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Sumner Gazette

Location

Sumner, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1966

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Sumner Gazette Ad Rates and Subscriptions Policy 1965

The Sumner Gazette announces subscription rates and advertising policies including daily pricing, obituary notices, and card of thanks charges. It notes a weekly circulation of 2,228 copies and lists contact details, publication office, and legal advertising rules under Iowa law. It also describes payment terms and expiration indicators on papers.

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Dutch Elm Disease Threat Stirs Citywide Action

The speaker warns that Dutch Elm disease may have reached Sumner and urges a full community effort to save or remove elm trees. If neighbors do not act, individual efforts fail. trees in advanced stages must be removed, and shared, ruthless measures may be required to prevent the loss of all elms.

Sumner

City to finance water reservoir with future revenue bonds

Sumner city council approved funding a new water reservoir via bonds repayable from future water system earnings. Officials said current water revenue surplus cannot cover the 30 000 cost, and the plan would shift debt to be paid by beneficiaries, keeping excess funds available for other uses while avoiding a sustained tax hike.

Sumner

Looking Around This Week at Recreation and Fishing Trials

In a reflective piece the author explores changing ideas of leisure, recounts amateur fishing attempts since boyhood, and laments repeated misses by fish despite effort. He describes trying trout fishing after Memorial Day stocking, suffering falls, and wonders if golf outwits him next. Audubon County Museum extra opened Sept. 5 with over 709 registrations.

Audubon County Museum Historical Museum

Close Iowa primary yields thin margins across races

The primary featured tight contests with William Murray edging Robert Beck for the Republican governor nomination by under 1,400 votes. Smith-Cameron captured the Democratic U S Senate nod, while William Scherle won the Seventh District Republican primary by about 600 votes. Legislative races brought surprises as Sen. Jake Mincks lost reelection.

William Murray Robert Beck State Executive Council Beck Murray Hughes Centerville Smith Cameron FE. B. Smith U. S. Senate Iowa Gary Cameron Scherle-Swanson William Scherle Henderson Scherle John Swanson State Board of Public Instruction State Advisory Committee On Area Vocational and Community Colleges Council Bluffs Waterloo Cedar Rapids Creston Fort Dodge Sheldon Northeast Towa Board of Public Instruction State Advisory Committee On Vocational Schools Touchae-Stoffer Lawrence Pat) Touchac Henry Stoffer Sheffield Touchac Stoffer Touchne Jake Mincks Ottumwa

Election upsets and workforce dip reported in Iowa

Gene Glenn led a list of incumbents defeated as Ottumwa lawyer and former Iowa House member and Manning Democrat Peter Hansen fell to Lou Gatetich of Carroll. Senator John Walker failed to win renomination, defeated by Hugh Clarke of Belmond. Other Democratic incumbents Gleason, Boot, and Nielsen also ousted. Iowa Workforce data show July nonfarm employment down 4,900 from June with 36,200 decline in total payroll to 1,267,700 and manufacturing up 500 while trade, retail, and government shed jobs.

Gene Glenn Ottumwa Iowa Peter Hansen Manning Lou Gatetich Carroll John Walker Williams Hugh Clarke Belmond T. M. Gleason Gilmore City Armour Boot Pella Niels Nielsen Ringsted

Quail Survival and Stocking Sparks Iowa Debate

A columnist explores quail ecology noting that native bobwhites struggle in winter, with corn shifts and hybridization hurting populations. He cites an Iowa Town Game Commission letter defending open northern hunting while admitting 80 percent of fall quail may not survive.

America Audubon Society Iowa Bremer Fayette Chickasaw Town Game Commission New Hampton The Game Commission Towa State Game Commission

Babson analyzes U.S. net worth and income growth

Babson Park Mass September 8 the piece notes Americans enjoy peak prosperity with total assets around 2245 billion and liabilities of 280 billion leaving a net worth of 1965 billion Personal income recently at 579.7 billion a year up sharply from 332.2 a decade earlier marking a 74.5 percent rise Driven by employment wage growth higher returns from investments and boosted government aid while installment credit also reaches record levels

Babson Park Mass

Doet's Corner Reflects on Poetry and Personal Finance

Lillian Dirksen, Sumner poet and Midwest poet laureate, features works in the Sumner Gazette. The piece blends literary snippets with economic advice urging readers under 50 to invest in life insurance, build savings, avoid debt, and seek financial independence while valuing intangible assets like integrity and prudence.

Lillian Dirksen Sumner Midwest Chaparrel Poetry Society Sumner Gazette

Sumner area notes report community events and injuries

The tale recounts a 12 year old boy hospitalized after a horse incident, local election results with two incumbents re-elected, adult education registration details, and recognitions including a National Methodist Scholarship for Vickie Poindexter. It also lists bids, Rotarian attendance, visits, and various personal notices across Sumner and nearby towns.

Rene Jacobs Bob” Jacobs Alfred Leyh Carl Reuter Sumner Community Patrick Smith Valentine Smith Sumner Ffa Vickie Poindexter Simpson College Board of Education Vickie Doris Poindexter Sumner Paul Niemann Construction Co Bremer County Board of Supervisors

Elderly May Enroll In Medicare Doctor Bill Plan

Waterloo district manager Earl T. Johnson said eligible seniors who turned 65 before March 1 and missed the May 31 deadline due to good cause can enroll by October 1. Protection starts six months after enrollment. delaying past September 30 shifts next enrollment to October 1 next year with higher premiums. Good cause includes physical or mental condition misunderstanding or misinformation.

Earl T. Johnson Waterloo Johnson

Home building hints and community notices from Sumner

As families move into new homes they wonder why they did not build sooner. The Innocent Bystander notes church dinners in Sumner with a Catholic Ladies turkey supper at 11 a.m. Sunday. Advertisements promote Weyerhaeuser Four Square lumber, farm equipment, Hoghouses, Hay Savers, and Heyer-Bilt products with contact at 224-3326.

Catholic Church Sumner

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