Overton dies after heart attack in Sumner
Sumner special edition reports Charles G. Overton died Friday morning at his Sumner home from a coronary thrombosis. Funeral April 14 at Berg funeral home with burial in Wilson Grove cemetery. he was born Jan 2 1900 in Hampton and earned a pharmacy degree from the University of Iowa in 1924. He worked 26 years with Overton Chemical Co. and was a WWI veteran. The piece also notes local births, school hires, and community notices including German arrival Wildermuth family and various Sumner events.
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Sumner
Charles Yn
Berg
Wilson Grove Cemetery
Schaper
Hampton
Walter He
Cora B. Overton
Phillip
Overton Chemical Co
Overton
Sumner High School
College of Pharmacy
University of Iowa
Iowa City
H. B. Lewis
University of Michigan
Engineer Corps
Camp Humphrey
American Legion
First Methodist Church
Walter
Easter visits and club program noted in local items
Lt Col Herbert Heyer and family spent Easter with relatives before returning to Toledo. Mrs Amy Dean hosted Sgt and Mrs F Dean of Camp McCoy and Mr and Mrs Joe Dean of Oelwein for dinner. Progressive club met April 8 with Lillian Dirksen speaking and a skit by local members. Out of town guests included Mrs Rathe and Mrs Swenson of Waverly. Tom Zike and family planned a trip from Moscow Idaho via Fort Dodge to visit relatives. Manufacturing noted in California and a note on the word gin in cotton gins.
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Herbert Heyer
Don Henderson
Gehre
Norma Tremaine
Toledo
Amy Dean
F. Dean
Camp McCoy
Wis
Joe Dean
Oclwein
Progressive Club
Owen Whiteford
Lillian Dirksen
William Hitch
Floyd Robertson
Rathe
Federated County
Swenson
Waverly
Tom Zike
Fort Dodge
Mrs. Zike
Howard Bunger Receives Holstein Merit Certificate
Brattleboro Vt 1951 Holstein calf club work earns Howard Bunger Tripoli a Certificate of Merit and junior membership in the Holstein Friesian Association of America. Recommended by the State 4 H Club Leader, he gains all privileges except voting until age 21 and becomes the 13766th national member to achieve this honor.
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Brattleboro
Howard Bunger
Tripoli
Holstein - Friesian Association of America
Holstein-Friesian Calf Club Association of America
Marriage Licenses for James Kleiner and Martha Schwerin
Marriage licenses issued for James Edwin Kleiner age 18 of Sumner and Martha Schwerin age 18 of Sumner. The prompt notes the calendar reform introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582.
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James Edwin Kleiner
Sumner
Martha Schwerin
Gregory XIII
Legal Transfers In Waverly And Section 14 Details
Louise M. Drexler transfers east 86 feet 8 inches of lot 1 block 5 Waverly as platted by William P. Harmon to Frederick C. Grawe and wife for $1 and revenue $12.10. Marjorie Woodford and husband transfer NW of NW of section 14-92-12 to Edward A. Jahnke and wife for $1 and revenue $8.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise M. Drexler
Frederick C. Grawe
Waverly
Wm. P. Harmon
Marjorie Woodford
Edward A. Jahnke
New Court Cases in Bremer County District Court
State of Iowa vs Fort Roy Lantz of Plainfield files O M V 1 while State of Iowa vs Ben Schiller of Waverly files O M V 1 in Bremer County district court records.
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Bremer County
State of Iowa
Fort Roy Lantz
Plainfield
O.M.V
Ben Schiller
Waverly
Elkader Youth Jack Dittmer Signs With Milwaukee Brewers
Jack Dittmer, famed end from Elkader and Iowa standout, signs with the Milwaukee Brewers this season while under contract with the Boston Braves. A wallaby is a small kangaroo.
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Jack Dittmer
Elkader
University of Iowa
Milwaukee Brewers
Boston Braves
Fourth Arm Break for Diagonal Boy Patient
Eight year old Donald Stephens of Diagonal has suffered his fourth arm fracture after a recent fall. His right and left arms have each broken twice, prompting concern and medical attention.
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Donald Stephens
Driver Hits Deer on Highway 30 Near Dunlap
A Mondamin motorist collided with a deer on highway 30 near Dunlap. The carcass was dressed at a local locker plant and the meat turned over to the game warden for distribution to state institutions.
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Mondamin
Highway 30
Dunlap
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles G. Overton
Overton Chemical Company
D. P
Rudolph Wildermuth
George Dedor
Germany
Wildermuth
Wanda Dedor
Dedors
Sumner Community Hospital
Waldo Ruehs
Dixie Lou
Donald Olsen
Fayette
Sheila Christine
Cecil Welsch
Bonnie Jean
Willis Mahlstedt
Fredericksburg
Diana Marie
James Bender
Westcate
Michael John
Sumner School
Norman B. Thiess
Benna Vista College
Storm Lake
L. W. Pipho
Betty Magee
Voights
Ruth Caley
Joan Elsinger
Norma Joyce
Stanley
Donna Mae Kahlatorf
Gertrude Wilharm
State Republican Central Committee
Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Iowa
Wilharm
National Committee
Des Moines
Anne Lomas
Red Oak
Kay
Paul S. McCoy
Kenneth Martin
Ed Tremaine
Cedar Falls
O. F. Busching
W. A. Heyer
Tuy SR
Werner Wolf
Tripoli, Iowa
California
Roy E. Pease
General Agent Mutual Trust Life Insurance CO
J Sumner
Milwaukee
State Farm Mutual
U. S. Bowers
States
Canada
Frederika, Iowa
Golf Brand
Lawn Seed
du Pont
Plant Golf Brand
Tripoli Hardware
Chevrolet
HH. Buhk Chevrolet Co
Bill
Tripoli Mercantile the Farmers Store
Michael’s Food Market Fuel
Briardale
Lee
Peacock
F.M. Root
Optometrist
Main ST
U. S
Rex Allen
Sons of the Pioneers
C.B.S
Hasbrouck Lumber CO
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