The Gazetti Obituary and Advertising Rates Notice
Official Bremer Gazette details subscription costs and advertising rates. It notes second class matter at the Sumner post office, weekly publication on Thursdays, and legal and obituary poetry acceptance. Subscriptions due in advance. past notices require name and signature. circulation averages 2,286 copies weekly.
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Summer Gazette
Sumner
Iowa
Bremer, Fayette, Chickasaw and
Black Hawk Co
United States
Whose Responsibility for Bicycle and Vehicle Safety
Community near tragedies involving bicycles and motor vehicles highlight shared duty. Motorists should show patience and warn cyclists, while cyclists and parents teach youngsters about road dangers. Everyone must accept more responsibility to prevent accidents.
End of an era in Sumner as Sunset Theatre to close
The Sumner Jaycees announce the Sunset Theatre will close this month, ending a long entertainment history in Sumner. From the Cass Opera House to the Swift Theatre, cinema and stage offerings waned as television and other activities drew crowds, with insufficient community support and financial viability cited as the main reasons for the shutdown.
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Sumner Jaycees
Sunset Theatre
Sumner
Cass Opera House
Opera
Swift Theatre
Jaycees
Becaus
Governors’ races focus on area colleges and vocations
In northern Iowa campaigns Governor Harold Hughes and Republican rival William G. Murray touted area community colleges and vocational schools as key to future growth. Hughes urged a state-wide system to boost industry while Murray described colleges easing university enrollment pressures and offering lower cost transfer paths.
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Iowa
Harold Hughes
William G. Murray
Hughes
Cerro Gordo County
Towa
Murray
Towa Falls
U.S. Senate
William Murray
Iowa State University
Ames
Burlington
Smith
Washington, D.C
Rex
Dilley
Robert D. Dilley
American Constitution Party
Vietnam
Perry
Glenn R. Bowles
Selective Service
Washington
Bowles
Iowa Topics Highlight Harvest, Licensing and Power Needs
Iowa farm safety costs totaled 224000 dollars from corn harvest accidents in 1985 with most incidents due to carelessness. Minors will have licenses stamped under 21 to curb falsified IDs for liquor. A forecast predicts electric needs will double in ten years, prompting new infrastructure. The Right to Work group names Dr Arend Lubbers as chair and cites William Ruggles on nonunion workers. Insurance commissioners blame rising premiums on more drivers and accidents. Jade digging in China yielded jade but Americans inherit the gold.
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Iowa
Norval Wardle
Iowa State University Extension
Wardle
Gene Needles
Donald Kennedy
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Iowa Utilities
Des Moines
Kennedy
Arend D. Lubbers
Central College At
Pella
Towans For
Midwest
Columbus Day Controversy Sparks Crow Society Plea
A long note discusses who deserves credit for discovering America, sides with both Leif Ericson and Christopher Columbus, and cites a plea from the Society for the Preservation of the Crow to honor both. It calls for restraint and peace on Columbus Day and provides contact details for the society in New York.
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America
Leif Ericson
Columbus
Gazette
Ericson
Defenders
Society For the Preservation of the
Crow
Horace C. Gilford
Christopher Columbus
New World
Vinland
Reord
West Indies
the Gazette
Columbus Day
Sumner
Horace C. Gifford
Society For the Preservation of the Draw
East 73Rd Street
New York
N.Y
John Brayton
Looking Around This Week on Vision and Clarity
A reflection on how vision problems develop gradually and deceive the observer. The author recalls childhood experiences with corrective glasses, noting the startling difference once vision improves. The piece emphasizes awareness that eyesight can subtly deteriorate before one realizes it.
Banquet honors for Schmitz and Koester in Cedar Rapids
Local notices list Mrs Dime sponsoring a banquet in Cedar Rapids on Monday October 18 for Gary Schmitz and Myron Koester, sons of Harold Schmitz and Rueben Koester. Other items mention baptisms, anniversaries, birthdays, a 40th wedding anniversary, and various family visits in Sumner and surrounding areas.
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Gary Schmitz
Myron Koester
Cedar Rapids
Harold Schmitz
Rueben Koester
Patricia Sue
Merlin Borcherding
St. John American Lutheran Church
Kathy Rechkemmier
SCI
Cedar Falls
Milo Lease
Sumner Community High School
Irvin Carpenter
Sumner
Mabel Tupper
Vernon Pickering
Mation
Darrel Lau
Sam Fridley
Mildred Rowe
Mrs
William Pickering
Tracy
Poet Laureate Linuses Sumner Poet in Gazette Feature
Sumner poet Dorksen iltian Dirksen, known as a Midwest poet laureate by the Chapatrel Poetry Society, has works published nationally and state wide. Her poetry appears weekly in the Sumner Gazette with quotes from Theodore Parker and Felicia Hemans about roses and autumn, illustrating a lifelong devotion to verse through seasonal themes.
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Iltian Dirksen
Sumner
Midwest
Chapatrel Poetry Society
Sumner Gazette
God
Seeling
Theodore Parker
Weekend Visits and Senior Club Honors Across Iowa
Randalia and Cedar Rapids residents hosted, visited, or traveled for family, friends, and events including Parents Day at Ames for Bernard Schrocker, a Minnesota cabin trip, and a Denver visit. Five Hardin County 75 Year Club members aged 90 plus were honored by Eldora Rotary. Jamaica Iowa band performed on the Capitol steps for the Legion Convention.
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Herbert Johnson
James Oney
Blair Bowling
Sycamore
Ill
Will McCormac
George Rockdaschel
Charles Hack
Jefferson
Allen Buhr
E. H. Granneman
Kay
Charles City
A. E. Fridley
Rude Moser
Minnesota
Randalia
Mardene Sparrgrove
Marsha
Cedar Rapids
Deane Davis
C. J. Decker
Westgate
W. A. Schroeder
Nyle Vargason
Jodi
Mark
Robert Bahe
Stanley
Leland Oakes
Ames
Bernard
W. A. Schrocker
Leann
Chris
Brenda Vargason
Oelwein
Kenneth Nading
Des Moines
Arthur Schlee
Floyd Nading
Raymond Bright
Denver
Colo
Clifford Bennett
Waterloo
Ralph Vargason
Hardin County
Eldora
Jamaica
Iowa
U.S. Capitol
Jamaica Corn Kings
Washigton
Christmas Holiday Homes and Home Building Help
A quirky local column predicts Christmas cheer for homeowners over ten weeks, offers housing and coal delivery tips, and promotes Heyer Sons services. It notes ongoing High School football results, education value, and a Catholic Church rummage sale, while urging support for the United Fund and lumber choices from Weyerhaeuser Four Square.
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China
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Martha Vandersee
East First Street
Hugo Beyer
Shirley Schwake
Lorenz Schwake
Lowe State Teachers College
Panther College
Karl Holvik
Taylor Briggs
Rendallg
Alfred Mort
Mire
Leota de la Hunt
Art Kepphant
Haymond
John Schultz Pear Hawkeye
F. J. Messerer
H. C. Brupnemier
Loretta Leyh
Dysart
Marlon Storey
Baby
Walrbank
Geo, Haag
Felicia Hemans
Ted Lenius
Nancy
Grant Vargason
Robert
Alice Vargason
Blanche Knight
Royden Bacon
Marshalltown
Sandra Raatz
Minneapolis
Minn
Leo Raatz
Bob Witter
Florida
Keith Borland
Marion
B. R. Wilbur
Melodye Parkinson
Dee
Hee Haw
W. H. Heyer Sons
Robin Hood
Aces
Waukon
Fleet
Vic Heyer
Valley High
Ladies of the Catholic Church
Sid
United Fund
Jetter
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