Social notes and visits reflect a busy Hoosier-style town
Community memories unfold with dozens of visits and guests across families in Sumner Iowa and nearby towns. The Red Oak fire department earns a state championship in a water fight at Atlantic during the Iowa Firemen's Association convention. A hunter’s dog warns owner near Jefferson, saving him from a deep water hole rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak Fire Department
Iowa Firemen's Association
Atlantic
Elmer Walston
Glendon Woods
Ed Grape
Jim Day
Red Oak
Jefferson
Stanley Sader
Dick Winchattle
Holstein milk records show strong area production
Holstein Friesen Association data report high milk and butterfat yields for several cows in the Sumner area. Notable cows include Spring Center Lois 5017363 with 17920 lb milk and 662 lb fat in 305 days, and Spring Center Sue Burke 5017361 with 19210 lb milk and 657 lb fat in 305 days. Iowa State University supervised testing alongside Holstein programs. Community notes cover local visits, weddings, and social events.
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Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Spring Center
Wis
Burke Ideal
Wis Ann
Allen Buhr
Sumner
Dora Segis
Melody Vale
Elsie
National Holstein Association
Iowa State University
Holstein Organization
Local residents and visitors share weekend travels and visits
Randalia residents Edytha Hack travels with the Dugans to Oshkosh to visit their aunt Mrs Rich, returning Friday. The Turneauxs of Fresno visit Bent Purner family, then meet Curt Turner at Waverly. Gertrude Davis Turner is a former local resident. Granneman and Leslie from Oelwein visit Mrs Hoepfner. McFaddens host Brunkhorsts in Masonville. Vargasons and Nancy of Stanley visit Grant Vargason. Pvt. Rollyn Schroeder departs for Fort Huachuca after furlough. Warner and Craig visit Fay Warner’s mother in Washington, Iowa.
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Randalija
Edytha Hack
F. B. Dugan
Cedar Rapids
Oshkosh
Wisc
Frank Rich
Hack
George Turneaux
Fresno
Calif
Bent
Turners
Curt Turner
Waverly
Turneaux
Gertrude Davis
George Granneman
Leslie of
Oelwein
Agnes Hoepfner
John McFadden
J. A. Brunkhorst
Masonville
Ralph Vargason
Nancy
Stanley
Grant Vargason
Rollyn Schroeder
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
W. A. Schroeder
James Stewart
Fay Warner
Servicemen Constructionman Apprentice Moeller at Port Huene
Larry Moeller USN son of Mr and Mrs Adolph Moeller Sumner attends Builders School at U S Naval Construction School Port Huene me Army Private Eldon Heideman son of Mr and Mrs Conrad F Heideman Route 2 Fredericksburg completed ad-
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Larry Moeller
USN
Adolph Moeller
Sumner
U.S. Naval Construction School
Port Hueneme
Eldon H. Heideman
Conrad F. Heideman
Fredericksburg
Training as a combat engineer at Fort Leonard Wood
The article notes a Sumner resident undergoing training as a combat engineer at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri on September 9, with familiar instruction in road and bridge building camouflage and demolitions alongside shop Sumner Stores advertising bargains.
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Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
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Lou Young
R. J. Mueller
Hutchinson
Minn
Emil Lanton
al Wolfgram
Lloyd Ludwig
Thomas McCue
Kenneth Griepentrog
Warsaw
Ind
Griepentrog
A. H. Wilkening
Ernest Lantow
Rochford
Pansy Rowe
Engel
Charles Ferrill
Wm. Hahle
Leona Gerhardt
Fred Grahlman
Virgil Brandt
Cedar Falls
Emil Lantow
Elmer Baice
Waterloo
Grace Dodd
Conrad
Marvel Wolfgram
Omaha
Neb
John Federer
Herman J. Warnke
Dairycare Congress
Loy Young
Albert Reich
Smith
Arbert Young
Marvin Young
W. P. Campbell
New Port
Wash
Florence Creager
Pauline Creager
Campbells
Eugene Knoploh
Arlo
Ernest Knoploh
Edwin Gaede
Becky
Alfred Gloede
Eye
Adam Petratz
Harry Settie
Velma Stanbrough
Hawk
Emil Schoonmaker
Jack Higgins
Grant
Martha Woods
Minnie Ambrose
Harry Zimmermann
Wayne Prices
Ed Braun
Clarence Gudlow
Frysnn Brayton
Frank Lang
Charles City
Carl Stewart
Hillcrest
Zona Jensen
Washington, D.C
August Kuker
Amanda Pries
Tripoli
Flynn Braxton
E. D. Adams
Lynn King
Milo Lease
Vernon Gonnerman
Kenneth Sowers
Alfred Tregh
H. Kitson
Max Jansen
North America
EUB
Marshalltown
Jonah Bufagoda
Eugene Wesley
Sudan Writers Mission
Bambur
Nigeria
West Africa
Baptist Church
Les Lamprecht
Don Bennett
Coon Rapids
Susan Lampreeht
Cindy Theisen
Rochester
John Lantaw
Charles Randall
Ottumwa
Seattle
Maynard Dix
Newton
Perce Campbell
Newport
Maynard Dix Farily
Richard Creager
Westgate
Oscar Fink
Verne Hucke
Brenda
George Hucke
Dennis Beyer
Ray Berry
Fairbank
Nettie Rueber
P. C. Kauten
C. J. Meyer
Richard Block
Wilt Knief
Arlin Knief
Martin Bender
Herman Lange
Ernest Hopka
Marvin Holtz
Harvey Baker
Leo Coleman
David Kauten
Gay Mills
Dickyville
Harley Holmes
Glen
Scholtz Hospital
Melissa Fauser
Pontiac Mich
Frank Edmonds
Lyle Gordon
Floyd Nading
Rial Smith
River Falls
Wise
Harriet Smith
Pvt
Robyn Schroeder
Duane Schroeder
Stanhope
Robert Bahe
Herb Johnson
Ray Hackbarth
Donald Mahoney
Daughters
John Mahoney
Wayne Rummel
Charles Rummel
Arlington
Dick Rueber
Cattle Congress
Sam Bartels
Mary Schulz
Henry Reinking
Linda Meyer
Clinton Berryhill
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Harry Chase
Sons of Independence
Grant Kappmeyer
Lea Coleman
Ruth Circle
Donald Gordon
Wm. Reinking
H. H. Suhr
Delmar Fink
Lanham
Vern Block
Robert Block
Hoover
Meyer
Randalia
National Bank Region No
First National Bank
Iowa
United States
U.S
T. Reid C. Giese
Leo P. Winks
J. L. McAloon
P. M. Sorg
Feo
al Gas Ras of
Bump and Pease
Insurance Agency
Sumner Gazette
Sumner Floral Shop
Dial
Mfr
A. F. Miller Implement Company
Sumner, Iowa
Hwy
Buck Creek
Wisconsin
Hudson
Rayal Bank
Gordon Seamans
Arnold Hexom
Bill Dean
First National Bank of
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Clerp
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