Sumner Garden Club to stage flower show Saturday
Sumner residents will attend the annual Sumner Garden Club flower show at the American Legion hall on Saturday afternoon and evening. Five competitive divisions including cut flowers vegetables and fruits artistic arrangements by children and houseplants will be judged by Mrs. Clarence Freitag of Waterloo. Committee chairs include John Klein Mrs Henry Buhrmester the Rev M E Shank and others.
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Sumner
Sumner Garden Club
American Sejon Hall
Clarence Freitag
Waterloo
John Klein
Henry Buhrmester
M. E. Shank
Meadowbrook golf club championship entries and changes
About 25 golfers entered the Meadowbrook country club tournament with Dr. J. W. Sexton unable to defend his title due to business. Qualifying must be posted by Aug. 19, with the final 18 holes on Aug. 22. Also noted are local moves and a forthcoming Cubs exhibition against New Hampton Chicks before the ABC tournament opens in Sumner.
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Meadowbrook
Meadowbrook Country Club
J. W. Sexton
Cubs
Sumner Cubs
Iowa
ABC
New
Hampton Chicks
Sumner
The Long Long Trailer Stars Ball and Arnaz at Tripoli
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz headline The Long Long Trailer at Tripoli Theatre Sunday and Monday. They play Nick and Tacy Collins, a newlywed couple touring cross country in a trailer. Their comical misadventures surge until Tacy's rock collection overloads the trailer, threatening the climb from California to Colorado. They finally prevail, resuming their road honeymoon.
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Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Tripoli Theatre
Arnaz
Miss Ball
Nick
Tacy Collins
California
Colorado
Tacy
Knoxville boy lands 36-pound catfish with home pole
LeRoy Rinehart of Knoxville and companions fished the Des Moines River near Percy and hooked a 36-pound catfish on a homemade pole, then brought it to shore.
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LeRoy Rinehart
Knoxville
Des Moines
Percy
Cancer mortality rises with age says Dr Plass
By E D Plass MD winner of the 1951 Iowa ACS bronze medal this article notes cancer deaths and death rate have increased since 1900 due to an aging population better diagnosis and reporting Early detection and thorough treatment are the only effective cancer controls It also addresses life after breast removal or hysterectomy and the possibility of having children
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E. D. Plass, M. D
Iowa Acs
Four year old Celeste Johnson faces a string of illnesses
A Glidden child endures a tough period, first hospitalized for a corn grain in each ear, then recovering from the operation only to catch mumps on both sides. The note ends with a light joke about the double ailment.
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Celeste Johnson
Glidden
Blue Ribbon plow endures on Sheldon farm after 60 years
On the Andrew Belling farm near Sheldon the farmer continues to use the same Blue Ribbon walking plow first adopted on the property six decades ago.
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Andrew Belling
Sheldon
Hospital at Sigourney closes after 33 years of service
The Sigourney hospital ends 33 years of care as Little Lynn Sterrett becomes the last baby born there on July 30 as the 97th birth since the institution opened. In Albia, Maryetta Gregg of Sevilla earns the Chamber of Commerce oldest mother honor at age 98.
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Sigourney
Little Lynn Sterrett
Albia
Maryetta Gregg
Sevilla
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Gregg
Tractor accident claims life of Bruce Burns
Bruce Burns of Audubon died after a tractor overturned while he plowed at night. He was pinned beneath the machine for about five hours in near freezing temperatures.
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Bruce Burns
Audubon
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al Schuldt
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Tripoli
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Davenport
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Phil Overton
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Raymond Lambertson
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Colonial
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Tmall Sd
Nashua, Iowa
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Lhen
Nashua- New Hampton
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Nashua V.F.W
North Washington
Phillips
U. S
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Perroleum Company
American Cancer Society
Mason City
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