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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1972
Page
8
In Bremer County a local endorsement argues for reelecting Sheriff James Leeman over Republican challenger. The piece cites Leeman’s record, his deputy placement in Sumner, and benefits of local law enforcement, urging continued fair and impartial policing.
The community urges respect for emergency right of way and warns against crowding, false alarms, or unnecessary presence at fire scenes. It praises the outstanding, trained volunteer fire department and asks residents to help by not interfering so responders can protect property efficiently.
Frederika and Walter Sells hosted a birthday anniversary dinner with guests including siblings and cousins from Nevis Hawkeye Dunkerton Waterloo and other northern Minnesota towns. Additional visits featured Floyd Eckenrod Ionia and Fredericksburg hosts. The note ends with a Moody Monthly quote.
A column reviews October events from Columbus Day to Veterans Day and National Fire Prevention Week. It laments holiday realignments, praises 4-H and youth programs, urges Fire Prevention Week participation, and stresses voting on November 7 to shape state and national policy.
A compilation of quotes comparing power dynamics in American politics to Leninist history, noting the porous nature of party structures and the challenge of sustaining control. It also includes lines about the impact of proper words on human relations and the uplifting, sometimes dangerous, effects of undeserved praise.
AME and Mrs. Jon Lucas and daughter Shawnee of Oak Harbor Washington visit two weeks with Rex Lucas and family in Waverly. Lincoln Meighan returns from Iowa City Veterans Hospital. Multiple families from Waterloo Frederika Gurnee and Plymouth visit Rex Lucas and other relatives. Wisconsin Dells trips include Gays Mills Orchards and a cheese factory. Neighbors Lambrecht Reiter Wingert Paulson attend Sunday gatherings.
Northwest wind drives a blaze that consumes four structures and contents at the Ernnest Mohlis farm on Buck Creek Road two miles west and six miles south of Sumner. Several local residents and officials report fatalities and injuries as the community reels from a string of accidents and notices across Sumner and surrounding towns.
Sunday evening supper guests at the Robert Figanbaum home included Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gwen of Waterloo and Rex Still. Others visiting were Mrs. Margaret McCumber of Waverly Carolee Specht and Cathy Specht of Mason City Roger Dittmer and David Remley. Mrs. Robert Figanbaum and others visited Sunrise Guest Home and were dinner guests of Mrs. Hunt.
A new group named ISPIRG was formed and held a hearing in Iowa City on public regulated industries. Federal Communications Commissioner Nicholas Johnson warned that many decisions affecting citizens are made without public participation and urged voter accountability and expanded citizen power in regulation across price controls, antitrust, safety, and pollution rules.
Des Moines area officials and Rep. Lloyd Millen of Farmington attacked Des Moines Register coverage of a New York security analysts’ Iowa utility study. Millen warned readers about the high costs to meet electricity needs as six Iowa power firms project raising $460 million for new plants in five years. Poultry Secretary L. B. Liddy announced steps to prevent exotic Newcastle disease, banning poultry exhibitions and increasing surveillance of pet shops and exotic bird dealers to keep the disease from Iowa though not yet diagnosed here.
Lillian Dirksen, Sumner columnist and poet, has works published nationally and statewide. She serves as midwest poet laureate of the Chaparrel Poetry Society and contributes weekly to the Sumner Gazette with poems like The Words E Heard, a reflective piece on time and memory.
Dr. E A Butler outlines quarantine and vaccination steps for Newcastle disease in Iowa poultry, with potential halt to poultry movement if needed, while James Reynolds petitions a U S District Court panel to strike Iowa’s voter registration rule as discriminatory. He cites county and city disparities, noting residents in Clay and Dubuque counties face uneven registration requirements.
Letters to Leonard O. Campbell outline when to apply for Social Security. Advice covers using alternative age proof, wage reporting thresholds, and widow disability options, noting eligibility mostly at age 60 unless disability or specific timing applies.
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