Sumner's First Baby Still Living in Ohio Revealed
Bert Brashares, 92, longtime resident of Sawyer's Sanitorium in Marion Ohio, is identified as Sumner's first born still living. He recounts family roots from Ottawa and Center Point to New Sumner Iowa, his birth in 1874, a varied career in shipping, railroad work, and real estate, and notes a derby hat resemblance to Herbert Hoover.
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Sumner
Bert Brashares
Sawyer’s
Marion
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Wendle Ward
Oelwein
Sumner Gazette
Brashares
the Gazette
Iowa
Center Point
Fairbank
Upper Sandusky
Ohile
New Sumner
Casses
Buckeye
Harpater
Marion Steam Shovel Company
Hocking Valley Railroad
Sawyer
Birth Announcements for Smith and Hoepfner Families
LeRoy Allan Smith born June 23 1966 at Iowa Falls Hospital weighing 12 ounces at birth to Mr and Mrs Gary Smith of Iowa Falls Grandparents Mr and Mrs Borge Pedersen of Summer Christine Key Hoepfner born June 25 1964 at Sumner Community Memorial Hospital weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces to Mr and Mrs Herbert Hoepfer.
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Hoepfner
Christine Key
Sumner Community Memorial Hospital
Herbert Hoepiner
Sumner Police Plan July 4 Safety Drive on City Streets
Chief Art Kitner announced the Sumner Police Department will patrol city streets during the 4th of July weekend to aid motorists and crack down on violators. He stressed safety for pedestrians cyclists and motorists, urging careful driving and law enforcement, and asked parents to remind youngsters to observe traffic laws while biking to Whitmire Memorials Swimming Pool.
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Art Kitner
Sumner Police Department
Kitner
Sumner
Whitmire Memories
Bells Ring Across Nation for Independence Day
Area 4 H clubs plan a bell ringing at noon on the Fourth of July to mark Independence Day with schools churches and homes joining in. Bells will chime for one minute to remind citizens of the holiday’s full significance. Dennis Bartela, son of Mr and Mrs Weyd Bartela of West Union and formerly Sumner residents, is hospitalized in Indiana for injuries from Vietnam. No details on the injury were provided. A couple discovers an underground cemented cave at their home with a back yard entrance leading to a chamber and a possible second room, but entry is blocked by a cave-in and water. Sumner police officer Lloyd Avery attended a Peace Officers short course at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
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Weyd Bartela
West Union
Sumner
Dennis
Viet Nam
Indiana
Ant Gitch
Lloyd Avery
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Uncle Sam parade memory from Sumner’s Fourth of July history
A 1907 July 4 parade scene featuring John L. Schildbach as Uncle Sam, with a Grace Burke note on the photo back. The Gazette received the picture from Vella Hammoetier, reflecting Sumner’s long tradition of three parades in the Fourth of July observance and Uncle Sam as a recurring feature.
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John L. Schildbach
Uncle Sam
Boblichbach
Grace Ve Burke
Vella Hammoetier
Sumner Jaycees Old-Fashioned July 4th Picnic Planned
Sumner Jaycees announce the Second Annual Old-Fashioned 4th of July Picnic at the city park on Monday July 4. Food is cafe style from 11 am to 2 pm with items sold separately. Drawings, games, races, dunk booth, tug of war and prizes planned. If rain, meal moves to Legion Hall.
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Sumner Jaycees
Jaycees
Legion Hall
Sunset Theatre double feature this weekend
The Sunset Theatre schedules a three day run Friday through Sunday July 1 to 3 featuring The Rounders with Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda plus Help in a Beatles themed adventure. Tuesday and Wednesday presents Apache Uprising a Western with Rory Calhoun Corinne Calver John Russell Lon Chaney Gene Evans and Richard Arlen in a Butterfield stage robbery tale set in post Civil War Arizona Territory.
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Sunset Theatre
Glenn Ford
Henry Fonda
OY Fooler
Las Vegas
the Beatles
Rory Calhoun
Corinne Calver
John Russell
Lon Chaney
Gene Evans
Richard Arlen
Arizona Territory
Former Sumner man Leo J Krause dies at 65 in California
Leo J Krause, 65, a former Sumner resident, died on Saturday June 25 at his home in Alhambra California due to coronary thrombosis. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at Harner and Stevens Mortuary in Alhambra. He was born January 12 1901 in Sumner, son of Mr and Mrs John Krause. He moved with his parents to Waverly at age nine. He is survived by his wife a brother Royal D Krause and sister Mrs Pearl Bessmer of Perry. His parents and one brother preceded him in death.
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Leo J. Krause
Sumner
Alhambra
Calif
Harner and Stevens
John Krause
Waverly
Form Committee Forms Courthouse Improvement Study Panel
Three Sumner residents join 21 others at the Courthouse Monday night to form the Courthouse Improvement Study Committee. Howard Rosch chairs, H L Leslie co chairs, Dorothea Slemmons secretary. will advise on courthouse and jail needs under new state laws. The panel plans to reconvene July 22 and consider Grand Jury recommendations.
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Sumner
Sam Johnson
Tom Bump
James R. Heyer
Howard Rosch
Plainfield
H. L. Lessie
Waverly
Dorothea Slemmons
Board of Supervisors
New TV service to open in Sumner by Bil Johnson
William D Bil Johnson of Osage announces a Sumner opening for a television store in the former Coast To Coast building. The shop will sell and service RCA Victor TVs and Whirlpool appliances with service by Ken Kasemeier. The TV and Radio department is open. full appliance and radio sales to follow next week.
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William D. “Bil Johnson
Osage
Sumner
Johnson
RCA Victor
Ken Kasemeier
Johnsons
North Pleasant Street
Bill
Ruth
Randi
Richard
U. S. Air Force
Lightning Kills 21 Cattle on Two Farms in Severe Storm
A powerful electrical storm Saturday night killed 14 Holsteins at Merle Meyer farm and seven high grade Holsteins at Bob Weltner farm. One more cow at Weltner’s may have been struck. Storms damaged trees, caused outages, and dumped heavy rain across Sumner area, with crops surviving on balance.
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Bob Weltner
Weltner
Merle Meyer
Meyer
Sumner
North Railroad Street
West Fifth Steet
C &Mnell
Here
Waylord Ambrose
City Council warns septic tank owners over upgrades
Sumner City Council acting as a board of health warned several septic tank owners to upgrade to state health standards or connect to the city sewer by July 1. Many cannot yet hook up because sewer facilities are not available. Residents prefer sewer service if extensions are funded by users. An North Polk Street sewer line project is being reconsidered to enable connections and address drainage, with work planned soon.
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Sumner
Board of Health
Polk Street
Driver License Renewal Team Visits Sumner Saturday
The driver's license renewal team will be at Sumner City Hall from 8 am to 12 noon this Saturday July 2. Renewal due within 20 days before or 80 days after this date may use the service. New drivers and chauffeurs licenses and permits may also be processed on Saturday.
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Sumner
Pen Pal match links Sumner and Fremont girls
An 11 year old Sumner girl Becky Lou Flanscha met her pen pal Joanne MacTaggart of Fremont California during a Marion Iowa trip with the Aschbrenners. Their long correspondence began after a fifth grade assignment to gather information on Iowa settlers. Joanne and Becky Lou discovered their grandmothers live two doors apart on West Fifth Street Sumner. Both girls, born in 193? with Joanne July 6 and Becky May 28, planned a summer visit and could meet face to face for the first time during Joannes four to six week vacation in Marion.
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Becky Lou Flanscha
Joanne Mac Tacgart
Flanscha
West Fifth Brrest
Marion
Iowa
Sumner
Art Aschbrenner
Aschbrenner
Joanne MacTaggart
Fremont
California
Towa
Becky Lou
Bernice Murphy
Joanne
West Fifth Street
Town
West Fifth St
Ada Aschbrenner
Suzanne
Roy MacTaggart
Calif
Norman Flanscha
Barnes 62 Dies in San Francisco
Cc. O. Barnes, 62, formerly of Ankeny Iowa, died in a San Francisco hospital on Saturday afternoon. He was the brother in law of Mrs. Alvin Bruncheon and son in law of Louie Boderman of Sumner. Survivors include his wife Edna Ganeke of Sumner and two young children Victor Genske of Manchester Iowa and Henrietta Mrs. Rave Crawford of Sacramento California, plus other relatives.
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Cc. O. Barnes
Ankeny
Iowe
San Francisco
California
Barnes
Alvin Bruncheon
Louie Boderman
Sumner
Edna Ganeke
Victor Genske
Manchester
Iowa
Henrietta
Rave Crawford
Sacramento
Sumner Stores to Note Holiday Observance
Sumner will be closed all day Monday July 4 for Independence Day. The Sumner Post Office will be closed with no mail service or deliveries. nearby offices including First National Bank and city offices will also close. State liquor store under Don Schraldt will close for the holiday.
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Sumner
BE. F. Borcherding
First National Bank
Mattin Zurbriggen
Liece
Curt Bigelow
Clug
Ions State
Don Schraldt
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Verla Mae Gardner
Roger Lee Seehase
Wheel Inn Drive
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