Parking area repair brightens Sumner downtown
The Sumner city, part of a broad summer street improvement program, repaired the Main Street parking areas on both sides this past Monday. Prairie Road Building, Inc. of Oelwein workers and Sumner city employee Bran Wiedert applied cold asphalt to deep depressions before sealing with a coat of seal coat.
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Sumner
Main Street
Prairie Road Building, Inc
Oelwein
Sumner City
Bran Wiedert
City Council tables bids on new Police vehicle
Sumner City Council tabling three bids for a new police car after debating need. Low bid 3560 from Wuttke Motors included trade in of a 1969 Ford. Other bids from Lande Chevrolet Impala 3738.53 and Walker Ford Galaxie 3875. alternates for rear defogger and AC priced. Council to revisit Nov 6. no assurance bids stay valid.
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Sumner
Wuttke Motors
Ford
Lande Chevrolet-Oldamobile
Walker Motor Co
Greg Smitley
Hallowe'en
Mary Winks Park
East First Street
Clarence Niewoehner
Veterans Day closures hit Sumner Post Office Bank and city offices
The Sumner Post Office closes Monday October 23 for Veterans Day with lobby open and one 10 am dispatch. no counter service or rural/city delivery. First National Bank Sumner and mayoral/city clerk offices also close. Town State Liquor Store closed. East end garbage pickup skipped Monday with one pickup next Thursday. west end unaffected.
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West End
Prairie Road Builders
Chicago Northwestern Railroad
Sumner
Oswald Worthmann
First National Bank of
Matt Legh
Lydia Reisner
Town State Liquor Store
Art Lamson
Winter Sport Show Sponsored by Sumner Jaycees Opens
The Sumner Jaycees sponsor a Winter Sport Show on Saturday and Sunday November 4 and 5 at the former Krablin building on highway 93 west of Sumner. The event features 1973 snowmobiles from Sumner dealers, other winter sport and hunting gear booths, and ski area information for Northeast Iowa. A snowmobile outfit with boots and gloves will be raffled on Sunday afternoon. Admission is free.
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Sumner Jaycees
Krablin
Highway 93
Sumner
Sumner Area
Iowa
Year’s first snow arrives in Sumner area
A white blanket covered the ground in Sumner Wednesday morning after a late Tuesday night and early Wednesday snowfall, the first measurable snow of the fall. Intermittent light snow occurred Sunday, melted quickly, with light accumulation. Cold temperatures kept snow through the morning, with a warming trend and weekend into the 60s expected. Sumner Community Hospital bazaar set for Saturday Oct 28 at 9 a.m. featuring Christmas items, crafts, baked goods, and a quilt drawing that evening after display in stores during the week.
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Sumner
Sumner Community Hospital
United Fund reaches 4100 in Sumner drive
Sumner United Fund, Inc. totaled 4100 by Wednesday noon in the drive for funds to benefit fourteen appeals for 1973. This was 400 short of the 5000 goal in the 1978 drive, according to Publicity Chairman John Christensen. Several solicitors in the business district and residential areas have not yet begun collecting.
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Sumner United Fund, Inc
Fundh
John Christensen
Christensen
Veterans Day Observance Across the Nation
Veterans Day will be observed on Monday October 23 as Americans honor those who served in war. The piece traces the holiday's history from Armistice Day to Veterans Day and notes the Arlington ceremony and national committee coordinating observances with state chairmen and local events.
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United States Congress
Congress
Edwin K. Rees
Kansas
Arlington Cemetery
Korea
U. S. Army
Third Infantry
Old Guard
U.S
France
England
Westminster Abbey
Arlington National Cemetery
Europe
Congresman Rees
Eisenhower
United States
6Th Congress
Arlington Memorial
Kington National Cemetery
Department of Defense
Robert E. Lee
Ali Gan
Arlington
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
National Committee
Sumner Educators to Attend ISEA State Convention
Sumner educators join more than 18 000 Iowans at the 118th annual Iowa State Education Association Convention in Des Moines on October 19 and 20. ISEA President Roy Karlson will speak on Opportunity for Responsibility as educators tour schools, attend IPD sessions, exhibits, and department meetings.
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Sumner
Iowa State Education Association
ISEA
Des Moines
Iowa
Opportunity For Responsibility
E. L. “Roy” Karlson
Coen Rapids
Association
Jack Miller
U. & Senate
Art Linkletter
Coordinating Council On Drug Abuse Education and Information
Los Angeles
Callif
Robert D. Ray
Robert Benton
State of
Fire Prevention Week School Visit at Durant Elementary
Sumner Fire Department members visited Durant Elementary during Fire Prevention Week to explain firefighting and prevention roles in the community. Gene Rappold discusses the newest department unit with first grade students in the photo.
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Sumner Fire Department
Durant
Gene Rappold
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