Economic Opportunity group names director in Waverly
The Chickasaw Bremer Fayette Economic Opportunity Program met Friday night with newly hired director Fred H. Brown of Waverly. Brown, formerly Waverly Newspapers sales manager, resigns to lead the poverty program for three counties. Initial funds total 21879 dollars support Head Start in Bremer County, a Bremer senior citizen program, and a possible Youth Corps. Brown plans a three county survey to identify needs and tailor programs. Office space is on the second floor of Waverly City Hall staffed by a secretary. Board member Henry Hochberger of Sumner assists in organizing the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasaw- Bremer-Fayette
Waverly
Fred H. Brown
Brown
Tricounty
Bremer County
Waverly-Shell Rock
Waverly City Hall
Henry Hochberger
Sumner
Adolph Nelson 89 dies after long Sumner Hospital stay
Adolph Nelson aged 89 died at 1 30 a m Thursday May 26 at Sumner Community Memorial Hospital after nearly three years as a patient. Funeral services were May 28 at 11 a m at St John American Lutheran Church with Rev John Mohr officiating. Interment was in Lutheran Cemetery north of Sumner Emerson-Gersonde Chapel had funeral arrangements. He was born July 20 1876 in Alvesta Sweden and came to America at 18 settling in Sac City Iowa. He married Marie Seeberg May 2 1908 in Sac City. two children born to the union. They moved to a farm near Sumner in 1922 then to Sumner in 1946. He worked seven years at Sumner Bog Company. He and Marie observed their 50th wedding anniversary in 1958 and had 57 years of marriage at her death in 1965. In 1983 he sustained a hip fracture but recovered. He lived in Sumner area, survived by two daughters Anna Mallery of Anoka Minnesota and Mildred Nielsen of Cedar Falls, seven grandchildren, six great grandchildren and two sisters in Sweden. He was survived by his wife and parents, four brothers and two sisters predeceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Nelson
Sumner Community Memorial Hospital
St. John American Lutheran Church
John Mohr
Sumner
Emerson-Gersonde
Alvesta
Sumner Bog Company
Nelson
Anna
Jack Mallery
Anoka
Minn
Mildred Nielsen
Cedar Falls
Hlannah Karlsson
Emma Erickson
Sweden
Mrs Dennis Yungtum to Teach at Tripoli
Mrs Dennis Yungtum accepts a teaching post for the coming year with Bremer Butler and Franklin County schools. She will teach the mentally retarded at Tripoli after attending Wapsie Valley High School and the State College of Iowa Cedar Falls. She currently teaches in Baltimore Ohio while Dennis is stationed at Lockborne Air Force Base in Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Yungtum
Bremer
Butler
Franklin County
Bill's Skelly Plans Grand Opening Event
Bill Whiteford operator of Bill's Skelly on North Carpenter St. schedules a Grand Opening for Saturday June 4 with 10 prize registrations, free bloop balls and candy for youngsters, and a free box of potato chips with every 10 gallon fill. Whiteford leased the station from new owner Bob Meyer in March after previously operating the Superior 400 station in the same building for about two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Whiteford
Bill
Skelly
North Carpenter St
Whiteford
Bob Meyer
Superior
World Luck baby born in Sumner area hospital
Dana Pale Luck born May 26 1966 at Sumner Community Memorial Hospital weighing 5 pounds 13 ounces. Parents listed as Mr and Mrs Dale Luck of Fredericksburg. Also noting Nancy Louise Nelson born May with incomplete details at Sumner Com.
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Luck
Dana Pale
Sumner Community Memorial Hospital
Dale Luck
Fredericksburg
Nelson
Nancy Louise
May Oh
Wen
Sumner
Old Yeller Disney film at Sunset Theatre this weekend
Disney presents Old Yeller a Texas frontier dog tale stars Fess Parker Dorothy McGuire Chuck Connors Kevin Corcoran Tommie Kirk and Jeff York showing Friday Saturday and Sunday June 3 4 and 5 at Sunset Theatre. The feature follows Jim Coates his wife and two sons as Old Yeller a battle scarred mongrel protects the family during a cattle drive and wild dog threats. It explores life’s warmth and depth beyond a simple dog story.
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Old Yeller
Walt Disney
America
Sunset Theatre
Texas
Jim Coates
Huebner Motors to Change Hands in Franchise Wait
Cliff Wuttke of Sunitahan announces potential Huebner Motors transition pending Chrysler division approval. James Huebner ran the dealership for ~17 years, with the business in the family for over 30 years. The Huebner couple has moved to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huebner Motors
Cliff Wuttke
Sunitahan
Huebner
Wuttke
Chrysler
James Huebner
California
Organizing a Summer Girls Softball Plan
Hope to organize a summer girls softball program not school sponsored with Miss Ilene Lewellan volunteering to lead. An organizational meeting is set for 4 p.m. Friday, June 3, at Sumner Cubs Hall Park for girls entering seventh grade to those who graduated in the last two years. Organizers aim to form at least three local teams and a varsity squad to play inter-squad and against outside teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max
Janice
Poe
Syrahe High
Yeh
Ilene Lewellan
Randalla
Livingston
Wisconsin
Sumner
Sumner Cubs Hall Park
Sumner Memorial Day Service Honors War Dead
Sumner observed Memorial Day with a parade to Union Mound Cemetery and a luncheon at the Legion Hall. Col. Joseph Flatt of Winterset spoke on American heritage, with National Guard flyovers and a marching program featuring veterans, scouts, and the Sumner high school bands.
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Union Mound Municipal
Legion Hell
Union Mound
Col
Joseph Flatt
Winterset
Iowa
Iowa- Nebraska National Guard
Col. Flatt
Wayne Pyriebe
Sumner
National Guard
Des Moines
Carpenter
Boone
Tuttle
Flatt
Roskam
1063rd_, Aviation Company
Waterloo
Willard Byerly
Remosa
Robert Carpenter
Charles City
Everett O'Brien
Legion Home
Charles ‘Anderson
Lebion
Sand
Union Mound Municipal Cemetery
Sumner High
Legion Honor Guard
Hillcrest
West First Street
Union Street
James R. Heyer
Legion Post
Charles Blume
Les Schuknecht
Earl Avery
Claude E. Heyer
Paul Springer
Legion
Sumner Legion Post
Fred Yungtum
Wayne Priebe
Union Mound Cemetery
Sumner Woman Seriously Injured In Highway Crash
Mrs. Howard Dubrkopf, 34, of Sumner, was seriously injured Saturday evening when her car struck a tractor and wrecked into a tree on Highway 83 near the Wedemeier residence. The tractor, driven by Wedemeier, apparently pulled into the path of the approaching Dubrkopf car. Wedemeier was not injured. Patrolman J. Greene and Sumner Police investigated. charges would be filed against Wedemeier. Memorial Day events followed with poster contest winners announced by Sumner High School Band and a Memorial Service.
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Howard Dubrkopf
Sumner
Howard Wedemeier
Dubropf
Wedemeier
Firner Gasetta
Dubrkopf
Greene
Wedemaler
James R. Heyer
Sandra Smith
Debra Thurm
Kevin Schwarzenstein
Jeff Reynolds
Monty Elmer
Julie Bohle
Laura Schutte
Sherry Aubrey
Mary Andres
Julianne Schultz
Debra K. Niedert
Barbara Smith
Nolan Hutcheson
Delbert Bohle
Mary Lou Reinking
Lee Hilgendorf
Bill Thurm
David Severson
Mark Rogers
Teresa Tegtmeier
Sharon Treloar
Wapsie Valley honors two 1966 valedictorian class members
Dorothy Jean Buhr named valedictorian for Wapsie Valley High School class of 1966 with a 4.0 GPA. Daniel Gene Matthias named salutatorian with a 3.824 GPA. Both are area high school seniors from Readlyn and Fairbank respectively. Memorial Day grass fires near North Division Street and Union Mound Cemetery prompted two fire alarms. no damage reported. Bremer County ASC extends cover crop deadline to June 20, 1966 due to poor weather conditions this spring.
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Dorothy Jean Buhr
Wapsie Valley
Dorothy
Stanley Buhr
Readlyn
Daniel Gene Matthias
Arlin Matthias
Fairbank
Dan
Bremer County
ASC
Candidate to be guest at Thursday coffee
William Griffee, one of three Democratic candidates for Congress from Iowa's Third District, will meet delegates and others Thursday evening June 2 from 8 to 9 at Mrs. Florence Lease's home 210 Pleasant Street. Also notes Sumner FFA meetings June 4 and June 9 at 8 p.m. in the Vocational Agriculture Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Griffee
Iowa
Florence Lease
Pleasant Street
Griffee
Sumner Ffa
Vocational Agriculture
John Scott
FFA
Mrs G Biermann dies after brief illness in Sumner area
Mrs Glenn Biermann 51 of Sumner died Friday May 27 at Sumner Community Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. The funeral was Monday May 30 at 2 30 p.m. at John Mohr with a family prayer service earlier. Interment was in Lutheran Cemetery north of Sumner. She was born October 4 1914 Cresco Iowa and married Glenn Biermann December 6 1936 at Waterloo. The couple farmed near Fredericksburg before moving to Sumner seven years ago. She worked at Sumner Packing Company for five years. Survivors include her husband, a daughter Maxine Bohle, a son Harold, nine grandchildren, her mother Lizzie Bolte, four brothers and two sisters. Preceded by her husband Herman Bolte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Biermann
Sumner
Sumner Community Memorial Hospital
St. John American Lutheran Church
John Mohr
Milnes Funeral Home
Thelma Minnie Bolte
Herman and
Lizzie Wasserfort Bolte
Cresco
Iowa
R. Lorenz
Waterloo
H. Mueller
Fredericksburg
Biermann
Sumner Packing Company
Glenn
Maxine Bohle
Harold Biermann
Lizzie Bolte
Tripoli
Ralph Bolte
Waverly
Clarence Bolte
Bernard Bolte
Forest Bolte
Vernitta
Lloyd Sievers
Lanora
Leslie Biermann
Herman Bolte
Peewee and Midget Baseball Signups Linked to Summer Programs
Nearly 60 youths signed up for Peewee and Midget baseball tied to the Sumner Supervised Playground Program led by Larry Burrows. Arts and crafts registration with Dorothy Peterson occurs Saturday at City Hall for kindergartners to grade six, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., with arts and sports activities scheduled. Peewees report June 13 at 1 p.m. and Midgets at 9 a.m. at the ball park. new participants may register then and team manager selections will be made. A mushroom discovery and a second unusual specimen were also noted in Sumner area reports.
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Sumner
Larry Burrows
City Hall
Dorothy Peterson
Peterson
Peewees
Ball Park
Driver License Renewal Drive This Saturday at City Hall
The driver license examining team will be in the council room at city hall from 8 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday June 4. Renewals are offered for drivers whose birthdays fall within the 30 days before or after this date, plus applications for new licenses and chauffeur permits.
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Economic Opportunity Group
Sumner Hospital
Fess Parker
Dorothy McQuire
Chuck Connors
Kevin Corcoran
Tommy Kirk
Jeff York
Upper Iowa University
Karl Miller
Clermont
Ray Duhrkopf
Fivati
Gion
Poppy Girl
Hobert Carpenter
First Street
Blatt
Town-Nebraska National Guard
Womner Galatia Phota
Air Guard
Priebe
Sumner Fire Department
G. Biermann
Bob Hoover
Lowell Hoover
Bloomfield
T. J. Weller
de- Witt
Hop Sumner
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