Sumner News Highlights Anniversary and Obituaries
Anniversary notices mark 50th for Sumner couple Louise Harris Pagel and Carl Pagel with family dinners and church roots since 1908 at St John Lutheran. Also Carl Warnke and Clara Mohlis celebrate 45th with a parish reception. The brief includes funeral services for Glenn Trout Hawkeye and obituaries for Mrs Elwyn Ladwig Postville and other Sumner-area notices and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pagel
Louise Harris
Mr. Pagel
St. John American Lutheran Church
J. H. Bredow
Sumner
Pagel
C.G.W. Railroad
William King
Milwaukee
Wis
W. A. Riven
Waukon
They
Carl Warnke
St. John
Glenn Trout
Hawkeye
Methodist Church
Fayette
Trout
Eldora
Lillian Miller
Robert Bahlman
Norbertman
Hudson
Robert
Waterloo
Terry
Gary
Fred Benzs 15th wedding anniversary celebrated in Frederika
Thursday February 27 Mr and Mrs Fred Benz marked their 15th wedding anniversary with a surprise from the Card club and husbands at their home. A purse of money was given, and a picnic lunch followed. Numerous relatives and friends visited the hosts and neighbors across several towns, sharing meals and conversations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.F.A
Harold Stevenson
Vic Rohrig
Tom Smale
Ed Koeppel
Otto Nordbrock
Rodney
August Aschbrenner
Don
Josephine Aschbrenner
Herbert Plaster
Lydia Aschbrenner
Robert Prickett
Maynard
Fred Benz
Card Club
Charles Hansen
Ramona
Waterloo
Andrew Hansen
Nashua
Clyde Jordan
Lillie Rathbone
Ronald Warren
Zona Jordan
Leslie Jordan
Des Moines
Ella Lemke
Christina Schmadeke
Sumner
Schmadeke
Henry Buhr
Lester Buenger
Frank Johnson
Charles Testorff
Albert
Testorff
Arlin Knief
Oelwein
Harold Meyer
Donnie Maynard
Elmer Matthias
Gloria Alcock
Cedar Rapids
Kent Stephen
Howard Richmond
Osage
R. I. Shadboldt
Plainfield
Edna Richmond
Wm. Duenow
Gary
Harold Zwanziger
Sharon
Carol
Duenow
Oren Hinecker
LaVerne
Leo Pettit
Fredericksburg
Edwin Kammeyer
Tripoli
Bertha Drape
Laverne Schumacher
Stanley Bahlmann
August Frahm
Howard Lemke
Harold Wente
Denver
Amanda Huebner
Leroy Township
Ray Schmudlach
Ernest Testorff
Bertha Mooney
New Hampton
Rosella
Bertha Ann
Bockhaus
Cedar Falls
Old Postmarks Preserve Bremer County History Effort
Burr Hastings leads a drive to gather stamp covers and postcards from defunct Bremer Butler and Chickasaw post offices to form a Bremer County Historical Society. The appeal lists many vanished offices and urges residents to search attics for letters bearing old cancellations to save local postal heritage for a museum collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Gebhard
Waverly
Leader
Hastings
Bremer County
Jaynesville
Ioa
Breckenridge
Burr Hastings
Burr
Iowa
Bremer, Butler
Chickasaw
Pony
Phillipston
Nautrill
Black Hawk County
Mentor
Minkler
Oran
Maxfield
Leroy
Knott
Knittel
Klinger
Key
Jackson Point
Horton
Grove Hill
Grovehill
Dayton
Buck Creek
Butler County
Mayview
Marathon
Menoti
Juniata
Northam
Orsland
Peach
Plum
Postal Historical Society
Artesian
Dickey
Eagle
Janesville
Polk Precinct
Syracuse
Plainfield
Roxie
Siegel
Wapsie
Waverly Junction
Spring Lake
Leon Smith retires after 47 years with Burlington Railroad
Leon Smith of Albia has retired from the Burlington railroad system after a 47 year career. Smith spent nearly five decades serving the railroad and is recognized for his long tenure and dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Smith
Albia
Burlington Railroads
Ann Higgins suffers second hip break in a year
Ann Higgins of Whittemore recently fell while attempting to pick up a crutch and broke her hip. This marks her second hip fracture within 12 months. Winneshiek County continues its reputation as Iowa's pocket gopher trapping center. In 1957 bounties were paid on 14 551 pocket gophers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Higgins
Whittemore
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Destroy Elm Wood Now to Save Shade Trees From Disease
Bremer county residents urged to remove all dead elm wood before April 1 to curb Dutch elm disease. County Extension Director Doyle N. Gordon and plant pathologist Malcolm Shurtleff emphasized sanitation, burning dead material, and proper pruning using the three cut method to prevent future damage and reduce carrier beetle activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Doyle N. Gordon
Tripoli
Malcolm Shurtleff
Iowa State College
Elm disease control advice for Bremer County
The article discusses protecting trees by proper wound care after limb cuts and stresses hiring qualified tree trimmers. It notes Dutch elm disease may reach most of Iowa within six years, but can be slowed by sanitation and healthy trees. Bremer County has many dead and dying elms from drought and neglect, and removing breeding wood by burning could save shade trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Bremer County
Tragic death of Carl Carlson in rural accident
Six year old Carl Carlson near Meriden was crushed when his father’s truck backed into a corn crib. In LaVerne, Raymond Stone was saluted for 35 years of rural mail delivery covering about 400000 miles without a mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Carlson
Meriden
LaVerne
Raymond Stone
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Elwyn Ladwig
Postville
Milnes Funeral
Zion Cemetery
Walter Martin
Edna Pauline
Clarence Hampton
Grant County
Elwyn Ladw
Ladwig
Postville Hospital
Audrey
Jack Whitehead
Sumner Legion Auxiliary
Friendly Birthday
L. R
al ‘Olfgram
Albert Rieck
al Olfgram
Friendly
Elwyn Adwig
Lyle Bird
Frundy Center
John Raske
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Lloyd Ludwig
Walter Pagette
Inner
George Anderf
Inbeck
Harrn Mudderman
Kyle Bird
Lyle Hochberger
Ames
Louis Hochberger
Sanday
Lookout Lodge
Hochberger
Guy Hinkley
Eagle Ove
William Illey
Robert Howard
Ris College
Dubuque
Aaron Howard
Margaret Corkery
Donnaronson
Ft. Dodge
John Corkery
Pleasant Hill Club
Howard Kitcomb
Christina Madeke
Ts. Martin Petratz
Sumner Culture Club
Frederika
Block & Klemp
Tripoli, Iowa
Dream Kitchen
Insurance
KUHRI
Iowa Hardware Mutual
Haiswy Agrep RE
Wheete
Iowa and National Water Well Assn
Adams
Cornwall
American Savings Bank
Readlyn, Iowa
RIS
Farmers Co-operative Co
Readlyn
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