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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1953

Page

6

Wyoming Grade School Cantata In Quest Of Santa Claus

The Wyoming grade school will present a Christmas cantata In Quest Of Santa Claus on Friday evening December 18 at the auditorium gymnasium directed by Miss Sue Messerli. Cast includes Judy Catlett Mike Millsap and many named pupils across grades with girls glee club to perform Christmas numbers followed by a candlelight service at Zion American Lutheran Church with organ preludes and choir performances.

Wyoming Santa Claus Auditorium Sue Messerli Judy Catlett Jane Mike Millsap Susie Millsap Judy Rohwedder Judy Luke Susan James Connie Hall Jim Holtz Charlie Brinkman Leonard DeMoss Jerry Ortgies Larry Zimmerman Fred Merrill Rosalie Dusanek Joe Petersen Robert Dusanek Donna DeLarm Galen Horn Norman Wilsler Verlon Huston Richard Bahnsen Clifford DeLarm James Westphal Bruce Reade Janet Usher Judy Ortgies Donna Rickels Sherry Garside Irene Steffen Linda DeLarm Claudia Sears Janice Barnhart Sandra Hamilton Rita Griswold Chrystal Bendixen Kathleen Zimmerman Connie Wil Ralph Orth Doris Day Ruth Holzinger Luther League John Elmer Nissen Marilee Brunscheen Nancy Westphal Charles Blume Dick Fishwild Raymond Garside Lee Peck Kalamazoo Mich Armed ‘Services Martin Petersen Fred Lazare Little Black Lamb Fred W. Petersen Lamb French Madonna Lodge Rebekah Louis Dusanek George McCalmant Artur Felker Fred Fritz Lodge I.c.0.f Arbur Felker Harold Scripture

Gift Drawing List From Monticello Area Merchants

A long gift drawing row lists items donated by Monticello and nearby merchants including 1 gallon ice cream from Shomont Dairy, 25 lb flour, 12 inch chisel and punch, 1 year subscriptions, cash prizes, and multiple household goods. Names include Edna Jacobsen Hopkinton, Mrs. Orlando Null Monticello, Mrs. Albert Fass Monticello, and Mrs. Jake Dictiker Anamosa among others. The piece closes with social notes of local Sunday dinner guests and a tagline IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

Ficello Shomont Ice Cream Co Edna Jacobsen Monticello Dr. Redmond Joe Catlett Hopkinton Monti Feed Mill Thomas Gertling Skelley Grocery al Kelchen Stuhler Clothing Orlando Null Iona Dell Albert Fass Kephart Bennie Tobiason Scotch Grove Stoner and Reynolds Herman Schneiter Monticello Express Edward Urbain Epworth Grease Job Faust Shelley Service Herman Schneifer Handi-Tool Franklin Equipment Co Clarence Strang Cascade Prestone Coyle Jake Dictiker Monti Conrad Monck Langworthy Edwards Dept Albert Johnson Matthiessen

Wyoming Lights Win Town Title as Most Beautiful City

Residents praise Wyoming for a fairyland Christmas display. Merchants hung lights in mid November. The Main Street block features red and green webs and a blue light corridor from the bridge to the Horse Show grounds. Santa is due December 23 if snow allows.

Wyoming Community Club Andrew Hamilton Evanston Wyoming Hamilton Main Street City Hall

Christmas Wishes From Young Hopeful Readers

A pair of letters from young girls to Santa recount year end wishes. Ann Schwendinger, five, asks for shoes a sled dishes doll clothes a dress and a bracelet while praising good behavior. Patsy Muller, four, requests cowgirl outfits a mohair kitten a doll high chair bed a large dolly and a doll house.

Santa Claus Ann Schwendinger Santa Patsy Muller

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