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—~~-----«Old Canvas Curtain at Cato Hall Tells Graphic Story to ManitowocFolks of “Way Back When ”+ ...............With the exception of a new coat of palut once in a while and a new iuaii«Rer at even shorter intervals, the Cato Coninmnltr hall, which in celebrating Its Silver nnnlverimry this evonlnK, still appears to “old-limes Just iho same as It did on (he day lt;A 11m opening tweuly-flve year* ago.A pointless nrcn helow the door of the hall—occupying the secoud floor of the building whose ground floor Is need for a barber shop and lei cream parlor—remains its evidence thut ut one time the villagers and their friends were able to enter from the outside. But with this exception, no other ear mark haa been removed.It Is doubtrul whether anything luoye luteroeUng of Its kind can be found anywhere as the twenty-five year old canvas curtain npon which appears advertising of county merchants, some of them out of business for twenty., yeare or mover others who have left the city so long that their name Is not even a memory. and still others who have beenest stock In tlie county.”Ths Talk of the TownAnd twenty-live year* ago’ The talk of the town, according to another «d, was that Uerpbelde and RockofT sell the best clothing at lowost prices and thut custom tailoring Is our specialty. Anyone under eighteen cannot possibly re-member this store iylilch operad# 111 part of the building now used by Wollworth’s five nud ten cent store.Jlero'a a puzxlor: E. Wagner company asks you whether you can buy as cheap on time as for cash—this was perhaps one of the first cash and carry stores and was operated In a building which burned down twenty-three years ago on the present site o'f the Wood block.J. Stoeble and Son sold books wall paper, bicycles, and guns and were dealers.; In musical .Instruments la the building now owned by Vogelsang Furniture store ten years ago. And if we believe wbat the curtain tellB iis, we might be able to Inform William J. Rneuber that he once operated the Williams house--+look at the curtain between acts. It must arouso their curiosity and provide an entertainment all of Itson n,“Howdy WalterlIf W. N. Klllen. associated with the First National Bank for several years, would tako his friend* to the Community hall. It would not be necessary for lijra to tell them that at one time he was a prosperous business inun selling “General Merchandise, Cheese Boxes. Hay and Grain in Cato.At that there are a few who Invented part of their advertising budget profitably for they receive twenty-five years of advertising at only the original cost. For we also ■aw Dr.'-T. H. Gobbe, Henry Each Sons company, 0. Torrlsou company, J. A- Rum meld, Frosch Bros, at Wayside and Grimms, Scbuetto Bros and Iho Manitowoc Pilot ad-vorllaed, a* well as Vogelsang Murphy who dissolved partnership perhaps ten years ago.The curtain was decorated by A.On the wall above the curtain Is seen au advertisement for Emil Tcligen'n hardware store, which was located on prosent site of Kinney’s shoe store, but out of existence for ten or twelve years. The ad tells (be present generation to buy door and window casings us well as buggy parts at Emil TeUgen's since they have Hie largus a sideline ly his ur. hiudurnl profession.Twenty-years ago persona who saw .“For shoes go to A. C. Schrol-ter” could obey the Impulse, and go down to the building now occupied by the Kellner and Teske company for tholr shoes. But that was twenty years ago. aud when a present day audience at one of the amnlour theatricals at the Cato hallWisconsin, and Its advertising In part paid for Its erection. It became a reality when a group of villagers realizing the need of a community hall became stockholders In the enterprise and under whose ownership It still remains.The celebration this evening Is being given under the auspice* of the Cato Hoclal Club.
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Manitowoc Herald News
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Aug 21, 1925
Page 9
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