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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
9
Sacred Heart and several nearby churches publish Sunday Mass times Confessions and services. Listings include Methodist Presbyterian Congregational Reformed St Matthew St John Lutheran with sermon topics Advent plans Christmas program rehearsals and bazaars across Dec 10 18 9:45 10:30 and 7:30 p.m. services.
Trinity church and Wayne Zion Ev Lutheran invite young people to join Sunday morning service and Bible class hour on Dec 11 9:00 am. German divine worship at 10:30 am with Christmas program practice at 1:15 pm. Confirmation instruction Dec 10 9 am to 2:30 pm. Choir rehearsal Dec 11 7:30 pm. Luther League Christmas party Dec 18 7:30 pm featuring missionary Wm Siemers from New Guinea with Curios from Ketawagi Land. All are welcome.
Final engagement of Boys Town with Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy ends today. Friday and Saturday feature Bad Man of Brimstone with Wallace Beery Dennis O’Keefe Virginia Bruce. Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea in Internes Can't Take Money head the next bill. Sunday to Monday presents a family vagabond tale in a joyous heart rending feature. Selznick International presents The Young in Heart with Janet Gaynor Doug Fairbanks Jr and Paulette Goddard. Tuesday showcases Drums in Technicolor with Sabu Raymond Massey. Wednesday and Thursday invite dance lovers to The Great Waltz starring Luise Rainer Fernand Gravat Miliza Korjus.
The Princess presents Suez starting Sunday with Tyrone Power Loretta Young and Annabella. Also shows Dark Sand filmed in Africa with Paul Robeson Wallace Ford and Henry Wilcoxon and Guilty Trail with Bobo Baker along with Road Demon featured in the ongoing Adventures series on the track.
A Niles theater hosts a Big Five unit show next Sunday and Monday December 11 12 headlined by Rhythm of the Saddle starring Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette. The program also features the Three Stooges in Valentines the Word for Curly Our Gang in Men of Fright a Polar Bears cartoon and the RKO News with matinee and evening prices listed.
The Center Junction teams fell to Wyoming on Thursday. The girls lost 29 to 18 as Dorithy Dirks led Wyoming with 14 points and Mabel Otten topped Center Junction with 12. The boys game ended 22 to 20 with Willman scoring 15 for Wyoming and Alyea leading Center Junction with 7.
A local column by Don Mouw surveys Monticello residents and happenings. It notes hobbies, crafts, and shop window curios, mentions notable residents Leroy Clark and George Wilkens, and observes civic efforts, local retail scenes, and a Yap island coin with holes for portability.
A collection of holiday letters from several children. Mike Clemet asks for a teddy bear tin soldiers a caterpillar tractor a doll and doll buggy. Audrey Eggers Doris Eggers and others request toys and clothing for Christmas including a football a tree mittens and candy.
A festive year end message recounts wishes from Richard John Wright and sisters Jean and Anna May Rathbun. Richard asks for a rocking horse and doll buggy plus nuts candy and fruit. Jean and Anna May request boots, a dolly dress, handkerchiefs, a pull on sweater, a doll, and candy.
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