
Haare
Alvin Nuss
Jaycee Ettes Restore Sumner Town Clock Project
The Jaycee Ettes plan to revive the Sumner town clock atop the Volker Bakery building. They seek contributions to the Restoration Fund and will build a block of dimes on Ridiculous Day Friday July 21 on First Street to launch fundraising. An antique repairman from Minneapolis will handle wiring and restoration.
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Sumner
Jaycee Ettes
Sumner Bakery
First Street
Jaycees
Minneapolis
Leo Pr. Winks
Wescott & Winks Produce
Oarganization
Volker
S. F. Cass
Gen. McArthur
Roy Post
Richard Smith
Mrs Alfred Zell Hurt Saving Grandson From Tractor
Mrs Alfred Zell of Sumner sustained severe internal chest injuries and facial lacerations when a tractor ran over her as she tried to rescue her 3 year old grandson Daniel Sadler from the seat. The incident at Zell farm left her with eight fractured ribs and chest injuries. Daniel, son of Mr and Mrs John Sadler of Cedar Rapids, climbed on the parked machine, started it in gear, and caused the accident. The wheel knocked Zell to the ground after she stepped in front and pulled the ignition key. The tractor rolled forward and coasted into another nearby tractor. Daniel was uninjured.
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Alfred Zell
Sumner
Daniel Sadler
Zell
Daniel
John Sadler
Cedar Rapids
Sadler
No Summer School on Ridiculous Day Parade
No summer school on Friday July 21 due to the Ridiculous Day Parade in the morning. Classes resume Monday July 24 at the usual time. Letters have been sent home about a conference day and time to discuss progress with the teacher, with other times possible by mutual agreement.
Former Sumner Woman Dies in Madison Wisconsin
Ruth Dickman 67 a former Sumner resident died Wednesday July 12 in a Madison Wisconsin hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday with burial in Platteville Wisconsin. She was a Past Matron and current member of the Order of the Eastern Star of Sumner and an associate member of the Sumner Culture Club. She left Sumner in the early 1940s.
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Sumner
Grant
Ruth) Dickman
Madison, Wise
Platteville, Wise
Dickman
Order of the Eastern Star of
Sumner Culture Club
Tractor pull contest planned by FFA boys
The Sumner FFA Chapter sponsors a Tractor Pull contest south of the City Parking Lot on Wapsie Street Sunday July 23 at 2 pm. Weigh-in from noon to 1 50 pm at H J Schult Son elevator. Entry $3 per tractor, four weight classes, standard tractors only, no custom or gear changes except to torque. Prizes 7 5 3 dollars, up to 40 entrants. referees decision final.
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Sumner Ffa
Wapsie Street
H. J. Schult Son
Ridiculous Day Set With Parade and Horse Show in Sumner
The Sumner Commercial Club hosts a one day Ridiculous Day on Friday July 21 featuring a morning parade led by local bands and a kiddies division with three cash prizes in six categories. An 11 am sidewalk sale blocks two blocks of the business district with merchandise displays and booths. A horse show proceeds in the afternoon with many horses expected from Sumner and nearby towns, offering multiple Halter and Working class divisions and entry fees.
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Sumner
Sumner Commercial Club
James Bradford
Boy Scout
Sumner High School
City
Wapsie Street
Sumner Municipal
Guilford Street
First Street
Pleasant Street
Segnond Street
Second Street
Railroad Street
McAloon
Carpenter Street
Allison
Waterloo
Elkader
Kenneth Depp
Bill Matthinson
Bar None Saddle Club
Ball Park
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FFA Meeting
Sumner Future Farmers of America
New Hampton
John A. Scott
A.L.C.W. and
Luther League of Hope Lutheran Church of Westgate
Madison, Wis
Pat Smith
Bernard Smith
David Meyer
Mike Schoonover
Mitch Grahlusun
Steve Freeman
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