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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1968
Page
7
A fragment recounts church activities at Church of Christ and nearby denominations, with Sunday services, anniversaries, and a dozen local residents attending various gatherings. It mentions Mission, Baptists, Mother’s Club, weddings, and family visits spanning multiple households and farms in the Fredericksburg region.
Van Eachen, 38, a resident of Ackley and active in the First Presbyterian Church, Elks Club, and Amery Legion, announces candidacy while serving as president of the Greeny Com munt Shoal Hoard. He has four years of U.S. Navy service.
Receives award Charlotte Kirchhoff daughter of Mrs Dorothy Wedemeier of RR 2 Sumner was a Rose of Honor winner at Hawkeye Institute of Technology where she is a business clerical student. The honor recognizes typing increases of 20 words per minute for those under 60 wpm and 10 wpm for those over 60. The article notes family visits and Father’s Day gatherings involving Kirchhoff and other local residents.
Funeral services were held for Henry F Meier at St John the Baptist in Frederika. Born November 15 1889 in Bremer County Iowa to John and Sophie Meier he married Mary Meier June 15 1911. He farmed in Bremer County and Frederika area until moving to Frederika in 1939. Surviving children include six with Les mily Paula O Day and Aaron Paul O Day and Glen Hunt en tertained at a picnic. Numerous relatives attended and extended travel noted. The obituary lists many grandchildren and siblings and mentions a 1961 death in life. A separate note reports a teenage boy Dan Boheman of Ackley having eye removed after a wire incident at the Ackley post.
The Sumner Gazette notes Sumner stores claim a first with a 1968 sales push. Local merchants boast early opening hours and special promotions to attract weekend shoppers. Community business leaders expect strong turnout and increased traffic downtown.
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