Sumner Gazette Advertising and Condolence Notices
The Sumner Gazette, Bremer County Iowa official paper, lists advertising rates and policies. It notes obituary poetry submissions, cards of thanks, and communications, with subscription details and a weekly circulation of about 2,225 copies.
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Sumner Gazette
Sumner
Bremer County
Gazette
Aking Co
Post- Oriams
Iowa
Stawenery
Tov Birne
LEO Ane
Elenifien Aed
Apathy at City Council over street work contract
The City Council approved a $24 641 street work contract this summer amid low taxpayer interest. Only one bid was received, with three contractors showing initial interest, prompting a call for civic engagement and firsthand attendance at local government meetings to watch how tax money is spent.
Curiosity and crowds around fires threaten safety
A local column warns that curiosity draws spectators to emergencies, hindering fire crews. It notes dangers from parked cars along narrow roads and tank trucks delaying access, recounting an anhydrous ammonia leak incident where onlookers nearly worsened the risk. It urges restraint and respect for emergency responders.
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Tim
Bremen
Endan
County offices must remain open Saturday mornings
The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled county courthouses must be open Saturday mornings reversing a judge's ruling that a law mandating five and a half days a week including Saturday was unconstitutional. The decision clarifies that duties to county officers affect salary increases approved by the legislature.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Benton County
John Tobin
Tobin
Attorney General
Supreme Court
Robert Larson
Town City
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Iowa
Confirmation attendance and community notices from Sumner area
Mr and Mrs Arthur Kuker and others attended the confirmation of Paul Halford at Winthrop Congregational Church. Numerous local families hosted and visited during Mother's Day week, with many dinners and gatherings across Sumner area. A letter theme warns against unnecessary fire department calls due to curiosity and notes on local funerals, hospital visits, and community events.
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Arthur Kuker
Alfred Rieck
Gary
Tripoli
Paul Halford
Winthrop
Congregational Church
Harlan Halford
Thomas Reay
Ernest Harnisth
Fredericksburg
Ida Reisner
Sunrise Rest
John Block
Arnold Bock
Amily
Reinhold Bock
Headlyn
Don Taylor
Richard Schumacher
Denver
Virgil Brant
Cedar Falls
Aupper
Freq Grahlman
Amelia Lofgrem
Charles City
Bertha Dugnow
Chetago
Til
Albert Dugnow
Harold Kelly
Darlington
Wis
Warren Rueber
Gus Rueber
Westgate
Bryan
Mardel Hueber
Maynard
Hagenberg
David
Paul
Gene
Joe
Marvel Wolfgram
Jefferson
George Dedor
Arthur Dedor
Virginia
Bernice Dedor
Waterloo
Edwin Dedor
Joan
Roger
Ronald
Joyce Henniges
Gregory Doauglas
Robert Gergonde
Ernest Cedar
W. FF
Namie Ne Farnec
O. B. Littell
Ernest Miller
Sumner Community Hospital
Chris Banzhof
Marshalltown
Banzhof
The
Evangelical Association
Fred Grahlman
Douglas . Grahiman
Otto Priebe
Wayne Priebe
Waskow's
Smorgasbord
Lloyd Ludwig
al Wolfgram
Mary Ladwig
Western
Ada Farnum
G. N. Treloar
Merton Scott
Brainerd
Minn
Janet Maillie
Herman J. Warnke
John Federer
Victor Schweer
Herbert Carr
Bruce
Mark
Alan
Henry Schneer
Herbert, Cart
Song
Sumner Lion’s Club
Robert Murphy
Lion’s Club
Robert H. Smith
John H. Smith
Immaculate Conception Church
Sumner
Shirley Schweke
Sumner High School
Lorenz Schwake
Sumner High
Iowa
August Wolfgram
Ritz
Blanche Garland
Ehlert
Ed Ehlert
Carpenter Stret
Oren McGrew
Claude Nuss
E. F. Borcherding
Herbert B. Heyer
Tuesaday
Elmer Timm
August Timm
Batavia
John Dailey
St. John’s American Lutheran Church
C. J. Mardorf
Dorothy E. Webster
Earl Webster
Edward J. Henniges
Louise Henniges
State issues licences and school aid plans dominate Sumner agenda
Zone license allocations are set with up to 25 000 for Zone No 2 and 17 500 to 21 600 last year, while repeated applicants gain special consideration. State aid proposals from Paul Johnson call for rising local district funding to 130 million, boosted special education, vocational program funds, and 18 million for area vocational school building. Candidates Don Mahon and Henry Stoffer join the race for Congress in Districts 5 and 3 respectively.
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God
AIC
Paul Johnson
State Board of Public Instruction
Johnson
New Area
Don Mahon
Des Moines
Congress
Henry J. Stoffer
Sheffield
Moonlighting Now More Respectable in Labor Picture
Babson Park, May 12. Government data show 5.2 percent of employed workers hold more than one job. Moonlighting appears often a necessity rather than greed as many dual workers are family men aged 25 to 44 seeking extra income. Most moonlighters work outside their base field in services, retail, or agriculture.
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Babson Park
Mass
Post Office Department
Sumner honor rolls and community notes highlights
The community page notes J E Whitmire received the Award of Merit from Sumner Legion Post. Hillcrest Home houses 14 residents, Rev Lynn King serves Evangelical Brethren Church, and hospital expansion plans loom. New officers, birthdays, contests, a dog returns home, house numbering project, a priestly ordination, and local incidents fill the weekend column.
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Sumner Legion
J. E. Whitmire
Fred Yungtum
Hillcrest
Lynn King
At Evangelical Brethren Church
Suyner
Sumner Community Hospital Board of Directors
Laverne Lampe
Sumner Jaycee Ettes
Everett O'Brien
Poet Laureate Lillian Dirksen Featured In Sumner Gazette
The Sumner Gazette highlights Lillian Dirksen a renowned Sumner poet and Midwest poet laureate of the Chaparrel Poetry Society whose weekly pieces include philosophy on rain. The piece blends poetry and commentary on moonlighting trends across occupations, noting higher rates among men and some among women especially widows and divorcees.
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Lillian Dirksen
Sumner
Midwest
Chaparrel Poetry Society
Sumner Gazette
Hee Haw News Advertisement and Home Living Notes
A local column urging readers toward home ownership with reminders of weather impact, plumbing and drainage tools, kitchen remodeling, and farm advice. Includes bits on Memorial Day rites, flag displays, livestock care, early auto history, and roofing estimates.
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Ovid
Iowa State Manpower Development Council
U. S. Department of Labor
Edward Jakubauskas
Manpower Development Council
Labor Department
Iowa Press Association
Association
Ees
Mrs
House of Delegates
Iowa Dental Association
State Conservation Commission
Babson
University of Towa
Zoology
Mare
Physica Department
Mariner IV
Fred Friedman
John Tegtmeier
Will Leverence
Bertha Severance
Fred
Railroad
First St
Art Creager
Arthur Sorge
Sorge
Mr. Creager
August Buhr
Local
Suffrage Association
Effie McCullum Jones
the ‘Poet's Corner
Anow
Phare
Hee Haw
W. H. Heyer Sons
Noah Webster
Sid
Union Mound
American Legion
United States
Kansas City
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