Sumner Council Approves City Salary Increases
Sumner city council approves raises for city staff led by mayor Mattia Zurbriggen and councilmen Willys Fritz Paul Fridley Very Murphy Churchill Surby and Claude Waskow. Curtis Bigelow named city clerk and water commissioner R W Town at 500 monthly with assistant Clarence Haupt 375. Elmer Tint named streets foreman at 400 monthly with Ellis and Reding in street crew. Plans for a 363000 senior high addition include gym 24100 sq ft arts shop 6000 sq ft and art room 1770 sq ft with 1% levy increase. Married couples and engagements feature prominently with multiple local nuptials and summer weddings noted.
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Sumner
Mattia Zurbriggen
Willys Fritz
Paul Fridley
Very
Orville Ellis
Erwin Reding
Sunday Guest List Includes Many Iowa Homes
The report lists numerous Sunday visits across towns including Arlington Sumner Waverly Tripoli New Hampton and Waterloo. Guests include Mr and Mrs Leslie Yearous Mr and Mrs Cletus Miller and families and Cpl Rogert Portwine among others. A fatal accident recovery note mentions Mrs J W Sexton injured December 23 near Stewartville Minnesota. The item closes with a quotation from David Lloyd George about taking big steps.
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Carl Jansen
Dewar
Gordon Seamans
John Waskow
Donald Waskow
J. E. Waskow
Larry Leyh
Lloyd Hofer
George Bridges
Plainfield
Harlan Heckman
Waterloo
H. H. Lease
Walter Erkel
Merrill Kirchhoff
Judy
Dale Schrader
al Erkel
Galva
Gretchen Erkel
Leonard Hallander
Messiah Lutheran Church
Herbert Forsman
Sumner
Richard Traeger
Glenn Wiebke
Leon Reimler
Bremer Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Girl Scout Troop No. 59
Nancy Hutchinson
Eileen Joebgen
Becky Haw
Marcia Gentry
Carma Nicklaus
Donald Gosch
Progressive Club
William Bradford
John Lawton
James Lantow
Davenport
Donald Lantow
Columbus Junction
James
Lantow
Edward Tremaine
Cedar Falls
R. C. Horsley
CCC
Leslie Yearous
Arlington
Bernard Buhr
Cletus Miller
Merle Niemeyer
Merna Kay Niemeyer
Waverly
Herbert Niemeyer
Tripoli
Martin Weidler
Karen
New Hampton
Edwin Dedor
al Wolfgram
L. R. Ludwig
Rena Smith
Myra Pease
Phyllis Peters
Denver
Ronald Rathbone
Albert Rathbone
Dorsey Cannell and Son
Louie Sorge
Fayette
Ray Schlichting
Arthur Borcherding
Clarence Waskow
Rueben Koester
J. W. Sexton
Stewartville
Minn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Cpl
Rogert Portwine
U. S. Marines
Camp Pendleton
Cal
Marvin Haverkamp
Ed Dedor
Loyd Avery
W. F. Lehmkuhl
Rander Fairbank
O. B. Litterl
Arthur Aschbrenner
Ed Braun
Adam Petratz
Lloyd Ludwig
Edwin Decor
Ronnie
Lloyd Avery
Milton Miller
Elgin
Harry Haas
Adam Petratt
William Reinking
Westgate
Elmer Timm
Arlan Nuss
Harry Johnson
Fredericksburg
Harold Sawyer
Albert Rees
William Oberheu
David Oberheu
Lester Oberheu
Denver Cub Scouts Award Winners and Briefs
Denver Scout News lists 1966 badge recipients including Bryce See ger and Rodney Diercks with Bobcats and bear badges for Danny Bartels and Steven Nowack. Wolf arrows go to Mike Shining Larry Bretz Randy Lindaman and Mark Schmidt. other arrows awarded or noted with denner bars and recruiter badges. Denver Briefs report Kim Buenneke’s foot surgery and a birth in California. funeral visits for Hattie Brandt and relatives, with regional travel notes from Tripoli and Peoria.
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Denver
Bryce Seeger
Bobcats
Rodney Diercks
Mike Butler
Edwin Baethke
Albert Manning
Bear
Danny Bartels
Steven Nowack
Wolf
Mike Shining
Larry Bretz
Randy Lindaman
Craig Brasel
Fire destroys historic Mt. Pleasant church in 1897
The First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant, one of Iowa’s oldest, burned on December 30. The congregation marked its 125th anniversary on April 25 and plans are underway to construct a larger church.
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First Presbyterian Church
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
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