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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1976
Page
5
A compiled notice lists church names, pastors, and service times across many congregations. Westgate Lutheran Murphy United Methodist St Pauls Fredericksburg St John Stapleton St Peters Richfield Missouri Synod Spring Fountain Union United Evangelical Oran churches are shown with Sunday School times worship hours and special events where noted.
Immaculate Conception Sumner Mass times 5 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. Sunday Confessions 4 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Saturdays St Bridget’s Leroy Mass 8:30 a.m. Confessions before Mass Weekly activities at Peace United Church of Christ Fredericksburg include services 10:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Sunday School with a calendar of events in October November. United Methodist Church of Sumner schedule features Confirmation class Oct 6 and choir, with Oct 8 Bible study and Oct 10 worship and family seminar, plus community luncheons and events through Oct 13.
Oct events span St Pauls Buck Creek St John Lutheran and First Baptist with worship times Sunday School Bible memory classes and youth activities. A Harvest Festival at West Union Baptist on Oct 10 features Dr Edgar W Boss guest speaker and church music. A local couple found a beer bottle in their garden weighing eight pounds and measuring 20 inches in circumference.
Gospel singer Gene Toulouse and the Lighthouse Gospel Singers from Des Moines will perform in Fayette this weekend. Gene, who began singing at 15 on radio and now appears on WHO-TV, recently sang at a Governor's Breakfast and at Veterans Auditorium for a Sunday School convention. He joins the Wesleyan Methodist Church Sunday morning for Rally Day at 9:30 and 10:30, and then headlines Colgrove Walker Auditorium at Upper Iowa University at 3:00 p.m.
The village sees multiple moves as families relocate within East of Town and nearby areas. Elliott Schroeder and James Hennings swap homes, Keoughs move to the Chapman house, and several others change residences including the Langs, Dennis Erhardts, and Lloyd Ludwig in recent days. Weekend visits span Davenport to Mason City and Waterloo, with hospital stays noted for Wayne Priebe and Mrs. Winnie Webb.
A gospel team from Vennard College in University Park Iowa will present at Sumner Evangelical Church on Sunday Oct 10. Sunday School at 9 30 features a puppet show with Sesame Street like pets. Rev Dave Johnson of Vennard College will speak at 10 30. This is the final day of a five week loyalty crusade with Sumner in second place in the conference. A carry in fellowship dinner follows the morning service.
Rev. Kenneth Alpers and Jim Heyer of St. John American Lutheran Church Sumner travel to Washington D C for the eighth general convention of the American Lutheran Church October 6 through 12. The union comprises 4 813 congregations in 47 states with over 2 400 000 members. The Sumner delegates represent the Northeast Cluster of the Waterloo Conference with eight congregations.
The Ozarks were weekend guests of F. W. Klein. Guests included Ernest Rueckert and Don Duhrkopf couples, Wm. Purdy of Medford en route to Chicago, and locals such as Mike Smith, Andy Johnson, Richard Johnson and family, Laura Bell, and Kenneth Sowers with Dewey Peters. A potluck honored Ben Leonard of Long Beach and Paul Niles. Debra Amos and Paul Niles wed at the Little Brown Church. Terry Evans planted pumpkins. six died, one grew to 110 pounds, 22 inches high and 68 inches around.
A list of antiques and collectibles includes a round oak table and highboy, oak bed and night stands, a dropleaf table, an assortment of commodes, a sewing machine, a rocking chair, cupboards, trunks, shelves, radios, lamps, kerosene heaters and stoves, china sets, quilts, luggage, stone jars and bowls, copper boiler, jars, a step ladder, and wicker furniture among other period items. Numerous metal trunks, picture frames, and handmade textiles round out the collection.
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