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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1968
Page
6
Rev and Mrs Rand leave for Peace Crops as a vehicle safety check lanes show pass through with some drivers needing repairs. Forty drivers had service and returned for a safety windshield sticker while a group of checkers oversaw the operation.
Sumner Cancer Fund donations totaled 1177. The piece notes gratitude to planners and contributors, cites thirty-nine college students receiving over 26,000 in scholarships for 1968 69, and mentions Diane Naeker, a freshman, as among recipients. It also references Leen and Algona residents celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on April 28 with over 100 guests.
A planned pool opening has been postponed due to ongoing curing and construction delays. Officials and the pool manager expect completion once curing is finished and the facility can be safely opened to the public.
Under Title Secondary Education Act of 1965 principals assign teachers for summer sessions. Berle Smothers, Linder, Lauterbach, Grace Hock, Mrs. aiy Bo Lowell Prisch guide the program. Buses will operate 10 am open through Friday. four buses transport year students. Routes copies will go to parents. attendance lists are being distributed to teachers.
The Memorial Poppy sale by the Summer American Legion raised 261.82 dollars last weekend. Sales chairman Drs. Hase Mitun reports proceeds go to the Welfare Fund, with purchases in both Summer and Froderika.
Farm Bureau arranged aid actions for storm victims amid relief efforts. Officials announced upcoming meetings to coordinate shelter, food, and medical aid. Community volunteers urged participation as damage assessments continue and reconstruction starts.
Lillian Dirksen and her husband Mr DeStigter, of Svar Center, celebrate publication acceptance on April 9. The couple wed in Sic Center in 1908 and have lived in the same home built by DeStigter prior to marriage. They have 56 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
A and C Supervisor Jeanine Rappold reports thirty youngsters have enrolled in the annual Arts and Crafts phase of the Summer Supervised playground program. The program runs Monday June 7 through Friday August 9 with daily sessions from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, featuring handiwork and games.
Iowa State economist Futrell says fat cattle marketings in the next two months will be near last year. Weights under 900 pounds drive the rise, while heavier cattle stay near unchanged. Feeder cattle show 1 percent more marketed in April to June, but overall beef supplies should be little changed from 1967.
Marvin Shippy son of Mr and Mrs Alvin Shippy graduated May 17 from the Dunwoody Industrial Institute at St Margarets Academy Minneapolis class of 76 He was top Auto General student and a North Fayette County Community School 1968 graduate now employed at Lande Chevrolet Co Sumner Attending were his parents and friends including Brenda Conklin Hawkeye Karl Erickson Cambridge and Mr and Mrs Jim Lande Sumner.
Ruth Johnson was elected president of the Summer Jaycee Ettes for the coming year. Newly elected officers include Shirley Lampe as vice president Kay Nuss as treasurer Verla Buenzow as secretary Marjorie Knoploh as correspondence secretary and Phyllis Bradford as ways and means chair. Installation Banquet scheduled for Monday night June a?
James Graham son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Graham wins selection at Arnold Rogers Post 312 to attend Boys State in Des Moines on June 29. Dennis Hoepfner, 17, is named alternate. James is a junior at North Fayette County Community School and active in student council National Honor Society and athletics including football wrestling and baseball.
Local social notes list Hawkeye of Maynard, Traeger of Sumner and Traeger of War. Judy plans to enter the Allen Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Waterloo this fall. Kathy Buhr from Decorah is home for summer with Elmer and family. Several relatives attended baccalaureate and commencement at Luther College Decorah. Rollie Granger funeral drew Lauer families from Coralville and Waukegan.
The article records May milestones in Sumner and West Union including high school graduation for Daryl Welty and a May 19 birth at Palmer Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Lester Niewoehner. Ronald Ungerer son of Clarence Ungerer celebrated at Fredericksburg commencement May 7. A baby born May 16 at Balmer Memorial Hospital joins one sister. Grandparents named include Laura Knox Hawkeye and Henniges Maynard. A reception honored Daryl Welty’s graduation with many relatives in attendance. Awards granted to Warttuinig Vellicse students for yearbook work, with freshmen Kasemeier and Linda Mabey noted.
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