Fredericksburg Woman Dies in Multi-Vehicle Crash
Funeral services set for Diane Speicher, 21, killed in a Sunday crash south of New Hampton. She was tossed from a car driven by her husband Keith Speicher and run over by Willard Carson, as a following tractor outfit collided with another vehicle. Speicher survived by husband and a 2 year old daughter Jill, parents Calvin and Mrs. Smith, siblings Tom, Jack, Margaret and Mary.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Fredericksburg
Diane Speicher
Sepaan
New Hampon
Speicher
Wilmer Kammery
Corm
Keith
Jill
Calvin Smith
Tom Smith
Geneseo
Jack
Margaret
Howard Campbell
Nashua
Mary
Culver urges greater federal aid to rural areas
Congressman John Culver calls for more federal programs to assist rural communities while stressing the need to balance rural development with agriculture. He cites bills to fund renovating rural downtowns, police and health facilities, and credit improvements, noting attention to municipal services and business districts without abandoning agricultural programs.
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Bremer County
John Culver
Culver
America
Congress
All Western Night at Sunset Theatre
Sunset Theatre hosts an all western program this Friday and Saturday featuring Clint Lastwood as The Man With No Name in four United Artists films. The schedule runs 7:30 pm A Fistful of Dollars, 9:30 pm For a Few Dollars More, 11:15 pm The Good The Bad And The Ugly, and about 2 am Hang Em High GP. A free pass to a future feature is offered to ticket buyers who stay to end. Sunday only The Good The Bad And The Ugly and Wang En High will be shown. Eastwood appears in color with a sarape and smoking.
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Sunset Theatre
Clint Lastwood
United Artists
Eastwood
Eli Wallach
Lee van Cleef
Showtime
Woody Allen
Bananas
Evel Knievel
Sumner Stores To Note Thanksgiving Closures
Sumner will observe Thanksgiving Day on Thursday November 25 with all stores and city services closed. The Sumner Post Office will suspend all services including rural routes and lobby access. Mayor Matt Legh and City Clerk Lydia Reisner’s offices at City Hall will be closed. the First National Bank of Sumner will also be closed. Stores reopen Friday night for the Christmas shopping season. the state liquor store will be closed for Thanksgiving day and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Oswald Worthmann
Matt Legh
Lydia Reisner
First National Bank
Art Larson
High Powered Westerns Draw Fans for Eight Hour Run
Banks Township T. B. Seal urges early reply for return of Christmas Seal donations as fans anticipate a rare eight hour viewing event with western themes and prominent local supporters including Mrs. Perry Sheldon.
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Banks Twp
Perry Sheldon
Banks Township
T. B. Seal
Senior Citizens plan special meeting on low rent housing
A special meeting will be held Monday afternoon at the City Hall for the Senior Citizens of Sumner and environs. Rev. Robert MacCanon will report on progress in this area. Meeting starts at 1 00 p m and attendees should bring their own refreshments. Coffee will be furnished. The Low Income Housing Committee met Friday night at 8 00 p m with Henry Hochberger elected chairman and Rev. Daniel Heringer elected treasurer.
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Sumner
Robert MacCanon
City Hall
Henry Hochberger
Daniel Heringer
Cadet Band members in Northeast Iowa Honor Band
Four Sumner Cadet Band students were chosen for the first annual Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Junior High Honor Band on December 4 in Independence. The ensemble includes 45 junior high bands from the region. concert at 7:30 p.m. with conductor Don Jackson of Augustana College. Admission is $1 at the door. info via Gary Letchford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Northeast Iowa Bandmaster
Independence
Sue Fritz
Darcy Gloede
Dan Gosch
Rodger Heringer
Don Jackson
Music Department
Augustana College
Rock Island, Ill
Gary Letchford
Civic Club to give away Crissy Doll and clothes
The Sumner Civic Club offers a complete Crissy Doll wardrobe with handmade clothing as a fund raising project. The doll and outfits will be drawn December 11 at the Sunset Theatre, after a display at Bealmer’s, with proceeds supporting community projects. A Teen Hop, November 27 at the American Legion Hall, features music by White Horse Mountain.
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Sumner Civic Club
Bealmer’s
Sunset Theatre
Civic Club
American Legion Hall
Sumner
American Legion and Auxiliary
White Horse Mountain
Knopioh attends national agriculture conference in 1917
Eugéne Knopioh a banker and farm representative attended the twentieth National Agriculture and Rural Affairs conference in Kansas City November 1917 at the Muehlebach Hotel. Also present from the area were family and bank colleagues, with talks including agricultural banking skills and scope.
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Eugéne Knopioh
First National Bank of
Sumner
National Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Kansas City
Missouri
Muehlebach Hotel
Gene
Marge
Larry Trepp
First National Bank of Waverly
Robert Ralston
First National Bank of West Union
Wm. J. Rieckert
First National Bank
Waterloo
Clarence Isermian
Cedar Falls
Mike Eischeid
Fayette High School
Upper Iowa College
Kansas City Chiefs
Oakland Raiders
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Gary Voshell
William Nuss
Voshell
Hig Corvair
Community Memorial Hospital
Cecilia Fish
Fayette
Surgical
Allen McCollum
Summer
Raymond Matthcoff
Waverly
Herbert Bergman
Medical
Robert Platte
Robert Picknell
Evansdale
Atlin Knief
Maynard
Dewain Standel
Lansing
Gertrude Menney
Donnan
Allen McCullum
Alfred Oulroyee
Westgate
Adam Potrats
Paul Niemann Construction Co
Jerry Haar
Diane Meyer
Cynthia Rambarger
Ben Berger
Shop Sumner
Teen How
Errc Golden
Dee-Dee
W. A. Meyer
Clothier
Sumner Gazette
Heavenly Daze Antiques
Knopioh
Chicago St
Dean Zupke
Board Club
Harold Jenkins
Gene Robertson
Delwin Meter
Roger Jones
Dean Fernholz
Lucille Zupke
Fred Shumate
Richard Creager
Val Smith
Maurice Treloar
Harold Schmitz
Duane Bahe
Dale Converse
Melvin Mattke
John Block
Teddy
Robert Pleggenkuhle
Roger Pleggenkuhle
Jeff
Gail
Hawkeye
Russell Bemis
Haggar
Arrow
Wembley
Ribbeck’s Clothiers & Cleaners
Sumner Tire Shop
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