FHA emergency loans for area farmers in 1973
Bremer and Butler counties designated eligible for Farmers Home Administration emergency loans after hail losses in July and September 1972. Applications due by July 6, 1973. Loans at 5 percent interest to help farmers plant 1973 crops. no principal forgiveness. Contact 911 East Bremer Avenue, Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer
Butter
Farmers Home Administration
Richard L. Bolte
Bolte
Waverly
FHA
Butler
Secretary of Agriculture
East Bremer Avenue
Topping resigns as Sumner High School coach after 13 years
Robert Topping, Sumner Community High School head football and track coach for 13 years, becomes the fourteenth Sumner faculty member to resign. He will finish the current school year and move to Decorah for the 1973-1974 school year as offensive football coach and track assistant. He will also teach government and economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Topping
Sumner Comounity
Sumner
Topping
Decorah
Community Memorial Hospital Admission and Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions on May 9 through May 15 including Eugene H. Wilson and Linda Leisti kow from Fairbank and Sumner patients in medical and surgical categories and May 13 14 15 entries. Discharges include Linda Leistikow from Oran and Kelly Clark and Carrell Henning with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene H. Wilson
Fairbank
Linda Leistikow
Gran
Kelly Clark
Sumner
Darrell Henning
Rueben Hunt
Fayette
Anna Howard
Donald Blue, Jr
Hawkeye
Duane Kellogg
Fredericksburg
Harold Mowatt
Frederika
Oran
Eugene Wilson
Carrell Henning
National Nursing Home Week Observed in Sumner
National Nursing Home Week runs May 12 through May 19 inviting Sumner and nearby residents to visit Hillcrest Home in Sumner. Hillcrest Supervisor Mrs Dan Norgaard says visitors are welcome anytime this week with coffee served. Also scheduled are two public auctions of household goods in Sumner: Mr and Mrs Alfred Dierks at 207 N Walnut St on May 19 at 1:00 pm and Hulda Kasemeier on May 26 at 12:30 pm four miles south of Sumner on the county line black top, half mile west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Hillcrest Home
Dan Norgaard
Alfred Dierks
Walnut St
Hulda Kasemeier
Black Top
Mrs. Alfred D. Dierks
N. Walnut Street
Jaycees Hold Work Night at Sumner Grandstand
The Sumner Jaycees invite members and helpers to a work night at Sumner Baseball Park Thursday May 17 at 7 pm. Eugene Knoploh, project chairman, urged attendees to bring paint brushes as volunteers begin painting the grandstand and continue rebuilding seats, supporting stands, and wiring work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Jaycees
Sumner Baseball Park
Eugene Knoploh
Ball Park Project
Knoploh
Jaycees
Blue Star House questionnaires urged in Sumner
Sumner residents are reminded that Blue Star House questionnaires must be returned to school with children. The program aims to provide safe refuge for distressed students on their way to and from school. Earlier farm questionnaires were sent home to gauge community interest in the project. Further details will follow after the program starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Sumner Jaycee Ettes
Jaycee Ettes
Controversial Last House On The Left at Sun Set Theatre
The film Last House On The Left will show Friday Saturday and Sunday May 18 19 and 20 at Sun Set Theatre Sumner. A producer statement defends the anti violent film arguing it exposes violence as ugly and debauched and portrays criminals as mean and hor rible while condemning homicide as unforgivable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Theatre
Sumner
Vandalism Targets Sumner Public Buildings And Signs
Sumner police probe a spree of vandalism painting class years on the water tower park restroom buildings and stop signs around town. Police chief Greg Smitley chastises students for defacing public property as investigators pursue leads while other local notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Sumner Water Tower
City Park
Whitmire Memorial Swimming Pool
Greg Smitley
Sumner 7th and 8th grade track at Upper Iowa Conference Meet
Sumner teams posted strong showings at Valley High. eighth graders finished second to North High while Den Gosch double won the 440 yard dash and high jump. Sumner's 880 medley relay was fourth, shuttle hurdle fifth, Harmening led in 220, and Woods took long jump third. In seventh grade, Sumner athletes led with Johnson winning 220 dash and shot, Volker Kent Larson Hoeger won shuttle hurdle, with several runners-up and thirds across events. Final team scoring listed Sumner fourth overall in eighth grade and fourth in the meet standings behind North High, West Central, and Fayette. Fredricksburg commencement set for May 18 with Tom Petersen as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Jacobs
Woods
West Central
Valley High
de Peeyne North High
Fayette
B. Central
Elk
Johnson
Valley Mack
Volker
Kent
Larson
Hoeger
Vaughan
Waskow
Duryee
Seehase
North
MFL
Postville
Central
Oelwein
Cresco
Decorah
North High
Waukon
Dale Wilharm
Avery, Hartman
Les Huck
Dave Waskow
SumnerTrack team nets fifth trophy at East Buchanan Meet
Sumner High's track squad claimed its fifth trophy of the season by winning the East Buchanan Boys Invitational Track Meet at Winthrop on May 10, scoring 23 points ahead of nine teams. Joeh Lang and Rick Gehrke were triple winners for the Aces, Lang taking Shot Put 440 dash and anchoring the mile relay, Gehrke winning highs and lows in the hurdles and running on the mile relay. Steve Oberbroeckling also won long jump for Sumner, with detailed team results and individual event winners listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner High
East Buchanan
Winthrop
Aces
Joeh Lang
Rick Gehrke
Lang
Gehrke
Steve Oberbroeckling
Summer
Sumner
North Linn
Springville
Central City
Stormont
Iaeckepe
Center Point
Alburnett
Maquoketa Val
Benesch
Buhr
Coleman
Mailbox Week set for May 21 to 26 observance
Sumner Postmaster Oswald Worthmann notes Mailbox Improvement Week runs May 21 through May 26. The program urges residents to inspect and upgrade rural and town mailboxes for weather protection neat appearance proper height and safe use to aid carrier efficiency and delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald Worthmann
Sumner
Postal Service
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Leon Borcherding
Robin
Ions Paint Horse Association
Double D
W. L. Miller
Wadena
Meadowbrook
Meadowbrook Country Club
Community Memorial Hospital
Ribbeck’s Clothiers & Cleaners
Jaycee
Blue Star
Les Lamprecht
Walker Motor Co
Ramada Inn
Waterloo
Sam~ Precht
County Legion Meeting
Bremer County
American Legion
Tripoli Town Hall
Lester Fox
Mexico
Social Security Administration
City Hall
Vernon
Meyer
4Th Street
Saturn Ys
Tom Petersen
Kwwl-Tv
DELTA
Jim Lande
Smith, NL
Oberbroeckling
Trumm
Clark
Spr
Heck
Mactaggart
Star
Henderson
Brendel
Hawkins
Youngblood
Fenner
Sherburne
Uh- Jenhopp
Rochford
T. Buhr
Moran
Cane
Linn
Jesup
East Buch
Elmer
Heinzeroth
Harberts
Schwarzenstein
de Brueswitz
Glawe
Jack Fliehler
Northrup
N. Hamp
Landt
Cahoon
Croell Redi
Mix
Iowa
HIWAY
Sumner Gazette
Pease
Pease Insurance Agency
1St St
Gene’s Skelly
Fred
Poock
Sumner TV
RCA
Ope CIA
Sannin Y
Eis Cr
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