Sumner Public Library reading program winners
Winners list from Sumner Public Library reading program shows top readers across age groups. Notable names include Steven Gade, Sheryl Kooploh, Joni Cannon, Judy Oberbroeckling, Brad Lehmkuhr, Linda Speth, Debbie Burns, Margaret Gade, Phyllis Hay, with others Daryl Tracker and Julie Yorman among those not pictured. Books read range from four to fifty four.
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Sumner
Steven Gade
Lest Place
Kelly Nauholz
Same Eroup
Sheryl Kooploh
Same Krooud
Joni Cannon
Judy Oberbroeckling
Brad Lehmkuhr
Linda Speth
Debbie Burns
Margaret Gade
Fhyliis Hay
Daryl Tracker
Julie Yorman
Fourth of July Old fashioned picnic at Sumner
A Thursday Fourth of July picnic features games for youngsters a horse shoe pitching and entertainment. Breakfast served from 11 30 am to 1 30 pm by local groups. A drawing closes the day with a farm tractor led event by the FFA chapter and small tractors only. Also notes an upcoming Merritt Stranahan household sale June 26 at the Stranahan home on Highway 93 east edge of Sumner.
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FFA
Ingeres
Jayces Fites
Tesieis
Merrit Stranahan
Stranahan
Sumner
Highway 93
Babies Born in June Across Iowa Communities
Almanac style birth notices report multiple June births in Sumner Charles City Rochester and Algona. Notable entries include HELLO MANULA baby girl born June 22 in Ladysmith Wisconsin with parents Richard and Mary Manula. Huebner Logan Lyle born June 23 at Sumner Memorial Hospital to Lyle and spouse. Allen Catherine born in Germany to Dr. and Mrs. William Allen. Volker Tamara Jean born June 20 in Charles City to Jerry and spouse. Lantow Jennifer Rebecca born June 6 to James and spouse. Buhr Kim Renee born June 19 at St Ann's Hospital Algona to Larry and spouse with grandparents listed.
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Manula
Orday
Hos
Ladysmith
Wis
Richard Manula
Glen Flora
Vernon Gonnerman
Sumner
Henry Manin
Glen Fora
Mary Gonnerman
Volker
Tamara Jean
Floyd County Hospital
Charles City
Jerry Volker
Elston Blume
Joe Volker
Buhr
Kim Renee
St. Ann's Hospital
Algona
Larry Buhr
Wilbert Buhr
Louis Horsley
Wife of Upper Iowa student dies in crash
Mrs Rathleen Davis wife of Owen Davis a Upper Iowa law student died in a Fayette area crash Monday morning when her car collided with a truck during a heavy rainstorm The truck driver Robert Nauholz 47 was hospitalized at West Union Mrs Davis survived by her husband her parents Mr and Mrs Allan Ballard and a brother Randy Rev Andrew Appeavis of Hawkeye Trinity Lutheran Church was later named to a church committee at Wartburg College in Waverly
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Rathleen Davis
Upper Law College
Owen Davis
Fayette
Robert Nauholz
West Union
Andrew Appeavis
Hawkeye
Academy winner stars in In The Heat of the Night at Sunset Theatre
The Sunset Theatre presents the Academy Award winner drama In The Heat of the Night with Sidney Poitier as a Philadelphia detective and Rod Steiger as the southern cop. Leo Grant plays the wife of the murdered man in a tale about bigotry and unity. Also showing is The Way West starring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum and Richard Widmark, with a Western saga about frontier courage at the Sunset Theatre.
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Sidney Poitier
Philadelphia
Rod Steiger Cos
Poitier
Crie
Up North
Leo Grant
Ander
Sumner Water Tower Leaks in Weekend Repair Plan
Sumner city council met in special session to authorize repairs to the water tower after weekend leakage. The project, estimated at 2000 dollars, will be handled by Clear Lake Water Town Company, the current tower firm, and should start this week. Inspection showed severe rust and holes at the standpipe bottom, with water loss noted.
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Sumner
Clear Lake Waters Town Company
Pork Producers in Bremer County Charter Meeting
The Bremer County Quality Pork Producers Association holds a charter meeting at Tripoli Park on Friday evening, June 28. All Bremer County pork producers are invited. A pork barbeque starts at 71 Span with drinks provided. Roy Keppy, a renowned wine producer from southeast Iowa, will speak. A brief business meeting follows the barbeque and ballots elect a ten member board from four county areas and two at large members.
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Bremer County
Highway 63
Bremer-Westgate Road
Hereford Field Day Participants Named for June Events
Sumner FFA Chapter and Clover Teenvrettes 4-H Club members plus the Sumner Town and Amremont Hereford Associations will attend the Town Junior Hereford Association Field Day in Mechanicsville Iowa on Saturday June 29. Attendees include Dianne Joyce Sharon Scott and John A. Scott with last year's winners Eric Boehm and Sharon Scott. A prep judging session at Wilson Co Cedar Rapids featured Kurt Boehm Eric Boehn Donald Floden Joe Friday Joh Tang and Tim Miller ahead of the National Beer Judging contest at Hawkeye Downs on July 18 as Sunner represents Sun ner. The group returns to Cedar Rapids July 18 to represent Sun ner in the contest.
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Kut
Chris
Eric Boehm
Ronald
David Floden
Sumner Ffa
Amremont Hereford Associations
Carol
Karen Scott
Clover Teenvrettes
Hereford Association
Mechanicsville
Towa
Dianne
Joyce
Sharon Scott
Heifer
Hawkeye Downs
Moe
Cedar Rapids
Sunner
Corn rootworm clinic held at Diemer farm near Richfield
A corn rootworm clinic was held at Kenneth Diemer farm near Richfield Friday evening. John A. Scott, Sumner Vocational Agricultural Instructor, led a demonstration locating and identifying corn root worms. Several worms were found on second year corn not treated with organic phosphate or carbamate insecticides. Scott urged inspection of all second year corn fields for damage by these little monsters and offered help in identifying the insects through Scott or the County Extension Director.
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Kenneth Diemer
Richfield
John A. Scott
Sumner Vocational Agricultural
Scott
Subdivision Ordinance Plan Presented by City Commission
At the Swinner Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on June 6 24 representatives from Powers Willis and Associates presented a preliminary subdivision regulation draft for Sumner. The plan covers plat preparation procedures design standards and required improvements including utilities street surfacing and curb and guttering. It aims to extend within one mile of the city limits and standardize future development to guide growth and ensure permanent community planning.
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Swinner Planning and Zoning Commission
Powers-Willis and Associates
Town City
Sumner
Commission
Planning and Zoning Commission
City Council
Planning and Zorning Commission
Council
Weather Notes Heavy Local Rain Across Sumner Area
Rainfall over three days drenched Sumner area farms from Sunday to Tuesday with totals from three to seven inches at nearby properties. Farmers report good haying conditions, some minor washing, and concerns about field access for corn cultivation as forecasts predict one to two inches more through the weekend.
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Sumner
Epven
Orval Potratz
Potratz
Petratz
Hayes
Gaage
Kniefs
Joebgen
Daryl Kasemeier
Buck Creek
Kasemeier
Herman Schulte
Pennington Road
Gaages
Long Range
Elmer Baier Former Sumner Man Dies in Waterloo
Elmer F. Baier 50 a former Sumner resident and World War II Navy Seabees veteran died Monday June 24 at his Waterloo home after a long illness. Funeral services are set for June 27 at 2 p.m. at Washington Chapel United Methodist Church rural Cedar Falls with Memorial Rites at Wilson Grove Cemetery Sumner at 3:30 p.m. The casket will be taken to the church at 9:30 a.m. from Emerson Milnes Funeral Home. He was born October 8 1917 in Gladbrook Iowa and married Ruth Lawton in Sumner February 14 1942. He served three years with a Seabee battalion in the Pacific theater including the Aleutians and New Guinea. He farmed near Sumner then moved to Cedar Falls in 1957 and worked as a cement contractor until illness forced retirement. He is survived by his wife a son James a daughter Janice Mrs Dennis Trowmoter of LeMars three brothers Harry of Sacramento Woodrow of Sumner Louis L. of Cedar Falls three sisters Mrs Charles Jindrich of Gladbrook Mrs Mary Putnam of Waterloo and Mrs Ervin Jacobson of LaPorte City a step-brother Harold Beckman of Grundy Center and a step-sister Mrs Albert Grounds of Waverly Kan. He was preceded in death by his parents and several brothers and sisters. Shop in Sumner for friendly service.
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Elmer F. Baier
Sumner
Dixon Drive
Waterloo
Baier
Washington Chapel United Methodist Church
Cedar Falls
David Pillow
Elton M. Miller
Wilson Grove
Emerson&Milnes Funeral Home
Gladbrook
Iowa
Elmer Fred Baier
Jacob
Christina Meinders Baier
Ruth Lawton
U. S. Navy Seabees
Pacific
Aleutians
New Gainea
Ruth
James
Janice
Dennis Trowmoter
LeMars
Harry
Sacramento
Calif
Woodrow
Louis L
Helen
Charles Jindrich
Mary Putnam
Ervin Jacobson
LaPorte City
Harold Beckman
Grundy Center
Albert Grounds
Readlyn Doctor Announces Candidacy for State House Seat
Readlyn physician Clinton Berryhill of Bremer County has announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for state representative. The 40-year-old candidate, a 10-year Readlyn resident and 1956 University of Town graduate, argues the next Legislature will confront a reactionary mood and says he can protect Bremer County’s interests. He has long been active in community affairs and the party.
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Clinton Berryhill
Readlyn
Bremer County
Berryhill
Readign
Democratic Party
Yerryhill
University of Town
Sumner FFA and School Receive 1968 Ford F-100 Pickup
Elmer Walker of Walker Motors presented a 1968 Ford F-100 pickup to the Sumner FFA Chapter and Sumner Community Schools on Friday. Gerry Schwabe, FFA President, accepted the keys as the truck was noted for use in agricultural and FFA program activities. The vehicle joins a Dodge pickup previously supplied by Wuttke Motors.
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Sumner
FFA
Sumner Community
Elmer “Doc? Walker
Walker Motors
Gerry Schwabe
Walker
Wuttke Motors
A & Dodge
Wuttke
Mrs Borcherding Leaves Sumner Post Office for Washington
Lillian Borcherding a longtime Sumner Post Office employee and acting Postmaster since her husband’s death resigns to take a Case Analyst post in the Postmaster's Division Washington DC. She will drive to Washington this weekend and begin duties July 1 with Jim Kane accompanying her. Lloyd Johnston will serve as Clerk In Charge until a permanent Postmaster is appointed.
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Lillian Borcherding
Borcherding
Bureau of Operations
Post Office Department
Washington
D.C
Washington, D.C
Jim Kane
Sumner
Boreherding
Lloyd Johnston
Fire Department on Tornado Watch and Car Fire in Sumner
Sumner's Volunteer Fire Department was on a tornado watch Sunday afternoon after weather radar indicated possible cloud formations. They were on scene for about an hour with no serious threat, then tackled a car fire on Columbia Ave linked to Elmer Volker, damaging only cushions. A cautionary alarm highlighted siren misinterpretation amid threatening weather. The Sumner Customs Car Club meets Thursday in City Hall basement to elect officers. A minor two-car crash at 9:50 Tuesday involved Elinor Block and Lester Hewitt. Hewitt’s 1968 Buick sustained about 130 dollars in rear damage while Block’s 1965 Dodge was undamaged.
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Sumner
Columbia Ave
Elmer Volker
Elinor Block
Tripoli
Lester Hewitt
Hewitt
First
Carpenter Streets
Fifth graders hear from freighter crew across oceans
Durant school fifth graders exchanged letters with crew of the S. S. Exporte Aide under The Propeller Club of America. Captain Elmar Saar and Purser I. Shapiro shared ports visited in China Japan Korea and Taiwan and discussed prices cargo discharged and loaded. In return students sent letters tapes songs jokes and art projects. Recent gifts include laminated plastic butterflies and 3D postcards now displayed at O Briens Drug Store. An Open House June 26 at Sumner Community Memorial Hospital honors retiring Administrator Catherine Witherby in the basement recreation room. Shop in Sumner and save.
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Durant
Veryl Murphy
Propeller Club of America
S. 5. Exporte Aide
Elmar Saar
I. Shapiro
Far East
China
Japan
Korea
Tawain
Jost
O'brien’s Drug Store
Sumner Community Memorial Hospital
Catherine Whitcher
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John Lawton
Upper
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Academy
City Water Tower
Pork Producers In Charter Meeting
Hereford Field Day
Diemer Farm
Elmer Baier
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Sumner Customs Car Club
City Hall
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Mary Andres
J. Shapiro
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