Two Rural Districts Shape Sumner School Past and Present
The Sumner town’s birth centered on two rural districts, Wescott and Rowe, formed into an Independent District in 1876. A succession of buildings, from a shared schoolhouse to a modern brick structure, reflects growth. additions, bonds, and renovations through 1915 expanded facilities amid local civic activity.
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Sumner
Wescott
Rowe
Wilson's Grove
Zella Brodie
Rae Brodie
Brodie
Geo. Rowe
Mary
Tom Moore
Pleasant Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
First Street
Monroe Wescott
Frank Wescott
Harley Wescott
D. D
Josiah Carpenter
S. F. Cass
Daniel R. Hatch
Chauncey Carpenter
J. H. Michener
B. A. Michener
Abolish German Study in Iowa Schools
Iowa state superintendent A M Deyoe called on school officers on April 18 1918 to suspend German study in all schools by April 26 1918 and replace it with American civics and citizenship lessons He urged unity in language and loyalty and suggested adding American history and government courses focused on South and Central American neighbors as part of building an all America sentiment The Sumner Gazette notes this history and the town’s 1871 plat date.
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A. M. Deyoe
Iowa
Deuoe
Deyoe
Sumner Schools Offer Adult Classes with Hawkeye Institute
Sumner Schools have offered adult classes with the Hawkeye Institute of Technology Waterloo since 1964. Courses include intermediate typing securities and investments sewing woodworking and women’s physical fitness plus some high school equivalency courses. Glenn Weibke was the original coordinator now Larry Crow oversees.
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Sumner
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Waterloo
Glenn Weibke
Larry Crow
Sumner School
Sumner Public School 1881 Term Report Card
Report of Sumner Public School for the term ending March 18 1881. Attendance 53 with 27 males and 26 females. average attendance 35.41. Students over 90 percent days taught include Pearl Tower William Linn James Rowe Clara Woodring Kate Wade Net Farrand Charley Golding five Charley Cree William Carpenter Harley Wescott Jessie Johnson 74. Subjects: orthography rhetoric writing arithmetic grammar geography U.S. History physiology dictation. Principal G B Thompson.
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Sumner Public School
Pearl Tower
William Linn
James Rowe
Clara Woodring
Kate Wade
Net Farrand
Charley Golding
Charley Cree
William Carpenter
Harley Wescott
Jessie Johnson
U.S
Remodeling of Sumner Independent School District Superintendent Home
The Sumner Independent School District completed remodeling of the superintendent’s house on West Fifth Street. The building was moved east, now with a full basement, modern kitchen, hardwood floors, oil furnace, electric water heater, water softener, replastered rooms, and white trim. It contains three bedrooms upstairs and living, dining, kitchen, and breakfast nook downstairs.
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W. W. Quivey
Quivey
Babcock
New Hampton
Sumner
Johnson House
J. H. Moment
Myrtle Voorhees
Geo. Brown
P. A. Smith
Wescott
Sumner Independent School District
West Fifth Street
F. A. Wynhoff
First Street
H& W Antiques
Wynhoff
Egoterie
F. A. Wynkoff
Ernest Petratz
E. E. Potratz
Oscar Larson
Henry Flentie
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D. R. Littell
Matt Sack
J. H. Noon
Railroad
2Nd Streets
Byron Michener
Frederika
Stone
Buck Creek
Isadora Warner
James Young
J. F. Leitha
Waverly
F. W. Chapman
Waterton
Indiana
Twin City
J. W. Evans
Ashley Mahen
Durant
Sumner Community High School
High School
Sumner Gazette
Anhir
Copeland & Ryder
Ind
G. B. Thompson
Supt
Fast Nook
Summer
Pioneer
Buck Creek Center
Excelsior
Ray
Pleasant Valley
Wayne A. Ridge
Booterie
Larson
Cass Opera
Sumner Funeral Chapel
Sumner Furniture
Andiamo
Wayne A. Ridge, Prop
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