Sumner Community Activites Reflect March Drive Progress
The Sumner area reports over two townships collecting about 100 dollars toward a 625 dollar quota for memberships. Mrs Veryl Murphy chairs the drive with totals near 746 dollars including Sumner. The article notes political activity with Mrs Gertrude Wilharm seeking a national committeewoman post and describes local civic events, funerals, and military news through Sumner and Bremer County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veryl Murphy
Sumner
Sumner No. 2
Leroy
H. H. Lease
Dayton
Gertrude Wilharm
Des Moines
KRNT
Pyle
Arizona
Chicago
Wilharm
State
Republican Central Committee
Maud Hickman
Centerville
Frederika Families Gather for Birthday and Home Visits
A long list of social visits across Fredericksburg and nearby towns highlights birthday celebrations for Mrs. Slick, Frank Ackley at Williams town, and numerous relatives and friends from Waterloo New Hampton Cedar Falls Oelwein Tripoli Sumner and other communities joining meals cards and housewarmings over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Ludwig
Rena Smith
Inez
Aaron Miller
al Wolfgram
M. Wolfgram
Sumner
Albert Rieck
Finnell
Frank West
Hawkeye
Lou Garden
Tom Zike
Moscoe
Idaho
H. H. Lease
Milton E. Meyer
Edward A. Meyer
Cedar Falls
Florence Garland
Blanche Garland
Gladys Meier
Carl Meier
James Ribbeck
E. B. Ribbeck
Warner Heyer
Robert Hammel
Alice
Ames
C. E. Heyer
E. F. Hammel
S. M. Johnson
James Leeman
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
VFW
Leeman
Mahlon Siegler
Clyde Jordan
Elmer Slick
Fredericksburg
Edna Richmond
Myron Holm
Waterloo
So Alcock
Will Duenow
G. F. O'Day
Paul O’day
Paula
Ernest Harnisch
Benny
Pearl Lindermann
Ernest Ackley
Dresden Township
C. C. Clary
Fred Benz
Mr. Ackley
Duenow
Robert Templeton
Honeywell
John Sprague
Art Tufts Farm
Glenn Ackley
Ricky
Susan
Frank Ackley
Williamstown
Albert Duenow
Cyril Bowers
Lyle Bowers
Linda
New Hampton
Frank Bagnard
Charles Rosel
Herman Baclmann
Katherine Davis
Oskaloosa
Sadie Dean
Ervin Taylor
Cornelius Weber
Ann
C. E. Carroll
John Johnson
C. FE. Carroll
Everett Johnson
Mary Tibbetts
Walter Sells
Ray Bailey
Charles Sells
New Hartford
Parkersburg
Robert E. Camp
Myra McNitt
James
Cedar Rapids
Joe Dean
Rhonda
Oelwein
Roy Schmudlach
Cecile Dilley
August Harris
Dora Henning
Tripoli
Henning
Keith Keeppel
Aplington
Lawrence Johnson
Wesley
Will Windmoeller
Lawrence Parson
Janesville
Libbie Parson
Will Carney
Ernest Green
Grace Beall
Sigourney
Ed Green
Jo Ellen
Minnie Hahn
Fred
Harry Wilhelm
Milton Grummitt
Herman Jordan
Bob Rowe
Connie Wright
Lloyd Jordan
Becky
John Henning
L. W. Bockhaus
Charles Hansen
Fred Hansen
Nashua
Both hired help and machinery in farm talk
Pete Miller and Fred Purdy debate hired men versus farm machinery, finding value in both. The piece argues for balance in farm management and personal freedoms, comparing it to shared meals and temperate beer, ending with a lightfoot note from Joe Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Miller
Fred Purdy
Fred
Pete
Marsh
Post Office Limits Air Mail Parcels To APOs and FPOs
The Department of Defense limits air parcel post to APO and FPO addresses due to space constraints. From March 15, air parcels may not exceed 30 inches in length plus girth and 2 pounds for items sent to military post offices overseas and naval vessels. Surface parcels remain capped at 100 inches combined length and girth and 70 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Apo’s
Fpo’s
Department of Defense
Post Office Department
Air Parcel Post
APO
New York
San Francisco
Seattle
New Orleans
Navy
Marine Corps
FPO
Parson Family Visits Highlight Time Over Money
Andrew Hansen home near Sumner and Joanne Parson spending weekend at Leslie Parson home in Waverly illustrate a community note. The piece emphasizes that the best parental investment is time, not money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Hansen
Sumner
Joanne Parson
Leslie Parson
Waverly
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Ned Cross
Sumners
Orchestra Hall
Thomas Lee
Everett O'Brien
Iowa Poetry Day Association
Thomas
Amanda
IDPA
Otto Zummack
Funer
Berg Funeral Home
St. John’s American Lutheran Church
A. G. Langholz
Zummack
Albert Meier
Mildred
Walter
Ruth
Pacific
Donald R. Gaede
Far East
Betty Briggs
Pvt
Gaede
Sumner High School
4Th Eng
Fort Belvoir
Gazette Office
M. M. Rogers
Iowa
Iowa City
Charles City
William Hitch
Carol Prescot
Betty Hunt
Hollis N. Hunt
Coe College Band
Mid- West
Hunt
Frederika
Stanley Schultz
Fred Shelton
Edward
Maynard
N. B. Tibbetts
Richfield
Towa
Joe Marsh
U.S. Brewers Foundation
Riley Bros.’ Oil
Riley Bros
Pennsylvania Oil
Block’s Auto Service
Tripoli, Iowa
NEW le
Holland
NEW Holland Farm Engineered Machinery
Cus Buls Implement Co
Kuhrt Brothers
Clothiers
Centerprise
Chevrolet
Chia
BY Fisher
Fisher
H. H. Buhr Chevrolet Co
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