Iowa
Old Press
Sumner Gazette
Sumner, Bremer co. Iowa
October 26, 1933
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Moore of McGregor were weekend guests in the
Nelle Carpenter home.
J.W. Frye returned Sunday from Marenesco, Minn., where he has
been employed the past two months.
Miss Mildred Grier spent the weekend at the home of her parents
near Stapleton.
Yvonette Bacon, and her friend, Arlene Diley, both of Cedar
Falls, spent the weekend in the home of the former's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F.C. Bacon.
Will Holmes and sons, Glen and Harley and the Dick Holmes family
of Fayette and the Vern Holmes family were Sunday dinner guests
in the Leonard Fox home at Oelwein in honor of Will Holmes' 74th
birthday.
Mrs. W.B. Clark returned Friday from a week's visit with her
husband at Reading, Minn.
The Boy Scout troop met Wednesday evening, October 18, in the
high school building with 10 members, Richard Scannell, Reynold
Davis, David Wells, Harold Milligan, Bob Bacon, Robert Scannell,
Claire Claxton, Lester Severs, Francis Nixon and Austin Hall and
their leaders, Mr. Clark and Mr. Fiester. A scribe, David Wells,
was elected for the year. The boys reviewed for their tenderfoot
test which is to be given at the next meeting, November 1st.
Mrs. John Peterson, Mrs. B. Bronn, Mrs. H. Mabon, Mrs. J.B.
Turner and Mrs. A. Bratt, attended the Royal Neighbor convention
Thursday afternoon at Fayette.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Heyer were Sunday dinner guests in the parental
E.E. Gehring home near Wadena.
Mrs. W.W. Shaulis accompanied her sister, Mrs. R.M. Duke and sons
and their mother, Mrs. F.C. Hoar of Oelwein to Eagle Grove Friday
where they were overnight guests with the former's sister, Mrs.
A.M. Jones and family. They returned Saturday, Mrs. Hoar remained
to assist in the care of Delbert Jones, who accidentally got hurt
while playing football.
Homer Cue is confined to his bed as a result of influenza. His
brother, Harley of Hazleton is doing the farm work.
About 35 friends and neighbors gathered at the Dwight Kooker home
Wednesday evening, October 18 for a surprise party in honor of
their fourth wedding anniversary.
Last Wednesday evening, Mrs. Mary Murray of Spearfish, S. Dak.,
stopped for a few hours visit with her sister, Mrs. Wm. Fortney
on her way home from the Century of Progress at Chicago. She left
early Thursday morning. The two sisters had not seen each other
for 29 years.
Meat Market Sold to McGregor Man
C.L. Mills, who has operated a meat market here for the
past 15 years, disposed of his interest recently to D.A. Minney
of McGregor, who took possession yesterday. Mr. Minney comes to
Sumner with many flattering reports of his standing as a
businessman and his experience in the meat business. Mr. Minney
has been connected with the meat business all his life. He has
been employed for 11 years at the Bickel store in McGregor,
patronized by many people in Clayton county. Mr. Minney's father
was in the meat business before him. Mr. Minney is married and he
and his wife will live in the apartment in the Tibbitts building
above the meat market.
Mr. and Mrs. Mills came to Sumner from Dayton, taking over the
business March 10, 1918, then located in the Frank building. The
market was moved to the Tibbitts building about two years ago.
They have made no plans for the future, but will remain in Sumner
for the present. Mr. Mills will assist Mr. Minney at the market
for a time until he has become accustomed to local conditions.
Young Farmer's Arm is Crushed
Werner Poehler, operating the Will Poehler farm, one
mile east of the county line on No. 10, where a large barn burned
in September, thought to have been of incendiary origin, suffered
another serious misfortune last Thursday while preparing to
shred. His arm was crushed so that it will be several weeks
before he will have use of it again. He was assisting others in
putting the lower pipe in position to sotre the shredded corn in
the barn, just recently rebuilt, and was standing with his arm
resting on the edge of a wagon box. In some manner th epipe fell,
striking his arm and crushing both bones in the forearm. He was
given immediate medical attention, but the nature of the injury
is such that the bones wil knit slowly and he will be compelled
to exercise considerable care for some time.
Richfield Couple Honored on 30th Anniversary
Richfield - Mr. and Mrs. Herman Pleggenkuhle were
honored on their 30th wedding anniversary when their brothers and
sisters came and surprised them last Sunday evening. Those
present were: Mr. and Mrs. Herman Niewoehener and family; Mr. and
Mrs. Herman Wittenburg and family; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wittenburg;
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Pleggenkuhle and family; Mrs. Minnie Rasche;
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ungerer and Harvey; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Becker
of Waverly; Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Stapel, Lauretta and Lorraine; Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Morf of Sumner; Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Pleggenkuhle;
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Pleggenkuhle; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ungerer and
family; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Niemann; Mr. and Mrs. Will Niemann;
Kenneth and Irene Schroeder; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scott and Frank
Jr.; Adolph Homrighaus and Iola of Wolf Point, Mont.; and gerry
Niemann.
Teacher in Waukon 53 Years, Dies in Nebraska
The death of Miss Elizabeth Spaulding, 74, second grade
teacher in the Waukon schools for 53 years, was recently noted in
the Waukon Republican and Standard. Her demise occurred at the
home of her brother, Ed Spaulding at Gothenburg, neb., where she
fell and fractured her hip as she was alighting from a car two
weeks before her death.
She was born on Lansing ridge and lived her entire life in
Allamakee county. She attended the Waukon schools and was a
member of the first graduating class from the local high school.
She taught one year at Waterville, after which she was elected to
teach the second grade of the Waukon schools. She continued to
teach in that same grade for 53 years, retiring last spring. She
was 74 years old on September 1.
Many of her pupils during the past few years have been children
of her former pupils, and several grandparents are proud of the
fact that heir children and their grandchildren had the same
teacher in the second grade that they themselves had, though half
a century elapsed between their childhood school days and those
of their grandchildren. It is doubtful if her record for
continuous teaching service in one school and in one grade ever
has been excelled.
Man Has Pedometer - Walks 24,736 Miles in 20 Years
H.J. Klotzbach, Route 1 farmer, is a great hiker and he
has kept track of the many miles he has walked since 1913, says
the McGregor Times. His record does not include the walking he
did on his farm. In the 20 years, his pedometer showed that he
had walked 24,746 miles in addition to his daily walking on his
farm. In 1928 he did most of his walking, turning in 1600 miles,
while in 1933 he made 1500 miles. His first year of keeping
records, he walked 858 miles.
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