Local School Opens With Large Staff Listings
The 1931-32 Sumner public schools open August 31 with a full staff headed by Superintendent T. J. Dur and W. A. Hetzel as coach. The faculty includes Hollis N. Hunt in manual training, E. M. Finch in mathematics, Hough in commercial, Miss Margaret Kollman in music, Miss Florence Hutchkins in home economics, Miss Maxine Park in physical training, Miss Chrystal Burger in latin and dramatics, Miss Louise Digoky in normal training, Miss Lilian Granneman in English, Miss Varda Lauterbach, Miss O Jive Wescott, Miss Amanda Roder, Miss Flossie Lease, Miss Carlotta Zoller, Miss Eleanor Gray, Miss Jiyra Haase, Miss Lucinda Wolff, plus 8th grade and other staff. Several local residents and guests return from travels and other assignments, with new ownership changing hands at the Soda Grill and Woods cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iblic
Audlows
T. J. Dur
W. A. Hetzel
Hollis N. Hunt
E. M. Finch
Hough
Margaret Kollman
Florence Hutchkins
Maxine Park
Chrystal Burger
Louise Digoky
Lillian Granneman
Varda Lauterbach
O Jive Wescott
Amanda Roder
Flossie Lease
Carlotta Zoller
Eleanor Gray
Jiyra Haase
Lucinda Wolff
Costly wedding gown at Imperial Chinese exhibit
Des Moines reports a rare wedding gown worn by Tao Hwa, a Chinese princess, showcased at the Imperial Chinese Exhibition during the Iowa State Fair from August 26 to September 4. The display also includes gowns, headdresses, and other apparel, plus a torture chamber exhibit detailing early Chinese Empire methods. The fair hosts this world tour stop among its features.
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Des Moines
Tao Hwa
Iowa State Fair
America
Mighty Mites Threaten Illinois Trees and Homes
A bulletin from the American Institute of Architects warns that termites cause about one million dollars of yearly damage in Illinois. They are related to ants and increasingly invade forests and then cities, attacking fireproof vaults and destroying paper and wood in sills. The piece notes their potential to weaken structures and even collapse houses.
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Illinois
American Institute of Architects
Ant
Famerly
Old Tripoli Social Roundup and School Opening
Local residents from Tripoli and nearby towns circulated visiting at several homes including the Bennett, Schumacher, Heideman, Chapin, and Tegtmeier households. Kenny illness kept families in Waverly and Waterloo ahead of the Old Tripoli school reopening September 7 with Lasola Kirchhoff as teacher. The note ends with a Spurgeon–style devotional quotation about heavenly Father’s discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jahnke
Geo. H
Howard
Mildred Bergman
B. B. Bennett
John Tegtmeier and Sons
Sumner
Will Schumacher
Tripoli
Tegtmeier
E. A. Carstensen
Geo. H. Heideman
Fairmont
Minn
Potter Siding Community Notices and Gatherings
Local households hosted birthday celebrations and family visits around Tripoli and Potter Siding. Guests included the Quades Lohmanns Kirchoffs and Bergmann funeral attendees. Notable moves: Ei M Guiney, formerly at Potter Siding, now buttermaker at Popejoy. visits by Leo Lohman and Charles Schultz families.
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Waverly
Fred Lohmann
Guiney
Potter Siding
Leader Business Bring er when you have anything to sell or trade
A twenty five cent act will bring the required result. This note urges readers to use a buy or sell service for trading or vending items. It emphasizes a small fee as the mechanism to achieve the desired exchange and efficiency.
Birthdays and visits mark Crane Creek social week
Sunday events at Henry Beisner and Otto Bunger homes honor birthdays. R A Michael and daughters from Waterloo visited the Michael home. Rosetta Warneke visited Henry Warneke. C H Hay moved horses to Nashua for fair showing. Will Schoenbeck and Mrs Bunger visited Otto Bunger. C H Hay and Erwin Hay attended Nashua fair. Schoolhouse sale set for Saturday August 29 at 2:00. Lucille Scharnhorst and Walter Weeks called at the Michael home. Subscription reminders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Beisner
Mr. Beisner
Otto Bunger
Mrs. Bunger
R. A. Michael
Eleanor and
Marlys
Waterloo
Rosetta
Henry Warneke
Readlyn
C. H. Hay and Sons
Nashua
Will Schoenbeck
C. H. Hay
Erwin Hay
Nashua Fair
Lucille Scharnhorst
Walter Weeks
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New York City
C. H. Hough
Everett Nelson
Henry Mohjis
Frank Sager
Harley Ehlert
Nelson
Walter Kirchmann
Oscar Minkel
Minnesota
Ed O’brien
Agnes O’brien
Park Rapids
Ella Harrington
Chicago
G. A. Hunstock
H. C. Frank
Charles City
Soda Grill
W. S. Johnson
West Union
G. A. Waldron
Bryan Rhea
Ken
Bryant Party Company
East Main Street
H. H. Lease
Clear Lake
Lease
Ellwood Moser
Wayne County
Zatha Sowers
Corydon
Gotlieb Moser
G. F. Cady
Margaret
Edwardronon
LaCrosse
Wis
Dmund Cronon
Constance
Minneapolis
Mark
Winton Strumpell
Obuque
H. #. Ritchie
Oelwein
Henry Strumpell
John Felton
R. H. Adams
Arvey Robinson
F. Ray Robinon
Vehester
Leon Livingston
Ernest
John Ellison
Fredericksburg
van Burke
SL. E. Conley
Daught Donna
LeSeuer Center
E. C. Reimler
Medford
Chies
All- Rustlenzman
James
Independence
John Sexton
Wm. Rimrodt
Water
John Rimrodt
Nieman
Dubuque
Niey B’vents
H. H
Eman
August Schiffel
John Meineke
Fred Frank
Hollis Hunt_ Jean t
York City
Hunt
Ter
G. A. Dodge
Jean
Northwood
O. E. Bethel
H. F. Strumpell
Greene
Meadowbrook
J. W. Diekman
Rochester
E. P. Caple
Frank
Alma Schwerin
Sumner Gazette
Claire Chadwick
Esther Klett
Galena
Ill
Ted Rose
Peoria
E. F. Pries
Roy Brown
Grand Forks
N. D
Guttenberg
F. J. Bries
W. F. Berg
St. Paul
R. C. Trevis
Forest Park
F. J. Wilharm
C. E. Kibbee
W. M. Farnum
Kibbee
Martha Geiger
Henry Staatz
Madison, Wis
Guy C. Forsman
St. Louis
G. A. Gorsman
John Koeberle
Old Tripoli
Eli
Spurgeon
Ferdinand Carstensen
Henry Carstensen
Wm. Bull
Trioli
Ernest Oppenworth
Ernest Quade
Art Geneke
Lasola Kirchoff
George Schroeder
Florence
Eldora
Lawrence
Near Sumner
August Fredericks
Nadean
Adella
Esther Lohmann
Ervin Kirchhoff
Werner
Dick Kirchoff
Louie Platte
Charles Schwein
Ernest Hoppenworth
Henry Vogt
Leslie Vogt
Luella Zander
Lucille Lohmann
Henry Lohmann
F. H. Lahman
Herman Lahman
Wm. Bany
Hoppenworth
Wm. Hildebrandt
August
Wartburg Normal
Waverly, Iowa
Your Neighborhood College
State University
Iowa State Board of Educational Examiners
American Association of Junior Colleges
School OF Music
Association of Progressives
Wartburg
Wartburg Normal College
Washington
2Nd Ave.s
Crane Creek
Owa
Goodyear
H. H. Buhr Garage
Tripoli, Iowa
Fand Education
H. H. Buhr
Iowa
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