Mrs. Mary Johnson Dies at Old Peoples Home
Sumner report notes Mrs. Mary Johnson 95 longtime resident of Sumner died at Western Old Peoples Home Cedar Falls after about four years there. Born October 26 1856 in Dayton township Bremer County she married Charles E Johnson in 1912. Survived by three brothers and one sister. Event includes local church and lodge memberships.
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Sumner
Mary Johnson
Western Old Peoples Home
Cedar Falls
Evangelical United Brethren Church of
Rebekah Lodge
Albert
Mt. Vernon
Charles
Polson
Montana
Benjamin
Hot Spring
S. D
Bertha L. Wolf
Denver
Colo
Local Births And Notices From Sumner Area
News items record births at Sumner Community hospital including a son for Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Bohle named Randall David born June 21 and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bonarden born June 23 in Sumner. Other items note relatives visiting, work assignments in California, and birthdays including Mrs. C. A. Hunt turning 90.
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Arnold Bohle
Sumner Community Hospital
Randall David
Wallace Bonarden
Waterloo
Sumner Hospital
Fishing party and visits at Clear Lake locals
KNITTEL Mr and Mrs Clarence Wehling Dale and Carol and Miss Elaine Richmann spent several days fishing at Clear Lake last week. LeRoy Platte helped at the Wehling home for several days. Fred Nolting Walter Hay William Meyerhoff Arnold Platte Herman Erhardt and others visited Sauerbrei home Sunday. Larry Lee son of Wendell Westendorf submitted
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Clarence Wehling
Dale
Carol
Elaine Richmann
Clear Lake
LeRoy Platte
Fred Nolting
Walter Hay
William Meyerhoff
Arnold Platte
Herman Erhardt
Herman
Bonnie
Fred Platte
Walter Sauerbrei
Larry Lee
Wendell Westendorf
Fourth of July Highway Tales Remembrance Feature
By Bob Hullihan a reminiscence on deadly Iowa Fourth of July crashes. Survivors recall multiple accidents as drivers, truckers and riders face peril on windy dusty roads. The piece urges highway safety amid grim yardstick of tragedy and notes trees take 50 to 100 years to grow for lumber.
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Iowa
Capitol Capsules: Dem hopefuls visit Iowa in busy campaign
Four Democratic candidates visited Iowa recently with a fourth due back on July 4 amid party hopes for delegate support. Edwards Kefauver will return for a Cedar Falls address as Beardsley seeks renomination. The piece notes press conferences under hot lights and emphasizes liquor politics and public notices on state boards.
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Sen
Kefauver
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Richard Russell
Georgia
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Averell Harriman
New York
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Russell
Kerr
Harriman
State Board of Education
Dwight G. Rider
Fr. Dodge
James H. Trewin
Cedar Rapids
D. D. Murphy
Elkader
George T. Baker
Davenport
Henry Shull
Sioux City
Rider
Beardsley
Iowa Temperance League
North Iowa Methodist Churches
Church Board of Temperance
Chester C. Yeaman
Robert Larson
Larson
Yeaman
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Old Peoples Home
M. M. Schaper
First Methodist Church
Schaper
Methodist
Wayne Shoemaker
Fayette
Sumner Independent
John Campbell
Dubuque
Campbell
Kenneth Martin
Loras College
John Deere Tractor Co
U. S. Navy
Felix Mort
Mort
M. J. Messerer
Charles Hurmence
Lubbock
Texas
Emil Nelson
Minneapolis
Carls Hof
Donna
Art Reach
Fred Messerer
Stan Donot
Cal Hof, Jr
Randalia
Gordon Zurbriggen
Art Rieck
North Iowa Conference of Methodist Churches
George Dunn
H. H. Dill
Dunn
Independence
Robert Topp
Red Cross
Flynn Brayton
Sumner Rotary Club
Robert Paden
Brayton
Stanley Niedert
Leo Niedert
Camp Stoneman
Cal
Niedert
Waltz
England
Far East
Melvin Fox
Margaret Ann
San Diego
Neil Fox
E. F. Hammel
Robert
Douglass Aircraft
Long Beach
Lois Thies
Donna Richberg
Spirit Lake
Marlys Ewald
Marble Rock
Rosalie Bergmann
Los Angeles
C. A. Hunt
Harry Pace
Hyde
Mr. Westendorf
Wayne
Mrs
Roxanne
William Geraghty
Tripoli
Keith
Melvin Stahlhut
Janet Ann
Raymond Kuethe
Ann
LaVerne Platte
Paul
L. J. Magnall
Lorie
Lorenz Bunger
Sandra Kay
Bert Parker
Sonia
Danny
Herb Biesterfelt
Mary and
Marsha
Fred Ambrose
Sheryl and
Dick Magnall
Mrs. L. J. Magnall
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Bob Hullihan
Capitol
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
School For the Blind
Vinton
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Oakdale
Richard H. Plock
Burlington
George Kyseth
Clarion
W S Rupe
Ames
Roy E. Stevens
Ottumwa
W. B. Hamilton
Hampton
Willard Archie
Shenandoah
Robert P. Munger
Harry H.hagemann
Waverly
Des Moines
William C. Smith
C. Edwin Gilmour
Grinnell
House of Representatives
Secretary of State
Virgilantes
Ernest J. Seeman
Seeman
Melvin Synhorst
Mason City
William Nicholas
GOP
Tag
M. C. Farber
Marshalloe
Marshall
Tama. Benton
William Beardsley
Farber
B. O. Tankersley
Marshalltown
Pag Ber
U. S
Optometric Assn
R. M. Murphy
Sumner, Iowa
Unie Tripoli
LEADA
Star
Meag, Derbey
Kremer Cau
Cove
Lee O. Peacock
Ball Dome
Are Home-Canning Insurance
Bill
Ki.gan
Cers Daily
Michael’s
Briardale
Tripoli Mercantile
the Farmers Store
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