Heavy rains soak Sumner area causing millage of damage
Heavy rains Saturday night dumped 2.5 to 3 inches in just over an hour near Sumner causing flooded streets and two feet of water in places along East First Street. The storm spared major wind damage but damaged crops, killed about 75 turkeys at Morgan Turkey Farm, and overwhelmed the sewer system requiring pumps to clear sanitary mains into storm sewers. Weather reports note widespread thunderstorm activity, hail, and rare funnels across Iowa with additional storm damage in Cedar Falls and Waterloo.
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Sumner
Morgan Turkey Farm
Blacktop
Morgan
Walnut Street
East First Street
Second
Pleasant Streets
Iowa Weekly
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Sanitary sewer inspection to determine infiltration
City council approves tele vision scanning of several blocks of sanitary sewer to gauge tile condition and groundwater infiltration along East Second Street from Pleasant to Walnut. Also to assess North Railroad line for damage from last year’s acid discharge and plan library parking lot improvements without a retaining wall.
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East Second Street
Pleasant
Walnut
Water and Waste Water Department
Walter Gaede
Stan Niedert
North Railroad
East First Street
Sumner Woman Anna Howard Dies at 82
Anna Howard, lifelong Sumner resident, died at her son Wilbur’s home on June 14 from heart failure after months of illness. Funeral held June 18 at St. John American Lutheran Church with Rev. Kenneth Alpers and Rev. John Sorenson officiating. Burial followed in church cemetery. Survived by son Wilbur, sister Louise Pries, four grandsons, one granddaughter, and other relatives.
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Anna Howard
Sumner
Wilbur
St. John American Lutheran Church
Kenneth Alpers
John Sorenson
Emerson- Milnes
Anna Dora Schultz
William
Carolina Brenger Schultz
St. John
John KE. Howard
Bredow
North
Walnut Street
Howard
Louise Pries
Hillcrest
Henry
Herman
Arthur
Emma
Martha
Sumner Girl Scouts Attend Summer Camp
Sumner Girl Scouts will attend Camp Tahigway in Allamakee County where about 855 girls are registered for one and two week sessions. The program includes camping skills nature activities arts in the outdoors backpacking canoeing primitive camping and sailing. Sumner attendees include Jenny Bradord Anne Volker Annette Kerns Jackie Lynch Carolyn Sulentic Denise Haskenhoff Linnette Brunscheen Darci Dickman Justine Elmer Tammy Fritz Pam Sabus Leslie Tranbanger and Jeanette Ryan.
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Tahigway
Allamakee County
Sumner
Jenny Bradord
Anne Volker
Annette Kerns
Jackie Lynch
Carolyn Sulentic
Denise Haskenhoff
Linnette Brunscheen
Darci Dickman
Justine Elmer
Tammy Fritz
Pam Sabus
Leslie Tranbanger
Jeanette Ryan
Creek Cleanup Planned Monday In Sumner West Creek area work near West Fifth Street
Sumner Jaycees and Sumner Community Betterment Club plan a Monday evening cleanup of the west Sumner creek between West Fifth and West First Streets. Volunteers should gather by 6 pm at the West Fifth Street bridge area near the Vocational Agriculture building with shovels axes scythes and rakes. trucks will haul trash away and property owners should supervise their land. Rebecca Gruenberg, Sumner High School student, joined 106 other yearbook workshop attendees at the University of Iowa June 1-15.
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Sumner Jaycees
Sumner Community Betterment Club
Larry Crow
Jaycees
Sumner
West Fifth
West First Streets
West Fifth Street
Vocational Agriculture
Rebecca Gruenberg
Midwest
University of Iowa
Robert Gruenberg
New Zealand Rotary group visits Sumner during Iowa stay
Six New Zealanders from District 292 toured Sumner on June 14 as part of a Rotary Foundation Group Study Exchange visit to nineteen Iowa clubs from April 30 to June 26. They met at Overton Chemical, lunched at Meadowbrook Country Club, toured a beef farm, and attended a joint Sumner New Hampton Rotary meeting. Additional items note a missionary meeting and a church anniversary observance in Sumner along with local graduates and dean’s list notices.
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New
Milton Henry Kayes
David Hennessey
Sumner Rotary Club
M. M. Rogers
New Hampton
Sumner
Overton Chemical Sales, Inc
North Railroad St. Corporation
Wayne Schutte
Hennessey
Meadowbrook Country Club
Living Color photo day for Sumner area youngsters
The Sumner Gazette hosts a free color photography day at the Legion Hall for children with guardians, on Tuesday June 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. No appointment or subscription needed. Photos part of Citizens of Tomorrow feature. dress colorfully. Call Mrs. Dan McDaniel at 224-5464. Also notes Nancy Niedert, Sumner native, starts at American Institute of Business in Des Moines after Sumner Community High School 1973 graduate.
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Sumner
The
Gazette
Legion Hall
Sumner Gazette
Dan McDaniel
Nancy Nieedert
Dave Niedert
American Institute of Business
Des Moines
Nancy
Sumner Community High School
Sumner Community Schools announce new faculty hires
Donald Gosch, superintendent, confirms two new teachers for the 1974 75 year including Nancy Metzger as Home Economics Instructor and Otis Roby as girls basketball and softball coach. Roby replaces resigning Larry Burrows who will stay as a Durant Elementary teacher. A barbecue at St John American Lutheran Church June 24 invites the public to raise funds for the Houston Luther League convention.
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Donald Gosch
Sumner
Otis Roby
MFL
Marion
Larry Burrows
Burrows
Durant
Roby
Sumner Community High School
Robert Topping
Decorah
Nancy Metzger
Greene
South Dakota State
Brookings
M.D
Linda Miles
Mason City
St. John American Lutheran Church
Houston
Community Choir Plans Final Practice
The Community Choir will hold its final practice on Wednesday evening June 27 at 8 00 p m in the Sumner High School Gym Attendance is urged for all singers The previous rehearsal is set for Sunday June 24 at 2 30 p m in the Methodist Church The choir will perform at the Joint Community Worship Service on Sunday July 1 at 11 00 a m in the Sumner High School Gym.
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Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Sumner
Joseph Kleiner
Sumner High School
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