29 Jun 1972
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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1972
Page
1
The Sumner community marks its 100th birthday with reflections on its two origin towns Cassville and Sumner and the rail line that joined them. It recalls past crises from barn fires to bank failures and droughts, and notes plans for a steel cage jail at the town hall yard funded by Bremer County to replace the tramp house.
Sumner Volunteer Fire Department marks its Centennial year with a photo featuring members arranged in rows. Front row left to right include Al Bock Bob Schrader Walter Kent Jr Duane Buenzow Marvin Meyer Chief Larry Fritz. Additional names appear in subsequent rows and positions.
A long community history piece reflects on Sumner’s centennial planning and the upcoming five day celebration. It notes teamwork, occasional tensions over decorations, and pride in the town’s heritage, urging residents to enjoy the centennial events and remember the community’s growth over 100 years.
The state delays issuing plastic driver licenses for a year citing lack of equipment for embossing data and a new court reform law requiring a uniform traffic citation by July 1 1978. Farm Bureau urges GOP tax relief and road funding. Democrats host regional platform hearing with witnesses alleging a secret plan to phase out farm supports over five years.
Iowa farmers face grain export losses amid west coast dock strikes and proposed federal aid. The National Farmers Union calls for price parity payments while labor groups accuse policies of curbing strikes. Regents approve beer in Iowa university unions as Iowa lowers age of majority to 19. Schwe ngel seeks meeting with Butz to address grain elevator bankruptcies and farmer losses from unpaid stored grain and loan shortfalls.
Local notes report vandalism in the Pinhooks area with several mail boxes damaged Sunday night. Also included are obits and local notices: longtime Sumner resident Mrs. G H Platte dies at 79 at Sumner Community Memorial Hospital. births, anniversaries, and wedding anniversaries observed in the Sumner area. meals on wheels program reports strong response. Len Garten family plans a Lake Okoboji trip. Leo Hoepiner observes 74th birthday with a neon picnic. Werner Klemp funeral at Buck Creek. and Vincent Maurer joins Murphy and Murphy law firm in Sumner.
June 26 1947 local items include Gerhardt Kirchman arriving home on terminal leave after 16 months away with occupation duty in Japan. Funeral services for Frederick H Engel 64 held at Berg Funeral Home with Rev Amos L Walker officiating. Also notices of death for Mrs Alma Dallenbach 179 Sumner and Mrs Anna Dorothy Louise Block 70 recent services at St Pauls Lutheran Church.
Lillian Dirksen, Sumner poet and Midwest poet laureate of the Chaparrel Poetry Society, has new works published nationally and at the state level. Her poems appear weekly in the Sumner Gazette, weaving hope through reflective lines about nations, labor, and endurance, with classical and contemporary quotes threaded through.
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