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Newspaper
Sumner Gazette
Location
Sumner, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1966
Page
6
Hawkeye firefighters answered a noon alarm when the Buschs reported smoke in an upstairs room. A previous stove fire was suspected to have rekindled via a stove pipe. Fire was confined to the ceiling area and quickly extinguished, with some smoke and water damage.
Local residents traced weekend travels in Minneapolis Des Moines and Des Moines area events. Families from Pinhook attended a golden wedding in Oelwe, visited relatives in Waterloo Cedar Falls and Tripoli, and joined nieces and nephews at state fairs and college breaks.
The Sumner Community School District election filing deadline is 12 noon on Friday Sept 2. Two men, John Milnes and Lavern Lampe, have filed nominating papers. Floyd Robertson will not seek re election. Voting machines will be used countywide for the first time. Polling places include Sumner City Hall and American Legion Hall among others.
The State Services for Crip pled Children SSCC will conduct an ear nose and throat clinic in West Union on Thursday September 8 to diagnose and evaluate children with otolaryngologic problems. Open to patients under 21 from Allamakee Black Hawk Bremer Buchanan Chickasaw Clayton Delaware Fayette Howard Winneshiek with no fee for the exam. Referrals by physicians needed and appointment cards mailed to parents with clinic location and report time.
The renewal team will be at City Hall in the former council room on the ground floor from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Saturday September 3. Renewals due within a 60 day window, or new licenses and permits, will be processed. Tom Messerer of Sumner headlines the religious radio program The Way of The Cross broadcast Sundays at 1:30 p.m. from Independence on KOUR 1220, sponsored by the First Church of the Open Bible of Oelwein.
The Heart Clinic planned by 88CC will hold a diagnostic and evaluation session for children with rheumatic fever or heart problems on Thursday September 8 at Central Christian Church in Waterloo. Eligible counties include Benton Black Hawk Bremer Buchanan Butler Chickasaw Delaware Fayette Floyd Grundy Linn Tama. Referrals via physician or dentist secure the clinic card with location and reporting hour. Cardiologists pedodontists nursing social consultants and ECG technicians will complete examinations. director Dr John MacQueen professor of pediatrics at The University of Iowa College of Medicine.
Paul Phillips of the Waterloo Iowa State Employment Service says openings remain for Auto Body Repair and Auto Mechanic training under the Manpower Development and Training Program. The Hawkeye Institute of Technology started a 25 week machine operator course August 29, with 16 students. Sept. 6 and Sept. 19 will see start dates for Auto Body Repair and Auto Mechanic courses respectively, with applications now being accepted. Preference favors unemployed heads of households though some single youths in need may be admitted. Instructors Bud Rathman and Walter Boddecker will lead the class through January 20, 1967, as part of a broader program run in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor and the Iowa Employment Security Commission in Waterloo. Limited openings remain in Electronics, Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering Technicians.
Westgate based American Legion Post 92 elected Marvin Puls as Commander for 1966 67 with Russell Mullins as vice commander. Other officers chosen include Warren Rueber adjutant Donald Narholz finance officer John McSweeny service officer and Edwin Hoehne chaplain.
4 H pledge led by Carolyn Patrick with demos by Diane Porter Mary Olesen Linda Popenhagen Barbara Lueder and Susan Boehmiler. After talks members swam and heard Barbara Lueder discuss her Washington trip. St John Lutheran Church observed its 100th anniversary August 21 with a day long celebration. A Snowy Egret visited Donny Dunn’s yard then left after several hours leaving excitement in Fort Dodge area.
The Office of Economic Opportunity in Waverly conducts a tentative survey to be central in the Bremer County Economic Opportunity Program annual meeting on September 7 at 8 00 p m in the Bremer County Courthouse. The 1960 census showed 1088 Bremer County families below the poverty line among 5303 households. Residents are invited to attend and vote for the Bremer County Strongnipe Opportunity Committee.
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