Sumner Area News Briefs and Community Notes
Obituary notices report the death of Mrs. Halla Cass Harding 72, former Sumner resident, in Los Angeles with sister Mrs. Herman Layer surviving. Local social items note many visits, birthdays, club hostesses, farm implements change hands, and a Pleasant Hill club meeting. United Fund progress reaches about 92 percent of its goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halla Cass Harding
Sumner
Good Samaritan Hospital
Los Angeles
Calif
Herman Layer
John Harding
Looking at Life as It Used to Be
A local reminiscence page recounts past events and notable notices from Tripoli and surrounding towns. It includes reports on church dedications, personal injuries, property moves, marriages, obituaries, and upcoming events with names of residents and local organizations.
Bride and Groom Tie Knot in Rochester Minnesota
Betty Lou Krafft of Armstrong and Paul Boesen of Eyota Minnesota wed at First Evangelical U B Church Rochester on Nov 3. Mr and Mrs John Beisner plan a golden wedding open house November 22 in Grace Parish hall. A runaway tire narrowly missed the sleeping toddler of William Thomas in Marengo as the wheel rolled down a hill and lodged beside the trailer, tipping it slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hochberger
Lyle
Ames
Mary Williams
Otto Busching
F. H
P.E.O
J. T. Bump
August Wolfgram
Herman Keding
Keding
Wilbert Buhr
Larry
Otto Buhr
Aveust Wolferam
Harold Frisch
Sumner
Irvin Schulz
Jimmie
Hawkeye
Will McMeans
Pleasant Hill Club
Rose Engel
Daisy Shales
Esther
W. F. Lehmkuhle
Rande
O. B
O. B. Littell
Ceorie Messerer
Herman Pleevenkuhle
Frank Dodd
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Darlene Treloar
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Art Treloar
al Wolf
Moines
Betty Lou Krafft
Leslie Krafft
Armstrong
Tripoli
Paul Boesen
Axel Boesen
Eyota
Minn
First Evangelical U. B
Rochester
John Beisner
Grace Parish Hall
William Thomas
Marengo
Unusual star shaped tomato found by Wagner couple
Mr and Mrs Albert Wagner of Buchanaa found a star shaped tomato in their garden, a first of its kind from a nine year tomato farming effort. The piece notes Cannel as a coat of fine texture with much volatile matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Wagner
Buchanaa
Wagner
Boy Fatally Injured Crossing Tracks Near Froehlich
Train dragged ten year old Lee Allen Fett after he ran across railroad tracks in front of a slow freight. He was already recovering from a broken arm when the accident occurred. Separately, Lorenz Baum near Red Oak harvested three bushels of sweet potatoes from twenty plants this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Allen Fett
Froehlich
Lorenz Baum,bach
Red Oak
Osceola Library Trustee Resigns After Long Service
Mrs James Graves resigns from the Osceola Public Library Board after 39 years on the board dating back to 1923. Also notes the Corregidor island measurements being one mile wide and four miles long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Graves
The
Osceola Public Library
Island of
Corregidor
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. R. Ludwig
R.C. Dooley
Herbert Carr
Bruce
Mark
Alan
Waterloo
Gerry Burbank
Burbank
Leo Nieman
Shawver Well Co
Fredericksburg
Pe Py Pyatt
Goon Records
Congregational Church
Albert Rucker
Herbert Claus
Leeland Schuknecht
Oelwe
Louise Muhlenhaupt
George Brewer
Chicago
Grange Lake
Here
B. C. Dunkelberg
Erwin Wolf
Robert Schmudlach
Frederika
E. H. Martin
Adolph BP. Hoppenworth
Butler - Bremer Mutual Telephone Company
Herbert Kaiser
Bremer
Lorna Sommerfelt
Waverly
Alfred Harmening
St. John's Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
John Heine
Grace Lutheran Church
Harold M. Adix
Zion American Lutheran Church
Bernard L. Stenzel
Shirley Nolte
Elton Schutte
Zion Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Town Conservation Commission
Mary E. Bopp
H. H. Sorg
Tripoli Panthers
Shell Rock
H. H. Anderson
Robert Green
Mercy
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
John Sassmann
Allen Memorial Hospital
Fred Biermann
Sumner Hospital
Rettig Funeral Home
Ernest L. Redies
Independence
John Berlin Miller
H. J. Frese
Des
Layrath
Dodge City
Kans
Monmouth, Ill
Art Kaiser
Geerlings
Dettmer
Plainfield
Waverly, Iowa
Biesterfelt Bros. Livestock and Feeds
Duane Holm
Block & Klemp
Tripoli, Iowa
Erkel & Tonn
Erkel
Sumner Leo Tonn
Elma
Iowa
Fisher
Bel Air
Chevrolet
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