Sumner Folks Doings and Community Notices
Severe injuries from a car crash near the No 93 detour left Robert Haag with ten stitches after a ditch plunge. Obituary note: Guy Afflerbaugh, 49, died in Long Beach California during an appendicitis operation, survived by wife Vella Farrand and daughter Maxine. Local society items cover club meetings, visits, jury service, and November through December community events in Sumner Iowa with multiple residents noted in visits, moves, and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Haag
Urban Haag
No. 93
Fred Waskow Place
Elston Blume
Orville Valker
Essex
Guy Afflerbaugh
Long Beach
Calif
Afflerbaugh
Sumner
Waterloo
California
Vella Farrand
Maxine
Sunnyside Mausoleum
Social All Day Gatherings and Visits in Area
Frederika and Roy O Rourke families visit West Bend and the grotto. Clyde Clary hosts six o'clock dinners with neighbors including Bergman Ager Holm and others. Several trips to Sumner New Hampton and Waterloo are noted, with visitors staying at homes and attending meetings. The Ladies Aid Bazaar clears 38.85 while other locals attend events and relocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Perry
Biermann
Bailey
New Hampton
Albert Johnson
Stuart Murray
Fredericksburg
C. C. Clary
Gaylord Johnson
Oldest Known Will Found In Egypt On Papyrus
Pathfinder Magazine notes an ancient papyrus document from about 2500 B C detailing a priest who wills his property to another priest. The artifact sheds light on early testamentary practices and property distribution in ancient Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Nile
Pathfinder Magazine
Local Social Notes From Waterloo Area
Waterloo and surrounding area reflect a quiet Sunday with visits and town projects. Mrs. Mary Miller travels to Charles City for a two week visit with her daughter’s family, Anthony Holm visits his nephew Myron Holm and son Harold, E. E. Henry sells mules to Charles Testorf, five men work on street grading including ex service men J. E. Mooney Seth McGee John Johnson Clarence Lampe Arnold Jensen, Middle Seine and neighbors host gatherings with Gaylord and William Johnson, Edgar families, and Zickuhr home. Walter Thompson of Sumner visited on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Petri
Viola Sindelar
Miss Petri
Wisconsin
Miss Sindelar
Waterloo
Fred Borcherding
Ruth
Alvin Hucke
Burlington
Edwin Borcherding
Leon Winters
Sioux City
John Winters
W. H. Wehrmacher
Waverly
Emma Wehrmacher
Helen Ott
Fredericksburg
H. J. Schulz
G. J. Sexton
Jim
John Miller
Hugo Lutz
Charles Pantzenhaggen
West Union
C. J. Mardoff
W. M. McGuiness
DeVere Wescott
H. W. Reeve
Dubuque
Federal Grand Jury
M. M. K. Club
Waucoma
B. M. Finch
Joker Club
Russell Brown
Ray Sayre
Herbert Niemann
John Rockdaschel
Oelwein
Glen Borland
Hollis Hunt
Henry Dickman
P. A
North Railroad Street
Charles Marks
Alms Pease
Joe Clark
Janettee
Sumner
Jim Hansen
Wm. Gersonde
Sumner Community Club
Legion Hall
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
E. G. Dunn
Mason City
Olive Wescott
Sumner Culture Club
M. S. McCormick
James McMeans
June Mills
S. A. Munger
A. N. Robbins
Keller House
North Pleasant Street
Watenpaugh House
South Railroad Street
Minney
C. J. Long
Stanwood
W. L. Hetzel
H. C. Frank
Cedar Falls
Mary Miller
Charles City
Charles Ayers
Anthony Holm
Ionia
Myron Holm
Harold
E. E. Henry
Charles Testorf
J. E. Mooney
Seth McGee
John Johnson
Clarence Lampe
Arnold Jensen
H. F. Meier
Tripoli
Gaylord Johnson
Robert Edgar
Will Schmidt
Social Visits and Household Help Near Tripoli
A series of social calls and daily tasks around Tripoli recounts visits by Mrs Ed Jahnke and Mrs Herbert Jahnke to Will Bergman, Mattie Drewis assisting Geo Heideman and Mrs Heideman, and numerous calls by local families including Chapin, Carstensen, Plagens, Kuker, Gaede, Hue, and Kelsey. Howard Heideman was absent ill from school. Waterloo visits include Drewis and son George stopping en route home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Jahnke
Herbert Jahnke
Will Bergman
Mattie Drewis
Geo. H. Heideman
Henry Heideman
August Meier
John Barkknecht
Herbert
Herman Plagens
Fred Loebs
Tripoli
Howard
Ella Kuker
Iola
Earl
Louie Gaede
Herman Hue
Betty
Waterloo
Will Heideman
Howard Heideman
George
Erwin Buhman
Harry Heine
Dorothy
C. B. Kelsey
Must Mean It in the Street Hooray Moment
Quoted voice from Uncle Eben highlights a joyful milestone as a man can stand in the street and shout hooray with full conviction. The remark captures a simple, universal triumph celebrated in everyday life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Eben
Also Mentioned on This Page
Summmner
W. E. Pitka
Des Moines
Ernest Livingston
Ray Heiserman
Harold Kirchman
Paul Wilharm
Bakers
Fourth Congressional District
Verla Schuknecht
Reinbeck
Charles Peterson
Calmar
W. G. Krause
C. W. Pennington
Rrs
Ross Tibbitts
Hl. N. Hunt
Finnette Wood
G. W. Dickman
S. M. Johnson
Bridgette Club
G. W. Beveridge
D. N. Austin
Randalia
H. S. Shales
Ina Llewellyn
Lewis
Austin
W. ©. Tibbitts
U. S. A. Club
Herman Kehe
Wilbert
Denver
R. W. Meyer
Phyllis Eastman
W. S. Johnson
Darrell Forsman
Ernault Schuette
Wayne
Will Schuette
Fred Frani
John
Mercy Hospital
Frederika
Roy O’rourke
Earl Gillett
Leslie Alcock
West Bend
Here
Clyde Clary
L. P. Holm
Lloyd and
Minerva
Douglas Township
F. B. Ager
W. H. Ager
R. E. Austin
Robert
A. H. Jahnke
R. A. Grover
L. G. Haag
Will Hurmence
Harry O'Rourke
Verda
Will Whitman
Winton Gable
A. W. Gable
Miss Marian
Vivian
Roy Austin
Anna Dettmer
Hulda
Milwaukee
Fred Rewoldt, Jr
Frederick
Fairbank
Mary Bockohlt
Lillian Bortner
Hawkeye
A. T. Gray
Charles
Rudd
S. N. MecElroi
Caryl Lindfield
Effie O'Rourke
Availa
Goodyear
H. H. Buhr
George Edgar
Williamstown
Elmer Nus
J. H. Zickuhr
Walter Thompson
Old Tripoli
BIG West
Swagger
Men’s Suede
Stetson
Joe Sien
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